What mid-range smartphone for camera?
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Hi all,
I'm hoping to get some advice regarding a decent mid range £350 smartphone with the camera quality being my primary interest. I've owned a Panasonic LX100 compact for the past 12 months but not used it as much as I had expected. That, coupled with the fact that my ageing Motorola G3 is sorely in need of replacement and one of my friends now works for Nikon and can get me a hefty discount on their DSLR's means i'm looking to replace the LX100 with a new phone for snaps on the go.
There seems a plethora of choice in the current market, further confused by the option of buying an older 'flagship' model such as the Samsung S6 (will I be sacrificing the recent advances in UI/Hardwear/Android?). The Moto G5 plus is quite a popular mid-range model but I don't think the camera is it's strongest point. I have been very impressed with Samsung S camera's and am considering the S6. There are newer choices such as the Oneplus 3T which seems good but the camera does not receive rave reviews.
Any real-world advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Tom
I'm hoping to get some advice regarding a decent mid range £350 smartphone with the camera quality being my primary interest. I've owned a Panasonic LX100 compact for the past 12 months but not used it as much as I had expected. That, coupled with the fact that my ageing Motorola G3 is sorely in need of replacement and one of my friends now works for Nikon and can get me a hefty discount on their DSLR's means i'm looking to replace the LX100 with a new phone for snaps on the go.
There seems a plethora of choice in the current market, further confused by the option of buying an older 'flagship' model such as the Samsung S6 (will I be sacrificing the recent advances in UI/Hardwear/Android?). The Moto G5 plus is quite a popular mid-range model but I don't think the camera is it's strongest point. I have been very impressed with Samsung S camera's and am considering the S6. There are newer choices such as the Oneplus 3T which seems good but the camera does not receive rave reviews.
Any real-world advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Tom
Thanks all for the advice, very much appreciated! Further research has shown that galaxy S7's are available around the £350 mark albeit second hand but as new so I think that's my best bet as the battery is supposedly considerably better than the S6 and there's a micro SD for expandable memory.
AlexS said:
The Moto G5 plus has the same camera as the Galaxy S7.
Just to shed some more light on this from my research.Although the camera hardware appears to be very similar (sony) unit, the lens design is different on the S7 and the G5 + features no optical stabilisation. In all the comparisons i've seen the S7 comes out on top and in my opinion the shots are quite a bit better looking than the G5+. This is no doubt down to the Samsung image processing above all else.
That being said the quality of the G5+'s photography is still generally agreed to be excellent.
caelite said:
£350 will buy you one of the Sony Xperia X models (compact, or full sized), offers one of the best cameras about & a solid, modern handset.
The problem there is that whilst the Sony camera/lens is pretty good, the Sony camera software isn't exactly shocking, but it isn't particularly good (jpg compression and post processing are dubious, shot to shot time is poor considering the processor speed).Most mobile cameras are fairly evenly matched these days, and there really isn't much difference between the mid range and supposed "top end" mobiles cameras.
Im also looking for the same parameters, since my LG G3 suddenly started boot looping last week at 20 months use. I was keen on the G6 but seeing how LG phones have the same problem through the G4 and G5, im tempted to look at something like a Oneplus. Ideally want removeable storage so that i dont lose stuff if it breaks, and potentially a removeable battery.
Chicken Chaser said:
Im also looking for the same parameters, since my LG G3 suddenly started boot looping last week at 20 months use. I was keen on the G6 but seeing how LG phones have the same problem through the G4 and G5, im tempted to look at something like a Oneplus. Ideally want removeable storage so that i dont lose stuff if it breaks, and potentially a removeable battery.
I have a V20 - had to get it from abroad via ebay but it has removable storage, dual SIM, removable battery, dual screen, dual cameras and it's very nice. Looks like around £310 on the bay now as well which is a steal compared to what I paid £400 a couple months agoChicken Chaser said:
Im also looking for the same parameters, since my LG G3 suddenly started boot looping last week at 20 months use. I was keen on the G6 but seeing how LG phones have the same problem through the G4 and G5, im tempted to look at something like a Oneplus. Ideally want removeable storage so that i dont lose stuff if it breaks, and potentially a removeable battery.
The Nexus 5X is affected, too. I've just got rid of mine due to having issues with it. I'll be avoiding LG in future.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff