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#265544 27-Jan-2020 08:43
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My Huawei P9 was a flagship a few years ago, has great hardware, ok software but with a heavy skin, but the hardware is wearing out - particularly the battery but also the buttons. I'm looking for a new phone to get in the next few months, not immediately but when I get around to it. Can anyone suggest something suitable?

 

Priorities in approximately this order:

 

  • Ideally plain Android, no or minimal skin, though I may compromise on this if there's an awesome phone with ok software
  • Good battery life
  • Good performance: as fast or preferably a bit faster than the P9
  • Updates for 2+ years - perhaps on the Android One program?
  • Pedometer would be nice to have, maybe other sensors like temperature
  • Support and Warranty: NZ or international warranty, reasonable support so don't want a niche phone or tiny manufacturer.
  • Moderate screen size (I don't want a tablet, needs to fit in a standard pocket, but doesn't need to be small)
  • Budget: $750, prefer a bit less

My wife has a Moto G8 plus, which seems as fast as the P9 and generally a good phone. That's probably the leading contender right now, but I would like a pedometer if I could get one. I liked that my S4 had a temperature sensor as well that I liked having.

 

I'm not that interested in Samsung. I had the S4 many years ago, it was fine for the time, but not good for the heavy skin or updates. Willing to consider as apparently they are better now.

 

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  #2410089 30-Jan-2020 11:32
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Umidigi looks like a fantastic midrange phone, fairly good performance. I purchased the Xiaomi 9T this morning from PBTech for $650 (they wouldn't give me the weekend deal on the pro at that price), and seems good so far - just doing updates. I'll do a review at some point :)

 

Thanks to @mrdrifter for the suggestion!




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  #2444995 23-Mar-2020 22:10
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With my old P9 doing odd things like running from 80% battery to 20% battery in 30 minutes occasionally, I made a dash to PBTech today to get another phone before we were locked in and the phone failed completely. I got a Moto G8 Plus, and so far it seems fairly quick, decent features, nice plain Android 9 - hopefully updating to Android 10 or 11 at some point. It's fairly chunky in the Spigen case, heavier than the old phone, but it should be a reliable workhorse until I find something else to replace it - be it in 3 months with the Pixel 4a (unlikely now) or later.


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