Replacement for a Pixel 5

stenchlord on 26/03/2024 - 19:28
Last edited 26/03/2024 - 20:29 by 1 other user

Looking for a replacement for an aging Pixel 5 I gave to a family friend's 11 year old.

Would prefer to keep it under $300 if possible and prefer new to secondhand. Any ideas on what I'd be looking at so I can keep an eye on prices?

I checked Mobileciti to get an idea on prices but even the Pixel 5 still sells for $550 new which seems ridiculous to me.

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  scrimshaw on 26/03/2024 - 19:36

  +4

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/834506

  The Pixel 7 or 7a is regularly 499.

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/product/google-pixel-7

  Motorola has also been knocking it out of the park with their mid range phones. Many models to choose from, many of which are using Snapdragon socs

  https://www.ozbargain.com.au/brand/motorola

  The G84 in particular is a popular model on Ozb

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    stenchlord on 26/03/2024 - 19:48

    Pixel 7 is too far out of budget.

    The G84 is what I was looking at, more RAM than the Pixel 5 is nice.
    Am unsure how the processor compares to the one in the Pixel 5. On paper it looks worse?

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      shxhshzhz on 26/03/2024 - 23:14

      +1

      very similar. It generally won't struggle unless you use it for graphics intensive games or multitask between 20 apps at the same time.

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      alan737 on 26/03/2024 - 23:27

      +1

      Pixel 5's possessor is just about 5% faster than G84's, but G84 has 12GB RAM and that performs much smoother and is faster than P5 (with 8GB RAM).

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        stenchlord on 27/03/2024 - 00:06

        +1

        Cheers.

        Don't feel comfortable buying a brand new phone with just slightly better performance.
        I was hoping to see a decent increase in performance but guess I'll have to re-look at budget.

        Thanks everyone for the information.

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          Mechz on 27/03/2024 - 15:37

          @stenchlord: The G84 also has a bigger screen and much bigger battery.

          I think the performance difference would be noticeable overall.

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          alan737 on 29/03/2024 - 00:11

          @stenchlord: I've got a JB hi Fi $30 coupon and if you spend over $300 you can use it by this Saturday 30 March. Let me know if that helps and I will PM the coupon code to you for free. JB price for a moto G84 is $399. You can give JB sales team a call asking for a better price, they usually reduce the price by 20 bucks or so, If you buy JB gift cards, you may bring the cost down by another 2.5%. Stacking up all these, you can get it by about $350 to $360.

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            stenchlord on 29/03/2024 - 14:42

            @alan737: Thanks for the offer but I'm going to hold off for now.

            Going to shop around, thinking of maybe upgrading my personal phone (Pixel 7) and giving it instead.