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porkfriedrice posted:I'm even more confused. So what is the downside to just using their monthly payment plan with Edge to buy the phone from Verizon? Doing a quick search on Amazon shows unlocked phones for way cheaper than the $600 for the 5s you suggested. Will these cheaper phones not be able to do the basic things that I said she will be using it for? If the phone has to be branded Verizon, doesn't that mean the phone isn't unlocked? Here are some Verizon 5Ses that go for around $350 on Swappa, a reputable third-party dealer. What you would do is buy one of those, take it to the Verizon store, and then activate an Edge plan. The Edge plan is a no-contract plan and gives you a discount on the line cost compared to traditional two-year contract plans. But this discount is generally nullified when you buy a phone with an Edge payment plan, since the phone subsidy is worth more than what you save per month on the no-contract plan.
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porkfriedrice posted:So Verizon marks up the retail price of the phone to cover the discount? An identical phone bought from a different retailer would have a cheaper retail price than the one from Verizon? Verizon doesn't mark up the price on the phones. It's that the plan discount ($15/mo per line) is less than a two-year contract subsidy, which works out to $18.75/mo on an iPhone.
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Endless Mike posted:You are wrong. Verizon Edge is a phone payment plan. It has nothing to do with the service or contract. The service plan is called More Everything (since it includes more of everything than their previous Everything plan). To get an Edge plan you HAVE to purchase from Verizon and last I checked the plan, the line access discount goes away once the phone is paid off. Verizon doesn't do bring your own device like AT&T, which is dumb, but they can get away with it since they have to authorize your device for use on their network. Huh, I thought Verizon was like AT&T where if you brought your own device, you would get the access fee discount. Jesus Christ Verizon.
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NihilCredo posted:My mother needs to replace her phone and asked me for advice on something super cheap. I was ready to tell her to buy a Moto E but then I noticed it lacks a LED The Lumia 520/521, which are usable smartphones with decent maps, are $50. No flash or front-facing camera though.
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Phraggah posted:Looking for a new phone. 2014 Moto X is your best bet. The X has the best software experience on Android and Motorola is as good as Google with updates. The 2014 X's weaknesses are a mediocre camera and mediocre battery life. The Galaxy S5 is better on those two points, but it has bad software.
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Real hurthling! posted:Thanks for the help upthread. New question: Here's a Lightning to 30-pin adapter. There's also Bluetooth 30-pin adapters if you wanna give up simultaneous charging for wireless audio. Wardende posted:I need to buy a phone for myself but I am an idiot. For a phone, buy a first-gen Moto X. Then for a plan, go with Cricket, which uses AT&T's networks.
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Careful Drums posted:I want a phone with an awesome camera and external storage, like an SD card. like, my wife's iphone 5s has a great camera but storage is an issue and i want better picture quality. What are my options? The LG G3 and Galaxy Note 4 are nice phones with cameras on par with the iPhone's. But they're big. If you find they're too big, the Xperia Z3 is more manageable in size but it's a step down in camera quality.
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Alder posted:Country/Provider:USA/AT&T Here's the nicest dumbphone ever without a crap touchscreen, if you're willing to spend $180. While you're at it, switch to Cricket, AT&T's prepaid brand to save cash ($25/mo for unlimited talk/text on a dumbphone.) Cirofren posted:A lot of phones claim to be waterproof. I'm looking for one that can comfortably be submerged on a weekly basis and doesn't mind sitting in a sauna. If you're gonna abuse your phone like that, buy an iPhone with AppleCare+ and one of the dive camera cases recommended by The Wirecutter here.
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Slo-Tek posted:Ok, went and sorted out with a 10 gig plan, with a work discount coming in at about 106$ (plus bunches of taxes and fees, of course), so that is nice. Yeah, Android hardware is a bag of compromises. The Nexus 6 and 2014 X have great software, but their cameras are the worst out of the current crop of flagship phones. On the other hand, the LG G3 and Galaxy Note 4 have cameras in the same ballpark as the iPhone's, but they're gigantic and LG and Samsung have bad reputations when it comes to software. The Xperia Z3 is a reasonable compromise, with a camera that's a step below the top tier of smartphone cameras and a good, but not great software experience. But for you the Z3 is only available unlocked. For more words, Apple and Nokia historically have made the best phone cameras. But Windows Phone has always lagged, and right now people aren't sure if Microsoft cares at all about Windows Phone (e.g. the Windows Phone version of Office is actually behind the iOS and Android versions right now.) The 6 Plus is a really good phone if you're fine with iOS. As far as going from Android to iOS, you don't have to touch iTunes at all with iOS now, except if you want to sync local music from your computer. I switched from Android to iOS last year, and with iOS 8, the pain points have been mostly removed (inter-app communication, widgets, interactive notifications.) It's fine to switch if you're not a stickler about iOS' openness.
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Solis posted:Country/Provider: USA/ Straight Talk Get a Verizon single-line plan and buy a 2014 Moto X. If camera isn't a priority, the X is the best phone you can buy. It has the best software on Android, with useful additions to stock Android and updates only slightly behind Google's for their Nexus devices, and Verizon's grubby hands don't really touch the Moto X like they do with other phones. Its cell reception is notably better than other phones to boot. All Verizon phones with a SIM slot are SIM unlocked, so you'll have no problems using your phone in Canada.
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fletcher posted:My two years is up so I'm due for a new phone later this month. Currently have an iPhone 5, looking to move away from Apple. I really like the idea of running vanilla Android without any carrier added bloat, so I was considering the Nexus 6. It's so loving big though, I think I'd prefer something closer to the iPhone 5 in size. So I was thinking the Nexus 5, but why would I wanna buy a 2 year old phone? So I'm not sure what to get, what else should I look at? The 2014 Moto X is a smaller version of the Nexus 6. ssjonizuka posted:In-laws are looking to join the new century and ditch their old sprint flip phones for something "smart." The cheapest prepaid option is 2 separate Cricket lines for $70/mo. with unlimited talk/text/1 GB of data after autopay for both of them. Cricket is AT&T's official prepaid brand. It'd likely be cheaper to throw them onto your AT&T data bucket ($25/mo per line for BYOD.) For a phone, 2 Moto Gs will be fine.
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Butt Reactor posted:Alright let's give this a try: Currently have a Droid Razr M, looking to upgrade in the next month or so. Willing to jump ship from Verizon, and I'd like to stay with Android if possible. My M was great when I first got it, but has become horribly unusable since the last update (4.4 kitkat I think? Thanks Verizon/Motorola for ruining a decent smartphone Today, your only option if you want an Android phone that isn't huge with a nice camera is to move to AT&T and buy an unlocked Z3 Compact. Your other options are to wait for the Galaxy S6 and HTC M9 in a few months, or to buy an iPhone 6.
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). What I would prefer would be something with good battery life (I'm going to be on the road for 3-4 days at a time), similar form factor (none of this humongous phablet poo poo), and a decent camera (like quicker shutter, better lowlight capability, not terribly concerned about megapixels). Any suggestions? I kinda like the S4/S4 mini when I saw it at the store today, but that's almost 2 year old hardware. Plus, I remember how laughably bad my Epic 4g was back in the day. The only other phone I even remotely looked at was the droid turbo, but I'm kinda done with Motorola products after my M 
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Hank Killinger posted:My wife is up for a new phone (old one is a troublesome Razr HD). Here are the requirements: If battery life is the priority, then the three phones to consider are the Note 4, 6 Plus, and Droid Turbo. The Note 4's only real weakness is the updates. Updates do come, but they're 3-4 months behind the Motorola/Nexus devices. With the Droid Turbo, you'd be trading screen size for updates that come as quickly as Nexus devices. Also, stock Android is still nicer than TouchWiz (even if ignoring it is easier than ever.) Meanwhile with the iPhone, the Google experience is pretty good. It's not as nice as Android because it's not integrated into the OS, but it's still pretty good. The only complaint I had was Gmail, but Outlook on iOS and Google Inbox have solved this problem.
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echo465 posted:To follow up on my previous question, Is the Moto E 4G LTE usable in both the US and western Europe? Can I put a US T-Mobile SIM in one slot and a prepaid Lebara SIM in the other, and use the same phone in the US and France? Or is it not that simple. The LTE E does support one of the two main French LTE bands, but EDGE will be your fallback if you run out of that coverage zone. The global GSM E is slower both in performance and network speeds, but it supports European 3G coverage. You'd be better off with the global GSM E if it's just a temporary phone for a month in France.
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I mean if it works for you that's cool, but you shouldn't have to regularly go to XDA to have essential components of Android working in 2015.
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