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.

[evdog]

PSA for anyone living in an area served by Cox communications:

I made a request yesterday to get a new modem for my home internet service. Lady on the phone asked me about switching from my current cell phone provider (Verizon) to Cox mobile. Verizon is more expensive but not outrageously so considering they tend to have better coverage in remote areas.

When I went to the Cox store to pick up the new equipment the lady there pointed out that the internet service I have includes one mobile line at no extra charge and Cox mobile uses Verizon towers so it will have the same coverage as Verizon. And includes all the usuals like unlimited text/long distance/data etc. I had them transfer my line over so basically I got rid of my cell phone bill. And the price is guaranteed for 3 years but without a contract that locks me in. Worth looking in to if it&#39;s available to you.

[406]

^^^I noticed Spectrum had something like that too.Anyone with t-mobile used the starlink capability? My google 6a isn't supported.