Hi all :)

My wife’s broken her phone to the point where it’s not holding a charge properly, so I need to replace it. I’ve been looking at replacements, but I don’t know enough about current chipsets to know which ones are decent.

The main things she needs are, decent battery life, an SD card, NFC, and more than 64GB of internal storage. If the OS can be changed in the future to get security updates, that would be a bonus. Given the direction that they seem to be going, with collecting data and locking down the bootloader, I’d prefer to move away from Xiaomi if possible.

The catch is though, we’re on a small budget. Thanks to Christmas, we’ve only got around £200 to £250 to spend. If there’s a significant upgrade, we can go to about £300, but that’s a stretch.

I’ve looked at a few phones, and the Nothing phones seem to tick all the boxes, but are right at the top of the budget. The Motorola range looks good, as does the Poco M6 Pro, but like I say, I don’t know enough about the chipsets to know if they’re any good.

I’m open to any suggestions. Thanks in advance :)

EDIT: I ended up going for the Motorola Moto G85 earlier today. It ticks all the boxes, plus my wife decided to tell me after I’d been looking at lots of different phones that she uses a Motorola in work, and likes the style >.<

Thank you for all the help :)

  • EpsilonEridani@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    Hello. I recently bought a Tecno Spark 20 pro. 8Go (+8Go expendable) 256Go storage. 5000mah battery, SD card, with a MTK chipset (MT6789 G99) very satisfied with my purchase. No custom rom development on it yet, but the OS is decent and you can easily debloat it. If you don’t want a Chinese brand, i think there’s the Samsung Galaxy A15 4G with this chipset.

    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Thanks for the suggestion :)

      I ended up going for the Motorola Moto G85 earlier today. It ticks all the boxes, plus my wife decided to tell me after I’d been looking at lots of different phones that she uses a Motorola in work, and likes the style >.<

  • ser@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    5 days ago

    The Redmi Note 13 Pro. Ticks most your boxes.

    It has great custom rom support. It does not have SD card tho.

    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      It looks good, thanks :)

      The higher storage and RAM would be helpful, but the downside is that it’s still a Xiaomi. It’s definitely going in the possibly pile though, thanks :)