You have to determine what you need in a phone. For my simple tastes, I'm on a Motorola G Stylus (2025) It does everything I need and was less than $200!
Wow, that is a horror. I would freak out. Im always concerned when we send off phones on a trade in. So far we have been lucky, hope it stays that way.
That's rough. Sorry to hear of your misfortune. This came as a recommendation and I've started doing this myself... When it comes to trading in phones or even sending in returns if it's a higher cost item, I make a video showing the condition as I package up the item. For phones, I start at the IEMI screen clearly showing the IEMI number of the phone. I'll also show the the battery status and camera function, and overall screen in perfect condition. Right after that, I show a factory reset being done to the phone. Then I power off and package it up in the trade-in box showing the shipping label. Lately, with the last couple trade-ins there was tamper resistant tape to affix over the box openings. I show that too. This doesn't take long if you have everything ready. This way, if there's an issue, you've got some fair footing to stand on should there be an issue. Knock on wood, I haven't had to use one of these trade-in videos and I have at least half a dozen trade-ins via the Google Store. Better luck if there is a next time.
They actually do! For the money, I don't think you can beat them. Their OS is so much better than the convoluted Samsung overlay. Menus and features are very vanilla. I've always had a good experience with Motorola phones.
i like the moto's i had several in the past. now i got myself stuck in a 2 yr commitment to tmobile.
Yeah, they get you coming and going.... I've been a long time Cricket customer and they upgraded me to the Moto G stylus for around $130. Great deal considering I stick with my phones for years and years or until they don't hold a battery charge. (Another scam the they perpetuated on the public. - Non replaceable batteries.)i like the moto's i had several in the past. now i got myself stuck in a 2 yr commitment to tmobile.
I had my iPhone xr since 2018 battery was tired somehow I allowed the wife to convince me to upgrade to the 16 for my birthday. I get PO'd every time I see how many months are left until the phone is paid off. and I am itching to jump off tmobile but can't they hold your number hostage. wish the FCC would block that and at least allow cellular companies to replace your number with a new one so you could port your number to another carrier it would still keep the line active. they wouldn't be losing anything.
Yes, This also! It's also the manner in which they operate. The consumer IS paying for the phone. Most people can't afford a $1,000 phone. But.... If the carrier subsidizes and "hides" the payments, rolls them into a "plan".... of course consumers like this. To me, It's shady. Yes, there are those that say: "Free will! Don't buy the phone then!" But.... C'mon. Talk about instant gratification. I know this is off-topic... But... IMHO... I just don't understand what the draw is. What can a phone do five years into the future? Is it going to be that much better????
US Mobile has been good when I tried them but a common reminder that they will not refund you if paid annually after so many days.
You can pay the phone off early, unlock it through T Mobile (through the app I believe), and then port it out and keep that phone. Had no problems doing that when we switched to us mobile after their arbitrary rate hike.
I had to finally break down and order a new phone. My Samsung Galaxy S8 edge plus has the battery swelling, very low battery life and the back is delaminating. T Mobile offered me $620 towards the prime of a new Samsung if I traded in my old phone. Then knocked me down from $85/month to $65/month. I should have a new Samsung Galaxy S25 delivered by Monday. My only gripe is that cellphone manual have removed the physical headphone jack (and internal fm radio tuner). I found a usb c adapter for headphones.
It’s an option
I miss the FM tuners on phones. My latest one that had it was an LG V30. The one before it was a Nokia Lumia 1020. And Galaxy S8 was the phone that made me a Galaxy fan a long time ago.
Same here, actually exactly what we did except we fulfilled our 2 year agreement with T-Mobile so didnt have to pay off. Unlocking the iPhone 13 phone was easy with T-Mobile. Actually we unlocked two iPhone 13's from T-Mobile within minutes of each other.
I wish several of the Linux distros would get together and release a true competitor to Android's and Apple. There are a few like Pinephone, and a new Debian phone that looks great.
Yes! A true competitor to the Android/Google ecosystem would be really welcome. I have an old OnePlus phone that I converted to a Lineage OS. It basically strips away the google nonsense and constant updating. My battery lasts for over a week now and that's using the phone normally. Less telemetry and phoning home all the time. And... FOSS. It's amazing to me how many users don't check permissions on the software they download from the "protected play store". It's atrocious as to what a simple app wants permissions for.
Could you send a screenshot id like to see how the UI looks
