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rickster30

rickster30

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Hi,
I currently have an ageing OnePlus 3, which I have had for about 4 years now, as with other owners the rear main camera has now resorted to taking blurry pictures, been going on a while to be honest. So I am now on the look out now for a new phone, obviously the current climate means it will be on a smaller budget, which I am looking at to be between £400 - £500, I don't bother with contracts, SIM only suits me just fine, like the look of the OP8, but to much for me right now, specs wise ideally at least sd855, 128gb, and a good camera, have been looking around at phones like realme X2 pro for example, any other suggestions or experience of phones I should look at?

Thanks
 
First two that jump out to me; S10e or the OP 7/7T Pro. Less sure about the Chinese alternatives.
Edit - thanks @joelk2 - you're right, UK version of the S10e will be the Exynos.
 
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Why not the 7t from OnePlus? You've been with them this long. Will be easy to transition to another OnePlus device. They are £516 on the rainforest but can be bought for closer to the £400 if you look around.

Others than do spring to mind for flagship on a budget though.

Realme X2 pro seems like a good choice.
Mi 9t pro
Mi note 10 (not 855 though)...

Here is a list of 855 or newer CPUs. Doesn't include helio or anything like that though. (Just 855, 855+ & 865)


https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nCPUCoresMax=8&nChargingMax=30&sChipset=42,41,31

Gsmarena is great for finding phones to suit your requirements.
 
joelk2 said:
Why not the 7t from OnePlus? You've been with them this long. Will be easy to transition to another OnePlus device. They are £516 on the rainforest but can be bought for closer to the £400 if you look around.

Others than do spring to mind for flagship on a budget though.

Realme X2 pro seems like a good choice.
Mi 9t pro
Mi note 10 (not 855 though)...

Here is a list of 855 or newer CPUs. Doesn't include helio or anything like that though. (Just 855, 855+ & 865)


https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nCPUCoresMax=8&nChargingMax=30&sChipset=42,41,31

Gsmarena is great for finding phones to suit your requirements.
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Thanks for the suggestions, I will take a look at gsm as well
 
rickster30 said:
Hi,
I currently have an ageing OnePlus 3, which I have had for about 4 years now, as with other owners the rear main camera has now resorted to taking blurry pictures, been going on a while to be honest. So I am now on the look out now for a new phone, obviously the current climate means it will be on a smaller budget, which I am looking at to be between £400 - £500, I don't bother with contracts, SIM only suits me just fine, like the look of the OP8, but to much for me right now, specs wise ideally at least sd855, 128gb, and a good camera, have been looking around at phones like realme X2 pro for example, any other suggestions or experience of phones I should look at?

Thanks
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I am / was in exactly the same boat. Oneplus 3 needed charging at least twice a day and camera was useless. I short listed exactly the same handsets as you and didn't really want to stretch to the OnePlus 8.

After spending too much time debating what to get next, I bit the bullet yesterday and bought the S10 LITE which was on offer and arrived this afternoon.

I'm not a power user by any stretch and it's early days yet but it seems pretty good. The screen and camera are in a different world compared to the OnePlus 3 and all of a sudden, my OnePlus seems really dated.

I'm unsure about OneUI yet as I'm still trying to navigate my way around it. It's feature packed, that's for sure. Battery life is also looking to be in a different world - I've used around 5% in the last 60mins of heavy use rather than 5% every 5mins as with my OnePlus 3!
 
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