Snapdragon budget phone?

[Mark Kaine]

Every phone i see around 200 bucks is mediatek / mali bs...

are there any snapdragon budget phones?

[ET_Explorer]

50 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

are there any snapdragon budget phones?

Of course there are >

 

Google Pixel 4             <> $159.99

 

The cheapest 800 series phones are > LG G8X  @ $159.99   LG G7 Thin Q  $169.99

 

OnePlus 7T   $179.99
 

Edited November 6, 2023 by ET_Explorer

[venomtail]

I'm getting these results.

2020 to now. Max $250. Snapdragon down till 820.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

46 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Every phone i see around 200 bucks is mediatek / mali bs...

are there any snapdragon budget phones?

Mediatek dimensity chips are pretty decent afaik unlike those garbage helio socs

 

As for budget snapdragon phones, 600 snapdragons are garbage and i am currently typing on a snap 665 based phone (y51), 700 series probs kinda meh, youll wanna look for the 800 series snapdragons

 

at this budget youll be looking at used phones, no idea what your used phone market is like but here in indo 200$ is enough for a mi 10t (pro) with a snap 865

[jaslion]

What do you want in a phone?

 

Mediatek has seriously stepped it up since their dimensity lineup so they arent bad at all

 

 

[jaslion]

9 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Mediatek dimensity chips are pretty decent afaik unlike those garbage helio socs

 

As for budget snapdragon phones, 600 snapdragons are garbage and i am currently typing on a snap 665 based phone (y51), 700 series probs kinda meh, youll wanna look for the 800 series snapdragons

 

at this budget youll be looking at used phones, no idea what your used phone market is like but here in indo 200$ is enough for a mi 10t (pro) with a snap 865

Id say the jump to 700 is actually still quite noticable especially with the 7 gen x series. However the difference between a 7 and 8 is like whatever for 99% of people except if you game on your phone.

 

 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

9 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Id say the jump to 700 is actually still quite noticable especially with the 7 gen x series. However the difference between a 7 and 8 is like whatever for 99% of people except if you game on your phone.

 

 

I was assuming that this is gonna be gamed on

 

Id still take the 800 snapdragons anyways since the phones themselves are usually better (screen, camera, etc.)

[jaslion]

23 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

I was assuming that this is gonna be gamed on

 

Id still take the 800 snapdragons anyways since the phones themselves are usually better (screen, camera, etc.)

It does depend as now 7 gen and the 778g cpu's have been put in same phone but lower cpu compared to their 800/8 gen counterparts

[Mark Kaine]

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

What do you want in a phone?

good camera, long battery life, 6gb ram minimum, easy bootloader, snapdragon chip.

[Mark Kaine]

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

I was assuming that this is gonna be gamed on

 

Id still take the 800 snapdragons anyways since the phones themselves are usually better (screen, camera, etc.)

nah, gaming is super low priority, what im looking for is a good camera, customisation, (aka removal of all apps i hate, so most of them) fast(ish) cpu, 6gb minimum RAM (everything lower makes a phone sluggish due to Android bloat in my experience) 

 

 

 

so snapdragon 800? question is price!?

 

i guess a 2 year old model could be still good value? 

 

i mean thats what im asking there are tons of 200 euros mediatek phones, what are the snapdragon equivalents? 

[Mark Kaine]

2 hours ago, jaslion said:

What do you want in a phone?

 

Mediatek has seriously stepped it up since their dimensity lineup so they arent bad at all

 

 

ok, but i want to be able to remove *all* pre-installed apps i dont want... (aka jailbreak) 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, Mark Kaine said:

nah, gaming is super low priority, what im looking for is a good camera, customisation, (aka removal of all apps i hate, so most of them) fast(ish) cpu, 6gb minimum RAM (everything lower makes a phone sluggish due to Android bloat in my experience) 

 

 

 

so snapdragon 800? question is price!?

 

i guess a 2 year old model could be still good value? 

 

i mean thats what im asking there are tons of 200 euros mediatek phones, what are the snapdragon equivalents? 

Basically you are just like me and hate being stuck to dogshit stock firmware

 

In that case snapdragon is your only option cause afaik mediatek dimensity are hard to root or something like that

 

You wont see any decent ones for 200€ unless you look at the used market

 

Xiaomi and oneplus look like interesting options since they have a large community around them for custom firmware

[jaslion]

2 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

good camera, long battery life, 6gb ram minimum, easy bootloader, snapdragon chip.

Yeah new not happening. Xiaomi, oneplus, poco,... dont hold value well so a used on that has all your stuff is an option.

 

Sub 200 new? Nope not happening AT ALL

[Mark Kaine]

8 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Sub 200 new?

around 200, 250 max... so used still only option? 

 

and any suggestions on specific models....? 

 

im really out of the loop ... i just know other than my current phone i never had a mediatek and i never want one again lol... they're just bad.

 

 

 

 

[Mark Kaine]

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Basically you are just like me and hate being stuck to dogshit stock firmware

 

In that case snapdragon is your only option cause afaik mediatek dimensity are hard to root or something like that

 

You wont see any decent ones for 200€ unless you look at the used market

 

Xiaomi and oneplus look like interesting options since they have a large community around them for custom firmware

ok same question as above....what kinda models i should look at? 

[jaslion]

3 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

around 200, 250 max... so used still only option? 

 

and any suggestions on specific models....? 

 

im really out of the loop ... i just know other than my current phone i never had a mediatek and i never want one again lol... they're just bad.

 

 

 

 

250 a poco x5 potentially the pro

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 minute ago, Mark Kaine said:

ok same question as above....what kinda models i should look at?

Any sites or stuff where you can buy used phones?

I reckon the mi 10/11(t) (pro) or oneplus 8-10(t)

 

Basically any phone from the last generation or 2 generations behind current gen as those have depreciated a ton so you can find em for cheap

[Mark Kaine]

2 hours ago, jaslion said:

250 a poco x5 potentially the pro

... this looks.... great.... the x5 has sd card slot, the pro doesn't... (lol)

 

and price difference is like 20 bucks ... (mega lol) 

 

AND BOTH HAVE 3.5 headphone jack!!!

 

 

i think I'd go with the none pro, cause no sd card is a deal breaker sadly. 

 

And i can jailbreak this, right? 

 

ps: oh and the none pro has 8 instead of 6 gb (seems im missing something here?)

 

 

2 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Any sites or stuff where you can buy used phones?

I reckon the mi 10/11(t) (pro) or oneplus 8-10(t)

 

Basically any phone from the last generation or 2 generations behind current gen as those have depreciated a ton so you can find em for cheap

idealo.de

 

 

and thanks I'll look into these as well

 

 

[jaslion]

4 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

... this looks.... great.... the x5 has sd card slot, the pro doesn't... (lol)

 

and price difference is like 20 bucks ... (mega lol) 

 

AND BOTH HAVE 3.5 headphone jack!!!

 

 

i think I'd go with the none pro, cause no sd card is a deal breaker sadly. 

 

And i can jailbreak this, right? 

 

ps: oh and the none pro has 8 instead of 6 gb (seems im missing something here?)

 

 

idealo.de

 

 

and thanks I'll look into these as well

 

 

Btw the pro does have 8gb for the 256gb

 

The 778g is a decent bit better but a 695 is great

[Mark Kaine]

18 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Btw the pro does have 8gb for the 256gb

 

The 778g is a decent bit better but a 695 is great

ah, ok, but still no sd slot i guess. i mean i want a good camera because i make a lot of photos, and i already have a sd card, which i hopefully can just keep using...

 

and i see, yeah, as long its still good, i don't need a top of the line cpu, im not playing any games on my phone anyway (typically)

thanks!