r/phones

What’s the minimum battery health percentage before you decide it’s time for a new phone?

🔋 90% 🔋 85% 🔋 80% 🔋 Below 80%

Over the years, phones have become capable of doing almost everything, but I still find myself switching to my laptop for certain jobs.

What are those tasks for you? Is it because you need more screen space, a keyboard, multiple windows, precision, or something else?

Siemka, razem z chłopakiem zastanawiamy się który z danych telefonów będzie najlepszym na przesiadkę z iP 12. Sama mam dobry feeling o Xiaomi, ale jednak cały czas się zastanawia a ja potrzebuję waszych opinii i doświadczenia, żeby pomóc.

Nothing Phone 4a Pro
Xiaomi 17t
Pixel 10a

Good morning, afternoon, evening, night to all!

Wanted to stop my scrolling addiction by switching to a pure keypad phone that will be used only for things like listening to Holy Music, calls, whatsapp(probably). Need stronk phone💪 cuz I drop alot.. bluetooth is appreciated. Though clear loud beautiful melodious speaker is necessary.

Thanks for reading this and for any response🙏

My mum needs a new phone that has NFC and has asked me to look into it. I've been searching but I'll look on PcMag and they said the A25 was good, so I went to online forums like here to see what the people are saying about the A25, and they say it's dogshit compared to the A34, A54, A55 ect. I search up these alternative solutions and 1. they're only available 2nd hand or refurbished 2. reddit also says these phone are garbage compared to xyz phone.

So guys, please. Can someone name an average phone that isn't utter garbage, that has NFC, and that she could buy at the local shopping centre (in Australia). She likes watching lots of YouTube while doing house work, but her job doesn't require her to be on the phone all day.

my family has been somewhat nudging me to get a new phone since my phone is about 5/6 years old and ive noticed most of the newer phones in the market have a.i built into it as thier selling point.

now i know this is silly to ask in our new age of investor A.i but are there any phones that doesn't have built in hardware a.i?

Recommend me a phone btw 20-25k INR,

priority: Durability. The camera should not be too bad (too good is not a priority).

i spend most of the screen time watching series on Telegram; Telegram has used 30 GB of space. I do not play games for more than 3 hrs a week. screen time is 10 hrs

I had a Samsung A33 before; overall i am satisfied with it, but the battery was an issue (had to charge twice a day). The Only disappointment is that the A33 gave up after only 3.5 years.

I don't have much time, so reply early.

Thanks.

I am hoping to buy the motorola razr 50 phone by the end of my schoolyear or buy a nothing phone(if you guys advise me to not buy the motorola). My question is, for you guys: was the motorola razr 50 worth it? Im looking for a phone that looks cool, takes good pictures, and is not slow

After having it for almost 4 months the only conclusion I cam give is: it's a shit phone

The camera in an interior environment is trash, the fingerprint sensor is a joke, the screen is amazing yeah but I can bearly see it in sunlight but honestly the privacy display is a nice feature, the front facing camera is a joke too, the battery life is decent but I was expecting better (my Pixel 9 Pro XL had better battery life), the s pen is so small it is barely usable, the charging is absolutely horrible if under 26% it stops charging every percent and I have to replug it back in and some mornings because of that I would wake up with my phone at 5%. But the worst part about this phone is the software. Oh boy the software is bad

OneUI 8.5 on this phone feels worse than running Windows 11 on a PC from 2005. The lag is horrible, the keyboard feels painful to type on, the animations are ass. At has happened to me 3 times now where I unlock the phone and all I get is black screen for 5 seconds then the phone just suddenly reboots. I wanted try wiping the cache but Samsung became such an Apple like greedy peice of shit that they removed the wipe cache option from the recovery menu.

Honestly I really regret selling my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL for this peice of shit. I don't care how many times the SD Elite Gen 5 is more powerful that the Tensor G4, thr Pixel was a way smoother and way more refined phone. And the software was just miles better than ShitUI 8.5.

The worst part about this is that I got this phone on a bring it back plan with my carrier TELUS so I'm stuck with this peice of shit for another 20 months, unless I try to cancel it which I would probably owe a massive amount. I mean if I canceled the contract and then sold the phone on eBay it might pay off most of the balance (and honestly I'm seriously considering doing that when I have the money and I would go buy a Pixel 10 Pro XL which will probably be less expensive by that time since the 11 will probably have came out). I think the S26U might be the worst phone I ever had, even worse than the Galaxy A51 I had a couple years ago.

This phone is very disappointing, especially at this price point. I don't know wtf Samsung did but they fucked up bad, because even the base model S24 I had before the Pixel was solid.

I am on the verge of buying an Oppo N6 global version from Mobile Marvels and I need talking out of it. I currently have a Pixel 9 Pro XL. I've owned Oppo phones in the past but I've never had a foldable phone at all. What do you reckon people ?

I have a Samsung galaxy and it's time for a new phone. I'm going for Samsung again. The price ranges are crazy.

For the average person who uses a phone for messages, calls, Internet, social media and its camera, are there any benefits in going more expensive?

What price range would be most suitable, cheap, mid range or expensive?

Thank you for all your responses, I hope other people find this thread useful too :)

i have a few options here - samsung s26, samsung s25 256gb and iphone 16. I use my phone alot 7-12 hours a day so i want a good battery that lasts, i want a good camera, i like the iphone that you can just take it out and take a photo, not like the samsung you have to adjust alot to make it a good photo. I like small phones so thats why i chose these. These are my only options i cant buy something that isnt on this list. I rarely use apks. i like to use my phone on 5g because its faster in my area. i take alot of photos. I can get used to ios its not a problem for me. Its just i like gestures too. What should i do?

Hi! just want to ask for help. I want to downgrade to 16 pro. I currently have the Iphone air 256 and it's only 4 months old 100 batt health and complete with receipt. I have someone who wants to trade his 16 pro 256 complete ntc 97 batt health.

How much do you think can I ask for add cash?

Hello.
Let’s get started with this. I am an iPhone user of almost 4 years. I’ve been wanting one since I was young and I got it a couple of years ago. Looking back now, I don’t get why I was so fussed about it..🫠

(I have the iPhone 15 pro max)

I am completely tired of how it lacks customisation, how I am not free to just reply on messenger while using an app since IOS does not have the bubble overlay, not free to download apps I want if not from the App Store.
Overheating, battery draining over NOTHING (lol that is pathetic in 2026).

I went to the store the other day to take a look at some laptops and while I was browsing the store, I came across the Xiaomi 17 Ultra.

What a freaking beauty. Amazing design, good materials, vivid colors, smoothly operating. Overall really good stats for the price.

The camera bump is just HUGE on its own, but with a case, it’s fine.

The thing now is that I’m not quite sure if I am going to like the operating system and how the apps work…

I mainly use my phone for my job since I need to answer phone calls all day long and then for music, photos, instagram scrolling and maybe a game or too.

Is the battery life good? Does it need constant charging? Is it laggy or lack anything significant?

Has anyone made this change? Is it worth it?

Hi everyone! First time posting on Reddit

​I’m looking for some help finding a new, budget-friendly phone. I’m currently upgrading from a 6-year-old phone LG style 6 so just about any modern device will be a massive upgrade for me!

​Here is what I’m mainly looking for good camera It doesn't need to be overly fancy, just good enough to take crisp, clear photos of items I want to sell online. HeadPhone jack

This is a huge feature for me, and I'd love to keep it if possible!

​ and Something reliable enough to run newer apps and navigation/maps smoothly.

​I'd love to hear your recommendations or see what has worked well for you. Thanks in advance for the help!

I have a budget of $600, and this will be my first phone!

Battery reliability is important
Please suggest under 20k
Google says M36 is best

I'm planning to buy the OnePlus 13, and I have some doubts. The first is I heard on YouTube, and some of my friends also told me, that the camera was downgraded after the update of Oxygen OS 16, and the battery drained. Is this really a concerning problem, or should I buy it anyway? Is there any better phone in that same price range, or is the OnePlus 13 the best one? I am just crazy about the OS that OnePlus provides, and I want to use the latest one. I can't hold myself back on 15 and want to upgrade to 16. If it decreases the performance or life of my phone, should I get it really?

As an Italian that mostly talks about iPhones I didn’t even know something like carrier locked phones existed until I learned English and got into more American communities. Why do they have carrier locked phones? Here I dont heaven know if you can get them locked to a single carrier, you can pretty much use any sim and eSIM you like. Is it for cost or why? I don’t see the reason this should exist , it’s just pretty useless if you want to change sim. Why do they even make these?