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Sound and Fury |
My wife is getting a new phone to replace the Samsung S5 she's giving me. I am aghast at the prices T-Mobile wants for new phones. So I'm looking at previous generation Samsung and Google phones. I've seen some decent prices on refurbs. But I haven't really kept up, so I'm approaching the collective SigForum wisdom. What's the best deal on a couple year old phone? "I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here." -- Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989 Si vis pacem para bellum There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Feeding Trolls Since 1995 | ||
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A month ago I bought a Motorola Z2 Play at Best Buy for $9.99 a month on my Verizon plan. Now down to $2.99 a month. Seems like a good phone. No issues so far. YMMV EasyFire EasyFire [AT] zianet.com ---------------------------------- NRA Certified Pistol Instructor Colorado Concealed Handgun Permit Instructor Nationwide Agent for > US LawShield > https://www.texaslawshield.com...p.php?promo=ondemand CCW Safe > www.ccwsafe.com/CCHPI | |||
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Armed and Gregarious |
If she is good with Android, I'd suggest going to Costco, and picking up a Moto G5 Plus. If I recall correctly they are under $200. Here is a review of the phone: https://www.cnet.com/products/...moto-g5-plus/review/ ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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What carrier does this phone operate on? I can only receive ATT at home. | |||
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Read the review that is linked in the post immediately preceding your question. Most phones sold today, if they are not locked to a specific carrier, will certainly work with standard GSM networks. In the U.S. this would include AT&T and T-Mobile, and all the MVNOs that re-sell air time on these networks. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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If she is not staunchly android it might be worth a look on Amazon for Un-locked iPhones. You can find lots of 6's and 6s's and 7's that are un-locked for a fairly good price. Be sure and read the sellers feedback and users reviews. I got the 6s I am using a couple of years ago and it is serving nicely. It will also work with GSM and CDMA carriers alike. SigP229R Harry Callahan "A man has got to know his limitations". Teddy Roosevelt "Talk soft carry a big stick" I Cor10: 13 "1611KJV" | |||
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| Sound and Fury |
Staunchly Android, but not necessarily Samsung. "I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here." -- Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989 Si vis pacem para bellum There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Feeding Trolls Since 1995 | |||
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Beat me to it. This is a very good phone for a great price. And it comes unlocked so you're not tied to a cellular provider. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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I just bought a Galaxy S9 from T-Mobile and got $200 off by trading in a Galaxy S4 that I had sitting in a box for a couple of years. I have to keep my line on T-Mobile for the next 2 years and they will give me a bill credit of $8 a month for 24 months to make up the $200. The reason I got the S9 is because it is one of the few phones that support T-Mobiles extended LTE frequencies. These are the phone bands that T-Mobile recently acquired the rights to in the 600 and 700 Mhz range to extend their coverage in some areas around the country. I could never get a signal when I visited my sister in Kermit, TX. According to their coverage map, T-Mobile has implemented that frequency in her area now. Hopefully I will be able to actually receive calls and connect to the internet the next time I visit. | |||
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| Armed and Gregarious |
My local Costco had them today for $180. It really is a very good phone for the money. ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
I'm not and Android guy but had the chance to play with the Motorola MotoZ. It's a damn nice phone with a way above average camery. Also the MotoX. Not too expensive either. Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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You may want to consider an Honor 6X or 7X. They are unlocked phones you can buy on amazon for around $200. My company switched to them about 6 minths ago and they have been great. There is no bloatware on them, just clean android 7.0 with EMUI interface. The newer 7X even comes with gorilla glass (and still around $200). I consider them the equivalent of the newer Samsungs but 1/4 th the price. Ken | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Good grief! The buyers feedback is disastrous! Unlocked doesn’t mean it works with any carrier, it appears. Details matter! Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
Look at the LG k20. a great value on a pretty nice simple smart phone imho. Cheapest one verizon had too! "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Armed and Gregarious |
The same is true of the Moto G4 and G5, if you don't buy them from a service provider. I got my G4 from Best Buy, and if I was in the market for a phone today, I'd get the G5 Plus from Costco. No, bloatware. ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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I got my son a G5 for Christmas, and it has been very good. I had been using a Moto X2 for the past three years, and just recently moved to the new X4. It has great water resistance, very good performance, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The screen is not AMOLED, but I can hardly tell that it isn't; it looks great. It is only slightly taller than my X2, which is good. The case is glass, which is not so good, but Spigen makes a nice flexible cover. I chose this over the Z2 series for the water resistance and size, but also for the screen material. The Z2 has a polymer shatterproof screen that is truly shatterproof, but is also highly scratch prone. I paid $300 buying directly from Motorola during a sale. Good luck with the search! __________________________ O God, give me these boons Never shall I shirk from doing good deeds Never shall I fear when I go to fight the enemy And with surety I shall attain victory - Guru Gobind Singh. | |||
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| Ignored facts still exist |
But it's the 32 GB version, correct? Depending on how much video etc the OP uses, this may not be enough. . | |||
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| Armed and Gregarious |
It has an expansion slot for a micro SD card, up 128GB. Right now you can get a 64GB card for about $20, or a 128GB for about $40, on Amazon. That's SanDisk and Samsung, not some off brand. That's plenty of space to store photos, video, music, etc. By comparison a 32GB iPhone7 (not the 7+) is $550, and a 128GB iPhone 7 is $650. A Sumsang S8 has 64GB internal memory, which can expanded with a 256GB microSD card, but it costs $600. ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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| Green grass and high tides |
Where is the slot on that moto? "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Armed and Gregarious |
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn9h2KKyTeE ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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