What phones does everyone use?


Dru2 said:
Do you have a screen protector? If so, that's probably why.

I have never used screen protectors on any of my phones cause they tend dull colors or add color casts when viewing from the phone.
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No, it's the post processing in the phone. There are a lot of other people complaining about it online, forums, reddit, even Samsung.com.
 

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Loads of old phones kicking about this house! In various drawers and cupboards. A couple of Nokia 3G's a couple of Nokia 100's, a couple of Iphone SE 1st gen 4" phones. Might even still have my siemens rubberised phone with a black and white screen (I loved that one - it was like a small rubber brick and virtually unbreakable).
 

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My phone has a battery in it.
 

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Hazel123 said:
Loads of old phones kicking about this house! In various drawers and cupboards. A couple of Nokia 3G's a couple of Nokia 100's, a couple of Iphone SE 1st gen 4" phones. Might even still have my siemens rubberised phone with a black and white screen (I loved that one - it was like a small rubber brick and virtually unbreakable).
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3G phones are no use in UK as it is switched off.

I gave an elderly friend (relative to me ha ha) an old Nokia phone (not smartphone) which was one of first 4G phones. It is small enough to fit in her small handbag (which still fits a far larger volume of stuff than the size of the bag - Totally Amazing Reusable Dimensions In Specification).

The battery life is like a couple of weeks if hardly used. About all it can be used for is to make calls, play fm radio and text (who remembers predictive text - it took me hours to do a two line text LOL).

However as an emergency device, these old devices are still handy.
 

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I have 4 Samsung's currently in use, an A35, A54, A52 and an A71.
I doubt the A52 and A71 will get the Android 15 update, but, the other 2 did.
 

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Edwin said:
I have 4 Samsung's currently in use, an A35, A54, A52 and an A71.
I doubt the A52 and A71 will get the Android 15 update, but, the other 2 did.
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Snap - A23 5G (Android 14), M23 5G (Android 14), A32 5G (Android 13}

None of the above will get OS updated but still get security updates. The A32 will not connect to my hearing aids wothout an intermediate streamer (not ASHA compatible).

S22+ (Android 15 after flashing it myself - not as creepy as it sounds lol).
 

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    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
cereberus said:
S22+ (Android 15 after flashing it myself - not as creepy as it sounds lol).
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It's only creepy if you brick the device! :wink: Been there twice! 🤷‍♂️
 

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    ASUS VivoBook
cereberus said:
3G phones are no use in UK as it is switched off.

I gave an elderly friend (relative to me ha ha) an old Nokia phone (not smartphone) which was one of first 4G phones. It is small enough to fit in her small handbag (which still fits a far larger volume of stuff than the size of the bag - Totally Amazing Reusable Dimensions In Specification).

The battery life is like a couple of weeks if hardly used. About all it can be used for is to make calls, play fm radio and text (who remembers predictive text - it took me hours to do a two line text LOL).

However as an emergency device, these old devices are still handy.
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Yep 3G phones are pretty useless - bin them? Or is there something they can be adapted into?! I hate throwing things away lol. Am a terrible hoarder. So would they not even work for phone calls now? Yes we have a couple of those nokias - useful for emergencies. Like when we had a four day power cut.

I just googled it - apparently they could be repurposed as a computer webcam or a mouse? 🤣
 

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Hazel123 said:
Yep 3G phones are pretty useless - bin them? Or is there something they can be adapted into?! I hate throwing things away lol. Am a terrible hoarder. So would they not even work for phone calls now? Yes we have a couple of those nokias - useful for emergencies. Like when we had a four day power cut.

I just googled it - apparently they could be repurposed as a computer webcam or a mouse? 🤣
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In UK, 2G will be defunct by 2033 but remote rural areas that still do not have 4G or 5G will retain 2G for emergency calls. So one could leave an old 3G phone in car to call emergency services as a backup.

Otherwise, they make retro style paperweights lol.
 

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    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
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    Integrated Intel Iris XE
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    2880x1800 touchscreen
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    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
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    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

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I remember i had a phone running on 4G...connection dropped often, signal strength was questionable. Then one day i got 5G...very satisfied , performance-wise.
 

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z3r010 said:
Mine shows 3G quite often.
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Vodafone, EE and 3 have all turned off 3G as far as I know. O2 intend to complete switchoff by end of 2025.

I guess you are using O2 or a provider piggbacking of O2 network?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14
    CPU
    I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop OLED screen
    Screen Resolution
    2880x1800 touchscreen
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
    PSU
    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
    Keyboard
    Built in UK keybd
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
    Internet Speed
    900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

    Macrium Reflect Home V8
    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
cereberus said:
Vodafone, EE and 3 have all turned off 3G as far as I know. O2 intend to complete switchoff by end of 2025.

I guess you are using O2 or a provider piggbacking of O2 network?
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Yeah, Tesco mobile on the O2 Network.
 

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    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
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    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
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    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
    Sound Card
    Sound BlasterX Katana
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    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
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    ASUS ROG THOR 850W 80 Plus Platinum
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    ASUS ROG Strix Helios Midi-Tower ARGB Gaming Case
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    ASUS ROG Strix LC Performance RGB AIO CPU Liquid Cooler - 360mm
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    Logi Ergo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Vertical
    Internet Speed
    900/100 Mbps
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Pro
    Other Info
    HP M281 Printer
    Logitech Brio Stream webcam
    Yeti X mic
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    Windows 10
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    Laptop
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    Surface Laptop
    CPU
    i7
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