Phone’s

[CrevisbigX]

Looking to upgrade my IPhone 7 only thing I have not been to pleased with is the camera. EE wanted me to upgrade to the IPhone XR but very tempted with the Huawei P30 pro.

 

[Tomr10]

Had really good service from them and a nice phone to use

 

[Kidds]

Take a lot of getting used to if you've had iPhones for a long time. Good phone when you get the hang of them.

 

[PSQ]

The XR is fine, but the facial recognition security is a PITA with a face mask on. At least with the 7 it's finger print recognition. The camera on the XR is pretty decent too.

 

[Chae1]

Depends very much if your a phone person. Personally I don't care. as long as it takes a decent picture, let's me go online, links to emails WhatsApp. Makes calls.

I just buy sim free phones off Amazon, generally around £100 then get sim only phone contract.

Currently got a Samsung galaxy a10

 

[Cowabunga]

Looking to upgrade my IPhone 7 only thing I have not been to pleased with is the camera. EE wanted me to upgrade to the IPhone XR but very tempted with the Huawei P30 pro.

The logical step, since you are happy with the 7 is to get the new iPhone SE which has a much better camera but is basically a slightly improved iPhone8. The 8 has a better camera than the 7 and SE is better again.

However if you want top end camera and technology, including camera technology, you do need to got further upmarket [read 'more expensive'] whether for Apple or Android devices.

Be aware that because of the US trade sanctions, Huawei phones are somewhat crippled and don't have access to the essential Google Play Store or whatever its new name is. In fact Huawei are pretty well f**ked in the marketplace currently and may be a going the way of the Do-Do unless Chinese-American relations improve very substantially. They are soon to lose access to even the microchip technology that is essential for their phones to work.

 

[Steevo]

Have a new SE here and am really pleased with it.

 

[J B]

I just buy sim free phones off Amazon, generally around £100 then get sim only phone contract.

I have a Motorola G7plus, cost me £159 (?) IIRC and then a £8 p/m sim only contract

 

[Cowabunga]

I have a Motorola G7plus, cost me £159 (?) IIRC and then a £8 p/m sim only contract

My brother has a G8 and its the first phone he has ever actually liked. Similar sort of price. There's plain G8, Plus and Power models, all under £200. Available from half the price of an iPhone SE which itself is a third of the price of top end Android and Apple phones.

The top end models suffer greatly from the law of diminishing returns. They are vanity products that do little more, little better than lower mid-range models, which is where the bulk of volume sales are. In a price band from £150 to £400.

 

[Steevo]

Honor phones are incredibly good value for money if you want high spec for a reasonable price....and don’t mind the android interface.

 

[jondear]

Got a Moto g7 play a month ago £100 .Does all I want sim only so if I kill it no expensive phone to replace and contract to honour .

 

[Highland Mule]

Have a new SE here and am really pleased with it.

How is the battery life on it? Had some early reports that were not complimentary, but am quite keen if that part is okay. On an old SE here, with a self replaced battery that's not fantastic.

 

[Shavings man]

Depends very much if your a phone person. Personally I don't care. as long as it takes a decent picture, let's me go online, links to emails WhatsApp. Makes calls.

I just buy sim free phones off Amazon, generally around £100 then get sim only phone contract.

Currently got a Samsung galaxy a10

Got same decent phone does wot you want unless your a phone geek .

 

[Steevo]

How is the battery life on it? Had some early reports that were not complimentary, but am quite keen if that part is okay. On an old SE here, with a self replaced battery that's not fantastic.

More than happy with it.

My old SE was down to 89% battery capacity and would struggle to last the day out without a top up.

The new one will easily do the whole day.

 

[Lofty1984]

iPhone XR here battery is good camera is more than good enough for me only downside it’s fairly big

 

[Tomr10]

I have an xr for work good battery but it's less than a year old. All seam to struggle a round 20 month mark. Need to get a new phone after my incident at the weekend. Dont really want another 2 year contract so may get a cheap honour

 

[Cowabunga]

Honor phones are incredibly good value for money if you want high spec for a reasonable price....and don’t mind the android interface.

Beware that Honor is a Huawei brand and therefore subject to the same restrictions and inconveniences. Current new ones are significantly hobbled including not being capable of use as credit cards or even for your on-line banking using bank apps. As smartphones they are so crippled that they shouldn't really be considered as a viable purchase unless all someone wants is a basic basic device

What does Huawei's trade ban mean for your present or future Huawei phone?

The latest on the Huawei saga.

www.pocket-lint.com

The Huawei P40 and P40 Pro, Mate 30 series, Mate Xs and Honor 30 series don't have any Google apps. They rely on Huawei apps and the App Gallery download store, which doesn't have a huge number of apps at present. And in particular things like online banking apps and specific services aren't currently catered for, although Huawei is making a huge effort to improve this.

• What apps can you actually get on Huawei's App Gallery?

These new Huawei and Honor phones do come with Android 10 (with Huawei's EMUI 10 user interface on top). But you can only install Google apps via a relatively convoluted and dodgy process and neither Huawei or Google officially recommend this.

 

[Tomr10]

Beware that Honor is a Huawei brand and therefore subject to the same restrictions and inconveniences. Current new ones are significantly hobbled including not being capable of use as credit cards or even for your on-line banking using bank apps. As smartphones they are so crippled that they shouldn't really be considered as a viable purchase unless all someone wants is a basic basic device

What does Huawei's trade ban mean for your present or future Huawei phone?

The latest on the Huawei saga.

www.pocket-lint.com

My wife dosent have any issues with hers as yet

 

[Cowabunga]

My wife dosent have any issues with hers as yet

It is not about issues with phones bought last year or even early this year. It is about phones that are currently for sale that have been hobbled due to US sanctions on Huawei and its associated companies.

 

[Tomr10]

So say theres a p30 in a shop now if I buy it is it restricted