**What phone should I buy next?** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here!

[KidCarter93]

Hi everyone,

This thread is a continuation of this thread.

This is here so you can discuss what your next phone/tablet should be, if you're not sure what to pick.

Also, if you need advice as to which device is better than another, then feel free to ask those questions in here aswell.

This is an attempt to clear out all the similar threads being created around these forums.

*NOTE* I will be requesting thread maintenance as and when it is needed, to remove any SPAM comments

 

[traman124]

My Pixel 4a 5G has began to show its age, with no ability to root due to the Verizon model. I've saved up some cash to buy a new phone. Does anyone have recommendations for a new phone I can buy?

I've looking for a phone that's rootable, however there's so much options available.

Depending on your budget, I can recommend the 6a for 350 or the 7a for 500… if you’re willing to spend 600, the oneplus 11 is great too

 

[traman124]

Thinking about switching from a Pixel to a Galaxy

I currently have a pixel 6 pro and I was thinking about swapping to a s23+ or s23 ultra. I think I may go with the s23+, but I haven't decided yet, my main concern is the differences in usage of the phone. I don't have many experiences outside of the pixel when it comes to Android, so I wanted to know if there's any major features that change between the two that could make or break a deal in your opinion.

P.S. I also am slightly on the fence between the plus and ultra, while I like the idea of the stylus, slightly better camera, battery life, etc... I don't know if the price jump would be worth it and I was thinking about the potential of a smaller phone.

Any and all help and opinions are greatly appreciated

If you want lots of customization and features, oneUi is for you… If you take a lot of photos or notes on your phone, get the ultra…. imho the ultra is not worth it otherwise

 

[traman124]

Hello everybody.
What's a good phone to get under 400€? The things I value the most is a very good camera, enough horsepower to stay updated for a few years (I don't play mobile games, only a few old emulators from time to time), and the possibility to change the OS (LineageOS/AOSP/whatever) when official updates ends.
I don't really care about 5g support, cause I live in a country where its not comming soon.

Pixel 6a. The price is $350 and it has a seriously great camera

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

Hey everyone, hope you doing well.
I'm looking for a new phone and i'll go for a flagship for sure. I'm using my redmi note8 pro since it's realese and i really enjoyed the modding and tinkering with it. But it seems to fall short nowadays. I can't even see my screen under sun. I mainly use it watch videos and that sort of things. So i'm looking for a killer screen as well as looking for great cams cuz i started to take photos a lot nowadays. Actually i covered my redmi's awful main cam via LMC cam app but i can't do that with videos as there wont be a image processing like photos do.

So i actually thought of xiaomi 13 ultra, oppo find x6 pro, samsung galaxy s23 ultra and pixel 7 pro (but if i decide to pull trigger on pixel 7 pro i'll wait for 8 pro) xiaomi 13 ultra and oppo find x6 pro is really appealing but it's selfie cam falls short when compared to samsung but their screens are much better which i prefer. And pixel's screen falls short when compared to any other phone in my list. So actually im actually thinking does it worth to have a better selfie cam for 850 nits diffrence (2600 on xiaomi 1750 on samsung). And some users are reported that samsung's colors are washed out (but im more than willing to tinker with color calibration settings)

 

[traman124]

Hey everyone, hope you doing well.
I'm looking for a new phone and i'll go for a flagship for sure. I'm using my redmi note8 pro since it's realese and i really enjoyed the modding and tinkering with it. But it seems to fall short nowadays. I can't even see my screen under sun. I mainly use it watch videos and that sort of things. So i'm looking for a killer screen as well as looking for great cams cuz i started to take photos a lot nowadays. Actually i covered my redmi's awful main cam via LMC cam app but i can't do that with videos as there wont be a image processing like photos do.

So i actually thought of xiaomi 13 ultra, oppo find x6 pro, samsung galaxy s23 ultra and pixel 7 pro (but if i decide to pull trigger on pixel 7 pro i'll wait for 8 pro) xiaomi 13 ultra and oppo find x6 pro is really appealing but it's selfie cam falls short when compared to samsung but their screens are much better which i prefer. And pixel's screen falls short when compared to any other phone in my list. So actually im actually thinking does it worth to have a better selfie cam for 850 nits diffrence (2600 on xiaomi 1750 on samsung). And some users are reported that samsung's colors are washed out (but im more than willing to tinker with color calibration settings)

Samsung has the best screen afaik... The colors are NOT washed out from what I have seen and heard. If you really want a flagship I'd abstain from the Pixel; it's a great phone, the Samsung has better hardware.


Just don't get an iPhone please

EDIT: If you ask why I didn't mention the Xiaomi, I hate MIUI with a passion, and the Samsung will have better update support than the Oppo (and OneUI > ColorOS imho - still like stock A13 tho).

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

Samsung has the best screen afaik... The colors are NOT washed out from what I have seen and heard. If you really want a flagship I'd abstain from the Pixel; it's a great phone, the Samsung has better hardware.


Just don't get an iPhone please

EDIT: If you ask why I didn't mention the Xiaomi, I hate MIUI with a passion, and the Samsung will have better update support than the Oppo (and OneUI > ColorOS imho - still like stock A13 tho).

I'd flash a custom rom so those doesnt really matter and i wont go for iphone for sure. I hate it from bottom of my heart. Some people are reported that s23 ultra has washed out colors and xiaomi has darker blacks with more vibrant colors with its 850 nits advantedge. But i really want to buy samsung because of the looks and premium feel. But i'll use my phone for at least 6 years so i want a great screen too. My prioritize screen more than cams. So im kinda moving towards to xiaomi but it kinda looks really ugly.

 

[traman124]

I'd flash a custom rom so those doesnt really matter and i wont go for iphone for sure. I hate it from bottom of my heart. Some people are reported that s23 ultra has washed out colors and xiaomi has darker blacks with more vibrant colors with its 850 nits advantedge. But i really want to buy samsung because of the looks and premium feel. But i'll use my phone for at least 6 years so i want a great screen too. My prioritize screen more than cams. So im kinda moving towards to xiaomi but it kinda looks really ugly.

The only one with good rom support is the pixel 7…..

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

The only one with good rom support is the pixel 7…..

As samsung going for snapdragon on all of their s23 line i expect it to have a better rom support than last decade. But xiaomi terrifies me a bit in that part. Cuz a phone gets custom rom support according to their popularity 13 ultra wont be as popular as samsung for sure.

And also i stumbled upon sony xperia 1 V and it looks amazing with that 4k screen + better cam lenses. But there is no info about the brightness of the panel i dont want to go something below 1750 nits.

 

[traman124]

As samsung going for snapdragon on all of their s23 line i expect it to have a better rom support than last decade. But xiaomi terrifies me a bit in that part. Cuz a phone gets custom rom support according to their popularity 13 ultra wont be as popular as samsung for sure.

And also i stumbled upon sony xperia 1 V and it looks amazing with that 4k screen + better cam lenses. But there is no info about the brightness of the panel i dont want to go something below 1750 nits.

No… there aren’t any aosp for modern Samsung devices that support volte (Samsung uses some proprietary implementation that doesn’t work outside of stock). Later Exynos models actually had more custom ROMs than Snapdragon (still no volte tho). It’s more likely that xiaomi will get more roms. The Pixel already has a lot of custom ROM development (the others don’t)

fyi the Xperia has a peak of 1200 nits.

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

No… there aren’t any aosp for modern Samsung devices that support volte (Samsung uses some proprietary implementation that doesn’t work outside of stock). Later Exynos models actually had more custom ROMs than Snapdragon (still no volte tho). It’s more likely that xiaomi will get more roms. The Pixel already has a lot of custom ROM development (the others don’t)

fyi the Xperia has a peak of 1200 nits.

So its still a matter between xiaomi and samsung i was really feeling warmer to samsung before you said that now i question myself. So im kinda feeling warmer to xiaomi rn. Btw volte isnt that much important to me (it still isnt a standard in my country) but i need to have carrier services.

 

[traman124]

So its still a matter between xiaomi and samsung i was really feeling warmer to samsung before you said that now i question myself. So im kinda feeling warmer to xiaomi rn. Btw volte isnt that much important to me (it still isnt a standard in my country) but i need to have carrier services.

Ok... It's your decision to make, they're all good phones.....

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

Ok... It's your decision to make, they're all good phones.....

I really want a custom rom tho. Something like lineage or crdroid aosp based one.

 

[traman124]

I really want a custom rom tho. Something like lineage or crdroid aosp based one.

If you want that right now, the Pixel 7 pro would be the only one with a current LOS build

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

If you want that right now, the Pixel 7 pro would be the only one with a current LOS build

Those were just examples but i really want an aosp rom for my phone. But xiaomi 13 ultra hasnt been realesed yet so it is so natural that it doesnt have any custom rom.

Btw regular xiaomi 13 has evoX custom rom which i love so i'll go for xiaomi 13 ultra i guess.

 

[traman124]

Those were just examples but i really want an aosp rom for my phone. But xiaomi 13 ultra hasnt been realesed yet so it is so natural that it doesnt have any custom rom.

Btw regular xiaomi 13 has evoX custom rom which i love so i'll go for xiaomi 13 ultra i guess

Neither does the Samsung.....

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

Neither does the Samsung.....

Samsung is just realesed xiaomi 13 ultra hasnt been realesed yet worldwide rn they will realese it on 7th of june. But samsung has so thats a factor. But as far as i research xiaomi just peaks around 1350 nits while testing so thats a factor too. And a factor that distrubs me. So in the end i couldnt even got one millimeters closer to decide. Im as confused as start.

 

[traman124]

Samsung is just realesed xiaomi 13 ultra hasnt been realesed yet worldwide rn they will realese it on 7th of june. But samsung has so thats a factor. But as far as i research xiaomi just peaks around 1350 nits while testing so thats a factor too. And a factor that distrubs me. So in the end i couldnt even got one millimeters closer to decide. Im as confused as start.

The Pixel 7 Pro and Xperia 1 III and 5 III all have LineageOS support.....

The Xiaomi 13 does not support evolution (official/unofficial) as far as I can see.

Xiaomi phones always have ROM development though so it'll come eventually

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

Let me sum and tidy it up a little bit.
I dont want a screen below 1500 nits.
I want a vibrant and colorful screen preferably at least dci p3 color space if possible bt2020.
I want at least rootable and debloatble phone and preferably custom rom flashable.
I want great cams.
My priorities are screen > modding > cameras. I rather to have a great selfie and decent main camera. Instead of decent selfie great main cam.

My strongest competitors was samsung s23 ultra (doesnt have great modding support), xiaomi 13 ultra(it has a dimmer screen in daily use + worse selfie cam + kinda ugly), xperia 1 V(It has much dimmer screen compared to others + definatly have worse modding support than xiaomi + worse selfie cam lens but diffrence is so marginal so i can ignore it).

 

[ArasOzkaymakci]

The Pixel 7 Pro and Xperia 1 III and 5 III all have LineageOS support.....

The Xiaomi 13 does not support evolution (official/unofficial) as far as I can see.

Xiaomi phones always have ROM development though so it'll come eventually

I meant regular xiaomi 13 not the ultra.

 

[traman124]

I meant regular xiaomi 13 not the ultra.

I meant the regular 13.....