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1462625 2019-07-24 00:56:00 My mum has a Nexus 5 and is getting old and buggy. Looking for another. What do you suggest?

She uses chatting apps such as WeChat, Whatspp and watches videos on Youtube etc ... (like cooking). It has to new, ideally 64GB at least. I have thought about a newer Samsung A50 or a older higher model like a Samsung S8. She also doesn't want a China phone.


Cheers.
Nomad (952)
1462626 2019-07-24 01:33:00 At a $500 price tag thats going to cut down the options a fair bit. While you can get 64GB Samsung A50 in NZ for around $500, if your going to spend $500 better to get it from someplace like Dicksmiths, 128GB for less. www.dicksmith.co.nz

My son got a Phone Via their site the S10 from memory, took about 5 days to arrive.

Got my own phone from Aliexpress, a Lenovo direct from the suppliers at a fraction of the cost here in NZ, works perfectly fine only problem I have with it is it keeps falling out my pocket - Not the Phones fault ;)
wainuitech (129)
1462627 2019-07-24 02:43:00 I was going to start a phone thread.
What I want is the smartphone with the least amount of uninstallable apps possible.
Such a thing?
piroska (17583)
1462628 2019-07-24 03:29:00 I was going to start a phone thread.
What I want is the smartphone with the least amount of uninstallable apps possible.
Such a thing?

Nokia?? Motorola??
paulw (1826)
1462629 2019-07-24 05:07:00 I was going to start a phone thread.
What I want is the smartphone with the least amount of uninstallable apps possible.
Such a thing?

Yep
Stock(ie clean) Android
www.androidcentral.com
1101 (13337)
1462630 2019-07-24 09:25:00 I went back to a Samsung and am very happy with the J8 I ended up with. gary67 (56)
1462631 2019-07-24 21:36:00 Yep
Stock(ie clean) Android
www.androidcentral.com

Er...but which have hardly any apps? None of those reviews say.
piroska (17583)
1462632 2019-07-24 21:52:00 Er...but which have hardly any apps? None of those reviews say. Found this review, its a couple of years old but may lead in the right direction, who knows. www.buzzfeednews.com

In the review it also mentions the Google Pixel with minimal apps preinstalled.

BUT if they work in NZ is another story, and not exactly cheap, seems the less you get (with junk apps) the more it costs) :)
wainuitech (129)
1462633 2019-07-24 23:12:00 Er...but which have hardly any apps? None of those reviews say.

from wiki
Android One has these features: Minimal amount of bloatware.
Android One cannot be altered by the companies that make the phones

its somewhere to start
1101 (13337)
1462634 2019-07-25 00:29:00 Found this review,:)

Bugger:
www.geekzone.co.nz
piroska (17583)
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