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Huawei P30 vs Pixel 3 vs Samsung S10 - which would you go for?

So I'm still mulling. The lack of expandable storage on the Pixel is a big concern and that might just knock it out of the running, although that price remains tempting....

On my S7, I've got 60GB of data on my card and the phone's paltry 32GB storage is almost full so I'd be out of space on the Pixel already :(


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I loved my new S3 for about a month before realising it wasn't 4g comparable. I don't want to upgrade the Sammy till there 5g compatible.
 
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editor said:
So I'm still mulling. The lack of expandable storage on the Pixel is a big concern and that might just knock it out of the running, although that price remains tempting....

On my S7, I've got 60GB of data on my card and the phone's paltry 32GB storage is almost full so I'd be out of space on the Pixel already :(


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What is the data Ed? Music?
 
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Not so good on an airplane. Or a train with no connection.
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This only applies to music - but it's usually fairly rare, planned, and therefore you can just download an album or playlist or whatever from Spotify or the like in advance. I used to fuss about storage which is why I have a 250GB iPod Classic somewhere, but now I just don't bother and stream stuff, with only a couple of albums on the phone.

Proper photos get taken with an SLR and everything on the phone gets managed & sync'd by Google Photos.
 
mauvais said:
This only applies to music - but it's usually fairly rare, planned, and therefore you can just download an album or playlist or whatever from Spotify or the like in advance. I used to fuss about storage which is why I have a 250GB iPod Classic somewhere, but now I just don't bother and stream stuff, with only a couple of albums on the phone.

Proper photos get taken with an SLR and everything on the phone gets managed & sync'd by Google Photos.
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Thing is, Google Photos takes up a shitload of space on my phone because I have such a huge library. Amazon also backs up my photos too and that's even more space gone.

joustmaster said:
I'd be interested to know how many people still operate like this, and how many have moved to cloud based.

I don't think I personally know anyone who keeps mp3s on their device any more.
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Well I do! Quite a lot of the stuff I listen to isn't on Spotify and I also need to carry out band mixes etc
 
editor said:
Thing is, Google Photos takes up a shitload of space on my phone because I have such a huge library. Amazon also backs up my photos too and that's even more space gone.

Well I do! Quite a lot of the stuff I listen to isn't on Spotify and I also need to carry out band mixes etc
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Fair enough.

You can upload your stuff to Google Music, so it appears alongside everything else. I think I've probably uploaded 20 albums, that I've not found there. It seems to have every else - surprisingly, including obscure backstreet workingman's club bands from Leeds that I'm a fan of.
 
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Well just as I thought I was done with contract phones I'm getting tempted if I can twist EEs arm to give me the deal I'd get of mobiles.co.uk as a new customer. O2 have similar, so there's some bargaining power.

£819 over two years for the phone with 20gb of data a month. Assuming the price £699 list price, I'd really struggle to get a SIM only contract for anywhere near that data for a fiver a month. :hmm:
 
joustmaster said:
I'd be interested to know how many people still operate like this, and how many have moved to cloud based.

I don't think I personally know anyone who keeps mp3s on their device any more.
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I still do. I got 60GB of Audiobooks on my microSD. Which is a God send when I don't have reception. Maybe I'm just old fashioned.
 
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Well just as I thought I was done with contract phones I'm getting tempted if I can twist EEs arm to give me the deal I'd get of mobiles.co.uk as a new customer. O2 have similar, so there's some bargaining power.

£819 over two years for the phone with 20gb of data a month. Assuming the price £699 list price, I'd really struggle to get a SIM only contract for anywhere near that data for a fiver a month. :hmm:
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I used mobiles.co.uk when I got my s7 nearly 2 years ago - no problems at all.
I'm thinking of going for one of their 'weekend price drop' bank holiday deals which, among others, includes the P30 and Pixel 3, both on Vodafone, both £26pm, both 5gb/unlimited/unlimited - I suspect EE won't match that if I call them as mobiles.co.uk deals are always lots cheaper
 
Throbbing Angel said:
I used mobiles.co.uk when I got my s7 nearly 2 years ago - no problems at all.
I'm thinking of going for one of their 'weekend price drop' bank holiday deals which, among others, includes the P30 and Pixel 3, both on Vodafone, both £26pm, both 5gb/unlimited/unlimited - I suspect EE won't match that if I call them as mobiles.co.uk deals are always lots cheaper
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Thanks. Did use them some years ago and seem to remember getting an unlocked phone as a bonus. If they have more stock phones then assume you get the duel SIM model as well. Apparently Manx telecom do a PAYG that's works on all networks that would be good for emergency calls.

Fustratingly my research shows that although O2 are way better in the hills then they used to be, they still have a signal blackspot in place I stay a lot, so switching would be a pain.
 
Ordered. :)

Ended up being £50 upfront and another £2 a month, but I worked out I couldn't actually switch to 02 anyway due to signal and I've actually got 30gb of data. Should probably start streaming more stuff or something.
 
Bloody hell. Choosing a flip phone case is a faff as they have gone out of fashion a bit. I want loads of protection, but I don't need the dam thing to be a wallet and all the bulk to there for stopping it breaking. Ideally the flip bit is secured either with a magnet or a clip.

Tech 21 used to do really good ones, but they don't do flip cases anymore.
 
It's a bloody good phone, but there is just to much uncertainty over the future and updates so I'm going to return it. Now to decide between the S10 and Pixel 3. I'm sure they are both dam good phones, although leaning towards Samsung at the moment.
 
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It's a bloody good phone, but there is just to much uncertainty over the future and updates so I'm going to return it. Now to decide between the S10 and Pixel 3. I'm sure they are both dam good phones, although leaning towards Samsung at the moment.
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In your situation, I'd get the Pixel 3a. I'm sticking with the P30 as I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to lose Google services on this model*, and the camera/battery life is just too bloody good.

* a gamble perhaps but I've not seen any reports suggesting that there will be no support for this model.
 
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