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So my LG Flip Phone has just about had it. Battery, even a new one, drains within a day or two (even if not used) and the signal strength oscillates. Voices are broken up most of the time. It's 3G and probably spends it energy looking for unavailable towers. New flip phone: hard to find and those I did are very costly So I get this BLU G5 Plus - about $US 100 . After moving the SIM and charging I turn it on. First thing after selecting a language is their privacy terms. Basically I have no privacy at all. If I don't agree then I can't use the phone. No Opt Out possible. Now, the online search I should have done first: they basically suck. The :elephant:'s have an un-removable and non-disableable application that sends everything you do and everywhere you go to a location in Shanghai. It also installs un-asked-for applications. It turns out the FCC smacked them on the wrist last year - as though they cared. Well - fortunately I didn't install either of the screen protectors or throw away anything from the box. All repacked (w/out my SIM) and back it goes. Thanks a lot, uncle Xi. The details aren't necessary, but two of the pins in the LG SIM slot are missing - it can't see the card. The problem is . . . now what?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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So my LG Flip Phone has just about had it. Battery, even a new one, drains within a day or two (even if not used) and the signal strength oscillates. Voices are broken up most of the time. It's 3G and probably spends it energy looking for unavailable towers. New flip phone: hard to find and those I did are very costly So I get this BLU G5 Plus - about $US 100 . After moving the SIM and charging I turn it on. First thing after selecting a language is their privacy terms. Basically I have no privacy at all. If I don't agree then I can't use the phone. No Opt Out possible. Now, the online search I should have done first: they basically suck. The :elephant:'s have an un-removable and non-disableable application that sends everything you do and everywhere you go to a location in Shanghai. It also installs un-asked-for applications. It turns out the FCC smacked them on the wrist last year - as though they cared. Well - fortunately I didn't install either of the screen protectors or throw away anything from the box. All repacked (w/out my SIM) and back it goes. Thanks a lot, uncle Xi. The details aren't necessary, but two of the pins in the LG SIM slot are missing - it can't see the card. The problem is . . . now what?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
Have you looked at refurbished phones? They're old second-hand phones, but fixed so they work like new. Or so I've been told. I've seen quite a few Nokia 3310's because those were popular back in the day. No doubt they also refurbish flip phones. Can't tell you whether they're expensive though (i.e. they're cheap alternatives or hipster retro). I'm all into newer phones so I can't tell you where to buy and who to trust, but I'm sure you'll find some good sellers using your best Google-fu. Good luck in your search for old, reliable, simple tech :D
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Have you looked at refurbished phones? They're old second-hand phones, but fixed so they work like new. Or so I've been told. I've seen quite a few Nokia 3310's because those were popular back in the day. No doubt they also refurbish flip phones. Can't tell you whether they're expensive though (i.e. they're cheap alternatives or hipster retro). I'm all into newer phones so I can't tell you where to buy and who to trust, but I'm sure you'll find some good sellers using your best Google-fu. Good luck in your search for old, reliable, simple tech :D
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Older phones not likely to have 4G - and as 3G is phased out I would find myself in the situation I had with the LG 3G Flip Phone. Burning out the battery searching for towers and poor quality voice because the towers were few and the connection unstable. Refurbs? I do buy refurb'ed technology - the PC I'm using now, connected by HDMI to a TV is VM'ing into work where I RDT to my desktop. No point in buying new and amazing when it's mostly just a connection point (and also a place to play Dungeon Crawl). But the real problem is privacy - at least if I have a chance to opt-out and/or remove/disable applications I can work on it and so live with it. Chinese brands are, unless proven otherwise, infested with spyware. At least, to make things somewhat easier, I have no device requirements for the phone beyond privacy and reliable/audible conversations. When I take pictures I (amazingly enough) use a camera. I don't keep my ears plugged as I go through life - hearing and seeing the world live and first person
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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So my LG Flip Phone has just about had it. Battery, even a new one, drains within a day or two (even if not used) and the signal strength oscillates. Voices are broken up most of the time. It's 3G and probably spends it energy looking for unavailable towers. New flip phone: hard to find and those I did are very costly So I get this BLU G5 Plus - about $US 100 . After moving the SIM and charging I turn it on. First thing after selecting a language is their privacy terms. Basically I have no privacy at all. If I don't agree then I can't use the phone. No Opt Out possible. Now, the online search I should have done first: they basically suck. The :elephant:'s have an un-removable and non-disableable application that sends everything you do and everywhere you go to a location in Shanghai. It also installs un-asked-for applications. It turns out the FCC smacked them on the wrist last year - as though they cared. Well - fortunately I didn't install either of the screen protectors or throw away anything from the box. All repacked (w/out my SIM) and back it goes. Thanks a lot, uncle Xi. The details aren't necessary, but two of the pins in the LG SIM slot are missing - it can't see the card. The problem is . . . now what?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Older phones not likely to have 4G - and as 3G is phased out I would find myself in the situation I had with the LG 3G Flip Phone. Burning out the battery searching for towers and poor quality voice because the towers were few and the connection unstable. Refurbs? I do buy refurb'ed technology - the PC I'm using now, connected by HDMI to a TV is VM'ing into work where I RDT to my desktop. No point in buying new and amazing when it's mostly just a connection point (and also a place to play Dungeon Crawl). But the real problem is privacy - at least if I have a chance to opt-out and/or remove/disable applications I can work on it and so live with it. Chinese brands are, unless proven otherwise, infested with spyware. At least, to make things somewhat easier, I have no device requirements for the phone beyond privacy and reliable/audible conversations. When I take pictures I (amazingly enough) use a camera. I don't keep my ears plugged as I go through life - hearing and seeing the world live and first person
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos wrote:
the real problem is privacy
In that case, don't get any type of phone.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other. Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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So my LG Flip Phone has just about had it. Battery, even a new one, drains within a day or two (even if not used) and the signal strength oscillates. Voices are broken up most of the time. It's 3G and probably spends it energy looking for unavailable towers. New flip phone: hard to find and those I did are very costly So I get this BLU G5 Plus - about $US 100 . After moving the SIM and charging I turn it on. First thing after selecting a language is their privacy terms. Basically I have no privacy at all. If I don't agree then I can't use the phone. No Opt Out possible. Now, the online search I should have done first: they basically suck. The :elephant:'s have an un-removable and non-disableable application that sends everything you do and everywhere you go to a location in Shanghai. It also installs un-asked-for applications. It turns out the FCC smacked them on the wrist last year - as though they cared. Well - fortunately I didn't install either of the screen protectors or throw away anything from the box. All repacked (w/out my SIM) and back it goes. Thanks a lot, uncle Xi. The details aren't necessary, but two of the pins in the LG SIM slot are missing - it can't see the card. The problem is . . . now what?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos wrote:
It also installs un-asked-for applications
And you think only the Chinese do this, my samsung has 52+ (I haven't counted recently) applications it "updates" when I let it. I use probably 10 and have installed only 5 of those. The wife (who does not know what Play Store is) has samsung that dings at her all the time for some unknown reason.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
It also installs un-asked-for applications
And you think only the Chinese do this, my samsung has 52+ (I haven't counted recently) applications it "updates" when I let it. I use probably 10 and have installed only 5 of those. The wife (who does not know what Play Store is) has samsung that dings at her all the time for some unknown reason.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
Well, then, my wife's LG hasn't done any of this. Maybe I've just discovered brand loyalty.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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So my LG Flip Phone has just about had it. Battery, even a new one, drains within a day or two (even if not used) and the signal strength oscillates. Voices are broken up most of the time. It's 3G and probably spends it energy looking for unavailable towers. New flip phone: hard to find and those I did are very costly So I get this BLU G5 Plus - about $US 100 . After moving the SIM and charging I turn it on. First thing after selecting a language is their privacy terms. Basically I have no privacy at all. If I don't agree then I can't use the phone. No Opt Out possible. Now, the online search I should have done first: they basically suck. The :elephant:'s have an un-removable and non-disableable application that sends everything you do and everywhere you go to a location in Shanghai. It also installs un-asked-for applications. It turns out the FCC smacked them on the wrist last year - as though they cared. Well - fortunately I didn't install either of the screen protectors or throw away anything from the box. All repacked (w/out my SIM) and back it goes. Thanks a lot, uncle Xi. The details aren't necessary, but two of the pins in the LG SIM slot are missing - it can't see the card. The problem is . . . now what?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
At the risk of getting flogged here, have you seen/considered the new Samsung Z flip? No, I am not affiliated, I am just waiting t get my hans on the S20+ for the Time of Flight camera.
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At the risk of getting flogged here, have you seen/considered the new Samsung Z flip? No, I am not affiliated, I am just waiting t get my hans on the S20+ for the Time of Flight camera.
I feel it's a waste to spend $100 on a phone - the phone I'm replacing is an LG450. I use the damn thing as a telephone - only. Voice and voice mail, period. And - at a risk of becoming a rant - anyone who'd spend in the neighborhood of $1000 for a phone is :elephant:ing nuts . . . and nuts is so damn polite compared to the place on their own anatomy I believe they use for a ski-mask.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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So my LG Flip Phone has just about had it. Battery, even a new one, drains within a day or two (even if not used) and the signal strength oscillates. Voices are broken up most of the time. It's 3G and probably spends it energy looking for unavailable towers. New flip phone: hard to find and those I did are very costly So I get this BLU G5 Plus - about $US 100 . After moving the SIM and charging I turn it on. First thing after selecting a language is their privacy terms. Basically I have no privacy at all. If I don't agree then I can't use the phone. No Opt Out possible. Now, the online search I should have done first: they basically suck. The :elephant:'s have an un-removable and non-disableable application that sends everything you do and everywhere you go to a location in Shanghai. It also installs un-asked-for applications. It turns out the FCC smacked them on the wrist last year - as though they cared. Well - fortunately I didn't install either of the screen protectors or throw away anything from the box. All repacked (w/out my SIM) and back it goes. Thanks a lot, uncle Xi. The details aren't necessary, but two of the pins in the LG SIM slot are missing - it can't see the card. The problem is . . . now what?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I'm using a ZTE Cymbal-T. Android 5.1, flips, is under 100$ USD.
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I'm using a ZTE Cymbal-T. Android 5.1, flips, is under 100$ USD.
So far, it seems like it's a "TracPhone" only device. I'm considering going into the prepaid world - but not quite yet.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
