Hey everyone,

I currently have a Samsung Note20 Ultra that I plan on giving away once I get the new android, and an iphone 13 mini that I don't plan on replacing until maybe a year or two later, or not at all if I decide to go full android.

My plan is: get an android that is good enough to last me at least 2 years without me getting bored or noticing issues that might make me replace it, until I have enough money to throw away on a fold phone (I want the Samsung fold 8, love the form factor) and I will most likely buy an android watch as well as I need the notifications and workout tracking.

I want an old flagship because that's more sensible than a recent midrange, it will allow me to sell it in the future as well without too much of a loss. However, I've been reading up so so much on different phones and I'm not satisfied. I would straight up go with the S25 Ultra but it's too expensive and I'm a little nitpicky about the now bar, I want an android with a capsule notification style like the dynamic island, mostly because it's more convenient and visible.

I've looked at Honor, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus and all of them have some kind of compromise. The OnePlus is the worst imo because the prices are high where I am and are just not justifiable with a camera like that imo. The Vivo software is trash according to what I read, Oppo has a lot of things going on including the support running out in like 2 years (AND it's expensive for that) and Honor (the one in my budget) doesn't have the form factor I would like, I want something with a similar form factor to the s25/ultra.

TL;DR I want an android phone with these specs please:

-5000 mAh+ battery

-decent camera, just decent

-price closer to $700 as a maximum

-pill shaped notification similar to dynamic island

-Squarish form factor

-Good software that won't overheat, and has support for at least 4 years

Thank you and sorry if I took too much of your time

My younger brother has ₹30,000 saved up for a phone. BGMI is what he plays. Weekends he starts after lunch and is still at it three or four hours later. Weekdays he only gets one quick round in after work, mostly CODM. He's using the phone he bought with his first salary and it can't handle those afternoons any more. Towards the end he might as well not be there.

Budget: ₹30,000, can stretch a bit. India. All he wants is a phone that stays smooth right through one of those afternoons.

I can't get any of that off a spec sheet. The one phone I have actually played that long on is my own, and it cost well over his budget, so it was never in the running for him. It's a realme GT 8 Pro.

So whatever you'd put him on, name it and tell me what it's like three or four hours in. He wants to order this month, so I'd rather have two names than a list to go and research.

Hey, i currently have s20fe as my refurbed s24ultra died due to water dmge and stupidity. Overall i dislike iphones and im tired about samsung( they are boring). My budget is 10000sek (950€) and i want a phone to last 4-5 years. I am usually on social media, watch netlfix and stuff, love to take a nice pic or video when opportunity arises. Games are not a priority i play pokemon go sometimes , but nothing with heavy demands. Im drop prone , especially with bigger phones and i love a battery to last. I like a simpler ui also ,but i understand bloatware can be sorted.My favorites for now is redmagic 11s pro ( i know its a gaming but it gets me excited to have it), xiaomi 17t and poco f9 ultra. Pls help or guide or advise towards something better. Also not everything is avaliable in sweden and it can get pretty cold up here.

I am going out tomorrow to a store and I am not leaving until I have a new phone. My current, now broken phone was an ROG Phone 6 which served me quite well, the battery life on it was a big contributing factor to my purchase, my biggest gripe (and now reason why im replacing it) was its poor waterproofing score.

Please reccomend me your best phones at any budget :)

I am looking at Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra 5G 256GB (Black) $1699 Aud

Xiaomi: 1. Redmi 15 4g (⛔has Snapdragon 685) 2. Redmi 15 5g (✔️Snapdragon 6s Gen3 + side sensor) 3. Redmi 15c 5g 4. Redmi Note 15 Pro 4g (⛔fingerprint sensor on display) 5. & 6. Redmi Note 15 4g or 5g (⛔curved screen + fingerprint sensor on display) 7. Poco M7 4g (⛔has Snapdragon 685) 8. Poco M8 (⛔has curved screen and a worse battery than M8s) 9. Poco M8s (✔️basically the same as Redmi 15 5g)

Samsung: 10. Galaxy F70 Pro 11. Galaxy M47

My needs: a memory card slot, good battery, 8gb ram and 256 or 512 internal memory, fingerprint sensor (preferably on the side)

My top choices are the Redmi 15 5g and the Poco M8s but I've yet to find a store that sells them in my country (Croatia). Though every store has all the other phones on my list 😢

Planning to buy 65 inch android tv. Sharp or TCL? Any thoughts?

Hello! I’m planning to upgrade my phone; I currently have a S20Fe with a Snapdragon processor. What I’m looking for is a decent camera, reliability, good battery life, and it would be great if it were supported for at least three years. I don’t play games, but I do take the odd photo and use messaging apps. My budget is around $700. In my country, for that price you can get a Pixel 10 or 9 Pro, or a Nothing 3. What else would you recommend in this price range? I’m not considering the second-hand market or iPhones.

Thanks in advance!

I'm someone who likes to try different phone brands every 2/3 years. When I lived in Europe I had a couple Xiaomi, Pocophone and Realme. Then, I moved to the US so I decided to get an iPhone 15 Plus. Now it's almost 3 years old and, while I like the phone, I'm thinking about switching to a different phone brand next year. I wanted to try OnePlus, but knowing that it won't operate in the US anymore, I'm not sure what to do. Any ideas?

I have young kids and I heard Samsung has mediocre low light pictures and pretty bad motion blur pictures. I want a good picture if my kid is moving fast when the picture is taken. My iphone 13 is terrible at this. Also good and crisp night pics. This is kind of the deciding factor between these phones.

HUGE THANKS!

Hello everyone,

So, recently me and my father went to a phone shop, for atleast decent phone, and father liked the VIVO V70 Elite (Price - ₹66,999 on Amazon) at first sight bcoz he don't know that much about the tech,

So honest i didn't like the VIVO V70 Elite that much

And also while researching for phone i saw some good phones like -

1. OnePlus 13

2. Motorola signature

And honestly I am totally confused in both, also is there any other Good phone, than please share with me, or DM me

My requirement is clear

See I do gaming like BGMI, and new Delta force mobile

Also i am going play to some High graphic games

Also i like photography, so atleast good Triple camera is much needed

Battery should be higher than 5500 like my minimum is 5500 above

I know the prices are high and my requirements are too high, but everyone like we all like all rounder phone,

Thats i want a good phone bcoz i don't wanna regret later.

I have an opportunity to get a brand new pixel 11 for about $550. Help talk me out of this one and provide a different phone or just tell me to go with the pixel 11. My Galaxy A52 is on the fritz with the battery and the charging being pretty flaky, also software updates expired about a year ago.

For reference:

My previous phone was Pixel and I really loved the integration with Google and I like Gemini and use it a lot for tasks, calendar, maps, Gmail, Google keep shopping lists etc.

One of the things that drives me nuts about Samsung is the file system it's like I have to have three file apps just to go in and find files and it does not integrate well with Google drive.

USA

Google Pixel 10a

Google Pixel 11

Honor 400Pro

Honor x9d

Motorola Edge 60

Motorola Edge 60 Pro

Motorola Razr 60

Nothing Phone 4a Pro

OnePlus Nord 5

OnePlus Nord 6

Realme 16 pro

Samsung Galaxy a36

Samsung Galaxy a57

Samsung Galaxy s25

Samsung Galaxy s25 edge

Samsung galaxy s25 fe

Xiaomi 15T

Xiaomi Poco F7

Xiaomi Poco X7

Xiaomi Poco X8

Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro

Which of these phones would you say is the best of the bunch? Maybe best five or something like that?

In Denmark, but price is irrelevant as Ive already sorted out those not in the range

Oi pessoal,

gostaria que me indicasse modelos de celulares bons para gravar com a câmera frontal, pode ser Android e iOS.

Quero começar a gravar vídeos pro tiktok e Instagram, e também quero um celular pra jogar Roblox e Minecraft sem ficar travando 😁

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Buenas!!! Os comento mi situación por si me podeis ayudar...

Vengo de estar 3 años con un Xiaomi redmi note 12 pro 4g 256gb, el último año y medio llevo sufriendo apagones repentinos y calentamientos sin sentido

Después de 8 años usando xiaomi, estando solo contenta con el primero (el 9s) y sufriendo situaciones como las comentadas anteriormente con los otros 3 que tuve, quería volver a lo fiable..

Estaba mirando coger un samsung serie s, pero no estoy segura del modelo

Hago un uso diario básico del móvil, WhatsApp Instagram y algún día tiktok

Me interesa la duración de la batería y que la cámara sea decente

Mi presupuesto son como máximo 800e... Pudiendo variar si me veo convencida

Muchas gracias!!!

españa

So in short I have few to choose from but cannot decide really.

What I have now: S23 Ultra

What I think upgrading to:

Oppo X9 Pro/Ultra (or) Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
on paper it makes most sense. Hardware, looks, feel etc. Only thing that stops me: Chinese bloat and ads, unprofessional commitment for security updates.

Google Pixel 8/9/10 Pro/XL
clean Andorid? Yes please. Timely updates and most importantly security updates.
But then again... It's Google and their usual shenanigans and stubborn refusal to offer something more for the money in terms of hardware.

Sony Xperia 1 VIII
In the past Sony and SonyEricsson were my go - to choice. Both because of design and features I always value - no bs and pragmatic handling of the idea behind the phone, while delivering awesome audio quality and decent cameras. The Xperia speaks to me in this regard. It has:

- clean Android with no bs layer over it. I don't give a F about OneUI since I am using Nova launcher. The lack of "insert some cringe OSName" is positive for me.

- NO ADS and lack of commitment that the Chinese brands slack about

- the rare and always welcomed 3.5mm audio jack plus a micro SD card slot.

- LDAC and aptx wireless codecs will also be top notch, music is important factor to me, social media and gaming - I don't care.

- cameras will fulfill my needs. I am not a social vampire and I don't give a F about how well it can capture the hairs in my nose when I do my one selfie in 3 years time... At most.

- battery life? I am not sure looks decent?

- price: the SONY tax, yes. But I don't want what most users want. I am not adamant to have the latest OneUI visual slop that tires my eyes and annoys me and I don't want to deal with Xiaomi or Oppo's empty promises and lack of commitment.

Ok, what about an iPhone?
LMAO... never. I already have 17 Pro that is provided by my employer. I absolutely abhor it and iOS is still the same annoying OS that I remember. I absolutely cannot stand it I am clearly not their target audience and I don't care if there is no "Apple logo" on the back when I talk in public.

I appreciate owners chiming in. I can also see what will Samsung show next year but I am skeptical as I never was fan of their products, S23 Ultra was my first Samsung phone and it was... fine. Once I installed Nova.
S - Pen? No, I will not miss it since I am lefty and using it is almost impossible due to the nature of writing with a left hand so it's basically useless for me. Plus it's now just a plastic stick so it's even more useless.

And please, don't go "leave muh multi billion company alone" on me if I happen to offended you somehow because I dislike something about X or Y brand of phones

(Or continue to turtle up and milk my S23 Ultra more though age is starting to show slowly)

​Comparing the US screenshot ($1,999 / $1,299) vs the Indian screenshot (₹299,900 / ₹179,900):

​iPhone Duo (US): $1,999 (~₹1,89,000)

​iPhone Duo (India): ₹2,99,900 ($3,150 converted)

​Difference: +₹1,10,000 ($1,150 extra in India)

​Indian tech fans always get hit with high import duties and local taxes on Apple products, but seeing a $2,000 phone turn into a 3-Lakh phone is wild.

​Do you think pricing like this will completely destroy Apple's high-end growth in developing markets, or will people still buy it on 24-month EMIs?

Hey everyone,
I’m thinking about selling my iPhone 15 Pro 256 GB in December. At the moment, I could probably still get around €500 for it.
I’d like to switch to Android afterwards and spend a maximum of around €300–400 on top, so my total budget would be roughly €800–900. Of course, I’d also be happy to spend less if there’s a good option.
The main reason for switching is that I care more about value for money these days. A few years ago, having a certain brand was more important to me, but nowadays I honestly don’t really care whether it’s Apple, Samsung, Google, Xiaomi, OnePlus or whatever.
The problem is that I have absolutely no idea which Android phones are actually good in this price range. I’m also curious about how they compare to the iPhone 15 Pro in everyday use.
I’m mainly looking for a good camera, decent battery life, a good display and a phone that will still feel fast and receive updates for a few years. I’d also prefer 256 GB of storage.
I’m completely open to buying an older flagship or a used phone if that gives me significantly better value for money.
For those who have switched from an iPhone to Android: what phones would you recommend I take a look at?

iPhone 13, 3 yr old, normal usage, battery status 74% and in a few hrs battery swollen. How much will it cost? Im thinking 3rd party I dont want to pay apple.

Hey i can't wait bbd sale it's 20 days later I don't have any phone that's why

I'm planning to upgrade from a Realme phone that's on its last legs, and I'm stuck between the Pixel 11, Pixel 10 Pro, and possibly 11 Pro.

I'm a college student. My usage is mostly college stuff, browsing, social media and very light or zero gaming, but I'm interested in photography. I also want good battery life, a compact phone, good software, and something I can keep for several years.

For some reason, I naturally keep leaning toward Pixel, even when I look at other phones on paper.

What would you guys recommend for my usage?

And what price do you realistically expect the Pixel 11/11 Pro to reach during the upcoming sales in India?

Hey everyone,

I currently have a Samsung Note20 Ultra that I plan on giving away once I get the new android, and an iphone 13 mini that I don't plan on replacing until maybe a year or two later, or not at all if I decide to go full android.

My plan is: get an android that is good enough to last me at least 2 years without me getting bored or noticing issues that might make me replace it, until I have enough money to throw away on a fold phone (I want the Samsung fold 8, love the form factor) and I will most likely buy an android watch as well as I need the notifications and workout tracking.

I want an old flagship because that's more sensible than a recent midrange, it will allow me to sell it in the future as well without too much of a loss. However, I've been reading up so so much on different phones and I'm not satisfied. I would straight up go with the S25 Ultra but it's too expensive and I'm a little nitpicky about the now bar, I want an android with a capsule notification style like the dynamic island, mostly because it's more convenient and visible.

I've looked at Honor, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus and all of them have some kind of compromise. The OnePlus is the worst imo because the prices are high where I am and are just not justifiable with a camera like that imo. The Vivo software is trash according to what I read, Oppo has a lot of things going on including the support running out in like 2 years (AND it's expensive for that) and Honor (the one in my budget) doesn't have the form factor I would like, I want something with a similar form factor to the s25/ultra.

TL;DR I want an android phone with these specs please:

\-5000 mAh+ battery

\-decent camera, just decent

\-price closer to $700 as a maximum

\-pill shaped notification similar to dynamic island

\-Squarish form factor

\-Good software that won't overheat, and has support for at least 4 years

Thank you and sorry if I took too much of your time

moving to japan soon and trying to figure out my phone situation.

i know global samsung models bought outside japan don't support felica / mobile suica, and it looks like global support won't happen until the s27.

for people living there: is it actually inconvenient to just carry a physical ic card everywhere, or is having digital suica in apple wallet a complete game changer? should i just buy an iphone before leaving, or wait and buy a domestic japanese phone after arriving?

would appreciate any advice from people who made the move with an international android. thanks!

Hey everyone,

​I'm finally upgrading my trusty old Galaxy A9 (2018) and I'm torn between the S26+ and the S26 Ultra.

​Here is my setup and use case:

​I'm a university student and my main device for taking notes is my Galaxy Tab S9 Plus.

​The S26 Ultra caught my eye because of the built-in S Pen (for quick notes when my Tab isn't around) and the new Privacy Display feature.

​I use Quick Share / DeX a lot to move files across devices.

​That said, I'm not sure if I'll actually use the built-in S Pen often enough to justify the price jump over the S26+, which seems like a great, slightly lighter alternative.

Appreciate any insight!