On 29/04/2021 18:16, Max Demian wrote:
On 28/04/2021 22:12, newshound wrote:
On 28/04/2021 16:44, HVS wrote:
On 28 Apr 2021, Dave Plowman (News) wrote

Heard on the news they're likely to use the NHS track and trace
app as a vaccine passport.

My phone is a Galaxy S4. Works just fine as a phone and camera and
the things I want a phone for. But too old for the NHS app - which
was presumably written by a pal of BoJo, given I can't see what's
so special about it that it needs the latest phones.

I use the mobile so little for outgoing calls I'm happy with PAYG.
And BT hotspot Wi-Fi access round London, for my parking app, etc.

If I do have to buy a new phone, what is going to be the best
value? With at least as good a camera.

I like the Motorola phones;Â* they come out quite high in the ratings of
value for money.

A heap of years ago when my Galaxy S3 got too old (only had 3G), I
bought a Moto G4 plus.Â* Was happy with that, so when it started acting
up after another few years, I stayed with them (Moto G8 plus), and have
been happy with it.Â* Both of the phones were good value -- the G8 plus
cost �180 last December.

Can't advise on the camera -- ISTR it was well reviewed and it's
absolutely fine for me, but I don't use it all that much (so I'm not
particularly fussy about side of things).

Me too for Motorola. I've had several, currently a G8. Don't use the
camera for anything serious though.

You need a reasonably good camera - with autofocus - to read the QR
codes that these apps use for various things.

QR codes work fine with my Motorola. It's not always completely reliable
for photographing cheques, to bank them using the Barclays app. So my
wife has to do that on her iPhone 6.