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I am in the market for a new phone, do not want to spend over £200 and must be android. It seems that phone cameras are obsessed with close up over telephoto but I disagree. So what phone options do I have that also have a telephoto --oh and a good low light ability.
 
I'll let you know this week. Tomorrow, a new phone should arrive which has cost me a little over £200 but not by too much. It is a Motorola Edge 50 Fusion. I'm getting it to replace a Motorola G73, which my wife is having. The G73 has been a great phone and even now, after over three years, the battery is good for two days with a lot of use browsing the internet and taking a few photos. TBH, there are only two reasons for replacing the phone a) as mentioned above, my wife doesn't like hers so she's having mine and b) I wanted a pink one, and that's all.
In my experience, they are pretty good phones for the price.
 
GetBusyLiving said:
I'll let you know this week. Tomorrow, a new phone should arrive which has cost me a little over £200 but not by too much. It is a Motorola Edge 50 Fusion. I'm getting it to replace a Motorola G73, which my wife is having. The G73 has been a great phone and even now, after over three years, the battery is good for two days with a lot of use browsing the internet and taking a few photos. TBH, there are only two reasons for replacing the phone a) as mentioned above, my wife doesn't like hers so she's having mine and b) I wanted a pink one, and that's all.
In my experience, they are pretty good phones for the price.
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Thanks - my current phone is a motorola the screen is getting harder to touch and there is a grey blob on it, the battery is ok but the usb connection is dodgy and it has lost the ability to turbo charge.
 
Just reading up on the edge fusion 50 and found this
The main camera on the Edge 50 Fusion captures photos at right around 12.5MP by default.
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And then this
You can force the main camera to shoot in its full 50MP resolution (a bit over 50MP even). However, these shots don't have any benefit in terms of detail. They are distinctly less processed and, hence, softer than the regular shots if that is your thing. You will have to deal with huge file sizes, though.
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Just thinking that if I want to take a "zoom" photo then I could select 50MP and get a better zoomed image. As doesn’t the fake zoom work by just enlarging a small area and cropping it
 
Looking for a phone myself....currently have a Motorola G9 Play.....its been a decent phone overall...had it 3 years now.....i not one for spending hundreds on a mobile..
 
Blured eyes said:
Just reading up on the edge fusion 50 and found this

And then this

Just thinking that if I want to take a "zoom" photo then I could select 50MP and get a better zoomed image. As doesn’t the fake zoom work by just enlarging a small area and cropping it
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The camera quality doesn't bother me as, if I use it, it's only for snaps of the dog doing something silly. Each to their own, but I have no time for photography on the phone -- however, the subject of cameras on phones has been done to death elsewhere.
 
A bit above your budget at £329.00 but might be of interest are the nothing phones, it seems they have cleverly distanced the image sensor from the lens to create a true telephoto setting.
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I'm fairly sure one of the Huawei phones has a proper telephoto lens. It worked on a periscope design to get the length for optical zoom.
 
I'd have a look at a Poco/Xiaomi:

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I had a Xiaomi Note series phone for 3 years, then upgraded to a Poco almost 3 years ago now. Both phones were good and have been reliable with long battery life - still get 2-3 days of medium usage. We recently replaced my wife's Poco with an Honor, and it's been relatively disappointing for charging speed and occasionally odd behaviour. Cameras seem decent for cheaper phones.
 
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ancient_mariner said:
I'd have a look at a Poco/Xiaomi:

Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G 8+256GB £199.90 at Amazon | hotukdeals

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Xiaomi POCO F6 5G, 8GB/256GB, £224.10 with Code at Xiaomi | hotukdeals

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POCO X6 Pro 5G Yellow, 12GB + 512GB, 12% Off at Xiaomi - £210.32 | hotukdeals

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I had a Xiaomi Note series phone for 3 years, then upgraded to a Poco almost 3 years ago now. Both phones were good and have been reliable with long battery life - still get 2-3 days of medium usage. We recently replaced my wife's Poco with an Honor, and it's been relatively disappointing for charging speed and occasionally odd behaviour. Cameras seem decent for cheaper phones.
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Kind of put off Chinese phones because of all that marlaky with not being allowed to install new apps - or what ever it was.
 
Marginally cheaper through the big river.
 
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Kind of put off Chinese phones because of all that marlaky with not being allowed to install new apps - or what ever it was.
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There's no malarkey with these - Google play store (or whatever it's called now) works fine. It's a problem with Huawei but not other makes.
 
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There's no malarkey with these - Google play store (or whatever it's called now) works fine. It's a problem with Huawei but not other makes.
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No marlarky for now but the Huawei ban happened in 2019 under Trump. Now Trump is back and things have got worse since then with the tariff war so it wouldn’t surprise me if they get sanctioned the same as Huawei did. Its a gamble I am not willing to take.
 
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No marlarky for now but the Huawei ban happened in 2019 under Trump. Now Trump is back and things have got worse since then with the tariff war so it wouldn’t surprise me if they get sanctioned the same as Huawei did. Its a gamble I am not willing to take.
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Probably best get a used Apple in that case.
 
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There's no malarkey with these - Google play store (or whatever it's called now) works fine. It's a problem with Huawei but not other makes.
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The problem with Huawei (some apps simply don't work on mine!) is what's prompted me to get one of the Motorolas mentioned above, which is why I know it is/was fractionally cheaper down the big river!
 
There were reasons why Huawei phones were targeted, more to do with the company than anything. I doubt other brands will be targeted like this, although you never know with DT.
 
I’ve always found those cheap androids pretty horrible. I wonder if having a look in CEX you’ll get yourself a used previous gen flagship, like a Galaxy or Pixel that will ultimately perform better than a newer cheap phone? And you’ll get a warranty too.
 
cuthbert said:
I’ve always found those cheap androids pretty horrible. I wonder if having a look in CEX you’ll get yourself a used previous gen flagship, like a Galaxy or Pixel that will ultimately perform better than a newer cheap phone? And you’ll get a warranty too.
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Don't fancy a second hand one. Also it may already be 2 years old and maybe only 1 or 2 android updates left for it to receive. Whereas if I choose carefully I can get 4 -6 years updates. Getting android updates was not something I thought about last time I brought a phone in 2018 but if I had one that had 5 updates I would still be able to download the current apps that I can no longer.
Its last update was android 8 so it would be running something like 12 or 13 if it had more than the 1 update it got from 7 to 8. BUT would a phone from 2018 with 2gb ram be able to run android 13.
 
My current 3YO budget phone came with 6GB/256GB. Normally I'd replace after 3 years, but it's still doing 2-3 days of medium usage on a single charge (charged yesterday evening, presently on 65% with a couple of hours screen time) and performance is entirely adequate - most of the time I spend on TP is using the phone, although I am on the laptop right now because I've been working.
 
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Getting deeper down this rabbit hole now. The £130-60 range a few have 4 to 6 android updates but only come with 4gb ram which I am not convinced is going to be enough with each and every new android update needing more ram to run.
 
I can recommend Amazon renewed, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 ultra for just under £300
11 month warranty with Amazon
You can return anything you don't like
I ended up with a brand new US spec phone with better processor etc and totally mint-it still is this day too
Very happy with renewed program
 
MK1 Photography said:
I can recommend Amazon renewed, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 ultra for just under £300
11 month warranty with Amazon
You can return anything you don't like
I ended up with a brand new US spec phone with better processor etc and totally mint-it still is this day too
Very happy with renewed program
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11 months compared to 2 years on a phone that was already broke and then fixed has to be a really good deal to tempt meo_O
 
sep9001 said:
This is supposed to be a good phone with updates for 5 years I believe.


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I have got this one and right now in argos 10% off bringing it down to £206
It was more than I wanted to pay but
5 years Android updates
Good camera.
8gb RAM
256GB storage with SD as well for even more
Snapdraggon processer
120Hz
And I got a nice blue one
2 years warranty

Thanks for everyone’s thoughts on this - it has helped be decide after looking at every phone there is between ££130 and £250
 
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