Is £200 for a phone with a decent camera too much to ask?

[Fetchez la vache]

Wanting to change my current Pixel 3a with a new Android phone with a decent camera, SIM free for £200.
Any suggestions?
So far "Decent Camera" and "£200" (or thereabouts) seem to be mutually exclusive...

[randlemarcus]

The 3a's launch price was £400. Do you think anything that costs 75% of that is going to have brilliant camera hardware?

[robsa]

Shop around for a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, its a bit more than £200 but not by much, and they genuinely take great photos.

[Ham_and_Jam]

As Robsa said you wont get a better bang for your buck than with the Redmi Note 10 Pro, and I’m an iPhone user. Amazing value @ £239.

https://mobile.mi.com/uk/redmi-note-10-pro/

[AJB88]

Pixel devices do well on the camera front, the a versions not so much. I'd try to pick a Pixel 5 up refurbished or 2nd hand.

[xeny]

Fetchez la vache said:

Wanting to change my current Pixel 3a with a new Android phone with a decent camera, SIM free for £200.
Any suggestions?
So far "Decent Camera" and "£200" (or thereabouts) seem to be mutually exclusive...

Cameras and decent image processing cost money, so they tend to be the differentiators between budget and midrange phones.

[Uncle boshy]

Car phone warehouse have the pixel 4a on offer at £249 at the moment, cracking camera