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Which new Android phone?

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby PhaseThree » April 8th, 2021, 7:37 pm

Lootman wrote:
PhaseThree wrote:
Watis wrote:Google commit to providing updates to their phones for 3 years from release.

The 4a was released in Aug 2020 which means you have just over two years security support left.

Samsung are currently providing "at least" 4 years support from release which make the A series look a good buy (A52 just released)
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung ... ng-updates

Did you mean the Samsung A51 there? I take that to be the 5G version of the A50.

There is also an A71 which is the 5G version of the A70, I believe.

I currently have both an A50 and an A70, am happy with both, and will upgrade to the 51/71 this year.

I am not a particularly sophisticated phone user, however.


https://www.samsung.com/uk/smartphones/ ... 52-5g/buy/

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby Lootman » April 8th, 2021, 7:54 pm

PhaseThree wrote:
Lootman wrote:
PhaseThree wrote:The 4a was released in Aug 2020 which means you have just over two years security support left.

Samsung are currently providing "at least" 4 years support from release which make the A series look a good buy (A52 just released)
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung ... ng-updates

Did you mean the Samsung A51 there? I take that to be the 5G version of the A50.

There is also an A71 which is the 5G version of the A70, I believe.

I currently have both an A50 and an A70, am happy with both, and will upgrade to the 51/71 this year.

I am not a particularly sophisticated phone user, however.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/smartphones/ ... 52-5g/buy/

Ah, OK, the link you gave above didn't mention the A52, only the A51. I would go for the A52 then, if that is the latest, I plan to replace both of my phones this year.

The Google phones mentioned above are the other ones I am looking at.

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby UncleEbenezer » April 9th, 2021, 9:48 am

granretire wrote:I bought the Motorola G8 to replace my G5, No complaints.

One serious compaint about more recent motorola: they've crippled VOIP. Both removed the native android VOIP support, and done something to cripple the third-party VOIP apps available from the app store.

(Note, proprietary third-party protocols aren't affected, but of course the likes of skype, zoom, whatsapp, etc only work if both/all parties to a call are on the same platform, and carry their own serious risks).

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby Gerry557 » April 9th, 2021, 10:34 am

Stompa wrote:
Gerry557 wrote:Do you need full android or would an Honor/Xiaomi do

But, unless I'm missing something, Honor/Xiaomi are full Android???


No its not "full android" but a skin over the top that makes it different to the full android experience.

It might be more or less useful depending on your expectations.

https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-emui-862365/

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby Stompa » April 9th, 2021, 11:37 am

Gerry557 wrote:
Stompa wrote:
Gerry557 wrote:Do you need full android or would an Honor/Xiaomi do

But, unless I'm missing something, Honor/Xiaomi are full Android???


No its not "full android" but a skin over the top that makes it different to the full android experience.

It might be more or less useful depending on your expectations.

https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-emui-862365/

Well yes, but it's full Android underneath, and it's generally pretty straightforward to tweak it so that it behaves in the way you want. Having recently switched from a phone with Android One to a Xiaomi with MiUI, the addition of a different launcher means the new phone now behaves in a very similar way to the old one.

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby tsr2 » April 9th, 2021, 4:17 pm

You can still get the Marine Green Oppo A9 2020 from Amaon for £149. My daughter is very pleased with hers.

Check the reviews and see what you think.

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby UncleEbenezer » April 10th, 2021, 10:06 am

tsr2 wrote:You can still get the Marine Green Oppo A9 2020 from Amaon for £149. My daughter is very pleased with hers.

Is that an ice cream? Sounds expensive.

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Re: Which new Android phone?

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Postby Avantegarde » April 13th, 2021, 10:30 pm

To bring this to a conclusion, I have bought a Motorola e6 PLUS (no longer manufactured but still available via Amazon). Slightly bigger than my G5 but with much more capacity: 4GB RAM and 64GB of memory, expanded with an SD extra card to 94GB. It cost me £100 outright, no contract. Should do me nicely.


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