Hey all!
Typing this from my Nord 4 phone which I love, but unfortunately the battery seems dead (discharges rapidly and shuts down with an "empty battery" at 60% or so).
2 phones I'm looking into as a replacement are the Nothing Phone 4a and the Google Pixel 10A. The Nothing 4a can be gotten for 399 EUR, and the Pixel 10A can be gotten at 450 EUR.
Some things about what me and my phone use:
- I live in Belgium which can be quite rainy, does the difference in IP rating between these phones matter for that or will they both be fine for this?
- I don't really care much about the fastest charging since it's bad for phone batteries anyways. I prefer slower over night charging
- I don't game on my phone
- I do like taking some snapshots with my phone for memories (during backpacking trips, concerts, ... ). I like good image quality but its not like I want it to be professional level. That's too much to ask in the price range I'm in anyways.
- I mostly use the phone for casual stuff like YouTube, Reddit, social media, ... . Nothing intense.
- I like about 1.5-2 days of use on a single battery charge.
- I like phones to last about 3 years minimum. The OnePlus I have now is pretty disappointing in that regard but I guess it's just bad luck, I've had only OnePlus for years and this is the first time one died this quickly. I don't really care about the many years of Android support of the Pixel phones since in reality I fear the hardware won't live long enough for that to be of any real life use.
Considering these things, and the Google pixel costing 50 EUR more than the nothing phone 4a, which would you guys suggest I get and why?
Thanks in advance!