The Motorola G54 5G eats this alive at the same price point in terms of specs. The G54 is certainly one of the best sub 300 AUD phones if not the best overall currently. It is a shame they chose such a poor cpu for this phone. In a few years it will be grossly outdated while my G54 will still be fairly modern due to the modern and superior cpu.
Have you got Android 14 yet on your G54? My G54 in EU 🇫🇮 is still on Android 13 (T3TDS33.16-78-2-2) and security update is still on a lousy January 1, 2024, which is really frustrating. And today is already July 25 and Google will release Android 15 within a month or two.
@@petrisalonen4893 Yes I have Android 14 on my Motorola G54 5G and the latest security update was for May 2024. I am in Australia. I'm not sure why Android 14 has not come out for you yet. You definitely should have at least gotten Android 14 by now. Maybe it is the EU delaying it for some reason?
@@oshobitamilore3392 The Redmi Note 13 5g is not actually cheaper than the Motorola G54 5G in Australia. It is on average 50-100 dollars more expensive and it does not have stereo speakers or OIS on its cameras like the G54 has. Any improvements are marginal at best and the Redmi note 13 is almost a year newer than the G54. The HMD Pulse Pro is also cheaper than the Redmi Note 13 as well in Australia at least.
100% - and of course it’s Android, you can (pretty much) make it look like anything you want to. But when it’s the default, I feel like it’s worth calling out - some will love it, some won’t.
I've purchased one today......UK price today £99. Reason for purchasing is that my current Honor phone is only Android 12, and I wanted a cheap phone with Android 14. I'll be using this as a temporary phone, as I may purchase the new Pixel phone once the price reduces a bit. I'm a septuagenarian, so this HMD phone will be ok for my requirements.
How about if I don't know to repair it cause I'm not professional. So do I have to go HMD service center instead? Or maybe I'm mistaken, maybe it doesn't exist. So I think you'll have to look to other repair service that is not HMD. And that's what keeps me thinkin' if I really want to buy it or not because of these reasons as I've stated above.
The idea here is that the parts can be ordered and the guides are available through ifixit’s web site. So if you didn’t (or couldn’t) do so yourself, any phone repair place could do so for you.
In theory yes -- I suspect though that with the Nokia name deal now being ~8 years old, they're more just looking at setting up their "own" brand, and the difference in price the Nokia styling might have put into it may have made relatively little difference.
I just want to be able to replace the touch screen glass... Just the glass, thats the only thing that mostly breaks. Just sell me that original from the factory, I don't want to replace the whole ffing screen and frame...
Can't answer that one on two grounds; firstly I don't use Antutu per se so don't have scores to hand to give that level of advice, but more critically used phone prices vary SO much depending on other factors (condition, age, desirability, who you're getting it from etc). I would generally advise against buying a used Android phone at $200 -- I do get that people's budgets are constrained and I'm not trying to be elitist here, it's more that once used phones drop to that level from the mid or premium price tiers they're either rather old or rather worn out -- and hence rather risky to buy. The one advantage to getting something new, even at budget rates, is that you're getting a fresh battery and display if nothing else.
@@gkholmes You can get the Nokia G54 5G for about 250 Aussie dollars brand new on special or 299 aud normal price. It is not going to break any records for mobile gaming performance but it won't break the bank either. It is a great all rounder phone and it works well as an actual phone for texting and making calls. I don't recommend getting a used phone either at 200 Aussie dollars your looking at getting a 64GB Samsung Galaxy S9 or an S10e 6GB ram option in fair to good condition. running Android 12 max. Which these days is pretty outdated but if you can live with that I guess it could work for you. The Samsung Galaxy S10e was great for gaming on mobile and probably still is to a certain extent.
I used similar Nokia phones, like G21. I love them, but you have to live with a slow phone, essentially. This is only for users who can live with slower phone.
Not… yet. Which is a pity - as I note it’s not that other phones can’t be repaired, but it would be ideal for manufacturers to make it simpler and cheaper for consumers to fix problems and extend the lifespans of phones.
HMD needs to do a few things: 1. 3 OS Updates and 4th year of Security Minimum on all Devices. 2. Work with iFixIt and Fairphone too ensure reliability, repaiability & upgradability (Especially Screen and Battery but also USB Port etc!) 3. MIL-STD-810G & IP69 (along with a Internal Conformal Coating jik!) 4.Ultrasonic Biometric Security. 5. Trade In for a Discount when Upgrading. 6. Recycling ♻ Program too reclaim & reuse Gold Copper GaN Glass Plastic etc I would also like to see 1. Dual Micro SD Card Slot. 2. ECC RAM & Storage. 3. Delta Only Updates. 4. OS Snapshots like BTRFS & ZFS. 5. No Old or Under Powered SoC's like Unisoc, I am happy to see MediaTek on Low too Midrange Devices and Flagship Killer's 6. PD 3.1 & QC 5.0 with at least 30 to 35w charging and 5,000mah cells
It is not a flagship phone because it has a slow entry level processor which is not fast enough to run Fortnite. What is is good for is its two day battery life. This is poorer than the three day battery life in earlier entry level HMD Android phones such as the G22 which also had the Unisoc T606 octa-core processor. I think that this may be due to it having a slightly smaller battery. The two day battery life is due to the low power processor, the large screen hiding a large battery and the screen being a 720p LCD display. The HMD Pulse Pro only costs £99 from Argos in the UK.
$300 Aussie dollerydoos is only £150 sterling so is hardly asking for the moon on a stick. And now is £130 so again a cheap phone. So I can forgive it. If it was £300 then have at it but for £130? It ok.
That's fair, and there's rarely an instance where Android phone prices don't drop over time. However I can't count on that or quantify it precisely, which is why I always review with the RRP at launch in mind.
