Back to the future, bloody phones.

[loanrangie]

The battery in my phone died and i have to buy it off aliexpress and will take 2-3 weeks to arrive :( , the only spare phone in the house that wasnt made last decade is an iphone 4.
I hate apple with a passion so it hurts to have to use this pile of poo, after all the kids stuff we had to buy for this school year, i'll have to hold out to the battery arrives.
Daughter's iphone6 is needing its 3rd LCD screen so that's on order as well , at least they are cheap.

[incisor]

[biggrin]

nothing like a philistine complaining about having to use something he hates, that still works after all these years :p

i just swapped from an iphone 6s+ to a realme xt 8/128 because i need dual sim due to all the areas around my work zone that have one or the other to varying degrees and i couldn't bring myself to pay $2k for a iphone that could do it, so opted for a $499 option.

battery life is way better and i am getting 2 days out of a charge where as i just made it through a day with the iphone and it had a replacement battery within the last 12 months

sadly, android is still utterly hopeless with audio and bluetooth devices like hearing aides etc etc

android audio works okay but is no where near as polished as apple car play, by a country mile imho

but the dual sim, with an sdcard slot as well, won out in the end

the realme is a great little piece of kit so far and the android 10 update is supposed to flow through this week

time will tell the tale

[Tombie]

Why didn’t you look at a Huawei P30 Pro?

All functions including NFC and an amazing Camera!

[loanrangie]

Why didn’t you look at a Huawei P30 Pro?

All functions including NFI and an amazing Camera!

If he wanted a phone with no ****ing idea he'd stick with apple :)

[Tombie]

If he wanted a phone with no ****ing idea he'd stick with apple :)

Oops NFC [emoji41]

I have a couple of fiends running them and they’re most impressed.

One was a Samsung fan, the other Apple.

[incisor]

Why didn’t you look at a Huawei P30 Pro?

All functions including NFC and an amazing Camera!

and 3 times the price

the 64mb camera in this thing is all i need, i have cameras for taking photos :p

and this has sd card and dual sim

did i mention it was cheap [biggrin][biggrin][biggrin]

[Tombie]

and 3 times the price

the 64mb camera in this thing is all i need, i have cameras for taking photos :p

and this has sd card and dual sim

did i mention it was cheap [biggrin][biggrin][biggrin]

If it meets your needs [emoji106]

What’s “cheap” [emoji41]

[loanrangie]

This iPhone will get thrown out the window soon , wanted cc details just to access app store and then wouldn't accept them. At least with Google you can skip that.

[AK83]

The battery in my phone died and i have to buy it off aliexpress and will take 2-3 weeks to arrive :( , the only spare phone in the house that wasnt made last decade is an iphone 4.
.... .

What battery? what phone?
I have a few spares you could borrow, in an emergency, if required.

[loanrangie]

A Chinese oukitel , no parts available locally but battery on its way.
What battery? what phone?
I have a few spares you could borrow, in an emergency, if required.

[shanegtr]

I personally dont mind the iphones, but then again we use a Mac PC at home so it kinda makes sense. But I also dont live my life on my phone either so as long as it runs the handfull of apps I need then all good. We seem to get better phone reception at our house on Iphones compared to Samsung products too for some reason (we are in a valley so ****ty reception inside the house)

[Disco-tastic]

I bought a north america spec LG G6 off eBay for $200 with 1 year accidental replacement cover. Cameras are ok (better with 3rd party apps) and battery life and speed are ok. Its a ways behind the flagships but its so damn cheap.

Bloatware isnt too bad on mine either (its a T-mobile version)

[loanrangie]

New screen for daughters iPhone came today so 5 mins to replace that and now I have moved up to a ZTE android, nearly twice the size of the old i4 and I can actually see stuff on the screen. Battery for my phone hasn't even left China yet, maybe it caught corona [emoji3].

[ramblingboy42]

ok, seeing as I'm not the most savvy when it comes to phones, whats the problem with , as you say ,piece of poo iphone4?

I still have one that I use every day since it was new released , I'm not a poker and puller , but I have no problem with it.

I think the server has a lot to do with it and I don't keep loading the latest apps, ffs its a phone not an entertainment centre. For me anyway.

[loanrangie]

It's apple for a start, and it's tiny.
The first is the killer for me.
ok, seeing as I'm not the most savvy when it comes to phones, whats the problem with , as you say ,piece of poo iphone4?

I still have one that I use every day since it was new released , I'm not a poker and puller , but I have no problem with it.

I think the server has a lot to do with it and I don't keep loading the latest apps, ffs its a phone not an entertainment centre. For me anyway.

[Tombie]

It's apple for a start, and it's tiny.
The first is the killer for me.

Point 1 is Known as psychological rebellion [emoji6]

[Tins]

How can anyone "hate" Apple and yet trust Google, the most UNtrustworthy company on the planet?

[Bigbjorn]

I have a Tonka flip phone G3 which cost $75 and does everything I want.

[loanrangie]

And you think apple are any better with their sweatshop factories, I use it doesn't mean I trust it.
How can anyone "hate" Apple and yet trust Google, the most UNtrustworthy company on the planet?

[loanrangie]

I have a Tonka flip phone G3 which cost $75 and does everything I want.From toysrus ?

[Bigbjorn]

From toysrus ?

Big W