Okay Aussie peeps, my stupid (swear swear swear) phone is about to kick the bucket, less than 3 years old, most inconvenient.
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Okay Aussie peeps, my stupid (swear swear swear) phone is about to kick the bucket, less than 3 years old, most inconvenient. Right before my holiday. Sigh.
Recommendations please for: not too expensive outright purchase phone, doesn't need to be flash.
My main jobs for it are using it as a phone (how quaint): text; podcasts, audiobooks, and my social media stuff. Photos are less important, I"m assuming pretty much anything is going to have a fairly decent
camera?And are all brands are equally evil?
Thanks.@caity I have the Samsung S25+ probably bit more than what you're after.
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@stufromoz @timrichards @joannaholman Thank you, good to know!
@caity @timrichards @joannaholman though I checked online and none seem very cheap at present
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@dwillanski Great idea, thank you!
@caity @dwillanski I got a refurbished one 12 years ago and only now need to replace it. Will definitely go for Green Gadgets.
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Okay Aussie peeps, my stupid (swear swear swear) phone is about to kick the bucket, less than 3 years old, most inconvenient. Right before my holiday. Sigh.
Recommendations please for: not too expensive outright purchase phone, doesn't need to be flash.
My main jobs for it are using it as a phone (how quaint): text; podcasts, audiobooks, and my social media stuff. Photos are less important, I"m assuming pretty much anything is going to have a fairly decent
camera?And are all brands are equally evil?
Thanks.@caity Check out JB HiFi online. I got a superseded Samsung model that was listed as "used" for a considerable discount. When it arrived, it had clearly never been used at all - probably just surplus stock.
The Samsung "A" series have lesser camera quality but all the functions you're looking for. I've found Samsung perfectly good and better value than apple. -
Okay Aussie peeps, my stupid (swear swear swear) phone is about to kick the bucket, less than 3 years old, most inconvenient. Right before my holiday. Sigh.
Recommendations please for: not too expensive outright purchase phone, doesn't need to be flash.
My main jobs for it are using it as a phone (how quaint): text; podcasts, audiobooks, and my social media stuff. Photos are less important, I"m assuming pretty much anything is going to have a fairly decent
camera?And are all brands are equally evil?
Thanks.@caity it may still be covered by Australian Consumer Guarantee ... 3 years is well under the expected life of a new phone!
Check with Samsung, they fixed my old one no questions asked
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@caity it may still be covered by Australian Consumer Guarantee ... 3 years is well under the expected life of a new phone!
Check with Samsung, they fixed my old one no questions asked
@AnnonBudgie Unfortunately I’m between a rock and a hard place - I can’t afford to be without a phone at all (family and medical reasons) so even if they offered to fix it, I’d still have to shell out for a new one. I don’t think I’m getting this brand again.
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@AnnonBudgie Unfortunately I’m between a rock and a hard place - I can’t afford to be without a phone at all (family and medical reasons) so even if they offered to fix it, I’d still have to shell out for a new one. I don’t think I’m getting this brand again.
@caity I had to get a new one too.. same scenario
I now keep the old one as a spare -
@caity I had to get a new one too.. same scenario
I now keep the old one as a spare@AnnonBudgie Ahhh.
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Okay Aussie peeps, my stupid (swear swear swear) phone is about to kick the bucket, less than 3 years old, most inconvenient. Right before my holiday. Sigh.
Recommendations please for: not too expensive outright purchase phone, doesn't need to be flash.
My main jobs for it are using it as a phone (how quaint): text; podcasts, audiobooks, and my social media stuff. Photos are less important, I"m assuming pretty much anything is going to have a fairly decent
camera?And are all brands are equally evil?
Thanks.@caity I have a newish Motorola which is pretty good. Previous phone was an Oppo which was also good and is still going well (handed down). Husband has a Redmi which is 4.5 years old. Go for a low to mid range phone on special. Just make sure it has a good update promise - at least 4 years of security updates.
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@caity when it comes to my phone, all I need is 5G, NFC for my wallet, and be fast enough for web, music, video, social media. My Moto g54 5G does that, I'm sure there's an updated model that's almost identical
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@cheryanne @sortius @caity I have a Motorola too (Edge 50 neo) and I'm happy with it.
I wish I'd bought a screen protector though. I dropped it soon after buying so for the past two years I live with cracks all through the screen
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@cheryanne @sortius @caity I have a Motorola too (Edge 50 neo) and I'm happy with it.
I wish I'd bought a screen protector though. I dropped it soon after buying so for the past two years I live with cracks all through the screen️🫢@CaringKinderSociety @cheryanne @caity really? The g series come with a rubber case, and I drop it and the screen never hits the ground. I am brutal with hardware.
I've been using them since the g4 I think, purely because I can't kill them
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@CaringKinderSociety @cheryanne @caity really? The g series come with a rubber case, and I drop it and the screen never hits the ground. I am brutal with hardware.
I've been using them since the g4 I think, purely because I can't kill them
@sortius @cheryanne @caity Yes I was so disappointed. I was at the coast and it just tumbled from my hand as I took a photo but I think because it fell onto concrete and onto it's corner the glass smashed. I just use it like that and have never dropped it again. My son bought it for me and we were both surprised. It's a great phone though.
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@sortius @cheryanne @caity Yes I was so disappointed. I was at the coast and it just tumbled from my hand as I took a photo but I think because it fell onto concrete and onto it's corner the glass smashed. I just use it like that and have never dropped it again. My son bought it for me and we were both surprised. It's a great phone though.
@CaringKinderSociety @sortius @caity oh no! I attached a swivel ring to the back of my phone case - so now it's harder to drop.
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