Mobile phones

[Monkeybubbles]

My contract is eligible for an upgrade in a couple of weeks.

Usually I just go for whatever is the latest Samsung, but I feel like I should try something different. Tbh, I'm not even sure what my criteria for selection is, and whether it makes any difference.

Let's talk.

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

My contract is eligible for an upgrade in a couple of weeks.

Usually I just go for whatever is the latest Samsung, but I feel like I should try something different. Tbh, I'm not even sure what my criteria for selection is, and whether it makes any difference.

Let's talk.

Thank me later

[Alf Garnett's (Ex) Missus]

I've got the ZFold 3...the new version is out now

I love it, upgraded from a S10+ so the front screen is a lot smaller but when it opens it is a joy to behold.

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

I've got the ZFold 3...the new version is out now

I love it, upgraded from a S10+ so the front screen is a lot smaller but when it opens it is a joy to behold.

that's some premium hardware. What's it like for durability?

[Alf Garnett's (Ex) Missus]

that's some premium hardware. What's it like for durability?

I do have a case for it, but dropped a few times and seems fine. Had the internal screen protector replaced free of charge last week by Samsung direct as it was just starting to come away on the fold but other than that no issues at all

[jastons]

I've got the Samsung s20+. Had it for almost three years and still works great apart from a temperamental charger port. Don't really want to spend £1k on a new one :-/.

[prince_huggy]

I do have a case for it, but dropped a few times and seems fine. Had the internal screen protector replaced free of charge last week by Samsung direct as it was just starting to come away on the fold but other than that no issues at all

Mine has the same problem. Taking it into O2 on the weekend.

[sendô]

I had a discussion with someone in my office the other day, who was banging on about the new iphone and that he was going to upgrade. I asked what was different between that iphone and the previous one. Apparently the bit at the top of the phone where the speaker was is now gone, and you get an extra 4mm of screen or whatever. That was it. Apparently that is worth £1000 or whatever it is these days.

[jastons]

The top spec iPhone 14 is £1400 + from Costco. A lot of money, and I would never own an iPhone, but I wonder what the cost per minute of use is?

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

The top spec iPhone 14 is £1400 + from Costco. A lot of money, and I would never own an iPhone, but I wonder what the cost per minute of use is?

With my kids, would be lucky to get £140.

Both have in the past dropped and cracked screens within 10 minutes of opening the bloody box. Would never get either of them new phones.

[Jennings]

I’ve got an iPhone & I’m really happy with it. Seems easy to use & quite intuitive. My only grumbles would be the battery isn’t great at holding a charge & it will no longer update because there’s not enough storage left. I think it’s a 6s. Cost me around £100 off eBay five years ago.

Happy to recommend. Certainly can’t imagine going back to my Nokia 5110 any time soon.

[sendô]

My iphone XR constantly tries to unlock itself in my pocket and is nearly always locked out. Sometimes for an hour. The other day I pulled it out and it was on the "press here to permanently erase everything on your phone" screen.

[prophet:marginal]

You almost cannot walk with my Samsung in your pocket, even in a shirt pocket.

Every time I have tried to do so, out of the wish to not be bowling down every street I walk down with the large-screened phone in my hand, I have unwittingly called people, brought up and set a new alarm for the clock or even taken a picture of the inside of my pocket. I think it might be because the warmth of the body affects the touch screen, or its maybe because the small button on the side is getting engaged, I don't know, but it is a design fault/irritation.

And the other thing is that they retail with this lead that is effectively a USB cable that to begin with fits nicely into a collapsible plug (one of the three pins on the plug is a movable part and clicks into place), but, after a while the connection between USB plug and socket seems to distort. Once that happens, the phone displays this message - irritating at the best of times - along the lines that charging is at go-slow unless the lead sold with the phone is put to use.

Finally, if we're having a moan up, I think that they've set the default volume of callers' voices way too low, even on what appears to be maximum setting of volume on the device. I never have to ask people to repeat themselves on a landline, or on my old Blackberry Leaf, but am always asking precisely that on this phone.

It does have a decent camera!

[-DL-]

Got an S22 Ultra. A fantastic bit of kit, and for once, I actually have a phone where I use a lot of it's functionality. The object removal on the camera software is a game changer. I can export images from Lightroom then import them on to my phone to remove bits I don't want in them, then plop them back in to Lightroom to finish off.

The camera in itself is a bit too garish for my liking, but it has the added bonus that you can also use it manually and shoot in RAW, which makes it much better in Lightroom.

[alf git]

I honestly can't get my head around people paying a grand and above for a phone
I had to replace my 6 year old phone a couple of months ago. Even though i got £150 off it still cost an eye watering (to me) £230. I really struggled to justify paying that much

[Burnley Hammer]

I'm just happy to have whatever the missus passes down to me after she upgrades. That happened to be yesterday so I now have a Samsung A21S to play with. Much better than the crappy Huawei Y6 I had before that.

[Samba]

Thank me later

Standby 31 days... GTFI!

[Samba]

I’ve got an iPhone & I’m really happy with it. Seems easy to use & quite intuitive. My only grumbles would be the battery isn’t great at holding a charge & it will no longer update because there’s not enough storage left. I think it’s a 6s. Cost me around £100 off eBay five years ago.

Happy to recommend. Certainly can’t imagine going back to my Nokia 5110 any time soon.

You don't do internet banking on it, do you?

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

My iphone XR constantly tries to unlock itself in my pocket and is nearly always locked out. Sometimes for an hour. The other day I pulled it out and it was on the "press here to permanently erase everything on your phone" screen.

I'm sure your wife believed that..

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

Standby 31 days... GTFI!

And it's got snake.