Advice Request Reliable and affordable mid-range smartphone?

[Vitali Ortzi]

I live on the Same country and my brother owns the redmi note 9.
Best spec price to performance new phone you can get here in Israel and has NFC so Ravkav is fully working.

only downside is overheating and no rom support as of now(lack of development since it's not a popular SOC) .
Oh and it's a little heavy as well.

Anyway I would recommend debloating via adb and having a secondary non fast charger in case the device is too hot to fast charge.
You can see a price comparison in this website :

מפרט טכני טלפון סלולרי Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 128GB 4GB RAM שיאומי מוצר ארכיון - זאפ השוואת מחירים

לפניכם מפרט טכני של טלפון סלולרי Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 128GB 4GB RAM שיאומי. כל הנתונים שחייבים לדעת כדי לבחור נכון! זאפ השוואת מחירים מציגים לכם את כל המידע שעוזר לכם להשוות.

www.zap.co.il

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Pixel 3a (XL)

Best device for security unfortunately not available in our country though.
If it did I would highly recommend it for stability and security especially if you flash graphene OS .

 

[shmu26]

I live on the Same country and my brother owns the redmi note 9.
Best spec price to performance new phone you can get here in Israel and has NFC so Ravkav is fully working.

only downside is overheating and no rom support as of now(lack of development since it's not a popular SOC) .
Oh and it's a little heavy as well.

Anyway I would recommend debloating via adb and having a secondary non fast charger in case the device is too hot to fast charge.
You can see a price comparison in this website :

מפרט טכני טלפון סלולרי Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 128GB 4GB RAM שיאומי מוצר ארכיון - זאפ השוואת מחירים

לפניכם מפרט טכני של טלפון סלולרי Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 128GB 4GB RAM שיאומי. כל הנתונים שחייבים לדעת כדי לבחור נכון! זאפ השוואת מחירים מציגים לכם את כל המידע שעוזר לכם להשוות.

www.zap.co.il

Yes, I think that is the best value for the price in our country. If I have infinite patience to wait for delivery, I can even order it from China and save a little:

סמארטפון Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 גלובאלי4GB 128GB » דילז - מועדון צרכנות חברתית

דיל מעודכן לסמארטפון Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 גלובאלי4GB 128GB המחיר המעודכן באתר כעת 139.49$ / 459₪ עם הקופון BGXLN98FE2 היכנסו לפרטים

dlz.co.il

 

[Ink]

Take a quick look at Android - Phone Manufacturers are breaking your Apps - DontKillMyApp

That extra few minutes of battery life by killing your running apps, and consequently important notifications.

 

[ForgottenSeer 78429]

How does Exynos compare to Snapdragon? Are both solid, reliable chips?
I am not looking for beast power, just a reliable product.

I would recommend Samsung Galaxy A50 which comes with Exynos 9610. I am using it since one and half yesr. For me it is working perfect no problem or lag with browsing or multitasking. It can handle a little gaming too with good fps. After one year use it still runs like new. Regarding Redmi phones some of my friends have it and they say that it is good for performance but not for the long run. After around 18 months they are having heating and performance issues. Regarding onscreen fingerprint scanner it has improved a lot. Now it performs just like rear fingerprint scanner and it was its major problem at start. But if you buy any samsung phone you have to remove a lot of bloatware.
Samsung Galaxy A50 - Full phone specifications
Or you can take a look at Galaxy A50s
Samsung Galaxy A50s - Full phone specifications
If you want Snapdragon chip you can consider Galaxy A70.
Samsung Galaxy A70 - Full phone specifications

 

[roger_m]

Regarding Redmi phones some of my friends have it and they say that it is good for performance but not for the long run. After around 18 months they are having heating and performance issues.

My Redmi Note 4X has no overheating issues or performance issues.

 

[BoraMurdar]

Don't judge the company by the model. At least your model really outdated for today's standards.
Go for Redmi Note 9, you'll get the best components for the money

 

[SeriousHoax]

I would just get anything with decent specs and Android One, anything else will come with pre-installed bloat and poor support.

I second this. Decent config with Android One's are the best thing now. No bloat, no over optimization to make battery last longer by sacrificing timely notifications, no phoning home to for tracking purposes, faster updates, etc goodies. Btw, all Nokia phones are also Android One phone.

 

[Mountainking]

Your problem is not your Xiaomi phone. It's the specs that suck. You get what you pay for. Any phone whether it is Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei are going to struggle if you feed them 2 GB RAM and an anemic CPU which was probably ok 3 years ago.
You should move to snapdragon 6xx chips or 7xx.... 3/4GB RAM is a bare mimimum.

That said, the MOST BANG FOR THE BUCKS are realme, xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo. I would also consider other brands like oppo, meizu. Stay away from ulefone.

Edit: Disclaimer: I've had Samsung Gio, Redmi 1s, Redmi note 3 pro, Redmi Mi8 SE and until recently redmi 5A (for wife) swapped for
Lenovo Z5s L78071, Redmi Note 7 devices.

They have been providing me the best bang for the bucks and were easily shipped internationally. Recently, I've become quite annoyed with ADS SYSTEM WIDE on their phones. I've had to disable all their native apps and install paid third party apps. If I cannot adbshell or block those apps if I'm in the market for a new phone, I will axe Xiaomi.

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Don't judge the company by the model. At least your model really outdated for today's standards.
Go for Redmi Note 9, you'll get the best components for the money

Not just that it is in the A low end series XD.
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[CyberTech]

Do they include refurb phone prices, or the original RRP only?

I dont know man