A TOOL, NOT A QUIZ ABOUT WHICH BISCUIT YOU ARE
The Upgrade Path
Wondering what your next phone should be? Four quick questions, two minutes.
I'll weigh up the field against how you actually use yours, and give you
three answers: the safe pick, the bold one, and the money-saver. My review scores where I've tested the
phone, the spec sheet where I haven't, and it always says which is which.
The first answer is free, and it's a real one. The other two picks, the full ranked
list and the guide behind them are £9 / $12. I'll say so again at the end, so
nothing jumps out at you.
Nearly 500 videos of buying, testing and living with these things 0 cookies, accounts or tracking. Your answers are counted, never traced. ~2 minutes, including arguing with the sliders
Start 1 Your phone 2 What annoys you 3 What you do 4 Money Question 1 of 4 The phone you have now What are you upgrading from?
pick your phone… iPhone 17 Pro Max iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 iPhone Air iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 / 16 Plus iPhone 16e iPhone 15 Pro / Pro Max iPhone 15 / 15 Plus iPhone 14 line iPhone 13 line Older iPhone / SE Galaxy S26 Ultra Galaxy S26 / S26+ Galaxy S25 Ultra Galaxy S25 / S25+ Galaxy S24 Ultra Galaxy S24 / S24+ Galaxy S23 Ultra Galaxy S22 / S23 Galaxy Z Fold 8 Galaxy Z Fold 6 / 7 Galaxy Z Flip (any) Galaxy A5x / A3x Older Galaxy Pixel 10 Pro / Pro XL Pixel 10 Pixel 9 Pro / Pro XL Pixel 9 / 9a Pixel 8 / 8 Pro / 8a Pixel 7 or older OnePlus 15 OnePlus 13 OnePlus 12 or older Nothing Phone (any) Motorola Razr / Edge (any) OPPO Find X9 / Pro / Ultra OPPO Find X8 series Older OPPO HONOR Magic series Xiaomi 17 / Pro / Pro Max Xiaomi 15 Ultra Xiaomi T series Older Xiaomi Another Android flagship Another Android mid-ranger Something old and tired Would you switch sides? iPhone to Android, or back?
happily for the right phone never, I have my reasons
And foldables. A book that opens into a small tablet?
take my money open to it, convince me not for me
What keeps you in Apple's world? Pick all that apply.
family and friends on iMessage my Apple Watch photos in iCloud my Apple Music library the whole house runs on Apple honestly, not much
Last one, and be honest: does what your friends carry come into it?
yes, more than I'd admit a bit, I'd rather not stick out not remotely
What's pulling you towards a foldable? Be honest, I won't judge.
a big screen for video and reading two apps at once, properly it's shorter in the pocket than a big slab honestly? I just want one
And what's holding you back from one?
durability and the crease the cameras are worse thickness and weight the price, obviously nothing, I'm sold
Question 2 of 4 What annoys you about your current phone Pick everything that's true. Be honest, nobody's watching.
battery's gone by dinner camera falls apart at night screen feels cramped current phone's too big as it is it's got slow and grumpy cracked, battered, embarrassing storage is always full nothing, I'm just bored
Question 3 of 4 What you actually do on your phone Your top three, tops. The tool weighs these hard.
Netflix & YouTube, hours of it scrolling Instagram / TikTok photos of people, pets, food, for fun photos and video for work: Log, RAW, manual camera settings, grading proper gaming sessions work: email, docs, two apps at once out all day, maps and travel reading, notes, podcasts
Camera person, noted. What's your thing?
just overall quality, every shot nights out, low light, concerts zoom: kids' football, gigs, wildlife mostly daylight snaps
Question 4 of 4 The money Where are you buying?
UK US somewhere else
How do you think about phone money?
a total price easier per month
Extra per month you could stomach for a new phone:
≈ £900 of phone over 36 months at 0%, before any trade-in. Tweak the fine print after your results.
Trading in or selling your current phone?
nothing
Been quoted a real number, or know what yours sells for? Drag it to that. Otherwise leave
this: it's deliberately on the low side, so the real thing should beat it.
Phones I'll show you —
Out of your own pocket — If a new phone could fix ONE thing, it'd be…
the battery the camera the screen the speed how long it stays good the price of it all the size and weight of it
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Your upgrade path
THE OTHER TWO PICKS
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The first pick is free and it's real. The two above it are in The AGT Upgrade Guide, which is
one payment, and it comes with the guide itself:
Your other two picks, unlocked. The bold move and the value play for your answers, by name, with my reasons. Unlocks on this site the moment you’ve paid, and with your key on any other device.The full ranked list for your answers. Every phone I weighed for you, in order, with the fit score.“Or similar”, for every pick. Two more phones per slot that fit you nearly as well, each with the one-line difference, so a pick never feels like a lottery.Storage: where the money quietly disappears. The one page that pays for the guide. Which tier, why 1TB is rarely the answer, and the SSD trick I use myself.Leaving the walled garden, or staying on purpose. What each Apple tie really costs to cut, the overlap method, and why staying is sometimes the smart money. Free to buyers as it lands: Model by model (rolling out through September) · Foldables (October) · The iPhone 18 update (October)
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CROSSING SIDES, HONESTLY
The maths behind the monthly number Spread over
Trade-in for your old phone: Plan change per month:
Rough maths, not a quote. Verizon and AT&T finance phones over 36 months at 0%
as standard; O2 in the UK splits a 3–36 month Device Plan from your Airtime Plan.
Carriers reprice constantly, trade-in offers swing wildly, so drag the sliders until
they match your reality. Checked September 2026. I don't get a penny from any carrier.
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Why battery leads the weighting: YouGov found battery life the most-considered feature for premium buyers (72%),
and 2025–26 upgrade-cycle research has battery overtaking price as the top purchase driver, with people now keeping phones 3.5–4 years.
Where I've reviewed a phone the fit runs on my published review scores; where I haven't, it runs on the public spec sheet, and the card says so.
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