Can Anyone Suggest a Nice Phone under $400 for My Mother in Law?

Require a good phone, hopefully on a great discount/bargain.

Need it as a Christmas present for my MIL.

Any ideas please.

Thx

Comments

  • +2

    Any Motorola in that price range.
    I bought a moto g9 play for about $260 on the black friday/Monday sales from jbhifi

    • Thx. Is it good as Samsung a21. I am looking to buy one from OW.

      Does OW price match Kogan?

      • Shrug
        Check GSM arena to compare specs

      • They should but total price, including shipping.
        A31 would be ok. My PIL's (65-70 year olds) both have A30's and they're happy with them

  • +1

    MIL - Samsung Note 7

    • no stock in WA :(

  • I use this site for perusing new mobiles. Search is for Motorolas in €200-250 range, https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare-smartphones/f_min_d+eurPr…

  • Whatever you do, just make sure you take note of the phone number on the sim so that you know not to answer..

    • haha

  • +2

    Depending on your relationship with her…

    1 nokia 3310 and spend the rest on bargain basement wine and crayfish
    or
    1 iphone x

    • +1

      nokia 3310

      She might use it as a weapon!

      • Haha
        yeah
        Fair point.

  • +1

    I'm not sure from your post if you are buying a gift or hoping to exchange your MIL for a nice phone. lol

    • +1

      that made me spat out the cofee :) I Wish !!

  • depend on what the MIL wants in a phone the age of the mil etc Does she have poor eyesight? Then a phone designed with big buttons. Does she use social media like 24/7 the good screen and battery life is important. Lots more to buying for someone else that a set price

    • good one, Yeah she uses a lot of Social Media, and takes lot of photos too. Eyesight is purrfect:)

      • Shop with her in store. Let her choose which one she likes.

        Getting her a phone without you using it first hand, and making her to carry that around on a daily basis, is really setting yourself up. If she doesn't like it, she would have to make excuses for not using it.

        By using lot of social media, do you mean she posts lot of photos, or just scroll lots of insta, or both?

        Have you consider getting her a digital Polaroid just for fun? surely everyone will have a great time talking about the good old days. They are available from JB/OW

        • +1

          thx. well want to give her a surprise gift.

  • What does she use at the moment?

    • a redmi phone, with 2gb ram
      complains of being it very slow and less memory

  • +2

    xiaomi poco x3 nfc very nice phone, if you don't mind lcd screen, huge screen

    • Thx, I saw that, but it is online I need it by 25th Dec. Any ideas if any store in Perth would price match online sales?

    • How does the poco x3 compare to the Mi9T pro - because i just smashed my screen on the Mi9T :(

  • Bought the Nokia 5.3 as as backup phone and it has been good to me. Same processor, ram and gpu as sony xperia 10 ii which goes for another $230.

  • Hi all, I went with oppo a91. Was around 399, with oppo promo during boxing day.

    It's an awesome phone, super fast and amazing camera for the price too.

    Thx for all your suggestions.

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