lizzyq

We are on relatively up to date Android phones, using a family Google Fi plan. We haven't had a landline since moving to the USA 6 years ago and really do not miss it at all.

scrubbedexpat091

I do wonder sometimes if its just a way to collect cell phone numbers.

We only have 1 cell and often my wife has it and not home, and certain companies I cannot access when she isn't home to check accounts because they insist on the texting the code in addition to my password.

Then many US companies wont text to a foreign phone number including Canada which has the same phone number format as the US does, no different calling or texting Canada from the US than making a long distance call within the US.

Text verification annoys the living daylight out of me especially when they do not provide any alternative method.



Only andriod phones for me though, I don't find value in Apple products, probably will never own an Apple anything....lol

Pulaski

I agree 100% on that point. I need a phone, not to join a cult!

markonline1

To be fair, you should only really consider an iPhone if you value an operating system designed for the phone that gives regular and seamless updates rather than a one size fits all operating system where you’ll be lucky to see an update. If security isn’t important to you, you probably shouldn’t bother considering an iPhone either.

lansbury

How do you fit it in your pocket?

lansbury

I recognize that number

scrubbedexpat091

My problem is the cost, way too expensive with no budget model, well I guess there is a budget model but still at the high end.

markonline1

The cost of phones is now ridiculous.

SpoogleDrummer

That and the fact that they don't seem to really have any useful new features any more, it will take more than an extra camera and a new way to unlock your phone to make me part with $1000.

Pulaski

This isn't necessarily the manufacturer's fault - both the phone networks and the consumer are partly to blame. ..... I have been looking at a Samsung phone that interests me - AT&T wants to charge me over $1,000 for it, but I can buy one on Amazon for $499.

markonline1

Yep, idiots like me keep buying them LOL.

scrubbedexpat091

Phone companies gotta add in the cost of the phones that never get paid for in full, you know get X phone for $0 on a 2 year contract, and then a % of people who take up said offer will default and suppose they need to work those losses into the total cost.

Lion in Winter

As would my grandfather.

kimilseung

I bought a Tracfone Samsung phone on Amazon, a steal at $30.00. we are at the point now where these low end phones are more than capable of what most want them to do.
They expect to make money on you buying air time.
For me, it was just for the screen and camera.
I use the camera as a document camera via WiFi in zoom meetings on my computer.
I also use it as a screen to display data from my computer, also via WiFi.
Dedicated solutions for the same tasks would be much more expensive for the same quality, and I would need two devices.
Next time I need a new phone, I might go this $30 route.

scrubbedexpat091

Just be glad your not in Canada, where prices are even higher service and plans worse....