Currently using Huawei P30 Pro - Next Phone?

donbot on 08/05/2022 - 16:30

If Google services were on P40/P50 - I'd jump on them in a heartbeat as never had a better phone than the P30 Pro.

But I don't know where to go next - our current phones are great, but not quite cutting the mustard anymore - battery is ageing, storage is filling (256gb internal for Mrs is full), and camera is now a good few years old - there must be better tech and given the use it gets, happy to upgrade.

So where to now given Huawei is dead to us with no Google services. We need:

  • 256gb/512gb internal memory. Don't care for SD cards, more trouble than good in a phone.
  • great cameras
  • android
  • fast charge and good battery life
  • budget of circa $1000-1500.

Don't care for gaming at all, so don't mind if its a last gen flagship as long as camera is killer.

Samsung seems the easy option, but I reckon there must be better?

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Comments

  • CrispyChrispy on 08/05/2022 - 16:31

    Don't care for SD cards, more trouble than good in a phone

    hmmmmm

    • donbot on 08/05/2022 - 16:32
      +1

      I've done it before, and photos have been jumbled up in a mess on Mrs phone when using a sd card. Not worth the hassle based on my experience.

      • CrispyChrispy on 08/05/2022 - 16:34

        Fair.

        Samsung seems the easy option, but I reckon there must be better?

        What other brands are you looking at? If you're willing to jump ship to Apple, the latest or even a gen or 2 old iPhone will suit most of your needs. If you're sticking with Android, wait around for the next Pixel? Or go for the current flagship Samsung if you want. There aren't really any terrible options, maybe the Pixel 6/Pro given the amount of problems people had with them, but you're safe with the majority of flagships from the big 3 (Google, Samsung, Apple).

  • pharkurnell on 08/05/2022 - 16:38
    +2

    download the 256g of photos and get a new battery in that phone.

  • jacobb on 08/05/2022 - 20:30
    +1

    Pixel 6 pro

  • dasher86 on 08/05/2022 - 22:36

    What for the next pixel.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/05/2022 - 05:26

    Currently using a Samsung S22, and I was using the Samsung S10E prior to that but similar to your problems, I needed to get a new one as the battery life was no longer lasting a day. They are good phones but you need to debloat them with ADB as Samsung ship them with all manner of bloatware, I can't imagine using a Samsung phone without doing this, not sure what they are thinking but the hardware and design is nice.

    • silenthillrocks on 09/05/2022 - 07:38

      How's s22 battery life?

      • Mr Haj on 09/05/2022 - 09:47
        +1

        Pretty average battery life. 85 hours in GSMarena's endurance rating isn't great (link). S21 had 4000 mAh and Samsung reduced it to 3700 in the S22.

        • silenthillrocks on 09/05/2022 - 10:29

          Yeh can't understand why they keep putting smaller batteries in their flagship when a series has 5000mAh

          • Mr Haj on 09/05/2022 - 11:03

            @silenthillrocks: Well the S22 is now more like a semi flagship. Gotta pay extra for the S22 Ultra's 108 hour rating.

            • silenthillrocks on 09/05/2022 - 12:18

              @Mr Haj: I would but it's too expensive lol. Battery is an essential feature, should be big enough on all devices.

      • [Deactivated] on 09/05/2022 - 15:24
        +1

        It's fine if you aren't a heavy user - I don't game on mobile, just text, email, and using it for music and heart rate tracking for an hour at the gym each day. If you are a heavy user, I don't think it would cut the mustard.

  • BewareOfThe Dog on 09/05/2022 - 14:32

    Samsung or Oppo

  • Triamble on 10/05/2022 - 00:20

    P30 Pro is still hard to beat for cameras. S22 Ultra looks good, but I find Samsung's colours a bit over the top.

    Not really many flagship options outside the big 3 (Apple/Google/Samsung) these days. Oppo ruins photos with too much sharpening and their software lacks polish, oneplus is now just rebranded oppo, Xiaomi means grey imports…

    Vivo has some good camera phones but we only get the X60 Pro here which isn't all that great.

  • geoffreyhunter on 11/05/2022 - 15:04

    I thought p40 had 5g (but not p50?)
    I can see a few youtube videos on how to install google play and any android app on p40/p50

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