Looking for new phone

Zalosath · March 4, 2021

Hi there,

My contract for my Huawei Mate 20 Pro is about to expire after 2 years with the phone. It's a great phone but it's starting to show its age. I don't want another Huawei in case Google drops support for the app store.

I've been looking at the Google Pixel 5, I've always wanted a Pixel but I'm not sure if I can justify downgrading my current phone? I would love to wait for the Pixel 6 but it's expected release date is toward the end of 2021 and my contract expires this month.

I'm looking mostly for the 'larger' brands like Samsung and Google; definitely no iPhones though.

It's more of a struggle as I'm looking for one that is supported by EE (UK) so I can share data with my family.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Zalosath · March 4, 2021

Just now, Benji said:

They haven't had app store support on actual new smartphones, especially flagships for over a year at this point, no new model has Google Play support. And those that did until last year were re-heated smartphones that were usually sold as a "New Edition" with maybe a little more storage or RAM but the same old chipset so that they didn't need to re-certify them (which would've made them lose the certification and thus the Google Play Services).

How do you use your phone? If you don't constantly play heavy, demanding games or run benchmarks all day long, the Pixel 5 will serve you very good.

Social media, I like to play some games that can probably run in a browser, pictures, that's mostly it.

My biggest worry is that the Pixel 5 is going to be slower than my current phone (which is a reason why I'm getting a new one in the first place). I like to have the 'convenience' features that most phones have nowadays like Face ID and in-screen fingerprint sensors. Not certain if I'll miss those features or not.

SEAL62 · March 4, 2021

Maybe take a look at this

Hyrogenes · March 4, 2021

29 minutes ago, Zalosath said:

Hi there,

My contract for my Huawei Mate 20 Pro is about to expire after 2 years with the phone. It's a great phone but it's starting to show its age. I don't want another Huawei in case Google drops support for the app store.

I've been looking at the Google Pixel 5, I've always wanted a Pixel but I'm not sure if I can justify downgrading my current phone? I would love to wait for the Pixel 6 but it's expected release date is toward the end of 2021 and my contract expires this month.

I'm looking mostly for the 'larger' brands like Samsung and Google; definitely no iPhones though.

It's more of a struggle as I'm looking for one that is supported by EE (UK) so I can share data with my family.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

I personally love my S20 FE. It is last gen but it still has Face Id and in screen fingerprint. Its a cheaper model and has a plastic not glass back but with a case there is no difference. It is also somewhat cheap because its a cut down version of the S20+