Struggling to choose my new phone

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 edge at the moment. I've just cracked the screen so need something new.

What I don't like about my current phone:
- curved screen (even after 2 years I still mistype because of the screen)
- battery life, this could just be its age
- speed, again could be the age
- i don't like the Samsung made UI, I have the Google launcher running...it's annoying that there are multiple apps for say calendar...I only want to use the Google one.

Things I like:
- looks pretty good
- has wireless charging

Main bits I use my phone for:
- general browsing via Chrome
- Chromecast
- WhatsApp,
- Facebook messenger
- Spotify (I use a Bluetooth headset!)
- Calendar, etc....I use all of the Google versions of the apps

With the Pixel 2 being announced yesterday I can't say I'm overly impressed with the specs, I thought this was the phone I was going to get.

The only thing is, I am VERY bought into the native android experience, and I think its something I want to stay with and don't want any other bloat on there which kinda makes me think I should go for the Pixel 2.

Which other phones should I look at?
 
TheOracle said:
I've heard motorola support is supposed to be shockingly bad

Fella at work is having a terrible time with them
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In my experience it is. The appear to use bots to reply to email requests for assistance and don't offer help just links to all the stuff you've already tried. The Lenovo forums are full of requests for help that are studiously ignored.

I had 3 Moto G4s, one of them a Plus. 2 had the really bad 'ghost touch' problem and the Plus went into bootloops 50% of the time.
 
budget ?

ive just ordered a Chinese phone (£160ish), currently have a Motorola Moto X Play and its dying already, updates are shocking, to non existent, still waiting for android 7 !!
I hate to say it, but steer clear of Motorola there support seems bad
 
Sounds like you're shopping at the higher end of the market but if stock Android is important for you then the Xiaomi Mi A1 runs on Android One (and good specs to boot, although how that translates into reality I'm waiting to find out from others).

Similarly struggling to decide which to go for, although more at the budget - mid-range level!
 
TheOracle said:
I've heard motorola support is supposed to be shockingly bad

Fella at work is having a terrible time with them
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In my experience it is too, Not just support if something goes wrong, They use a shady 3rd party company called Anovo to fix any problems(i say this loosely because they didn't fix my Nexus 6), Security updates are seriously lacking.

Used to be decent but Lenovo have ruined them.

Pixel 2 , Pixel 1, Nokia 8 or Oneplus 5.
 
413x said:
None of those uses need a high end phone...
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I agree, however, my S6 edge has decent specs (I think) yet I still get lag. I do simple tasks, but I want those to be done really well (if that makes sense) - I don't like lag.

I did have a look at the one plus 5, it has mammouth specs, but it has its own "oxygen os" and is also a tad big. If it was smaller, I could just about get over the "oxygen os" bit...
 
Cheetah Designs said:
I agree, however, my S6 edge has decent specs (I think) yet I still get lag. I do simple tasks, but I want those to be done really well (if that makes sense) - I don't like lag.

I did have a look at the one plus 5, it has mammouth specs, but it has its own "oxygen os" and is also a tad big. If it was smaller, I could just about get over the "oxygen os" bit...
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Shame that it is too big, oxygenOS is essentially stock android with a few decent tweaks.
 
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