Upgrade from S6?

Dcully · 19-12-2018 10:38AM #1

Im looking to buy my wife a new andriod phone and seeking suggestions please.
Her current phone is an S6, its been a really great performer but 3 years old now and recently needs to be charged a lot more often.
Shes not after anything amazing but does prefer android over ios, key features would be battery life and half decent camera.
She would kill me if i spent more than €300 or so.

19-12-2018 12:56PM

mi a2 has a good camera but not amazing battery life - about 200 euro on eglobal or honorbuy for quick delivery

honor 8x looks good, good battery life, camera ok, has nfc for payments - 250 on amazon
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8676072/Trail/searchtext%3EHONOR+8X.htm

mi a2 lite exceptional battery life, ok camera - eglobal or honorbuy for quick delivery

honor 9 lite for nice looking budget phone with nfc, ok battery life - amazon or maybe argos
https://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=honor+9+lite&authToken=

all these are online options - shops maybe argos (put in honor links) if need b4 xmass

for the average user the honor 9 lite is a very decent phone and looks nice.
the camera samples on this page look perfectly decent imo
https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/honor-9-lite-review/2

Dcully · 19-12-2018 01:46PM

Great thanks for that, unless is see something else the honor 9 lite from argos looks ideal, only slightly intensive use would be netflix.

GBX · 19-12-2018 01:50PM

Nokia 7 plus if you can still get it ?

Dcully · 19-12-2018 01:57PM

Thanks also, ill take a look, the Moto G6 Play for €189 is also tempting thanks to its great battery and fast charging.
I had a motorola 4 years back and the battery was insanely good.

Riskymove · 19-12-2018 01:59PM

Dcully wrote: »

Im looking to buy my wife a new andriod phone and seeking suggestions please.
Her current phone is an S6, its been a really great performer but 3 years old now and recently needs to be charged a lot more often.

I recently upgraded from S6 which I was happy with, to an S8 and can recommend it as a superior phone - in terms of battery life particularly

danielgalway · 19-12-2018 02:05PM

Bought mom the nokia 8 a couple of months ago. Last years nokia flagship. Incredibly fast and nice clean minimal version of android. Camera is grand. Nothing to ride home about but does the job nicely from what I've seen. Was very surprised at what this phone offered.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nokia-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Tempered-Blue/dp/B075GWYH37/ref=sr_1_2?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1545228167&sr=1-2&keywords=nokia+8

currently works out at €310

advertsfox · 19-12-2018 02:06PM

Another choice is the Moto E5 Plus - has a massive 5000mAh battery and very good spec with stock Android.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/motorola-moto-Plus-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Flash-Grey/dp/B07D8QPY4L

The Mi A2 I have personally and it's excellent (cameras are fantastic) and the battery is great (even better now with Pie).

Comparisons: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9095&idPhone2=9140#diff-*,*,*

19-12-2018 02:58PM

advertsfox wrote: »

Another choice is the Moto E5 Plus - has a massive 5000mAh battery and very good spec with stock Android.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/motorola-moto-Plus-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Flash-Grey/dp/B07D8QPY4L

The Mi A2 I have personally and it's excellent (cameras are fantastic) and the battery is great (even better now with Pie).

Comparisons: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9095&idPhone2=9140#diff-*,*,*

the e plus has a big battery but bad screen and cpu really. can't imagine the camera being too great either.

but the biggest downside is 16gb internal storage - even using an sd card you will quickly run into issues installing apps (as parts of apps still need to be stored internally as well as some apps only being allowed to be installed fully on internal storage). 32 gb is the min these days really to avoid hassle.

19-12-2018 02:59PM

Dcully wrote: »

Great thanks for that, unless is see something else the honor 9 lite from argos looks ideal, only slightly intensive use would be netflix.

netflix will run fine - it's not that intensive really.

19-12-2018 03:23PM

P20 Lite can be got from Vodafone for €180. Also a decent option.

19-12-2018 04:54PM

Dcully wrote: »

Thanks also, ill take a look, the Moto G6 Play for €189 is also tempting thanks to its great battery and fast charging.
I had a motorola 4 years back and the battery was insanely good.

weak cpu in that phone though.

honor 9 lite 50% more powerful on geekbench single core results and twice as powerful on multi-core

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=g6+play

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=honor+9+lite

could well make a differnce to basic day-to-day operation as the cpu is really at the low end of things

19-12-2018 04:58PM

Basil3 wrote: »

P20 Lite can be got from Vodafone for €180. Also a decent option.

yes. same cpu as honor 9 lite.

doesn't seem to be much difference if at all in camera and build is similar. p20 lite has a notch which may not be a plus.

is that unlocked?

and do need to topped up sim card to buy it?

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