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If you want privacy, purchase a standard Pixel 6 (around 300 euro) and put Graphene OS on it. If you can get the pro model at a low price, then go for that instead. I recommend the Pixel 6 because Google used cheaper materials on the Pixel 7 model while the Pixel 6 is more luxurious, performs similarly, and is cheaper in price.

If you want performance and only some control, I recommend the Samsung S21 Ultra (400 euro). The reason why I recommend the S21 Ultra is because it has the 120hz screen, 180x zoom, has 5g, capable of super charging (25w charger charges wihin 30min), has 12GB ram at a minimum, and has the SoC gen before Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 gen1 SoC which has heating issues. If you are worried about privacy intrusions, just activate ADB for your phone and disable or uninstall the apps which annoy you by force. Samsung will not bother you if you delete their ecosystem from the phone, but Google will mess up the phone if you don't have a logged in Google account for Google Play Servicss. Use a throwaway Google account. You can remove everything else.

Try checking secondipity or swappa for discounted used or refurbished phones.
https://secondipity.com/consumer-electronics/cell-phones-accessories/smartphones/


I use gsmarena for performance benchmarks and technical specifications on phones.

 
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Ignoring the soy cucks who tend to play it, buy a Switch if you don't care for, or are too lazy for, emulation.
 
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I'll second the Pixel 6, or 6A if you want to go a little cheaper, but with your budget the 6 should be in your range and it's a nicer phone. I use this case for it. I bought it when it launched and I've been using it ever since and I'm still satisfied with the performance/battery life. Decreased battery life has pretty much always been the thing that's had me itching to upgrade and outside of listening to MATI through the Rumble app I usually finish the day with 70-75% battery still after listening to youtube downloads and periodically checking on my shitty phone games all day at work. The rumble app kills the battery pretty quick but I'm just going to put that one on Rumble

I don't know if it has any effect on longevity but my overnight charger is only 5w (5v/1a, old but a high quality one), extremely rarely do I use anything spicier than that because it just doesn't need charged that often

It's also reasonably waterproof. I've gone swimming and forgotten it in my pocket for about an hour. Realized I'd left it in my pocket, pulled it out and set it out to dry and it just said "Water or debris detected, USB port disabled" and once it dried out it was fine. Then same with falling in the river while kayaking. Sometimes I do pressure-washing at work so it handles being in damp/soggy pants no problems as well
 
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I have a cheap 50 USD unlockable LG Stylo 6 and a steamdeck. The stylo does every thing I need it to and the battery lasts for 4-5 days unless I'm getting lots of texts.
 
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For the use case you describe you can basically pick any mid-range phone on the market and be fine. Even one for 200 bucks will play 90% of all the games on the app store and emulate anything up to Nintendo DS without issue. Phones are so powerful now that hardware isn't really something most people ever need to consider.

If you absolutely want to spend more, I'd invest in long-term support and repairability like with a Fairphone or Shiftphone if they ship to where you live. They're built from modules, and you can basically buy all the spare parts cheaply on the official website and swap out any part with just a screwdriver and access and replace the battery without any tools at all.

The new Fairphone 5 is a big ask at 699 bucks for middling hardware but you're getting a 5-year warranty that persists even if you tinker around with it, updates for 5 years, guaranteed spare part availability for 5 years and a replacable battery. If you break your screen you can simply buy an original spare part for 100 bucks and install it yourself in 5 minutes, even 4 years down the line.

As others have mentioned, Googles Pixel line is pretty good in the non-hipster segment because you can at least unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM without too much of a hassle.
 
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OnePlus 10T 16GB version. You can get a used one within your budget, they go for around $379-450 used (within your budget), about 600 brand new.

Highlights

1. Longer than average battery life compared to similar phones
2. 125w Warp Charging
3. Decently sized screen without being too big
4. 120Hz, HDR10+ Display
5. Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 CPU
6. 16GB of RAM

OnePlus 10T 5G 256GB Unlocked CPH2417 Moonstone Black Cell Phone Very Good B0166 - $420

This is the phone I'm going to upgrade to once my S22 is no longer usable. I made the mistake of giving Samsung another chance when I last upgraded my phone and I won't be making that mistake again.
 
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The Repeated Meme said:
OnePlus 10T 16GB version. You can get a used one within your budget, they go for around $379-450 used (within your budget), about 600 brand new.

Highlights

1. Longer than average battery life compared to similar phones
2. 125w Warp Charging
3. Decently sized screen without being too big
4. 120Hz, HDR10+ Display
5. Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 CPU
6. 16GB of RAM

OnePlus 10T 5G 256GB Unlocked CPH2417 Moonstone Black Cell Phone Very Good B0166 - $420

This is the phone I'm going to upgrade to once my S22 is no longer usable. I made the mistake of giving Samsung another chance when I last upgraded my phone and I won't be making that mistake again.
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That phone is actually $300 USD atm on Ebay. I just saw it a few minutes ago. Ebay does currency conversion.

 
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I have an HTC and it is annoying how it's essentially locked to the Google account I set it up with.

The Google Pixel 7a and the Galaxy A54 are two I've been looking at.

What if I'm a photo nerd who wants to take a photo that produces an image that's huge and detailed, what phone would be good for that?

And can smartphones actually make use of optical zoom or is it just digital zooms?
 
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Right: as a longtime Pixel owner (I'm on my fourth one) I can say the Pixels are great phones and Google makes you very comfortable with being relentlessly spied on. However, the battery life is their Achilles Heel. It's not terrible but it's definitely not what it ought to be, and I cannot understand why Jewgle keeps opting for substandard batteries every fucking iteration of the Pixel.

If I were to buy a cheaper, non-Pixel phone, I would be looking at the OnePlus line.
 
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