Is ok to ask for smartphone advice here or it's considered off-topic?

If yes, that's my question: what's the best smartphone to buy at a reasonable price?

My old Samsung Galaxy S7 is coming to an unavoidable end. It worked perfectly and I bough it when it just came out for something like 700€, more or less.
Price was high, ok, but not absurd as 1500€ which are asking for the new S21. I mean, seriously...

Now what do I need from a smartphones? Basically 3 things:

- Reliability
- Great camera
- Great screen

What do I need the phone for? Work, fullstop.

I share on my phone my Adobe Suite Apps which I could use for fast editing on mobile.
I don't play games on it so powerful CPU/GPU is actually not that much a priority.

I can't follow up with all the marketing coming up every day with a new phone and I am really confused about all these new features.
I mean, I understand them but can't really tell if there is a big difference between a model or another.

5G? Is really that useful? Shall I look after this or not?

I was aiming for Xiaomi Mi 11 which is selling in china for 550-600€. But boom! Turns up here in Europe is going to be sold for 900€ or even more...

So basically I am looking for something around 600-700€ which can be a good compromise and won't feel "that old" in 2-3 years.


No Apple (I hate it)
No Google (it's creepy)

Any advice? Thanks!

This post was edited by Darkal on Feb 7 2021 07:55am

You could pick up a note 10 + 5g for your budget range

Great camera
Great oled screen.
Another year of active software and security updates.
5G

Stylus pen for acting like your're a big business man.

This post was edited by kclla on Feb 7 2021 02:15pm

That's a good alternative I hadn't considered. Thanks!

Should also check if the pen is pressure sensitive, that could be good for quick sketches.