OneMoreFarang Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 My gf wants to buy a phone for one of the kids in the family. He is 12 years old. I am the person who will pay for the phone. I am willing to pay maybe 3000B if that will do the job. It seems i.e. the Redmi 9A is available for that price. I have no idea which games he (wants to) play etc. As far as you know is new a phone in the 3000 price area good enough? Or will he soon later complain that this and that game won't work? Or does it make more sense to buy a 2nd hand phone? Until now I haven't really made up my mind if I will buy that or not. But I like to have an idea how much I have to invest. I.e. if modern games, which boys like to play, run only on a 6000B or more phone then likely I won't buy any phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the jungle Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 He is 12 years old. Something second hand and cheap. At that age there is a reasonable chance it will get lost, broken or stolen. Haven't his relatives got a cast off phone somewhere? I haven't bought a new phone in the last 15 years. I use my wife's cast off phones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungod Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 1600 baht more than your budget gets this, my son loves it, helps with online school too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, In the jungle said: He is 12 years old. Something second hand and cheap. At that age there is a reasonable chance it will get lost, broken or stolen. Haven't his relatives got a cast off phone somewhere? I haven't bought a new phone in the last 15 years. I use my wife's cast off phones. If he would use the phone as a phone then I would agree. But I know from computer (PC) games that for the relative new and exiting games a 3 year old computer just won't work. And I think few boys would like to play an "old" game which the other boys (at least the cool boys) stopped playing 2 years ago. It's not my kid and I won't waste my time thinking about if this is a good idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysboy Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Vivo/Wiko at most tech centres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno123 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: My gf wants to buy a phone for one of the kids in the family. He is 12 years old. I am the person who will pay for the phone. I am willing to pay maybe 3000B if that will do the job. It seems i.e. the Redmi 9A is available for that price. I have no idea which games he (wants to) play etc. As far as you know is new a phone in the 3000 price area good enough? Or will he soon later complain that this and that game won't work? Or does it make more sense to buy a 2nd hand phone? Until now I haven't really made up my mind if I will buy that or not. But I like to have an idea how much I have to invest. I.e. if modern games, which boys like to play, run only on a 6000B or more phone then likely I won't buy any phone. Don't waste money on the 9a. Decent possibilities seem to start around 4k, but don't quote me on that. Models such as the Poco M3 or even a Redmi Note 9. The problem is that you are payong for things that you don't really need, in order to obtain a decent CPU/GPU combo. Snapdragon might be better for games, so would lean towards the Poco. But if you use the Poco as a benchmark, then perhaps you can find a 3k phone with an equal or better CPU/GPU combo that drops some of the other stuff that you don't need. But don't compromise on the chipset; otherwise it will all be a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno123 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10192&idPhone2=10279&idPhone3=10599 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Does she really want to turn the kid into a zombie , some of these kids get really addicted to playing games , all they think about . regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, worgeordie said: Does she really want to turn the kid into a zombie , some of these kids get really addicted to playing games , all they think about . regards worgeordie He is already a Smombie. I don't think there is much hope for him in the real world anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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