- Sep 6, 2003
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See post #24 please....
As title states, I am looking for 2 new phones, 1 for me, 1 for my wife (same make & model for both of us). Our needs are what I would call minimal but want something that has a company that stands behind their product and the phone is not known to lockup or hiccup, even in the hot months of the Phx, AZ vicinity. I have been using an old HTC One X (been using HTC for a long time, probably 5 or 6 phones deep but that does not matter) and its battery is shot, so need something to take its place - am not a brand loyalist
My requests:
- <$200
- STABLE
- Decent market saturation so bugs are seen and attended to, not some 'off the wall' phone that nobody uses
- Use for basic apps - Mail, Signal, WhatsApp, Waze, Twitter, Maps and tracking that I put on (I know, I know, but it is just me and my wife, like to know where we are in proximity to each other as she has severe disabilities and the summer months can wreak havoc with her). No games or light games. Probably use some type of note taking app, word app, YouTube. No hardcore 3d gaming.
- Long Battery Life, user changeable battery a plus but not a deal breaker - either cell radio or WiFi will always be on
- Accurate GPS (My current HTC One X can put me in the area of the room I am in in my condo (probably less than 6' accuracy, a iPhone 4s put me outside of my condo, probably 20ft away from where I actually was, an accurate GPS is very important due to Medical Issues)
- WiFi A,B,G,N will suffice
- Unlocked from factory, have no desire to get into some type of contract
- Decent back camera - Not necessarily the number of pixels but the quality of the photos is more important
- Screen that is bright enough for direct AZ sun, prefer
- 1920x1080, 5-5.5" or so sized phone
- 2+GB Ram, 16GB or more memory, SD Card a must (128GB or more)
- Local to US w/ a GSM carrier, no need for dual sims unless cost is minimal
- For the time being, will be using on ATT network
- Vanilla Android OS (6 and ability to use 7 and possibly farther out, a bit of future proofing would be nice as long as it does not come as the cost of battery life), or very close - tired of all the carrier bloatware (figure this can cut costs by not having to use the higher-end chipsets, but would like the phone to be snappy for average every day uses)
- Doesn't run hot as AZ summers are Hot - no need to stress internal components
- Not too worried about sound quality of onboard speakers, will use decent headphones for music listening
- Ability to use different "burner" phone numbers
- 2016-2017 model
- Phone will more than likely be in some kind of case from the moment it is open along w/ a glass protector
- No need for fingerprint scanner
- There are a lot of new players since the last time I looked at phones, do not mind going w/ a brand that I am not familiar with just as long as they have decent market share
- Quick charging nice, but not a deal breaker - have adapters in vehicles and like I listed earlier, I would like a long battery life
- Do not want any 'cheaper phone for a distributor to spam/ad campaign' me
- Ability to shoot video @ 1920x1080x30fps on back camera - this is a 'just in case' option, do not plan on using the camera as a video recorder but if something happens 1920x1080 would suffice, not a 2160p person.
Purchase will be in the next couple of months if that long, my current phone requires charging at least 2x daily, so I do not expect it to last much longer
Thanks in advance,
Bob
As title states, I am looking for 2 new phones, 1 for me, 1 for my wife (same make & model for both of us). Our needs are what I would call minimal but want something that has a company that stands behind their product and the phone is not known to lockup or hiccup, even in the hot months of the Phx, AZ vicinity. I have been using an old HTC One X (been using HTC for a long time, probably 5 or 6 phones deep but that does not matter) and its battery is shot, so need something to take its place - am not a brand loyalist
My requests:
- <$200
- STABLE
- Decent market saturation so bugs are seen and attended to, not some 'off the wall' phone that nobody uses
- Use for basic apps - Mail, Signal, WhatsApp, Waze, Twitter, Maps and tracking that I put on (I know, I know, but it is just me and my wife, like to know where we are in proximity to each other as she has severe disabilities and the summer months can wreak havoc with her). No games or light games. Probably use some type of note taking app, word app, YouTube. No hardcore 3d gaming.
- Long Battery Life, user changeable battery a plus but not a deal breaker - either cell radio or WiFi will always be on
- Accurate GPS (My current HTC One X can put me in the area of the room I am in in my condo (probably less than 6' accuracy, a iPhone 4s put me outside of my condo, probably 20ft away from where I actually was, an accurate GPS is very important due to Medical Issues)
- WiFi A,B,G,N will suffice
- Unlocked from factory, have no desire to get into some type of contract
- Decent back camera - Not necessarily the number of pixels but the quality of the photos is more important
- Screen that is bright enough for direct AZ sun, prefer
- 1920x1080, 5-5.5" or so sized phone
- 2+GB Ram, 16GB or more memory, SD Card a must (128GB or more)
- Local to US w/ a GSM carrier, no need for dual sims unless cost is minimal
- For the time being, will be using on ATT network
- Vanilla Android OS (6 and ability to use 7 and possibly farther out, a bit of future proofing would be nice as long as it does not come as the cost of battery life), or very close - tired of all the carrier bloatware (figure this can cut costs by not having to use the higher-end chipsets, but would like the phone to be snappy for average every day uses)
- Doesn't run hot as AZ summers are Hot - no need to stress internal components
- Not too worried about sound quality of onboard speakers, will use decent headphones for music listening
- Ability to use different "burner" phone numbers
- 2016-2017 model
- Phone will more than likely be in some kind of case from the moment it is open along w/ a glass protector
- No need for fingerprint scanner
- There are a lot of new players since the last time I looked at phones, do not mind going w/ a brand that I am not familiar with just as long as they have decent market share
- Quick charging nice, but not a deal breaker - have adapters in vehicles and like I listed earlier, I would like a long battery life
- Do not want any 'cheaper phone for a distributor to spam/ad campaign' me
- Ability to shoot video @ 1920x1080x30fps on back camera - this is a 'just in case' option, do not plan on using the camera as a video recorder but if something happens 1920x1080 would suffice, not a 2160p person.
Purchase will be in the next couple of months if that long, my current phone requires charging at least 2x daily, so I do not expect it to last much longer
Thanks in advance,
Bob
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