Hello everyone! I’m coming to you guys for help finding an Android phone for my girlfriend. She currently uses an iPhone but she wants an Android now. I plan to buy her one for Christmas but she has a few specific features she wants

My budget: $700

Desired Features:

  • “relatively smaller” screen size
  • “decent” camera for everyday use
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • MicroSD card reader
  • “If possible” extra security features/architecture

Thanks for the help guys!

6 points

They’ve been eliminating sdcard and headphone so you’re asking a lot now. It’s why I’m using a near 5 year old phone with no plans to “upgrade”.

Galaxy A71 5G if you’re interested. It’s not a small phone but it’s not Galaxy Note big, and it’s got android 13. The only downside is it’s lacking a few newer 5G channels in the radio.

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Basically Xperia or bust if you don’t want to compromise on any of that. See the search results here: https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2022&nWidthMax=71&nRamMin=4000&chk35mm=selected&s4Gs=0&s5Gs=0&idCardslot=1

If you are willing to compromise on size and get a bigger phone, your options open up a bit with low-end phones from various brands, like the Moto G line and Samsung Galaxy A line. For some insane reason, high-end phones lack the useful features of low-end phones like card slots and headphone jacks.

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I mean the pixel a series is great. I have a 6a and my wife has a 7a. But you’d have to compromise on the 3.5mm headphone jack and the SD card reader.

As previously mentioned the Xperia is probably the only option that meets everything except the price. Last I checked the Xperia is like $2-2.5k.

I wouldn’t recomend used that much as all phones basically have an expiry date with only having so many versions of android.

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3 points

The asus zenfone would have the headphone jack. Don’t think it has an sd card slot though.

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4 points

See how the phone you’re considering scores on Don’t kill my app!

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Oh, thats why my old samsung phone lasts for a month without usage, but pixel loses 5% per night on airplane.

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