My trusty Samsung Galaxy S7 that I bought in 2017 is bricked and now I must buy a new phone. What are the recommendations of the hexbear community for a replacement? I was satisfied with my elderly phone except that there was a lot of junk that came with the phone that I couldn't delete, and for the last couple years or so I've had to delete an app before I could add an app, so that was kind of annoying. But other than that, I was happy with it, so I don't need the newest coolest thing.
The galaxy FEs with the Snapdragon processors are a pretty good buy. Just no headphone jack sadly. The higher end A series phones are also good. Again, Snapdragon over Exynos. Just avoid the lower A series phones and any Exynos processors, they have gotten bad lately. Used to be better than Snapdragon, but are now worse. With a series, 3x is entry level, 5x is midrange and 7x is high end, but not flagship. X representing the second number in the name.
Honor phones are a good option, basically Huawei with Google Apps and services. Though most people heavily into privacy despise Google services, I don't think the average user is prepared to give up stuff like Google maps and the Play Store. Huawei can be a good option as well if you can get them and get Google services on it. But the UI is a bit iffy.
Google pixels are good, but expensive. If they sell a midrange model or last year's flagship it's always a solid choice. Also have issues with 5g and battery life, if 5g is important to you that can be a problem.
Apple is good and "just works", but is expensive and offers less customisation and options. If you can get a clearance sale on an older model, and the customisation doesn't bother you, it's worth looking into.
Thanks! Especially about the processors, I had no idea. I pay no attention to this stuff unless I'm actually looking to buy something, so I haven't thought about any of this for 6 years. I have no idea what's going on lol