Wanted: smartphone

[pawl]

Must be made of Bakalite .colour black and have one of those round things with holes

 

[Bazzer]

Have you considered replacing the battery? Li ion batteries don't have an indefinite life.

Edit - This extended the life of a Samsung I had before my current Moto 3G.

 

[jefmcg]

Have you considered replacing the battery? Li ion batteries don't have an indefinite life.

Not as easy on a Moto G as most non-apple phones.

 

[BoldonLad]

Orange won't transfer my 20gb deal (£14.99) and want unbelievable money for a £179 phone cheapest that you can enable WiFi Calling I think over 24 months.

1. Why not buy yourself an unlocked phone, and simply put your Orange SIM in it?

2. Not familiar with the MotoG (I am an iPhone fan), but, does it have a replaceable battery? If yes, it may be possible to buy replacement battery off eBay (where else?).

 

[Bazzer]

Not as easy on a Moto G as most non-apple phones.

Whilst not as straightforward as a finger nail down the side, lift off back, flick out old battery, slot in new one and click the back in place, I suppose it depends on how comfortable you are with following the steps you linked to. - And of course having the right tools.

 

[Andrew_P]

1. Why not buy yourself an unlocked phone, and simply put your Orange SIM in it?

2. Not familiar with the MotoG (I am an iPhone fan), but, does it have a replaceable battery? If yes, it may be possible to buy replacement battery off eBay (where else?).

No it old but not that old.. I was being lazy with the phone if I am entirely honest, I have the old sim card, so if I got a phone I have to get a new Sim from EE for £10 or find a store and they might swap it over including my number. Plus if it was like Tesco the RRP of the phone spread over 24 months I may as well have done that. But they want £37.99 on a 24 month contract for the same 20GB I get now for £14.99 making the £179 phone £552, EE are the biggest ripoff going, like a payday loan type interest. If I cannot get it working I will get it from Argos.

The £14.99 is a good deal for unlimited everything and 20gb but I get similar on Tesco for my eldest on sim only for £18 so not that good.

 

[MossCommuter]

The thread isn't necessarily about phone battery charge but about speed (a simple reset can help improve that) but I bought a Nexus 5x second hand and it was slow and battery life was terrible. I got fewer than 12 hours out of it. In light of recent news this isn't altogether surprising; turns out they're slowing the phone's with worn batteries to preserve the components.

I reflashed the ROM as a matter of course but I'm a software person so that came naturally and whilst battery life improved it wasn't great so I bit the bullet and bought a battery and tools of ebay and now I get 48 hours use from it on a single charge (use meaning maybe an hour plus 47 hours standby).

Before chucking it away, think about putting a new battery in your phone.

 

[Kernow_T]

Yes - as some have alluded to; not a simple flick out and replace on these phones. Will start with a back up and reset and go from there.
Original want, for the minute, still stands mind

 

[Andrew_P]

I might have a crack at the battery as final thing, but I am pretty sure somethings up with it as it gets bloody hot now and won't do two things at once. My emails are taking 3-5 minutes before they show and that's on an Exchange Server.

 

[MossCommuter]

bloody hot now

My uniformed guess is that you're battery is worn out.

My phone got hot during charge and in use. The old battery is like putty but the new one is hard.

I am not a hardware person

 

[BoldonLad]

No it old but not that old.. I was being lazy with the phone if I am entirely honest, I have the old sim card, so if I got a phone I have to get a new Sim from EE for £10 or find a store and they might swap it over including my number. Plus if it was like Tesco the RRP of the phone spread over 24 months I may as well have done that. But they want £37.99 on a 24 month contract for the same 20GB I get now for £14.99 making the £179 phone £552, EE are the biggest ripoff going, like a payday loan type interest. If I cannot get it working I will get it from Argos.

The £14.99 is a good deal for unlimited everything and 20gb but I get similar on Tesco for my eldest on sim only for £18 so not that good.

1. If you already have a phone with Tesco, if you put another phone (or SIM only) on the same account, you get "family perk" additional minutes, or data. Plus of course, Tesco have "capping" so that you cannot run up a bill.

2. When I said "buy an unlocked phone", I did not mean buy it on a contract, paying monthly. If you can afford the "hit", it is usually cheaper to buy the phone upfront for a one off cost (new or secondhand, Amazon, eBay, John Lewis or wherever) and then shop around for best SIM deal.

But this beginning to drift from your original question.

 

[MarkF]

My 3 kids have gone through a lot of Motorolas with never a problem. last summer my daughter dropped her G4 in the canal. Having got her boyfriend to climb in and retrieve it, I carefully dried it out and it bloody well worked again!!

I have a Ulefone Paris (about £100) at the mo' that is way faster than my eldest son's new whizz bang Apple thingy. And at £100 I don't care about it.