I'm trying to figure out which phone to buy to replace my old Samsung Galaxy A3 with. Android 8, woefully lacking in storage space, and falling apart. Yeah, definitely needs replacing.

So I've been looking around. Glanced at the S20 FE and A33, both suggested by people I know. Then glanced over at the A53, even debated A52, but either they're too pricy or there's something not quite right in the reviews I've read that makes me hesistant to throw a lot of money at it.

I am still of the opinion that phones shouldn't be expensive. 200-ish euro should be fine enough.

I'm so tempted to just go eff it and buy an A13 4G instead. 175 euro, seems still sane, and the phone is in every aspect an improvement on my old A3 that I've managed to use for almost 5 years now. :P

I really will need to make a decision by tomorrow when it's Cyber Frigging Monday. I am hugely disappointed at the 'discounts' given so far around here.
#Phone #Mobile #Samsung

@trinsec Are you considering the second hand market?

I bought a Samsung S10e for € 125 while the retail price is ± € 380. Works perfectly, and still love it.

@stardust

I prefer it new for the full scale of updates. I highly doubt the S10e has a recent version of Android?

I do want to last as long as possible with it, including getting updates to Android and the versions upgrades. So my preference is to a model of this year. Maybe last year, tops.

@trinsec Yeah I get that, mine has the latest version, and it was an important factor for me as well. But I couldn't find any new model with smaller dimensions that fit pockets unobtrusively. Smartphones have simply become unreasonably big.

PS you're probably using it already, but I use https://www.gsmarena.com to find and compare phones.

@stardust

Oh gods, don't remind me about the SIZE! I was postponing replacing my old A3 for so long because I couldn't find anything decent and affordable smaller than 5". Or smaller than 5,5" either. Heck smaller than 6" is proving to be about impossible nowadays too! And now I have to look at 6,5" thereabouts, people are just crazy for wanting it this big!

I am using https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/ here as that's listing all the phones I can buy reliably easy in my country. It does have good comparisons and shop reviews as well and I know what's directly available to me.