Recommendation for OnePlus 3T replacement around 500 euro

[crotach]

Hi folks,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my OnePlus 3T and I'm looking for a phone with a decent camera. My budget is around 500 euros.

I've been using OnePlus for years now and I really like the stock android and lack of bloatware. 

 

My shortlist is:

1) OnePlus 7 - 549 euro. This seems like a safe bet. It's an upgrade in every way, but not great phone in any one aspect.

2) Xiaomi Mi9 - 529 euro. Normally I wouldn't consider this at all, but with xiaomi.eu ROM all the chinese bloatware and adware is gone and it looks like a very nice phone. I'm not sure about MIUI.

3) Huawei P30 Pro - 629 euro. This would normally not make the shortlist because it retailed for around 1000 euro, but the price has fallen significantly since "trump wars" that it's almost within budget. I might be able to stretch this far, but I'm not convinced by Kirin or Huawei yet.

4) Samsung S10e - 537 euro. Never had a Samsung phone, I used to avoid them due to bloatware, but the new ones seem to be quite nice. I'll never use Bixby but thankfully it can be disabled. 

5) Asus ZenFone 6 - 559 euro. It looks good in every aspect except the screen. It's also the only phone on the list with a LCD screen.

 

Which one would you recommend, or is there another phone you'd recommend that's not on my list?

 

Thanks!

[Origami Cactus]

The Pixel 3a?

[Ordinarily_Greater]

Out of those options, I would pick S10e if you are fine with a hole punch. It's IMO worth it from Software perspective

 

Also maybe you can consider going Mid range if you don't need much performance

[crotach]

Pixel 3a unfortunately only comes with 64 gb of RAM which is too little for me and it doesn't support SD cards. 

I feel that I can do a lot better by paying a little bit more. For me the only reason to go for Pixel is gcam, which is now ported to almost every phone.

 

Looking at S10e, I don't think the hole punch would bother me that much. Hard to say without actually using it, but looking at the leaks of Pixel 4 it seems that hole punch is the way to go if even Google is embracing it

[paddy-stone]

What about the Xiaomi Redmi K20/pro, has pretty nice spec.

[crotach]

58 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

What about the Xiaomi Redmi K20/pro, has pretty nice spec.

Wow, thanks for that, haven't seen them before! It's coming out on June 10th in Europe and looks pretty sweet!

 

I guess I'll wait and see how much they will cost. At least the non-Pro should be within my budget. 

[paddy-stone]

I think the non-pro will be around 250-300 Euros IIRC, and the pro nearer 400 Euros... but my memory is not good, so couldn't say for sure. It's the only phone I would be interested in upgrading to if I was in the market for a new phone this year... but I bought the pocophone last year and am pretty pleased with it, so will hang in to that until I need another upgrade. Pretty much the only thing I don't like very much is the notch, everything else that I need is there.