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What phone are you using these days?
- Thread starter Gopherbassist
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I'm using a 2023 Motorola Razr from Consumer Cellular... been with them a couple years. I had to retire my LG V60 because their sim card wasn't liking it.
That’s happened recently to me with my 13 year old iPad. The operating system hasn’t been supported for a couple of years now and too many websites were unavailable to me. I still use it as my YouTube music listening session device. I’ve had to leave it permanently coupled to the charger for several years now.
Land line. Never had a cellphone or have been on social media. Life for me is the way I like it, simple.
EdwardofHuncote
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I'm still using a 2019 Galaxy S10. Fast, light, small (for today's standards), battery still lasting a lot, still with original curved edges screen (not a scratch). Only thing is ports (both USB and headphones) are sorta' screwed up, so I guess god bless Bluetooth and Qi charging 
I see no phone changes in my horizon really. At one point a couple years ago my mobile company gave me some Motorola for free, which is still stored at home unopened, as a backup phone. No that I'd need one with the S10
Obsolescent old man remarks aside, I'm still one to think there's few more eco-friendly things than STUFF THAT LASTS. I don't think buying a lot of EVs (thanks to wise and generous advice -lobby- from oligarchies of clowns that travel in private jets) will "save the planet" more than keepinging cars out of scrapyards for at least 10-15 years. But what do I know, I'm obsolescent, as... Toyota?
I see no phone changes in my horizon really. At one point a couple years ago my mobile company gave me some Motorola for free, which is still stored at home unopened, as a backup phone. No that I'd need one with the S10
Obsolescent old man remarks aside, I'm still one to think there's few more eco-friendly things than STUFF THAT LASTS. I don't think buying a lot of EVs (thanks to wise and generous advice -lobby- from oligarchies of clowns that travel in private jets) will "save the planet" more than keepinging cars out of scrapyards for at least 10-15 years. But what do I know, I'm obsolescent, as... Toyota?
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S8 Samsung 
close to 10 yrs old now.
A tad slow, and needs recharging pretty often, like me
close to 10 yrs old now. A tad slow, and needs recharging pretty often, like me
Still does everything I need a 'phone to do. I have a computer at home - I surely don't need one in my pocket. Also, when one gets broken at work, I can replace it for £12. And... it also holds its charge for about a week. Works for me! 
Can't say as I've had an "upgrade experience"!
Can't say as I've had an "upgrade experience"!
Honor Magic 7. It's a no-frills flagship phone without many bells and whistles, and sells for upper-mid prices. I'm not a fan of curved or foldable screen, and for imaging I can use my Fujifilm. I like its blazing fast processor, and its battery LASTS compared with my previous Apple and Huawei devices.
Google sent me an email that in their infinite wisdom they've decided to nerf both the charge speed and battery capacity of my phone, a Pixel 6a. This is my excited face
This happened to coincide with a sale on Google phones at my phone provider. This is my unsuspicious face
I took tha bait and ordered a new Pixel 9, with a myriad of new AI "features" which I assume I will promptly disable when I receive the phone in a couple days.
I planned to use my current phone for several more years because I spent what was, for me, a lot of money on it. This time I spent even more money, but should hopefully be getting a lot more phone out of it and again, hopefully, several years of service life.
But there goes all my gear money for the month.
What are you on these days? How was your upgrade experience?
Man...I had a Galaxy S10 for years and it did everything I wanted a phone to do with no complaints. Simple. Then, about 3 weeks ago, I knocked my Otter-Box covered and Zag-screen protected phone off my speaker cab with the brim of my hat while standing up when I was done tweaking a pedal. It fell JUST right (not even that hard...its taken worse
) on the corner of one of my pedals.It shattered the screen and went black...no workey. I NEED my phone for work; without a phone I'm dead in the water. Went immediately to the T-Mobile store and was pleasantly surprised at how fast (and relatively inexpensive after they let me trade my broken phone in for full value
) I had a new Samsung Galaxy S25+. Very nice phone.They also gave me 2 "free" Samsung tablets (nothing is free but they were a couple of bucks a month to add to my bill) so I kept one and gave the other to the wife. Never had much use for a tablet before but it's found a nice home as my "music" tablet. I use it with my song-learning apps and connected it to my sound system so I can play along with YouTube songs. It's working out great, actually. Lot easier to work with than my phone, and smaller/simpler than the laptop.
Pretty good experience overall. I'm not a big "cutting edge" tech guy and I was dreading going to the store to get a new phone, but I was pleasantly surprised and happy with the customer service I received and the new products I bought
.Oh yeah, I also disabled all the AI features and other useless, intrusive apps and features
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I'm still using the Pixel 3 that I've had since 2018 or so. It was an Amazon refurbished.
EdwardofHuncote
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iPhone 6S sim free.
I only bought it when the 7 came out for £350 new. Not an Apple fanboi though, I only bought it as all of the android phones I'd had pocket dialled even when locked. When this one kicks the bucket though I won't be buying another iPhone not at those ridiculous prices where I could buy a small car instead.
I only want a phone for business calls, a few whatsapps to family and a camera. No point being all singing and dancing as I don't use social media other than here (and that on my PC), so what I've got does me.
I only bought it when the 7 came out for £350 new. Not an Apple fanboi though, I only bought it as all of the android phones I'd had pocket dialled even when locked. When this one kicks the bucket though I won't be buying another iPhone not at those ridiculous prices where I could buy a small car instead.
I only want a phone for business calls, a few whatsapps to family and a camera. No point being all singing and dancing as I don't use social media other than here (and that on my PC), so what I've got does me.
iPhone 15 Pro Max.
After decades as a staunch Windows/Android guy, my desire for the best smart watch out there has had me moving into the Apple ecosystem over the last couple years. The Apple system isn't perfect, but Apple/Apple is better than Windows/Android and much better than Windows/Apple.
After decades as a staunch Windows/Android guy, my desire for the best smart watch out there has had me moving into the Apple ecosystem over the last couple years. The Apple system isn't perfect, but Apple/Apple is better than Windows/Android and much better than Windows/Apple.
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I used to keep up with the newest Android phones by HTC. That ended in 2013. I now use the oldest good phone I can. I am clinging to my Samsung S10E. Does all I need it to.
I needed to convert to Apple for work and found a used IPhone 4 here in the classifieds for $25. Enjoyed it until they were no longer supporting 4G. They sent my employer a new SE as replacement for free upgrade about 4? years ago and it’s been fine and does what I need it to. I do miss the smaller size, though.
