I think the Samsung Galaxy A3 probably satisfies most of your points; it's the right sort of size, and I get the impression you're not really looking for a flagship phone.
I don't think he wants a flagship phone, but given the general model is 'buy one phone every four years and eeke it out', going for the blingy end of phones at the point where you need to buy one makes the eeking it out a bit less painful...
Let's see if that makes sense. From Amazon it seems I can get an S7 ("current") for £540, an S6 ("1 year old") for £350 and an S5 ("2 year old") for £250. Assume, based on age, we can get 4, 3 and 2 years of useful life respectively. That works out at £135pa, £117pa and £125pa. So there's something to be said for going for last year's model, but anything beyond that smacks of false economy.
The A3 is an odd one - there's such a thing as the A3 (2016) which is cheaper (about half the price) and smaller than S-series models but reasonably up-to-date software-wise, and then there's the just plain A3 which is an October 2014 model. A different tradeoff than going for an old model.
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The A3 is an odd one - there's such a thing as the A3 (2016) which is cheaper (about half the price) and smaller than S-series models but reasonably up-to-date software-wise, and then there's the just plain A3 which is an October 2014 model. A different tradeoff than going for an old model.