Phone Advise Please

Yggr of Asgard

Hi,

so, I need a new phone, but I certainly don't need a flag ship, so I am wondering if someone has any suggestions for this user profile

What it needs to do

• Big Screen
• At least 90 Hz Refresh / 120 even better
• NFC
• Good Voice Quality
• Good Browsing performance
• Good Screen Quality for reading News articles
• Good Audio Quality

What would be nice

• Headphone Jack (with a good DAC)
• No Bloatware

What I don't do

• Gaming
• Photos
• Video
• 5G

I only use the phone for voice communications, emails, paying in the shops, music on the go (mostly Tidal) and most frequently to have a snoop on boards, flipboard (news magazine) and some general web browsing.

Thanks for any tips about a good phone with value for money, I am at most looking to spend 500€.

Lantus

Moto g9 plus. Currently reduced. Buy direct from lenovo. Huge screen, nfc and big battery for 220.

flazio

Budget? Sony Xperia 5ii is just under flagship, about €800. I'm not sure it ticks the 'Big screen' box however. Depending on where you purchase you might get a pair of XB-900N headphones thrown in which are optimised for the 360 audio option on Tidal.

testarossa40

OnePlus Nord?


Ticks most of your boxes except headphone jack, and the top 12Gb/256Gb spec currently has a limited €50 off offer pricing it below €500... And you may be able to get it cheaper again by trading in your old phone too:
https://www.oneplus.com/ie/oneplus-nord?from=nord-specs


I have it's big brother the 8T with similar hardware and OS. Yes, it's got OP's Oxygen skin but it's very minimal and well-integrated, and imo in no way "bloats" the normal Android experience

FileNotFound

testarossa40 wrote: »

OnePlus Nord?


Ticks most of your boxes except headphone jack, and the top 12Gb/256Gb spec currently has a limited €50 off offer pricing it below €500... And you may be able to get it cheaper again by trading in your old phone too:
https://www.oneplus.com/ie/oneplus-nord?from=nord-specs


I have it's big brother the 8T with similar hardware and OS. Yes, it's got OP's Oxygen skin but it's very minimal and well-integrated, and imo in no way "bloats" the normal Android experience

Read somewhere this has no playstore which might be an issue

testarossa40

FileNotFound wrote: »

Read somewhere this has no playstore which might be an issue

Incorrect. Playstore and all usual Google apps loaded as normal...

DopeTech

FileNotFound wrote: »

Read somewhere this has no playstore which might be an issue

Probably some ill-informed iphone users comment you read. Huawei is the brand that doesn't have Google Play services on some of it's devices. OnePlus have no such issues.

corks finest

DopeTech wrote: »

Probably some ill-informed iphone users comment you read. Huawei is the brand that doesn't have Google Play services on some of it's devices. OnePlus have no such issues.

Correct