Hi,
I'm reaching this forum in hope that your opinions would help me on my selection of a smartphone replacement.
I have a Motorola Moto X Play non dual SIM mobile phone with 2Gb ram and 16Gb storage. Which by today standards, it's very little indeed. It served me well, but I'm getting stuck with lack of space and of course OS updates are not available for quite some time.
At the moment, on this phone I value the camera the most. It has only 21mp, but the detail it packs into a photo is really impressive. For instance I can get to a shop, take a picture of a wall with items for sale, then I can zoom in and check the individual price tags, fully readable! This camera is really something I enjoyed since day 1, and this was a mid-range price phone. Other things were great too, like display resolution battery life and storage, but well ... I guess 2Gb/16Gb are no more a special thing . Oh, and lack of bloatware, with a near stock version of android was great (at least when comparing with other brands, like samsung).
Don't know how the camera is still so good, don't know the sensor or lens manufacture, I guess the sensor size is 1.1µm which may be important. Many phones present less than that size, like little more than half, which may be the cause for quality loss.
I'm searching for a replacement, but it's been a tricky job, given all the options that are available at the moment. I've tried other phones with more camera resolution, but they all fall short, with lots of noise showing when zooming in.
I don't want to splash 1000€ on a phone, I would like to set on a mid-range price tag, like 300-350, but if giving a bit more will help me getting a product that satisfies me, I'll seriously consider it. Just throw me a model so I can check it out .
So what I'm looking for, in this order of importance:
- Android OS (latest version possible, closest to stock as possible, with minimum bloatware);
- Good camera for quality photos that retain detail;
- 128Gb or 256Gb storage, if possible with micro SD expansion (I take pictures to SD card);
- AMOLED if possible (P-OLED better? worse?);
- USB-C charging;
- Battery that lasts a full day or even more.
Do you have any recommendations? Or as the times seem to show me, we have lots more options available but with less quality than we once had?
Thank you for your opinions.
I'm reaching this forum in hope that your opinions would help me on my selection of a smartphone replacement.
I have a Motorola Moto X Play non dual SIM mobile phone with 2Gb ram and 16Gb storage. Which by today standards, it's very little indeed. It served me well, but I'm getting stuck with lack of space and of course OS updates are not available for quite some time.
At the moment, on this phone I value the camera the most. It has only 21mp, but the detail it packs into a photo is really impressive. For instance I can get to a shop, take a picture of a wall with items for sale, then I can zoom in and check the individual price tags, fully readable! This camera is really something I enjoyed since day 1, and this was a mid-range price phone. Other things were great too, like display resolution battery life and storage, but well ... I guess 2Gb/16Gb are no more a special thing . Oh, and lack of bloatware, with a near stock version of android was great (at least when comparing with other brands, like samsung).
Don't know how the camera is still so good, don't know the sensor or lens manufacture, I guess the sensor size is 1.1µm which may be important. Many phones present less than that size, like little more than half, which may be the cause for quality loss.
I'm searching for a replacement, but it's been a tricky job, given all the options that are available at the moment. I've tried other phones with more camera resolution, but they all fall short, with lots of noise showing when zooming in.
I don't want to splash 1000€ on a phone, I would like to set on a mid-range price tag, like 300-350, but if giving a bit more will help me getting a product that satisfies me, I'll seriously consider it. Just throw me a model so I can check it out .
So what I'm looking for, in this order of importance:
- Android OS (latest version possible, closest to stock as possible, with minimum bloatware);
- Good camera for quality photos that retain detail;
- 128Gb or 256Gb storage, if possible with micro SD expansion (I take pictures to SD card);
- AMOLED if possible (P-OLED better? worse?);
- USB-C charging;
- Battery that lasts a full day or even more.
Do you have any recommendations? Or as the times seem to show me, we have lots more options available but with less quality than we once had?
Thank you for your opinions.