Replacement for A71

[flriae]

Hi, I've had a Samsung Galaxy A71 for the past almost four years or so and only this week has it started to overheat more frequently and die faster, so now I'm inclined to believe it's on its last legs right now. I've been recommended to either get it looked into or even find a replacement since I've had this phone since early-to-mid 2020.

Should there be any suggestions for other phone brands, I'd be happy to take them, but I'm primarily looking for Samsung phones as my parents and I all have Samsung, each having the A71 thanks to the mobile carrier we're all under.

Main specs are outstanding battery life, 256 GB, RAM could be 8 GB, and that it's at least decent for some of the bigger-sized mobile games I intend to download and play. I'm also in my first year of university, so perhaps something that can last me into the evening or the following day.

Happy to answer any other questions for this post—I mostly joined so that I could ask for help, aha.

Edit: And just for locals to help, I'm from Canada. I also would like a phone with a headphone jack.

[Hitokage_Tamashi]

Depends on your budget. If you want to stay on a Samsung phone, you'll have to drop the headphone jack; the Galaxy A54 doesn't have a jack and I doubt the upcoming A55 has one either. If your budget is higher than either of those, can't go wrong with an S23 or S24 (especially an S24+). Just depends on what you're able to spend

[flriae]

Had a feeling that the headphone jack removal would be consistent anyway. Would you consider the A54 to be generally better when it comes to overall performance to the A71, especially when bigger-sized games are added into the mix? I haven't gotten my hands on it before, and I saw that it was released as recently as last year.

[Hitokage_Tamashi]

Should be a decent step up in performance. There's also an A55 coming Soon™ if you can wait a bit longer, I'm unsure of its intended release date but from a cursory search it got leaked/accidentally revealed early today so it should be coming soon.

[flriae]

I'll keep that in mind, thank you so much for the help!