Mobile phone

[JohnP]

[Owain Lastname]

I'm on Android 4 :)

Owain

[JohnP]

Owain Lastname [e-mail] wrote in news:841af4c2-0057- [e-mail]:

I felt I was approaching obsolescence when I bought a Blink Security Camera and my Android 4 Tablet wasn't able to interface - but my phone was "just". Not planning to rush out to get one - but I want to focus my options and read reviews so that if I decide to take the plunge (or my phone breaks) then I know what to target.

[Jeff Layman]

+1 (well, 4.1).

Mine's a Huawei Y300 bought 7 years ago. I don't use it for anything important (and never for banking). I've also been looking at new phones, even though the original battery is fine in mine. What I miss on the new phones I've read about is a flashing led on the front to warn me that a new text or email has been received. As far as I've been able to tell, only some of the lower-range Nokia smartphones still have a led of this type.

[Chris Green]

My last phone change was from smartphones (two or three Moto E and Moto G phones over a few years) back to a feature phone. I have a ZTE from Three which does 4G voice (vital for us here as only Three 4G has a decent signal here). It's actually Android under the bonnet but you wouldn't know it really, it has real buttons and is perfect for making and answering phone calls, and adequate for SMS. The real bonus for me is having a real button to press to answer calls, no more missed calls while I swear at the %$&^^(*&)( thing! :-)

[charles]

Bought mine (4 models back iPhone) from John Lewis. It's now 5 models back!

[David Wade]

HTC refurb from GiffGaff?

Dave

[The Natural Philosopher]

A samsung galaxy is pretty boring and stock Depending on whether you need special carrier features you cab get a cheapo even in Argos

[The Natural Philosopher]

i seem to be on android 9..

[Richard]

Compared to what?

[ARW]

An iron.

[ARW]

Bought my last few from CEX. Never had any problems.

[newshound]

I've been happy with several entry level and budget "Motorolas" with good deals by staying "one model behind" and/or "returns".

Currently on a Huawei which is OK but not perfect (wifi speed can drop right off and sometimes have problems with BBC Sounds (which could be wifi speed related).

[Michael Chare]

I have an Xiaomi MI A2 bought about two years ago. At the time a fairly good phone for the money. I won't control the washing machine though I have never understood why I would want it to. On Xmas day I found that it would control a Roberts radio that I bought a few years ago.

I did manage to enable Wifi calling but I can't force it to use Wifi rather than the flaky mobile signal where I live. My Vodafone Shuresignal box died after 27 months just like all the others. I change some capacitors but alas it still does not work.

We had a power cut at 01.15 this morning and I was able to find out details using the mobile. Power was not restored until just after 12.30.

[Richard]

I'm not gonna fall for that one.

[Fred]

So you can have some programs you use all the time and just tap on the one you want with a particular wash instead of farting around selecting the right program on the machine with its unique way of doing things.

Same with the microwave with those too stupid to work out how to use one.

[JoeJoe]

The kids have always had the Moto G ones - very well made by Lenovo (sold under the Motorola name), and are extremely good value for money. I would say 10% below the top of the range from Apple or Samsung in terms of performance/look, for only around 15-20% of the price. They come with the latest version of Android and are the first to receive any update if and when they become available.

This one for example (just bought one for my daughter) is light years ahead of what you currently have in your pocket in terms of speed, quality of the camera, compatibility (wifi, bluetooth, etc) and they all come with 2 year warranty.

[JohnP]

JoeJoe [e-mail] wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Many thanks - I will do some comparisons.

[JohnP]

JoeJoe [e-mail] wrote in news: [e-mail]:

My wife's Lenovo Tablet is excellent.

Thinking I may add NTFC to my "wants"

[JoeJoe]

This model does not support NFC - particularly useful if you want to use contactless payment.

If you want NFC then you will have to go for the more expensive 8 Plus version - the one I bought for my daughter:

for example

Note that the 2 year warranty comes from Motorola, so nothing is lost if not buying from John Lewis

The best website for detailed comparison that I found is

which allows you to place 3 different models side by side with all their features listed.