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Is it the right phone to buy?
Many people ask:
I need to buy a new phone and a particular model attracted my attention. Should I buy it or not?
A variation in this question is the one I get most often. There are so many phones to choose, some will obviously be better than others, and there are all the value proposition to look at; You don’t want to spend more than you need or spend it on the bad thing.
This question is also impossible for someone else to answer. Fortunately, it’s easy for You To answer, provided you take a little and consider all your options.
I know, I know, it looks like a cop or non-response to a legitimate question. I promise that this is not the case. I spent more hours that I cannot count with all aspects of technology and I have a good idea of what is good and what is not, but I do not know what you need and I never know what you want unless you tell me.
Part of the answer is easier to answer because there are phones that you should not buy if you need something reliable. If it is made by a company that no one has ever heard or a person we have heard a lot of bad things, do not consider it. Likewise, read what people who bought one have to say; If everyone hates it, jump it.
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I also tell everyone that being an early adopter often means that you end up with a lemon. Never buy the first generation of new technologies if you need something you can count; Leave people who want one for fun have the first dance. Gen one flowables and their exploded screens Janky adapt well here. A few generations later, these are very reliable products.
It leaves what you should buy. And here is where you need to answer your own question.
What you need in relation to what you want in relation to what you can afford
Once you know these three things, your choices are a bit reduced. The trick is to be true to yourself, so you make the right decision.
I (technically, my wife) in this situation not so long ago. She needed a phone and she needed it now. She also needed it to be reliable enough to use it every day all day, and we had no mountain of money to spend at the time. She decided Pixel 8a, and I thought it was an intelligent decision. It’s not fanciful, that East reliable, and the price was correct.
Of course, she research more; Something a little more sophisticated or a little more high -end would have made it happy. But knowing what was necessary (a basic and reliable phone with an acceptable battery life) and what was good (we got a lot from a Google FI promotion) helped me make the right decision. We can repel a few dollars and get something she wants later.
It was a telephone emergency, replacing something that was damaged beyond the repair.
You have to do the same. Something like a galaxy by phone or a pixel, a phone could be a good adjustment at the right price. Maybe you have to resign and buy an ultra-budget phone (or you just want to save money because you are frugal like that). Or maybe you can make follies and get the latest people from Samsung or OnePlus.
The fact is that only you really know the answer here. Make sure everything you buy is exactly what you need, with what you want and you can afford.
