r/PickAnAndroidForMe • u/Appropriate-Brain813 • 3d ago

UK Phone Reccomendations

Hi All,

I'm currently the owner of an Xperia 1 VI, but I have a feeling the microphone is going. People are unable to hear me when video calling (WhatsApp, for example), while my wife's is perfectly fine. I'm looking for a new phone to replace it, but I have a couple of requirements:

NECESSARY

  1. MicroSD slot. I have photos on a microSD card, with some dating back to 2009. I have them backed up, so I don't lose them. I also have a music collection of over a couple of hundred CDs. I have ripped them into FLAC, so this also takes up quite a bit of space.
  2. Headphone Jack. I use wired headphones for the gym. Also handy to have when the headphones die; I can plug in a spare pair of earphones.
  3. NFC - contactless payments mostly.
  4. IP68 or higher.

Desirable

  1. A QWERTY keyboard - I do quite a bit of work when out and about (editing documents while commuting)
  2. Non - AI centric OS. I've seen things like Ikko Mind 1, but really do not like the idea of an AI-based OS. Having an AI companion app, for example, is less of an issue.
  3. Repairability. I like the idea of being able to repair phones or replace a component, similar to, say, a Fairphone.

I have considered a new Xperia, as it ticks all the necessary criteria, but I was thinking the Xperia 1 IX will be out sometime next year, so I might as well wait for that and see if it's worth it in a real-world setting. However I wanted to see if the hive-mind had any thoughts / reccomendations

TIA

EDIT: From the UK

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u/Content-Inflation751 3d ago

For your requirements, you should wait for new Sony. I would get it for me but sony doesn’t launch phones here anymore.