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Off-topic chat, Help, Advice, General motoring issues / Re: Mobile phone upgrade - 5G or not 5G!!
« on: 08 January 2021, 02:28:36 PM »
Hi chaps.
Not been on here for a while as been slightly busy!!!!!!
Mobile phones - you'll never please everyone. There are those that extol the virtues of their iPhones and those that do the same about Android - Marmite springs to mind.
I had my first mobile in 1994 so been using one for a long time now - it was a Nokia & wired into my company Merc 190e with handsfree with Orange who'd just opened up in Cambridge. Used to have an excellent answerphone system called Wildfire which recognised your voice and controlled while you drove. Shame not enough used it so it was dropped.
Over the years I've had various Nokia phones, a couple of Sony Experia and then my first Samsung S1 which I was really impressed with. I'd toyed with joining other networks but Orange simply had the best coverage for my driving around the UK with no one else able to touch them. Each time it was due for upgrade I got better and better discounts and services so I've been with them ever since now obviously being EE. Over the years I have looked at other phones but stuck with Samsung and currently have the S10 with triple camera on business contracts - must say I have never ever had any issues with customer support; they've been excellent even helping me out when we moved and had slow broadband. My business landline/internet is with EE and I also have there Smart Wi-Fi around the house at no extra cost and get min 75Mb anywhere around the house - even to my VW Cali parked in the drive to update the sat nav etc.
We managed to get away for 10 day in late Sept touring North West up to Achiltibuie and then across to Dornoch - I had 4G coverage everywhere with no issues. Battery life is incredibly good and even using it as a navigation device for walking in the mountains using OMN and Viewranger it would easily last 3 days before is went down to 15% battery oh and it's waterproof - I think a lot depends on how you set it up for battery use ensuring background apps are off. The camera is exceptional and means I no longer take my DSLR camera with us (see photo attached). When I do walk I have a power bank in my rucsac just in case. My youngest son (31) has the very latest iPhone and cannot get it to last any longer than a day and half before battery is flat! However it is on a business contract with 40GB data, free calls in UK and Europe and a few free extras It costs me £37 a month but when it comes to renewal in Sept I think I'll simply keep it and go SIM only but I cannot complain at all about either phone or network and cannot see what extra 5G would offer me.
Not been on here for a while as been slightly busy!!!!!!
Mobile phones - you'll never please everyone. There are those that extol the virtues of their iPhones and those that do the same about Android - Marmite springs to mind.
I had my first mobile in 1994 so been using one for a long time now - it was a Nokia & wired into my company Merc 190e with handsfree with Orange who'd just opened up in Cambridge. Used to have an excellent answerphone system called Wildfire which recognised your voice and controlled while you drove. Shame not enough used it so it was dropped.
Over the years I've had various Nokia phones, a couple of Sony Experia and then my first Samsung S1 which I was really impressed with. I'd toyed with joining other networks but Orange simply had the best coverage for my driving around the UK with no one else able to touch them. Each time it was due for upgrade I got better and better discounts and services so I've been with them ever since now obviously being EE. Over the years I have looked at other phones but stuck with Samsung and currently have the S10 with triple camera on business contracts - must say I have never ever had any issues with customer support; they've been excellent even helping me out when we moved and had slow broadband. My business landline/internet is with EE and I also have there Smart Wi-Fi around the house at no extra cost and get min 75Mb anywhere around the house - even to my VW Cali parked in the drive to update the sat nav etc.
We managed to get away for 10 day in late Sept touring North West up to Achiltibuie and then across to Dornoch - I had 4G coverage everywhere with no issues. Battery life is incredibly good and even using it as a navigation device for walking in the mountains using OMN and Viewranger it would easily last 3 days before is went down to 15% battery oh and it's waterproof - I think a lot depends on how you set it up for battery use ensuring background apps are off. The camera is exceptional and means I no longer take my DSLR camera with us (see photo attached). When I do walk I have a power bank in my rucsac just in case. My youngest son (31) has the very latest iPhone and cannot get it to last any longer than a day and half before battery is flat! However it is on a business contract with 40GB data, free calls in UK and Europe and a few free extras It costs me £37 a month but when it comes to renewal in Sept I think I'll simply keep it and go SIM only but I cannot complain at all about either phone or network and cannot see what extra 5G would offer me.