Phone upgrade time

[Rainbrew]

Hey, so I've been running an LG G7 thinQ for about 2 years now and it's slowly starting to die on me so it's time for an upgrade. I'm looking to spend ~400 Euros on the new one. From my research it seems like a decent contender in that price bracket is the Oneplus Nord 2T which I can get for about 408 euros on the manufacturer's website due to their student discount offer thing. I'm a bit uncertain about how much ram I should go for, because the 12gb model is quite a bit more expensive and that amount of ram seems like a crazy amount for a mid-range phone.

 

I'm open to recommendations in general, I don't have any requirements really beyond sticking as close to that price point as possible. In terms of brand preferences I don't really have any although I've heard some negative things about Samsung phone bloatware and a fairly bad Android skin, plus I'd like to avoid Xiaomi/Realme/Huawei on account of bad experiences with their products in the past. Seeing as a lot of brands are ditching the headphone jack I've conceded that I'll use an adapter/sound card for my headphones so that's not a requirement.

 

Thanks in advance!

[ZetZet]

I think Samsung A52 5G is almost perfect. Bought my mother one and it's snappy, simple, cheap. Software is a non-issue either.

 

A53 5G is pointless tho, they changed nothing except the number and made it more expensive.

[jaslion]

24 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

I think Samsung A52 5G is almost perfect. Bought my mother one and it's snappy, simple, cheap. Software is a non-issue either.

 

A53 5G is pointless tho, they changed nothing except the number and made it more expensive.

The A53 also is just a worse phone. It has features removed (like the headphone jack) battery life from tests shows it's the same at best but often worse and performance isn't better. All for a higher pricetag.

[Rainbrew]

43 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

I think Samsung A52 5G is almost perfect. Bought my mother one and it's snappy, simple, cheap. Software is a non-issue either.

 

A53 5G is pointless tho, they changed nothing except the number and made it more expensive.

The price is very enticing for sure as it costs half as much as the OnePlus I've been eyeing. My concern is that I'd be getting a significantly less powerful device and I'd like to beat on the phone for a few years before getting a new one so higher specs = more better for longer if I'm not wrong.

 

Hearing that makes me concerned for my friend who's phone died and he impulse bought a Samsung M53. From my brief research it seemed to be an entry-level version of the A53 but more expensive due to being newer. Seems like the M53 is a terrible choice if the A52 is just better and at almost half the price he got it for.

[ZetZet]

1 hour ago, Rainbrew said:

The price is very enticing for sure as it costs half as much as the OnePlus I've been eyeing. My concern is that I'd be getting a significantly less powerful device and I'd like to beat on the phone for a few years before getting a new one so higher specs = more better for longer if I'm not wrong.

 

Hearing that makes me concerned for my friend who's phone died and he impulse bought a Samsung M53. From my brief research it seemed to be an entry-level version of the A53 but more expensive due to being newer. Seems like the M53 is a terrible choice if the A52 is just better and at almost half the price he got it for.

There are a lot of A52 type phones from Samsung. A52 5G and A52s 5G are the best ones from that series in my opinion. A52 non 5G has slower processor than both of those. https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?&idPhone1=10641&idPhone2=10631&idPhone3=11039

[Imbadatnames]

Used iPhone 11 Pro

[jaslion]

On 6/3/2022 at 12:39 PM, Rainbrew said:

The price is very enticing for sure as it costs half as much as the OnePlus I've been eyeing. My concern is that I'd be getting a significantly less powerful device and I'd like to beat on the phone for a few years before getting a new one so higher specs = more better for longer if I'm not wrong.

 

Hearing that makes me concerned for my friend who's phone died and he impulse bought a Samsung M53. From my brief research it seemed to be an entry-level version of the A53 but more expensive due to being newer. Seems like the M53 is a terrible choice if the A52 is just better and at almost half the price he got it for.

Dont worry about lower specced phones. Running on a mi 9t for with a 730g in it and its still nice and snappy after 3 years. For general use mid range phones are plenty fast nowadays