My Galaxy S8 is pretty old at this point, and I’m looking to upgrade soon. I’m not wedded to Samsung, but I’m not looking to move away from Android as a whole.
I am still considering buying a Samsung a generation or two old, and was trying to look online for options and prices, but I literally can’t even find where to buy phones! Samsung’s website has the S23 and the Zfold 5 available, and everything else must be through a 3rd party site, and they only list AU and Docomo, where the phones come bundled with contracts, which obviously I’m not looking for. Amazon doesn’t even sell their phones!
Should I be looking in physical stores, and if so where? I’m off in the inaka in Chuugoku so I can’t pop in to Tokyo unfortunately.
Just in general, do you have any recommendations for a new-ish Android phone that you like?
Preferences:
– Not too huge
– SD card slot or large amount of storage (Of flagship phones it seems only Sony still offers SD card slots)
– ~~3.5mm jack~~ (given up on this tbh)
– good camera
– I don’t care if the battery life isn’t amazing, but I also don’t need a battery-guzzling 4k resolution screen (looking at you Sony)
– Ideally 150,000 yen or less, but I’m willing to spend more if I somehow missed the perfect phone
Edit: Decided to go with the Sony Xperia 5 V, for the jack and sd card, it’s got a good camera, it’s not as strangely long as the 1 V, costs about 30,000 less than it as well. Thanks for all the advice and ideas.