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Another old guy here. My philosophy on phone purchases is the same as for automobiles: I buy the most basic product offering from a company I know I can (reasonably) trust for quality and drive it until the wheels fall off. I currently have an iPhone 12 (and a 2015 Toyota Tacoma and a 2011 Camry).
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.
Mainly used for texting and 2FA. I will occasionally take a photo with it but I prefer using a camera for that. I got it as a refurbished special from my service provider.
It handles voice calls well but I don't like talking to people.
I don't think I'm old but I do remember when phones came with wires attached and were provided free of charge by TPC (The Phone Company). I grew up in a small village where we had a local operator. Our phone number was 66. A friend lived out in the countryside. His phone number was line 5 ring 3. Things all changed in the early 1960's when the operator was replaced by an automated exchange and our crank phones were replaced by rotary dial units. It was about that time that the pace of change started to accelerate.
As I said, I don't think I'm old but I probably am.
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Nokia Lumia 930
The last Windows phone running I think. 
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certainly an old timer and in most respects I reuse, repurpose old equipment all the time. I have 1963 Ford, I have a 12yr old Lenovo s10-3t netbook. my primary home computer is a cast off dell from work that I put Linux on. BUT I have the latest and greatest phones usually. I currently have a Samsung Fold 5 and I love that sucker. I can and have done my entire job from that phone. I like that my old eyes can see the screen when I unfold it. I like that I can use a VPN connection and then RDP to a server and work on it if I have something down at work. (Doesn't happen much for me) and I love that I can read books in the various ereader apps. but mostly I use it as a notebook for jotting notes and journaling. Which I have done now for 30 years. soo.
#1 app Journaling apps (Samsung Notes, OneNote or Joplin)
#2 app Kindle or Libby for my local library.
Wonderful piece of kit it is.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Sony Ericsson W300i. No spam. No tracking me or my doings. No ads. It's a phone...to make phone calls. Yes, I'm the guy that walks down the sidewalk looking straight ahead (not down at a screen)!
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I have a nearly 3 year old Motorola G-Stylus phone. My phones last an average of 3 to 5 years depending on how well I treat the battery.
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Samsung A23 provided by work. Previously Samsung A22 and Samsung Note 8.
All are dual sim so have also had installed my personal sim card for which I pay about £4/month.
I can't see the point in carrying 2 phones around.
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I always stayed with my "smart" flip-phone instead of one of those "dumb phones".
My own "smart" phone is smaller and thus easier to carry. And without all the stupid features, which no one really needs, my little phone ensures that I rely on my brain and not someone else's algorithm.
"Dumb phones" seem to have only made our country much dumber than it already was because it allows everyone to create their own little self-deluded bubbles while allowing someone else to think for them.
When someone tells you that they find their "dumb phones" very helpful, simply ask them when was the last time they read a credible military analysis of the US' wars across the globe...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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$499? Wow.
I’m currently using a 2020 Motorola from Consumer Cell that cost $150. An unlocked one from Amazon was $250. (Monthly service is ~$36}
Recently priced a replacement from Amazon that was pretty much the same price.
I have an iPad, but will not get an iPhone. Just not worth it.
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
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Most of my friends/family would think I'm a luddite if not for the fact that I'm their go-to guy to fix their computer (and phone).
These days I have a phone--out of necessity, not choice. Some LG thing, Q60 I think - clearly not a top-of-the-line model. I've had it since the start of the year, and it's my dad's old phone (I think it was 2 years old at the time he changed it for a Samsung). Except for importing my contacts, it's pretty much still in the state it was when I got it (and then performed a factory reset). I don't go out of my way seeking out apps, except for MS's Office suite. Things that require 2FA work "well enough" with it.
It's on wifi most of the time; most months my data usage remains at 0.00GB - too low to move the needle. But, that was part of my current home internet bundle.
I have zero intent to change it for anything newer / fancier / shinier.
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Hmmm... over here, Walmart would sell you a 'smart' phone for like $50.
I think they're called tracfones but there are maybe a few different options/brands.
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brb 
Stay tuned
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Umm actually I have been the ludite everywhere I go. I have an old phone I got when my father passed away. It does not talk or text. But I do have the IRobot app on it so I can schedule my robot vacum. If it weren't for that I would not have one at all. The old one on the Kitchen wall with an old tape answering machine still works great. For F2A I have an android emulator I can fire up if needed. But mostly the F2A just calls my phone. I am free !! And no one is tracking me.... peace out.
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Samsung A33 -couple of hundred from Argos when I got it. It's an ok all rounder - camera is nothing special but ok, likewise screen, does 5G, I'm happy enough. It was an emergency purchase when my old Samsung died the night before I was due to go away for a week in Cornwall.
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Used to have Sprint myself, since well before they became T-Mobile. Got a free update to a 5G phone two years ago, a Samsung Galaxy A13 G5, 4GB RAM/64GB storage (+microSD up to 1TB!). IMHO, runs circles around using a dreaded iPhone, does all I need, including a few emergency apps.
New price back then would have been $280 (+tax, etc), it's currently $200 at Best Buy, starting at $150 on Amazon ("renewed" as little as $95)
Battery has a decent runtime, up to two days of heavy use, which includes playing solitaire while on public transportation, also use GPS a lot for travel app, as well as email (have 5 Gmail accounts in use on it). Also uses a USB C charging port, which I can share with my GMRS radios, also using one and the same external battery packs for both...
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Ralf, no idea why your post would get flagged as spam, but I'll look into that model..
I'm going to start by resetting my 11XR back to zero and see where we go from there, but I'm still shocked at the prices out there. Y'all have given my wife hope that she can still track me  .
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Mine was flagged as spam also. I did not anything that should have triggered that. Just a straight forward reply.
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I bought my first dumb phone about 15 years ago. I replaced it with my first smartphone about 8 years ago. It was, and is, the first Google Pixel XL. Still going strong, original battery. I only did that because I needed it for a class. Recently, I had reason to look at getting a newer phone. I couldn't find anything under about $1,500 that was better. Apparently, those are now called gaming phones. Almost every phone had worse display resolution -- which actually makes a difference, I tried side by side comparisons and text was fuzzy on the newer phones, but crisp on mine. The other specifications were not really any better. Worse, most of them do not have a headphone jack, nor did they have two USB ports, or a separate power port. That is a non-starter and major deal breaker. The GPXL has a screen resolution of 2560x1440. I will move up to 4k, but not down. I also can't justify the cost of a used car for a phone they want me to replace in a year or two. I expect a phone to last a couple of decades. At least.
It turns out, that outside of making phone calls, getting confirmation texts from various accounts, about the only use I actually have for the phone is reading Kindle books and .pdf documents (which is why the resolution matters, I want to see the entire page without scrolling, and for it to be readable).
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My SO found this this morning and thought it worth passing on.
1. Two times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in California and mine is in Texas.
3. I take my wife everywhere...but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. She said "There are too many gadgets and no place to sit down!" .. So I bought her an electric chair.
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburator. I asked where the car was; she told me "In the lake."
8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling "Am I too late for the garbage?" .... The driver said "No, jump in!"
10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.
11. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.
13. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked "What's on the TV?" I said "Dust!"
If you can't find time to do it right the first time, how are you going to find time to do it again?
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good comedy requires a bit of truth in it so your audience can identify.
i am not sharing this with my wife.  I miss red
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: I miss red
Me too.
If you can't find time to do it right the first time, how are you going to find time to do it again?
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you youngsters out there - how many of you know who Red Skelton is? 
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Me, Me. Oh, wait.
He could entertain and keep it SFW.
I don't think I missed any of his movies back in the day.
>64
It’s weird being the same age as old people. Live every day like it is your last; one day, it will be.
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I can imagine them reading your subject line and picturing a red skeleton giving marriage advice.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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