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need a new phone but don't want to spend iphone money you're in luck there are a lot of great phones out there for less than $500 the latest is the Opera or 11th yep it looks like an iPhone and no it's not available through carriers in the US but for those concessions you get a premium feeling phone with a terrific camera and plenty of battery life the stars of the show here are there are 11s dual cameras they'll shoot bouquet star portrait photos which will give you a spiffy new face book display picture with depth of field effect the camera also does well in landscape and low-light settings making it a strong all-rounder it's not perfect though Apple didn't just inspire opera's hardware the software has also modeled after iOS and you'll notice that most when using the camera while the qualcomm snapdragon 616 generally performs well you will notice a lag when taking photos it's one small sacrifice to make though considering the r11 performed similarly to Google's excellent pixel phones in our benchmark tests another highlight here is battery life I never had a problem getting through a day and that's with constant use of music podcasts and the occasional video stream in our tests the battery lasted 14 hours and 45 minutes that's behind the Samsung Galaxy s8 but ahead of the iPhone 7 plus if you're in Australia you can pick up the r11 for $650 those in the US and UK will have to import from China though you'll spend roughly $440 or 340 pounds it may be edged out slightly by the 1 plus 5 thanks to that further superior processor but the r11 is definitely worth considering if Samsung or Apple are too pricey for your tastes