Phone suggestions

Toddy

Try the consumers guarantees act if it's only two years old.

Nepia

@Nepia largely as I don't like the other brands - had one iPhone ages ago and didn't like it. First one that's died on me and I normally got a hand me down when the wife upgraded.

But point taken lol

Hmm just saw Machpants last post... maybe it's 3 years old, got it after the S8 came out.

I was just joking, hence the . I'm the opposite of you, tried Android and didn't like it so I'll always get an iPhone - but I'm not an early adopter and don't need the top model of a phone so I'm not paying the overpriced top dollar for the new ones.

Bones

@Paekakboyz it's funny, out of all the Android phones, Samsung I can't stand as they take android and fuck with it so it's basically unrecognisable.

Machpants

@antipodean said in Phone suggestions:

A refurbished S9? https://www.kogan.com/nz/samsung/shop/phones/android/?price=400%2C640&page=1

I liked my S8, just swapped to Pixel to remove bloatware.

Me too, went from an S6 to a Pixel 3a, still gets monthly updates too!

Paekakboyz

@Bones cheers man, I'm good relatively familiar with computers and gaming related tech but a newb in regards to phones and OS.

So some of you guys have X brand of phone then drop a different OS on it? aside from Apple phones I presume?

voodoo

I'm all Samsung. Jusy bought the lad a S9 refurb for $450, seems to be going ok

Bones

@Paekakboyz I've got a Pixel 4. It's pretty good really, but I came from a Sony and really miss fingerprint unlock! Actually the Sony was a pretty nice phone too.

Paekakboyz

@Nepia I was getting extra mileage on the lols :face_with_stuck-out_tongue:

Funny how people kind of find a phone brand and stick with it. I get it from the UI perspective though.

Godder

I've got a Note 9, it's excellent.

ploughboy

im still rockin the s4. when i break it i will upgrade

No Quarter

I got a Motorola G6 Play for $280 and I'm really impressed with it. Great bang for your buck.

The Motorola phones are a damn sight cheaper than Samsung, Apple etc, would recommend if you're looking for value.

Also the karate chop to turn the torch on is super handy.

nzzp

@Machpants said in Phone suggestions:

Buy the highest range Samsung you can afford, and buy it grey import - easy. You won't be disappointed in a high mid range Samsung

Bought a Galaxy A50 at Boxing Day for $399. Been really impressed with it, plenty of battery, it's flagship level of a couple of years ago I suspect.

Failing that, that refurbed S9 looked pretty decent. There's just to much choice.

My wife has a Xiaomi phone, and it's been decent value.

Bones

@No-Quarter this conjured up a great image of someone holding a phone and karate chopping the screen, looking confused.

taniwharugby

Paekakboyz

@taniwharugby dude some of those old school phones were super popular with people running illicit operations

Machpants

@taniwharugby said in Phone suggestions:

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My mate ordered one of these, was very very very very unimpressed when he found out it didn't click out like in the matrix! I think Nokia missed a trick when they didn;t include the click out into the reboot last year

taniwharugby

@Paekakboyz that was my first phone, never had any issues with it, when I called people, or, they called me, or I called themback, or I charged it, cos that was pretty much all you could do haha

voodoo

Remember how many phone numbers you could remember back in the day??? Now I can barely remember how old I am!

mariner4life

@voodoo said in Phone suggestions:

Remember how many phone numbers you could remember back in the day??? Now I can barely remember how old I am!

fuck yes. i was good with phone numbers. If i could have ever got a chick to give me hers, i wouldn't have even needed to write it down. Real pity i never got to put that to the test

Paekakboyz

@taniwharugby no GPS, easy to wipe... the list of why it was valued by certain folks goes on lol.

But the best bit - playing the snake game!!

The Silver Fern

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