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My son is at the age where he wants a smartphone, rather than his Nokia brick! The plus point to the nokia is that it lasts around 3 weeks on a charge and is small in his pocket for when he does round his mates or out playing football. As an Apple family, an iphone would be 1st choice but they are not cheap (although we may look to give him wifes SE and she has my 8 and I get an X which I quite like the sound of), so may look at a 6S or something.
Now, there are quite a few android phones out there at less money, such as the UMIDIGI, Honor 9 or Huwai P20 all at 249 or less. It appears from a quick look he could still play apple music on it via iTunes (we have a family apple music subs), and it should be easy to set up his iCloud email. Not having FaceTime would be slightly annoying but am sure there are other similar apps there. Most of the apps he uses on iPad are free so won't necessarily need to pay loads to download them. He wont though have access to photos with family sharing or videos I guess.
I am not a techie, I cant be bothered with faffing with stuff which is why I like Apple. Will I be better off paying a bit more for an iPhone or less for a well spec android? Any drawbacks to the cheaper end ones especially the apple music stuff?
Now, there are quite a few android phones out there at less money, such as the UMIDIGI, Honor 9 or Huwai P20 all at 249 or less. It appears from a quick look he could still play apple music on it via iTunes (we have a family apple music subs), and it should be easy to set up his iCloud email. Not having FaceTime would be slightly annoying but am sure there are other similar apps there. Most of the apps he uses on iPad are free so won't necessarily need to pay loads to download them. He wont though have access to photos with family sharing or videos I guess.
I am not a techie, I cant be bothered with faffing with stuff which is why I like Apple. Will I be better off paying a bit more for an iPhone or less for a well spec android? Any drawbacks to the cheaper end ones especially the apple music stuff?