The TBN Master DumbPhone Thread

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I picked up a Motorola Moto G Stylus a few weeks ago. 128 of those gigabit things to store stuff. So far, I've only cluttered up about 20% of them. It's running Android 10, but is now offering to upgrade to 11. Not sure if I want to.
 
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I've had four Motorola phones and have the Moto G Power now, upgrading the Android version never led to any problems.
 
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Myself, I have a Samsung Note and I never brows the net on it. For calls, and flying my drones.

Also have a Crystal Sky for flying as well.
 
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Somebody threatened to start one, but hasn't. So, whatcha' got?


I picked up a Motorola Moto G Stylus a few weeks ago. 128 of those gigabit things to store stuff. So far, I've only cluttered up about 20% of them. It's running Android 10, but is now offering to upgrade to 11. Not sure if I want to.
Smart buy. The Motorola is a top of the line phone for a bottom of the line price. It gets "best deal" ratings everywhere. My wife has one, and loves it. It has a slot for a micro SD card, so if you get short on storage you can expand it.

I have a 4 year old LG Stylus 4, and use it for a lot of different stuff. I have a cheap set of bluetooth earbuds (Skull Candy, I think) and listen to audio books or music while I'm working outside. On the tractor, I have to wear muffs over the ear buds to cut tractor noise. I put a 64 gb micro SD in the slot and loaded my entire music collection onto it, so can also listen to music.

For navigation I use Waze, which is really handy out in the country where street signs are nonexistent and the house number is on the other side of the mailbox.

I subscribe to AVG antivirus, cleaner, and VPN. You really shouldn't use public WiFi without VPN, which encrypts stuff you put over a public connection. Set up your lock screen with contact info. If somebody finds your phone, you may actually get it back. The "Find My Phone" app is handy if you want to go looking yourself.

It's handy to have a camera. I configured mine to store stills and video to the microSD card, so have plenty of space for that.

I do NOT have Facebook on the cell phone because it's too intrusive and a resource hog. I do use Messenger.

When I replace the LG, I'll look closely at the Motorola. I picked the LG because it's made in South Korea, not China. Motorola is a Chinese company, but most of the assembly is done in India. I dunno. Generally I avoid doing business with hostile nations where possible.
 
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I had a Motorola Turbo phone for five years and other than the battery getting weak, which I changed, it always worked. Finally replaced it with a new Turbo 2 that I got off Amazon for ~$120. All I did was switch the SIM card to the new phone and set up my email address and everything synced up within an hour or so. All I use it for is calls, some texts, pictures, and a couple of apps for grocery lists and lists of info that I may need like tractor serial numbers and such. No social media crap at all, ever.
I can't see paying the Apple tax. Over a grand for a phone? Fools and their money are soon parted.
Apple's theory is that it's immoral to allow suckers to keep their money.
 
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Casio boulder takes a licken keeps on ticken 20 years and counting .🍻
 
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Smart buy. The Motorola is a top of the line phone for a bottom of the line price. It gets "best deal" ratings everywhere. My wife has one, and loves it. It has a slot for a micro SD card, so if you get short on storage you can expand it.

I have a 4 year old LG Stylus 4, and use it for a lot of different stuff. I have a cheap set of bluetooth earbuds (Skull Candy, I think) and listen to audio books or music while I'm working outside. On the tractor, I have to wear muffs over the ear buds to cut tractor noise. I put a 64 gb micro SD in the slot and loaded my entire music collection onto it, so can also listen to music.

For navigation I use Waze, which is really handy out in the country where street signs are nonexistent and the house number is on the other side of the mailbox.

I subscribe to AVG antivirus, cleaner, and VPN. You really shouldn't use public WiFi without VPN, which encrypts stuff you put over a public connection. Set up your lock screen with contact info. If somebody finds your phone, you may actually get it back. The "Find My Phone" app is handy if you want to go looking yourself.

It's handy to have a camera. I configured mine to store stills and video to the microSD card, so have plenty of space for that.

I do NOT have Facebook on the cell phone because it's too intrusive and a resource hog. I do use Messenger.

When I replace the LG, I'll look closely at the Motorola. I picked the LG because it's made in South Korea, not China. Motorola is a Chinese company, but most of the assembly is done in India. I dunno. Generally I avoid doing business with hostile nations where possible.
I didn't know Motorola is now a chinese company. At one time, they were the gold standard in land mobile communications. We called them batwings.....look at their logo.....if it's even still the same?

chinese bat wings...that made me laugh.
 
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I go with whatever is cheap. This last one came from Bangood, unlocked for under a c-note.
 
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Just a cheapie LG flip phone for me. Cost $20. Handles 4G so it should be good for some time to come.
Sits in a drawer 99% of the time.
 

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