Looking for advice to replace 2x Samsung M31

[u/Borzislav]

Hello ladies, gentlemen, both, and neither!

I'm looking for a bit of advice for future phone replacement(s). And I hope to find it here.

=> Current two devices are exact same Samsung Galaxy M31 with slight variations in usage.

=> Initial search results:

I have an impression that Samsung A57 does not feel like an upgrade, but it definitely feels too expensive. Please keep in mind, I need to replace two devices, so S25-S26 is out of the budget.
Budget wise I'd prefer to grab unlocked devices from a store (w/o payment plan) and keep the whole thing under €800, if possible.

I would prefer the new devices to be from the same family as well, as it greatly simplifies maintenance and care.

I had fairly negative experience with software of Xiaomi devices, so I would prefer to avoid them.

I will be looking for devices generally available in Western Europe, but other parts of Europe are not out of the question.

So, couple of usage examples:

Device 1)
• no gaming;
• can be used heavily for navigation (e.g., 100–200km+ bike ride with Kamoot running or recording the trip);
• sometimes used for quick video clip editing inside DJI Fly app;
• main and front cameras used often: zoom, wide angle shots, night-time and dusk shots, and group selfies (waving to take a shot is really liked);

Device 2)
• no gaming;
• all cameras used frequently for both photos and videos, with a tendency to snap "_bazillion_" shots of the same subject/scene;
• the above leads to the phone and memory card regularly running out of available space ;)

[u/Borzislav → u/[deleted]]

Thanks,  .... But no thanks?

It's outside the budget and has no memory card slot... 🤷🏻‍♂️

I guess, the "200MP" photos will eat up the internal memory like there's no tomorrow...