I am confused between these three phones - 1, 2 and 3. I am inclined towards 2 but wanted to check if there is another (better) opinion 🙂

I'd suggest to avoid Xiaomi, as MIUI is a hot mess, as for Samsung, it really depends on whether you like One UI or not, I have S22+ which I bought just is Camera (it easily competes and at times beats iPhone 13 Pro), but I despise One UI. You can check Motorola phones on same price range as they come with similar hardware but Stock Android and no ads.

@flat-morning-91037 Do you mind elaborating what you dislike about OneUI? I am considering buying a Samsung device in this sale.

I have been using Note 9 since 2018, happy with it and OneUI too. Have used stock android previously (to the extent of flashing ROMs once a week 😛) and other skins like Asus. Stay away from Xiaomi, too much bloat and breaking core functionality like notifications to save battery. Hardware quality is also not top, doesn’t usually last more than 2 years.

Thank you guys for your inputs 🙂 So, is Motorola the only option? Any other brand worth looking into? I am looking for a phone for my father. He doesn't use it much except for calls/WhatsApp and a couple of more app.

@faint-energy-11966 So One UI is definitely on par with what Android 11 had to offer, here are my problems with it; • Comparing to Material You, aesthetically One UI looks aged to me, and even One UI 5 (from Beta looks of it), is still looking ancient. • The notification shade on One UI 4.0 (and even 5.0) is inferior to what even Android 11 offers in stock, it basically makes notification system crippled and iOS-ish. • Some fundamental issues with the Samsung’s implementation of Android, like most parts of UI look iOS knock-off, the whole screenshots issue. • Animations are too slow compared to stock, and increasing scaling speed from developer options doesn’t solve it. • Galaxy Store is garbage and continuously fights to manage apps against Play Store. As for Camera, it is quite good, except that it has Samsung look to it, which makes photos too saturated than what thing looks like in real. Only reason I had to go with Samsung was that there was no other Android phone coming close in Camera dept. like Samsung, and my previous phone (7T) was dying, and I can’t deal with iPhone’s lightening obligation when every other device I have is USB-C. 🤷

@quick-judge-84214 I chose Moto G62 over Samsung M33 5G during this sale. Check it out.

Oh dear Samsung

Just saw this