Phone Buying Guide: What You Need to Know

From the features you need most to how to shop smart, CNET’s Andrew Lanxon has some advice on how to spend your money well when buying a new handset. 0:00 Essential Tips For Buying A New Phone 0:27 Know What Phone Features Matter To You 1:27 Consider Low-end and Midrange Phones 2:39 Check How Long…

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From the features you need most to how to shop smart, CNET’s Andrew Lanxon has some advice on how to spend your money well when buying a new handset.

0:00 Essential Tips For Buying A New Phone
0:27 Know What Phone Features Matter To You
1:27 Consider Low-end and Midrange Phones
2:39 Check How Long The Phone Will Be Supported
3:48 Shop Phone Sales For The Best Prices
4:33 Look At Last Year’s Models For Good Deals
5:33 The Eternal Question: iOS or Android?
6:34 Let CNET Help You Research Your Next Phone

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November 16, 2023 at 8:01 am

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  November 16, 2023 at 8:09 am
  
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Arletta Bukovac

November 16, 2023 at 8:15 am

Your videos are addictive and I love it!????

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VPN Consult

November 16, 2023 at 8:46 am

Happy with my Pixel 6 pro. The new stuf has gotten expensive!

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OW

November 16, 2023 at 8:51 am

If you’re not a phone enthusiast then I think any low end budget phone with long term support should be fine, like the S23FE or IPhone SE. I think the biggest trap is falling for low end phones with a lot of specs but offer little support or shady OS support.

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collingdale1

November 16, 2023 at 9:01 am

What phone battery will last 7 years????

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- Chitrarth Srivastava
  
  November 16, 2023 at 10:18 am
  
  What phone battery will last 4 years????
  
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- Plastic Square
  
  November 16, 2023 at 11:20 am
  
  Google’s claiming that they will ensure parts through iFixit. But the problem is whether Google can be trusted to deliver on it’s promise
  
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- IgWannA2
  
  November 16, 2023 at 11:27 am
  
  Mine is struggling after 2 years
  
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- Plastic Square
  
  November 16, 2023 at 11:29 am
  
  @IgWannA2 Which phone are you using?
  
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- collingdale1
  
  November 16, 2023 at 11:44 am
  
  @Plastic Square the latest galaxy
  
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Dan

November 16, 2023 at 9:30 am

buy apple or samsung flagship. other phones are thrash

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  November 16, 2023 at 10:24 am
  
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Jo I Bing Chilling

November 16, 2023 at 10:05 am

Luckily I don’t need a buying guide because I only buy phones with completely smooth screens, I mean without notches or holes. Phones with notches and holes are utterly ugly. So I only have a few options like the iPhone SE, Rog Phone 7, or Sony Xperia series.

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- Derek Darling
  
  November 16, 2023 at 10:59 am
  
  Any samsung??
  
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- Jo I Bing Chilling
  
  November 17, 2023 at 4:21 pm
  
  @Derek Darling I searched before, every recent Samsung phone has punch holes.
  
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Chitrarth Srivastava

November 16, 2023 at 10:17 am

Totally misleading useless video wasted my 7mins

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P//MBECH

November 16, 2023 at 10:54 am

Did you write out your full script? Or are you talking freestyle? Thanks

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Brent Smithline

November 16, 2023 at 1:02 pm

I have lived in the Apple Garden since the iPhone 5 along with my Apple Watch, iMac, iPad, Apple TV over the years. If I was to leave the Apple Garden it would be to the Google Pixel.

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Jamie Soden

November 16, 2023 at 3:13 pm

Just get an Apple smartphone and run a Linux system on it. ????

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charles

November 16, 2023 at 9:04 pm

Most of them after 2 years start give us problems. . Because they need to sell the new ones.

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- Canal da Cliquei
  
  November 17, 2023 at 1:36 pm
  
  My s10 plus is like new.. i take really good care..only charge once a day.
  
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Tong Le

November 16, 2023 at 9:58 pm

what about the eco-system of other products like laptop, AppleTV or ipad or Airpods or Apple Watch?

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jace888

November 17, 2023 at 12:39 am

If I can summarise to 4 categories as of today,
1. Anything Apple
2. Anything Android (mid-high end)
3. Anything budget phone (mostly Android and anything that just works, usually less famous brand)
4. Anything foldable

So yea. Hope this is much clearer.

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November 17, 2023 at 4:59 am

I need afforable phone with 200 mp or 1″ main camera at 2 – 3 million IDR ($130 to $195). Just one rear camera, a simple front camera, a not so good speaker, screen, etc. But it has microSD slot (dual slot should be better). And also important it has to be in XDA Forum — rom development. The soc is just barely enough to support 200 mp and 1″ and running instagram, tiktok, whatapps almost instanly for a few years to come with Android 19 or more?

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