Huawei, Xiaomi or OPPO? Let's take a look at this elder's mobile phone purchase guide.

Configuration, brand, software update, ecological experience ... In the matter of choosing a mobile phone, we have made such plans for our next device.

Therefore, when we go home on holidays, in addition to "repairing the computer", we occasionally encounter situations where we need to help our elders give advice and "choose a mobile phone":

So in this round table, we invited the operators of matrix community and the author of 10 matrix. If you occasionally worry about "what mobile phone to choose for your elders", their experience in choosing may be useful to you.

Because of my occupation and hobbies, I am one of the younger generation who "know better" the mobile phone number, so most elders will ask when buying a mobile phone. Although many times, the "consultation" of my parents' generation is just a form, they have their own circle, and they often follow the trend of "brothers and girlfriends" when changing their mobile phones.

But for grandparents, the situation is different. First of all, they have fewer reference sources than their parents. Second, in most cases, they can't directly use the old mobile phones eliminated by our predecessors, especially the early Android phones. The storage capacity is very limited, and now WeChat can't afford several GB of cache and chat data.

So, I visited my grandparents for a long time to "clean up the mobile phone cache and WeChat files". After finding out the needs of my grandparents, I chose a new mobile phone-Huawei Enjoy 9e.

It's not that old people have no demand for mobile phones, but that their actual needs are not easy to detect. Grandparents have been using Huawei/Glory mobile phones eliminated by their parents or aunts. What the elderly need most is a special theme or operation interface similar to a minimalist desktop, which makes it easier for them to find the software they need, such as WeChat. In addition, because they mainly use WeChat, they also need a mobile phone with large storage capacity to solve the problem of WeChat cache and chat data, which is also the key reason why I decided to buy a new mobile phone for the elderly-the elderly will definitely be at a loss when they see the "insufficient storage space" that pops up from time to time.

In combination with my previous usage habits and needs, I decided to choose the model used by Huawei/Glory for the elderly: large capacity, big theme and large battery-the elderly often forget to charge, and if the mobile phone goes out, it will be enough to worry the younger generation.

On the contrary, performance is not so important. It is unnecessary to insist on 4GB of storage, and 3GB is completely enough. More importantly, the 64G body storage supports simple mode desktop, and the font can be enlarged for the elderly to see clearly. Large-capacity battery with MTK processor, it will be fine without charging for three days; You just need to buy another protective cover to strengthen the protection and prevent the screen from falling and breaking, so when you visit your grandparents, teach them how to call WeChat videos, and everything will be fine ~

Now grandpa will call me from time to time on WeChat video, chat for a while or ask me when I will go to grandma's house for dinner again. The price of this mobile phone is less than that of 800 yuan. It is such a mobile phone that is not very good in our opinion. At least in the next few years, it may not be difficult for grandparents to use it. The most important thing is to meet the real needs of the elderly to use mobile phones.

Let's start with the background. At present, my dad's new mobile phone is from functional machine to intelligent machine.

My father is old, and he has been using the old man-machine before. It is necessary to consider simple logic and convenient use. Because I just used a smart phone, my dad doesn't have high requirements for mobile phones as a whole. He only takes calls and has almost no need to download various apps. During the epidemic, the green code is required to be displayed on various occasions, so at most, we can add an App that supports our local green code.

Since I bought the mobile phone for my dad, it is inevitable to undertake the after-sales task, so it is also important that the system is consistent with my main system, so that I can explain it synchronously according to my mobile phone. Considering that the iPhone SE 2020 version I started this year has a good effect, combined with my dad's actual usage habits, I finally bought the "beggar version" capacity of the same model.

Generally speaking, there are fewer buttons on the iPhone, which can reduce some misoperation and greatly reduce the "class time" for me to explain the buttons. I just need to tell him to press the Home button a few times, even if he presses it a few times, there will be no reaction.

Synchronous downloading of multiple devices is also one of my favorite functions. I logged in the same Apple ID on my dad's mobile phone, so he doesn't have to look for it when he needs to download a new App. As long as I download it on my mobile phone, it will automatically appear on his mobile phone, which is very practical in practical operation; Another is the synchronization of the address book. No matter how intelligent and humanized the input method is, my dad always asks me to "get it up for him" when recording the phone. Now it's much more convenient for me to synchronize my address book directly with iCloud.

Finally, there is only one App "vegetable market" on the iPhone, and the authority is relatively strict, which can better regulate various obscene operations of the App and avoid traffic stealing. It is also humanized for him who has just transformed from a functional machine.

My latest mobile phone for my mother is Nokia 7 Plus-that's right, the Nokia you are thinking of now. At that time, it stood out from the sea of glory in Redmi and became a gift to my family when I had difficulties in choosing.

Seeing the photo of Nokia 7Plus above, do you think it tastes like Pixel 2 XL? Individuals and family members like this comprehensive screen without bangs, holes and pills, and the width of the upper and lower jaws is equal. In addition, it inherits Nokia's consistent workmanship, aluminum alloy middle frame, Nokia polycarbonate back (in fact, this one is an aluminum alloy back and coated polycarbonate touch), plus a thin body, platinum contrast design and gold fingerprint identification ring on the back, people will not think that this is just a thousand yuan machine (although the official bluff price is more than 2,000, Taobao 600-700 has it).

Moreover, it also has many characteristics that conform to parents' mobile phones: enough Snapdragon 660, long battery life caused by crazy background killing (it can avoid all kinds of cancers in the background, and WeChat has a system-level white list), aluminum alloy back cover is not afraid of falling (parents are easy to drop their mobile phones, and the back cover is broken and they are reluctant to change), and memory cards can be inserted to expand memory. Even if they want a new mobile phone, the mobile phone just released by Nokia is actually good.

Another recommendation is Redmi's 10X, and the content recommended by others is excellent, so you can refer to it directly. My idea is that Redmi 10X is the cheapest 5G mobile phone at present. If parents often need to use their mobile phones to watch dramas and play games, then even if they don't use them now, they don't need to change their mobile phones frequently in the future.

As for my mom, like most parents, 99% of smartphones are used on WeChat. She felt that other operations were too much trouble, so she took the initiative to let me disable the background button and turn my mobile phone into a WeChat dedicated machine. Needless to say, now basically all daily life operations can be completed on WeChat-watching news, buying food, ordering takeout, taking a taxi ... The operations in WeChat are relatively simple and unified, and there is no need to teach parents or learn, which is convenient for everyone.

I even set up an unlimited flow card for my family, so we don't have to worry about Wifi or data. Parents' satisfaction is very different from ours. We may be concerned about the performance and low cost performance of mobile phones. They may be confused about WiFi and traffic, and feel distressed when they go out, so they use traffic money carefully. I feel that getting an unlimited flow card allows my mother to make a video call on WeChat at any time, which is happier than giving her a mobile phone (:з ").

When choosing a mobile phone for my parents, I will combine their daily use, starting from demand, brand and price. Let's take my father's purchase of Red Rice Note 8 as an example to introduce my personal idea of machine selection.

In mid-March this year, my father's red rice 5 suddenly crashed and could not be saved. Xiaomi said that he needs to return to the factory for testing after sale. My father said he bought another one. After the above screening process, three mobile phones were finally shortlisted. They are red rice Note 8, Meizu 16X and Realme X.

On the whole, MIUI with remarkable functions has become a key factor. As the saying goes, "I wish you a lifetime, and you will still be MIUI when you come back." After some settings (closing many advertisements, increasing font size, installing required applications, restricting application installation and background survival, setting traffic usage, turning on cloud synchronization, locking desktop layout, etc.). ), you don't have to worry too much Just go home and help your parents clean up the garbage on their mobile phones and change the film.

Mom's Redmi 7 was purchased in April of October/October/September, and she was transferred from Charm Blue camp to Redmi camp. Unifying the mobile phone camp at home will solve many troubles-data lines, interfaces and operating habits. Parents can help each other when they encounter problems. If the problem is difficult, I can also solve it remotely through WeChat voice and video at school.

Therefore, although it is difficult to find the most accurate answer to the question "which is the best mobile phone for parents", for my parents, they don't need "four-camera design inspired by fingertip gyro", "AI superpixel filling ghost removal technology" and "superlinear four-dimensional tuning system". A mobile phone with smooth operation, easy-to-use system and intimate functions is actually enough.

Price: I recommended all kinds of flagship machine when I bought a mobile phone, but my dad said not to buy such an expensive one. As a farmer, it is easy to stumble, so naturally I chose it at a price of 2,000 yuan.

Configuration: Although this price often represents a compromise of many configurations: lower screen resolution, cheaper vibration feedback, and no wireless charging ... but my dad can say that these configurations on the flagship machine are not very useful.

Brand: There are very few manufacturers who can balance excellent low-end machines. After selecting some from Samsung, OPPO, Huawei and Xiaomi, I found that my father was not interested in brands other than one plus and Meizu. Although the power of capital is dominant, there are many excellent choices among the manufacturers who appear more frequently in advertisements in recent years, so I turned my attention to the glory series. ...

Finally, I chose Glory 20 because I know that my elders like national brands, and Huawei's customized Android system is also quite power-saving. Although I personally don't like to kill the backstage too hard, the elders don't have this concern; The battery is large enough to be charged with 20W+ fast charge. No one doesn't like the experience upgrade brought by long battery life and fast charging. In addition, there are landscape photography artifacts with NFC and wide-angle lenses. ...

I was surprised to find so many machines for 2000 yuan. As other readers may know, the Glory Series will use Huawei's flagship machine processor. This machine uses Kirin 980, so even a mobile phone with a price of 2,000 yuan will not become a short board that affects the user experience within two years-and my biggest concern for non-flagship machine is performance, and I always worry that they will be eliminated soon because of insufficient performance.

In terms of design, because my dad doesn't like fancy colors, I chose relatively restrained and simple black. Glory 20 uses an asymmetric digging screen. There is always a lot of room for discussion about the various ways to achieve high screen ratio (digging holes, bangs, lifting), but my dad obviously doesn't care. The high screen ratio makes the mobile phone that can be held by one hand have a larger display area, which is a real benefit for the father who needs to maximize the font.

Because I haven't used Huawei's customized Android system for a long time, I was worried at first that Huawei's system had many functions and operating logic that were unfriendly to middle-aged people. It took five minutes to introduce the full-screen gesture and set the font size of the system. My dad has been using it for several months now and has not asked me any questions about the use of mobile phones (his last mobile phone was OPPO R9). Although I don't think much about Huawei or glory when I buy my own mobile phone, the successful purchase result has made me a non-user right.

Time goes back to a long time ago, at the end of the first year of work. I looked at the number of Yu 'ebao, and I was so heroic that I changed my parents' mobile phones into new ones. Later, I found that the filial piety of changing mobile phones bound me, and I had to study the popular mobile phones at that time every once in a while.

Therefore, I have a little experience in buying a mobile phone for my parents. In view of the different needs of mobile phones, my choice is more suitable for readers with a budget of 1500~2500 yuan.

I just changed the Redmi K30 5G Extreme Edition for my mother last month. Let's talk about the main decision-making basis: Volkswagen brand, Volkswagen model, moderate price, and finally the risk of broken screen.

Let's start with the price. My parents' demand for mobile phones is taking photos, Tik Tok and WeChat, so the demand for mobile phone performance is not so high, which happens to be the target group of mid-range products of big manufacturers. In addition, my parents' generation is loyal to thrift, and my own poverty is the key factor, so I usually set the budget for mobile phones at around 2,300 yuan, for mid-range and mid-range models.

Then there is the brand. I subjectively recommend four brands "Huami OV". First, the brand is well-known, so it won't be surprising for my parents to use it. I bought a nut Pro2 to honor my parents, but they refused because they had never heard of it. Second, it is easy to maintain, and popular models also mean a large market, so similarly, the spare parts inventory of repair shops is more popular, so that there will be no place to repair or no spare parts after one year; Third, their mid-range models are generally compared with buckets, and with the deceleration of Moore's Law, they can be used for two years.

When it comes to accident insurance alone, parents often use things more carefully than we do, but problems also affect their mood more, so the mobile phones I buy for them will buy broken screen insurance, so that they will not worry too much about problems, and often the accident insurance for domestic mid-range models is about 100 yuan, and the third party of e-commerce is cheaper.

Finally, the style and color, this step is very easy if parents communicate well. However, my mother is a very traditional twister. Someone should understand that when I say I want to change her mobile phone, she will definitely say, "I'm wasting money again. Why? My mobile phone is fine and can be used for several years. " But if I force her to buy it, she will still say it, but she will keep smiling. But there is also a problem, that is, she refused to communicate in the early stage and didn't know what color she liked, so she only bought her insurance colors such as white at first, and then deliberately bought her red and purple for trial and error, which had some effect. I forgot to mention my father. He is the kind of father who will ask for it, so it is not difficult (laughs).

P.S. was assigned to this group, but @ 个个个个个个 also shared with us his views on the matter of parents changing their mobile phones:

I used OPPO Reno for a period of time last year, and I have a great feeling for ColorOS. It happened that my mother wanted to change her mobile phone, so I used OPPO K3 to place an order. Almost configured with Renault. When my dad wanted to change his mobile phone this year, I thought I could get a pair and let my mom teach my dad how to use it, so I placed an order for realme X2.

In retrospect, it was a good decision. My parents are very light users (SMS calculator, WeChat Alipay camera), and the flagship performance is of little significance to them, so I turned my attention to the old iPhone and the domestic thousand yuan machine. However, the seemingly stupid iOS is not very friendly to parents, such as the complicated logic behind the account system, such as the file system that makes WeChat unable to clean up the storage space. When the iPhone is cold, the battery life is also anxious.

Switch to the domestic Android system, and the localization of the domestic Android system is done well, such as WeChat specialization and yellow pages of address book. Out of the box, the battery life is generally better than that of the iPhone. I didn't make much money just now, so I included the thousand yuan machine equipped with the 7-series Opteron processor in my choice. Although my parents were very resistant to the big screen at first, the design of "full screen" made them quickly put down their resistance. The large screen brings a better visual experience and is more convenient to touch. Even with oversized fonts, a screen can display a lot of content. In addition, OPPO's beauty and color adjustment in taking photos are very popular with mom (and her colleagues), which is a great plus.

Although I pay more attention to the purity of the system when choosing Android devices, annoying system advertisements have not brought them any trouble at all.

Based on these experiences, I may confidently recommend a better domestic system to my elders.

The last mobile phone I changed for my mother was Glory 20. Although I have replaced Apple with Samsung myself, I still focus on several domestic manufacturers, because the customization system of domestic equipment manufacturers is grounded enough: knocking on the phone like knocking on the door can take screenshots, and I can't remember what I bought. I just need to screen without going into Taobao, and I can take notes from the side. Strict backstage management prevented her from learning how to close the backstage ... Maybe it was bloated, heavy and unsightly for us, but it was easy and convenient for them.

Because my mother used a Huawei mobile phone before, at least it won't be too much trouble to buy products of the same descent, and the content such as address book and notepad can be seamlessly connected by logging in to the account, without third-party tools, even if the mobile phone arrives at my home, she can try to transfer data herself. Middle-aged and old friends are not like us, so they won't feel too complicated. It's great out of the box.

Although I strongly disagree with my mother's view that it is a waste to give her good things, middle-aged and elderly friends really don't have high requirements for the function of mobile phones, and performance is more important (because they are likely to be guided to install some rogue applications). So considering the performance, I prefer the flagship or sub-flagship SoC and storage space devices. According to my understanding of mom, she won't save many photos and music, but she will click the Home button to return to the desktop and forget that the application is still running. Opening many apps in a short period of time also happens from time to time. As I said just now, I don't want to tell them, "Remember that there should be no more than five background softwares-what is the background? Emmmm ",so loose running memory is also necessary.

Based on the above requirements, and considering the screen, battery life and other peripheral factors, I placed an order for Glory 20. The price of 2000 yuan has 24 interest-free periods, and it is cost-effective to round it off every month; Kirin 980 is excellent enough to use, and the capacity of 8G+ 128G is more than enough. The hollowed-out screen in the upper left corner echoed the S 10 in my hand, and I said to my mother at that time, "Look, there is a hole in my mobile phone screen, too."

Mom has been using it for half a year now, and the purchase is relatively successful on the whole. Besides making phone calls, sending WeChat messages and watching news, my mother's most commonly used function is "Hello YOYO, counting down for 3 minutes". She always says, "Why can it hear me calling it?" At this time, I always feel happy: although she is old, she will still be as curious as a child; Maybe she still can't fully understand why she can control her mobile phone without touching it, but it may be the most accessible, close to life and science fiction thing for her now.

In fact, they must be happy to change their mobile phones for their parents, but the older generation will always feel bad about money and this "good" old mobile phone. I also summed up an experience for you: place an order first and surprise her; Listen to her chanting and transmit data; Church use, second-hand blood transfusion; The manuscript fee is paid, and the mother is kind and filial.

My opinion is just the opposite of the above two: I am an Andorid user myself, but I finally chose an iOS device for my father. The main consideration is actually the system.

I think the purity of the system is an important factor to consider. I won't recommend any mobile phone equipped with MIUI, Funtouch OS, Flyme, Smartisan OS, EMUI, and Color OS to my elders, because we can't do a series of things at any time, such as closing advertisements, uninstalling built-in diversion applications, and blocking marketing messages sent by manufacturers from time to time. System upgrades make the above operations impossible once and for all.

Based on my understanding of the use of almost all domestic "Android" systems over the years, they have spared no effort to increase advertising, which makes me instinctively disgusted and will never let my father take such a high risk.

I also considered native Android. But in the face of my father who is used to the "perfect" system of localization service, Magic Fun is almost the only Android system I can accept and recommend to him, so if there is a device that can be adapted by Magic Fun at the same time, it can also be considered. However, the skinny reality makes me have to face the uneven openness of different manufacturers to unlock bootloader. Considering the adaptation of Magic Fun, only Meizu and Yijia are left to consider, and my hometown is not covered by the after-sales outlets of these two companies. If there is something wrong with the hardware, it will be difficult, so I finally choose to give up.

On the other hand, on iOS, I am worried that the problem of advertising and drainage will be well controlled, and I will not worry too much about the confusion and harm caused by advertising and rogue software to my father. Apple Care also covers the after-sales maintenance of iPhone.

Finally, considering the hardware equipment, I left the iPhone XR and iPhone 1 1 in the iOS device: the LCD screen of 6. 1 inch is of good quality, so that dad can brush short videos as comfortably as possible to watch the live broadcast; A processor that will not significantly affect the experience for at least the next three years, so that elders who are unwilling to change their mobile phones can have smooth feedback for quite some time; Very good sound quality, among which iPhone 1 1 also supports Dolby panoramic sound. After my father got started, he was quite satisfied and happy.

So in this case, I think we should choose the best mobile phone within an acceptable range, so that parents' new skills and new needs in the future will not be dragged down by objective conditions. You can't simply and rudely label the older generation. When you get older, you may learn things slowly, and many things need to be explained in detail. But as long as you teach patiently and repeatedly, parents can enjoy the latest electronic products.

Because when I was a child, my parents insisted on buying a desktop computer for study (although I was reluctant to use it as a game machine), the network cable didn't break after a month's internet fee exploded. After talking with other people, I found that other families rarely do this, so the mobile phone budget (probably? 5000) It is also appropriate to be slightly ahead of parents of the same age. In this price range, I finally chose iPhone 1 1 and Huawei P20 Pro for my parents. Specific selection criteria are as follows:

Mom: iPhone11(2019,64g green)

Father: Huawei P20 Pro (20 18, 128G black)

The first Father's Day gift after work, I chose the 64G version directly without asking, and then my father thanked me and asked for money to change it into 128G? . So don't make a fuss about the daily necessities such as mobile phones. Before buying, you still need to communicate with your parents and listen to their opinions carefully.

It's interesting to give Pixel 2 XL to my mother.

When my mother wanted to change her mobile phone and didn't want to spend too much money, I recommended her to buy an iPhone 7. At that time (20 18), she could probably buy one in 1500 yuan. After trying for a while, my mother also said that she had a good chat with Siri.

At that time, the mobile phone I used was Pixel 2 XL, and its configuration was higher than that of iPhone 7, so let my mother try Pixel again. As a result, my mother likes Pixel's big screen very much. It happened that I also needed the collaborative work and application ecology of iOS, so we exchanged happily-iPhone 7 became my main force, and Pixel 2 XL continued to serve in my mother's hands.

Because my mother is a person who is willing to try new things, Google mobile phone is not difficult for her to get started. Sometimes she talks to Google Assistant, and Google services is no different from millet cloud service to her. When you get started, simply migrate the data, which is the time cost that you can't escape when changing planes.

After using it, she is very satisfied: she can store photos in Google Photos indefinitely, and the sufficient configuration makes her more handy in simple multi-threaded task management. When the Android 10 system went online, she also installed the update at the first time. The new system solves the privacy management problem of the old system, and it is more worry-free to use.

My mother is a typical hamster patient. She often uses Pixel to watch some food videos on YouTube, then collects some recipes, uses line drawing for OCR batch recognition and imports Evernote. Maybe she really took out these recipes, even less than 1%, but she enjoyed it. Sometimes I wonder, if the phone card is a little more, will she give up hoarding? But it shouldn't be possible in a short time. I feel that she can use Pixel 2 XL forever.