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| Thread ID: 145647 | 2017-12-26 00:20:00 | Comparison of current mobile phones | Bryden (4161) | Press F1 |
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| 1444031 | 2017-12-26 00:20:00 | Can anyone please direct me to information comparing the current range of mobile phones - price, features etc. TIA |
Bryden (4161) | ||
| 1444032 | 2017-12-26 04:02:00 | Try this one https://www.gsmarena.com/ |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1444033 | 2017-12-26 07:58:00 | Or Price Spy https://pricespy.co.nz | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1444034 | 2017-12-27 05:53:00 | Bryden, There's a lot more to just comparing phones, not so bad if you buy through your mobile provider but if you are not, then you need to check if the phones frequency is supported by your provider and whether those frequencies are in your coverage. A handy site, that does not list everything but does a good job to check is: willmyphonework.net I've used it to discover fully supported phones, because most times its just 1 frequency and its poorly supported in my area which makes the phone no good to me. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1444035 | 2017-12-27 06:27:00 | Can anyone please direct me to information comparing the current range of mobile phones - price, features etc. TIA If only it were that easy. Far far too many makes & models :) Pick you price range . Pick Android or Ithing or $25 basic phone See whats available at local stores: Warehouse stationary, noel lemming , PBTech etc Then do some research : google for a few reviews. Take note of batt life, camera quality, call quality , is the screen readable in sunlight Check what ver of Android is loaded on the ph, as thats what you'll be stuck with (some exceptions) If Android , Expect it to be obselete with no updates after 1-2 years, not even critical security updates . Androids are pretty much abandoned by manufacturers after release , with a few exceptions . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1444036 | 2017-12-27 22:00:00 | Thanks for the replies.... at present I have a Samsung J 6 (I think it is 6)... called at Spark locally (my ISP and all things phones etc) and because i was getting the message it couldn't update, they told me it is because it only has 8GB and a lot of the apps are getting larger so take up storage space. I prefer to stick with Android given I am somewhat familiar with that. My friend has a Galaxy Note 8 and is seriously in love with it. However, I would be less than impressed if I paid $1500+ for a phone to not have updates after say 2 years.... will check out the links provided. Thanks again - Bryden |
Bryden (4161) | ||
| 1444037 | 2018-01-05 07:23:00 | Well if you're talking that money for Android then a Pixel is the answer. Who better to manage updates than Google since they are Android? | Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 1444038 | 2018-01-05 10:13:00 | Sounds like the phone I got overseas. They post updates for their phones on their forum but noone knows where to get the program to update the firmware And it'll probably take forever to figure out how to do it anyway. Because you have to download the update install some MTK program, find the USB drivers somewhere so the program knows that the phone is connected. So it can update the firmware/rom on the phone And even tho there is an update option on the phone, there are no updates to get lol. So what's the point in putting an update option there |
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