What phone now?

[El Chupacabra]

Ya, no. I got sick of the limited Moto system upgrades and jumped to a Samsung S24 with a killer Black Friday deal. Yes, it's now n-1. I still get about 5.5 more years of upgrades, roughly. The screaming Moto Black Friday deals come with about 11 mos remaining, if you're lucky. It would take a lot of extras for me to drop big coin on a gee-whiz Moto.

The short OS update window is the biggest drawback to Motorola IMHO. I had two Motorola G series phones several years ago, and I liked them overall. I wouldn't pay a bunch for a Moto phone either.

I'm window shopping while expecting my Pixel 6a to get hit with the battery update issue. Google sent me $100 already for the problems, and I can trade the Pixel 6a for $40 (Best Buy will buy it without the need for any purchase). So I got $140 of house money to play with.

That Razr is a 2024 model with lots of RAM and storage, free - - so long as I switch to Total Wireless for two months. The deal is a total of $110 for phone + two months service. I used to use Total Wireless, and was satisfied with them.

Mainly wondering if I'd like the Razr enough for a year or so, which is realistically the life of the phone's OS updates. I

[byates1]

I'm pixel9 pro not xl. Awesome. I'm a pixel guy for a long while. Free w plan. Can't complain

[XXX-er]

"" I don't use the fingerprint reader and I am fairly committed to sticking with a Pixel. ""

well IME it alwasy worked and I really liked it while facial recognition works half the time and I have not really looked into the the which photo thing

[riser4]

Facial recognition unlock is hit or miss for me. I took more then one photo I wear glasses and have a beard.

[Danno]

I'm old school and type a code

[Danno]

I've watched too many movies where they cut off someone's finger to use to access a vault.

[Garbowski]

I suppose getting tortured until you give up the code is slightly better.

[dan_pdx]

I think the new Razrs are a great form factor, but I'm too damn cheap to ante up for one

[riser4]

I miss my old school Razr. Wicked fidget toy.

[El Chupacabra]

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Update: I went with the &quot;free&quot; Moto Razr deal from Total Wireless. If the phone totally sucks, I&#39;m only stuck with it for 2 months at TW. If it&#39;s good, or just OK, I&#39;ll use it until I find something better (Black Friday?) and then sell it. Searching around for the best option for selling my old Pixel 6a, I ran across this site -- apparently it&#39;s legit, and their offer for my 6a ($66) is a decent bit higher than all the other trade-in sites I found ($40):</p>
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https://www.smartphonesplus.com</p>
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[climberevan]

I'm still happy with my Pixel 9 after 7 months. Ms CE got the 9 Pro a couple months ago and it's also nice. The screen is noticeably better than the regular 9 screen, and the phat soon camera is cool. I'm still not totally grooving with the way that they organize photos, but i prob just need to get on board.