New Phone Recommendations

[AidanDaDoolphin]

I currently am daily driving a slowly dying Samsung S10+. I love the phone and I think it is the best phone Samsung has ever released. Since it is slowly dying I am wondering if anyone has some recommendations on what I should upgrade to. I have never had an iPhone and I don't plan on it, I prefer larger phones, I use my phone for photography semi-regularly. And finally, I have never bought a phone brand new so I would have to find the phone from Amazon Renewed (I have never gotten a phone with an issue from them and it is much cheaper than buying a brand new phone)

 

Thanks for your recommendations and time!

[filpo]

1 minute ago, AidanDaDoolphin said:

I currently am daily driving a slowly dying Samsung S10+. I love the phone and I think it is the best phone Samsung has ever released. Since it is slowly dying I am wondering if anyone has some recommendations on what I should upgrade to. I have never had an iPhone and I don't plan on it, I prefer larger phones, I use my phone for photography semi-regularly. And finally, I have never bought a phone brand new so I would have to find the phone from Amazon Renewed (I have never gotten a phone with an issue from them and it is much cheaper than buying a brand new phone)

 

Thanks for your recommendations and time!

whats your budget? If its up to about 400 or 450 you can't really beat the samsung s21 ultra at this price point 

128 gig version: Amazon.com: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, US Version, 128GB, Phantom Black for AT&T (Renewed) : Cell Phones & Accessories

256 gig version (only 70 bucks more): Amazon.com: SAMSUNG Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G | G998U Android Cell Phone | US Version 5G Smartphone | Pro-Grade Camera, 8K Video, 108MP High Res | 256GB Phantom Black | T-Mobile Locked - (Renewed) : Cell Phones & Accessories

[AidanDaDoolphin]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

whats your budget? If its up to about 400 or 450 you can't really beat the samsung s21 ultra at this price point 

128 gig version: Amazon.com: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, US Version, 128GB, Phantom Black for AT&T (Renewed) : Cell Phones & Accessories

256 gig version (only 70 bucks more): Amazon.com: SAMSUNG Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G | G998U Android Cell Phone | US Version 5G Smartphone | Pro-Grade Camera, 8K Video, 108MP High Res | 256GB Phantom Black | T-Mobile Locked - (Renewed) : Cell Phones & Accessories

I don't really have a budget. I'm willing to spend as much as I need to.

[filpo]

Just now, AidanDaDoolphin said:

I don't really have a budget. I'm willing to spend as much as I need to.

then the oneplus 11 is really good with the new chip and 16 gigs of ram Amazon.com: OnePlus 11 5G | 16GB RAM+256GB | Dual-SIM | Titan Black | US Factory Unlocked Android Smartphone | 5000 mAh battery | 80W Fast charging | Hasselblad Camera | 120Hz Fluid Display | 4nm Processor : Cell Phones & Accessories

[AidanDaDoolphin]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

then the oneplus 11 is really good with the new chip and 16 gigs of ram Amazon.com: OnePlus 11 5G | 16GB RAM+256GB | Dual-SIM | Titan Black | US Factory Unlocked Android Smartphone | 5000 mAh battery | 80W Fast charging | Hasselblad Camera | 120Hz Fluid Display | 4nm Processor : Cell Phones & Accessories

Thanks for the input, I will most likely go for the S21 Ultra because I like Samsung a bit too much.

[Blqckqut]

11 minutes ago, AidanDaDoolphin said:

Thanks for the input, I will most likely go for the S21 Ultra because I like Samsung a bit too much.

this dude is on a massive shopping spree, did u rob a bank?

[AidanDaDoolphin]

6 minutes ago, Blqckqut said:

this dude is on a massive shopping spree, did u rob a bank?

yes i did please dont tell anyone

[Blqckqut]

2 minutes ago, AidanDaDoolphin said:

yes i did please dont tell anyone

your secret is safe with me

 

can i have some hush money tho? o-o

[venomtail]

48 minutes ago, filpo said:

whats your budget? If its up to about 400 or 450 you can't really beat the samsung s21 ultra at this price point 

128 gig version: Amazon.com: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, US Version, 128GB, Phantom Black for AT&T (Renewed) : Cell Phones & Accessories

256 gig version (only 70 bucks more): Amazon.com: SAMSUNG Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G | G998U Android Cell Phone | US Version 5G Smartphone | Pro-Grade Camera, 8K Video, 108MP High Res | 256GB Phantom Black | T-Mobile Locked - (Renewed) : Cell Phones & Accessories

Those are locked phones tho, sure it's best for OP to be locked into one network? One can save a lot of money with an unlocked phone, jumping from network to network whenever anyone's the cheapest.

[filpo]

1 minute ago, venomtail said:

Those are locked phones tho, sure it's best for OP to be locked into one network?

good point 

@AidanDaDoolphin go for this one instead Amazon.com: SAMSUNG Galaxy S21 Ultra G998U 5G | Fully Unlocked Android Smartphone | US Version | Pro-Grade Camera, 8K Video, 108MP High Resolution | 128GB - Phantom Black (Renewed) : Cell Phones & Accessories

[E-waste]

You could buy a used (much older model) of whatever brand has an unlockabls bootloader, and it does heavily depend on EXACTLY what android version that device ends up at in the used market.

 

If you like the idea of using older devices visit

 

https://xda-developers.com

 

and look for devices that the bootloader can be unlocked.

 

Samsung devices, if not too many updates in, can do so, but after a couple years, an update gets released to lock the bootloader and prevent software downgrading as well.

 

Pixel and Sony devices are excellent about having easily unlockable bootloaders, with Sony having a guide on their own website!

 

LineageOS is a custom software, based on Google's AOSP, android open-source project, and aims to provide ten years of software upgrades for many devices.