Wifey needs a new phone.
The camera in the existing Xiaomi Redmi 4X is not very good.
But she doesn’t want to spend a lot. No more than $300 max.
Any suggestions?
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I'm wondering too! What about Oppo AX7?? Any better camera in this price range? Xiaomi Redmi 8? Huawei Y9? Samsung Galaxy A 20? Meizu M6?
I wonder if a Moto G8 play from Amazon might do the job. Just check they include band 28, which not all Moto G's do. Moto G8 Plus is NZ$333 from Amazon now, great price, $100 cheaper than I paid for my wife's. Although I wonder if buying from NZ is better, the G8 plus from the UK has data cut in and out occasionally, for a short time each time.
Avoid phones with in-screen fingerprint readers. My Xiaomi 9T sucks for that.
Another option to consider might be the Nokia 3.2, although I think the X.3 versions are due out very soon...
qwerty123: Tight budget. You can get Mi A3 64GB from Ali for 300. Excellent camera for the price tag, but slow FOD.
@querty123 - FOD?
Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.
1eStar: Refurbished Samsung Galaxy s7 $284
New Samsung Galaxy S7 $374
Samsung flagships have top notch cameras. My mother has kept her S5 alive and the camera is still impressive.
IronH: If you are still looking, Oppo R15 Pro is on sale at Smithscity for $300, ($600 at noelleeming). Its a camera centric phone.
TheWIFE™ has an Oppo R15 Pro. At $300 that'd be a bargain. The camera is pretty good on it, not as good as my Huawei P30 Pro but good none the less. Definitely worth a look I think. You could do a lot worse for $300 thats for sure.
I went through this a while back, wanting a better phone cam .
On my purchase, the 'good' camera turned out to be absolute rubbish in low light .
So search for some reveiws , and look at the low light performance, thats not allways mentioned in reviews.
Thats where the high end Samsung & Apple seem to really perform , in comparison to what I bought
GSM Arena has a really useful phone camera comparison tool, which lets you select low light.
Timing is unfortunate one of the guys at my last job got a Huawei Nova 5T for I think $350'ish with the pre Christmas sales it seems they are back up in the $600 + range now.
I found this page https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-phone-cameras,review-2272.html
It rates the Motorola G7 Power camera for a budget phone and looking at Google The Warehouse has them on sale at the moment for $295.00 which is in your prce range and is a new phone with warrenty. https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/p/motorola-moto-g7-power-black/R2604683.html
Hope this helps.
1101:I went through this a while back, wanting a better phone cam .
On my purchase, the 'good' camera turned out to be absolute rubbish in low light .So search for some reveiws , and look at the low light performance, thats not allways mentioned in reviews.
Thats where the high end Samsung & Apple seem to really perform , in comparison to what I bought
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