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 although the camera is decent but not amazing, I really like my iPhone SE. It’s a nice compact size. Sometimes they come up at decent prices

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 although the camera is decent but not amazing, I really like my iPhone SE. It’s a nice compact size. Sometimes they come up at decent prices

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 fear this will be no help, but I can't help myself. When my previous phone failed, one of my options was a used Pixel from cex, modified by me to run either CalyxOS or grapheneOS. These are non-evil operating systems allowing you to detach from google, but they require a bit of tech-fu to get set up. I love that stuff, but it's not for everyone.

In the end I opted for a dumb phone. It was cheaper and better for my technology addiction.

Since then, this intriguing device (Mudita Kompakt) has also emerged, somewhere halfway between a dumbphone and a degoogled custom OS, but with an e-ink screen. I think it counts as "flash". It looks great though. https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-kompakt/

@joannaholman @caity I'm an iPhone fan too, my iPhone 15 does everything needed and the camera is great.

@caity I love my cheap Motorola phones. Batteries last days, camera is crap, but who cares, does what you need

@sortius Well, I’m a very basic kinda person….

@timrichards @joannaholman Hmmmm. Might look into this, thanks.

@caity @timrichards @joannaholman also the Apple Store offers older phones not just the latest models for sale new

@joannaholman Thank you! Second vote for this, and it would integrate with my ipad (although that’s not a huge consideration.) Photos aren’t a huge priority.

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.

@stufromoz @timrichards @joannaholman Thank you, good to know!

@dwillanski Great idea, thank you!

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.

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

@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