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lakedude

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This is not a comparison of similar phones. Looking to hit some kind of sweetspot but also curious about a high end device. My cell company is about to eliminate new activations on their old $25 "unlimited" plan so if I want the old plan I must choose soon and then stay put for as long as the phone lasts. Once it breaks I'll be forced to go to the new plans.

1) Keep current Moto G gen 1 and either stay on $10 unlimited talk, text and picture texts with no data or switch to $25 "unlimited" data (throttled after 5GB).

2) Upgrade to the best phone that is still eligible to get on the old $25 "unlimited" plan, maybe a used Moto G3 or similar.

3) Bite bullet and get on the new plan with only 1GB data but then have new phones available like the Moto G5 plus or the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. They will not activate these phones on the old plan.

Suggestions?

What is the S7 going to do that the G5 can't? Will whatever that is require a lot of data (cause I won't be on a plan with much data if I go for a new phone)?

I really like the $25 "unlimited' plan but I don't really need it because my wife has a Moto G3 on the $25 unlimited plan so I can always just borrow her phone.
 
Well, you can check out the comparison here.

https://www.phonearena.com/phones/compare/Motorola-Moto-G5,Samsung-Galaxy-S7/phones/10421,9817

to give you a gist, you will find that though all the key features are pretty much the same with minor differences, if you'll go deep into the nitty gritty, you'll see why despite being an older phone, s7 does things everything moto g5 does, a bit better. of course when you compare the price of the two, there is a world of difference between the two.
 
Can you get by with 1GB of data per month? I know I can't personally, but each person has different use cases. The S7 Edge will have a much better camera and display, are those important to you?
 
Red Storm said:
Can you get by with 1GB of data per month?
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Well that is the rub. Right now I have zero data. If I stay on the old plan with an older phone I can have "unlimited" data for $25 a month. To get a newer phone I need to be on a new plan on which I'd only be able to have 1GB/month at a similar price point. The new plan is great if you stay under 1GB because they will actually refund you for what you don't use. The new plan is terrible if you are a heavy data user.

So the trade off is either an older phone with more data vs a newer/better phone with less data.
 
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