Recommend me secondhand Android phone

[Norfolkandchance]

Not big into phones but I use it all the time. Am already on the perfect deal for me (£5 per month, all the data, calls and texts I need). But I don't like my handset. Its old and doesn't have enough memory for very many apps. And its slow.

Do use the camera a lot for family photos.

Say about £100.

Are they all much of a muchness if you're not that bothered about phones?

I've had galaxies before and liked them

https://shop.envirofone.com/buy/samsung

Thanks

[Scrump]

If you can stretch the budget a bit then this is a much better phone than the Samsungs you have linked to.

Brand new Moto G6 play for £126:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/motorola-5-7-Inch-Android...

[Slushbox]

The Motos are well regarded, if you don't need the latest version of Android, you can buy a 'last-years' model new for £100 or less. Spending more money tends to get you a better camera. :-) Add a micro-SD card for your photos, or upload them to Google over wifi.

Moto E4 dual SIM is very good at about £90. Metal back and a fingerprint reader, plus selfie flash:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Moto-Dual-SIM-Fr...

Later Moto E5 Play is about £90 from Argos.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8520867

Edited by Slushbox on Sunday 24th March 09:21

[98elise]

Whatever you get make sure it's 32Gb. My kids have 16Gb phones and are always running out of Memory. That's with all media stored on the phone. Apps tend to grow so updates get bigger and bigger until the phone is full. We have to keep moving or deleting apps to free up space.

Also if you listen to music more and more phones are missing the headphone socket these days. I won't buy a phone without a headphone socket.

[The Mad Monk]

98elise said:

Whatever you get make sure it's 32Gb. My kids have 16Gb phones and are always running out of Memory.

Yes, but that's kids, right?

No normal person needs 32Gb.

[schmunk]

You can buy a second hand Google Pixel for just over £100 - that'll give you the best phone camera you can get for the money.

I recently bought a grade A refurbished Pixel XL from laptops direct for £140, and it was virtually as-new. Non-XL will be cheaper.

[Bill]

Scrump said:

If you can stretch the budget a bit then this is a much better phone than the Samsungs you have linked to.

Brand new Moto G6 play for £126:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/motorola-5-7-Inch-Android...

Mine cost me a bit more but I'm very happy with it.

ETA I can't see any mention of warranty on that link, but John Lewis do 2 years.

Edited by Bill on Sunday 24th March 09:05

[Norfolkandchance]

Excellent replies, thanks

Ignoring price - which is the better phone for me - Google Pixl or the Moto G6 play?

Want good camera, enough memory to have several apps but not crazy - the stuff it comes with and facebook, Twitter, BBC Sounds, maybe a couple more. (Current phone cant fit the first 3 at the same time!)

Don't store music on it but do use it to listen to radio / BBC Sounds.

Don't need to store many photos at a time as upload to Google photos.

Thanks again

[Bill]

I can't honestly tell you how well the camera compares, but it's fine for my use.

And the memory is plenty, plus you can add an SD card and store photos and music there as well as some apps.

[LuS1fer]

I've just upgraded from a Moto 5GS to a OnePlus 6. This is supposedly a massive leap but for what I actually use my phone for, it came down to quicker speed. The Motos are solid phones. Going to stick the LD one on eBay, probably get £40 if I'm lucky.

[schmunk]

Norfolkandchance said:

Excellent replies, thanks

Ignoring price - which is the better phone for me - Google Pixl or the Moto G6 play?

Want good camera, enough memory to have several apps but not crazy - the stuff it comes with and facebook, Twitter, BBC Sounds, maybe a couple more. (Current phone cant fit the first 3 at the same time!)

Don't store music on it but do use it to listen to radio / BBC Sounds.

Don't need to store many photos at a time as upload to Google photos.

Thanks again

The Pixel will have a far superior camera, particularly in lower light.

The Moto probably better battery life.

Both have 32GB storage (about 25GB free for your use) - seems plenty for your needs.

[Gojira]

The Mad Monk said:

98elise said:

Whatever you get make sure it's 32Gb. My kids have 16Gb phones and are always running out of Memory.

Yes, but that's kids, right?

No normal person needs 32Gb.

My P20 Lite has 64Gb, and is over half full already....

Oh, wait, you said "normal" people - I suspect most people who are very nearly 60 don't have all of the Dangermouse cartoons on their phones

[768]

They still make phones with only 16GB of storage?

I'd choose the Pixel over the Moto, every time. But then that's why there's a cost difference.

[98elise]

The Mad Monk said:

98elise said:

Whatever you get make sure it's 32Gb. My kids have 16Gb phones and are always running out of Memory.

Yes, but that's kids, right?

No normal person needs 32Gb.

The space is shared with the O/S, and that takes up a large chunk. They really don't have that much free space on their phones.i have a 32Gb S7 and it's close to full.

[Norfolkandchance]

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I've ordered myself a brand new Google Pixel for £170. Its bound to be miles better than my current phone and, assuming it survives for 2 years, will have cost the equivalent of £7 per month. Added to the £5 per month line rental seems like pretty good value to me.

Thanks again

[Mr Pointy]

Norfolkandchance said:

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. I've ordered myself a brand new Google Pixel for £170. Its bound to be miles better than my current phone and, assuming it survives for 2 years, will have cost the equivalent of £7 per month. Added to the £5 per month line rental seems like pretty good value to me.

I'm not sure how much you care about things like privacy but you might want to read this review:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/26/google_pi...

[Norfolkandchance]

it'll be fine!

[dhutch]

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