Phone That Will be Future Proofed and Durable for a Good Price?

AlienC on 28/09/2021 - 23:26
Last edited 29/09/2021 - 09:14 by 1 other user

Yeah that was hard to read but I am basically looking for my next good value all rounder phone.

Currently using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 that is many years old and I am noticing it having a hard time to keep up especially with typing and basic Web browsing.

So looking for the best value sweet spot phone budget probably under $400. All I know is that I need a strong soc and lots of RAM, the rest is pretty irrelevant. Oh and battery life is very important probably super high priority. Something like the mi Max's battery was good. Camera speaker and screen can be bad they are all the same these days.

So what's hot ATM that fulfils these requirements.

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Comments

  • Bafranz on 28/09/2021 - 23:27
    +1

    Jump on the s21 offer before it expires at the end of the month

    • BrewerHaHa on 28/09/2021 - 23:34

      Agree with this one but he can't trade in that Redmi Note 4 :(

    • AlienC on 28/09/2021 - 23:42

      Oh link? I must have missed this even though I scan the new deals pretty frequently

      • Bafranz on 28/09/2021 - 23:46

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/651606#comment

        Happy reading

        • AlienC on 29/09/2021 - 15:24

          Thanks unfortunately my xiaomi redmi note 4 is not eligible.

          So not sure how much of a discount i can get without the trade in discount.

          • Bafranz on 29/09/2021 - 15:27

            @AlienC: You can run the trade app on a friends/family phone but not send it in.. you'll be charged $60 so still on top

      • hawkeye93 on 29/09/2021 - 00:09

        S21 $399 for 128GB, $499 for 256GB.

        • AlienC on 29/09/2021 - 15:28

          Cant do it not eligible.

          Bummer.

    • Doy on 29/09/2021 - 08:58

      Just so no one gets confused, specifically the X3 Pro

      • Nalar on 29/09/2021 - 15:02

        Thanks for correcting!

        • AlienC on 29/09/2021 - 15:55

          The Poco X3 Pro looks amazing personally wish it had more ram and battery capacity otherwise it looks perfect.

          Hopefully some good case covers also.

          • Nalar on 29/09/2021 - 18:25

            @AlienC: The 256gb has 8gb ram and 5160mAh. GSMArena rate the life pretty good.

            • AlienC on 29/09/2021 - 19:11

              @Nalar: I am keeping this phone in mind but the way I use my devices I will be much more at ease and comfortable if I got one with 12gb or 16gb of ram just because I know I will try to fill it out of habit.

              I like to break things or push things to their limit and while 8gb should be fine I can see myself maxing that out immediately or very fast.

              Yeah I need to keep looking or just tell myself I need to fork out a lot of cash for a top of the line flagship.

              • Nalar on 29/09/2021 - 19:23

                @AlienC: If you find a sub $400 16gb phone, please share.

                • AlienC on 29/09/2021 - 19:37

                  @Nalar: Oh yeah nah that's not probable and will probably be terrible in other areas.

                  What I meant to say was I will probably have to scrap the budget to obtain a 16gb phone.

                  Yeah if I find a sub $400 12gb ram phone though with a 800 series snapdragon soc then maybe that might tempt me.

                  But honestly I use my phone for a lot of things and only have one phone for work and personal and every thing so I really should just suck it up and not be stingy money wise on my next phone and buy something above $400.

                  My last phone was a budget low range test just above the ultra budgets and was about $270 iirc basically below $300 and it has lasted me about 4 years now so good value imho.

                  My $240-300 boost mobile prepaid 12 months plan cost more than it after 2 years if not 1 when I have not been able or bothered to get the discount.

                  Anyways yeah those are just my experiences.

  • BLAIL on 29/09/2021 - 13:02

    Would you like a Rugged phone? Not sure how long you get Security Updates for

    https://www.banggood.com/Ulefone-Armor-12-5G-MTK-Dimensity-7…

    OR

    https://www.banggood.com/Ulefone-Power-Armor-13-13200mAh-Bat…

    • AlienC on 29/09/2021 - 15:48

      Wow nice battery life on those phones.

      I just have to confirm that the cpu or SoC is more powerful than my current snapdragon 650 otherwise i will continue to get slowdowns and freezes.

      Ram looks good though at 8gb but 12gb would be more future proof obviously.

      Everything else looks dandy.

  • CrispyChrispy on 29/09/2021 - 15:01

    Just wondering, what version of MIUI are you running? I've downgraded from 10 to 9 and I've noticed a huge difference in the amount of RAM available (and storage space available).

    • AlienC on 29/09/2021 - 19:44

      MIUI Global 11.0.2.0 | Stable 11.0.2.0

      how do you downgrade

      Won't I lose a lot of features

      Do I have to root

      I'm not messing around with root for the same reason I don't really mess around with overclocking.. I'm not prepared to lose the device and buy another over a mistake

      Never gamble what you are not ready to lose

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