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On 30/07/2020 18:57, Tim Lamb wrote:
Probably done before but can the knowledgeable suggest something
suitable for the following spec:-

Modest price
Navigation
Robust
good battery life
mail

I have just side-graded to a 2 year monthly contract with 4Gb data but
have no interest in video chats etc. Preferably something that can
withstand being dropped.


Our children have always had the Motorola Moto phones - for years.

- Around the £150-160 for the top of the range model
- Owned by Google, so first to receive every new Android upgrade
- It does everything a £400-£1000 phone does, just doesn't look as fancy
(a little heavier/bigger)
- Very good camera
- Fast
- Battery is very good
- Support Fast Charge (at least twice as fast to charge)
- Takes SD card, so if memory an issue you buy a 64GB card for £15 and
put it in (supports up to 256 GB I believe)
- Splash-proof
- 2 year warranty
- Plenty of cases/screen protectors/etc on eBay for pennies
- Dual SIM (if you buy the right model)
- Navigation is through software (every phone nowadays has the GPS
hardware). Use Maps, Waze, or one of the many other free apps (Nokia do
a pretty decent offline one).
- Mail is also software (app). It comes with a free one that is very
good. Otherwise there are plenty free ones to choose from

For protection: buy a rubber/silicon case that covers everything but the
screen. Hardly noticeable and VERY robust. You can safely drop it from
your pocket to the ground. For the screen buy a glass screen protector.
They suggest that you could hit it with a hammer without causing damage
to the screen. Never tried that, but from experience it will protect
your screen from pretty much EVERYTHING. It is really good.
Both case and protestor are no more than a few pounds each on ebay and
will last you the lifetime of the phone (buy a pack of 2 screen
protectors, just in case).

We tend to upgrade them every 2 years or so and sell the old ones on
ebay for around 40-50% of the original price

Look for deals on the MOtorola website, Amazon, or just a Google search.

To choose the model use gsmarena.com