Biting The Bullet Around Phones.

If you’ve no idea then look on ‘which’ magazine as it’s not just about ‘the phone’ but also the type of ‘user’ you will be and will help you choose a simple phone or complicated one.

 

Samsung make good phones whether your looking at the most recent super duper, unlikely, or a tried and tested last few years model.
I have a 7 edge and it does everything I need. Don't go too big as you may not then carry it when wearing certain clothes i. e. Small pockets.
Go somewhere like Car phone Warehouse and handle a few to see what stands out to you

 

Don't do it!
Don't get sucked in.
Unfortunately I have to have one for work, hate it.

 

Samsung all the way. Good luck

 

Very happy with my Huawei P20 Pro. Easy to use, great camera and screen and Android based........just be aware the Chinese are listening

 

I've had my Samsung S5 going on six years, and it's used, abused and still going strong, I even got a genuine leather Triumph case for five quid in the World of Triumph sale.

 

Joe as DD said with sim only you decide who your supplier is. Examples of sim are Vodaphone, O2, EE etc. So for example say the better provider of signal in your area was vodaphone then you'd put a vodaphone sim card in (plastic chip card about the size of a postage stamp).
If you went on holiday say the IOM then you'd just switch out the one card for a card from a local supplier with cheaper minutes etc.

 

Have a look at Nokia phones. Trying to get back into the phone game, after disappearing for a while. You get a really good spec handset for less than the price of Samsung and Sony, who seem to be the big players now.
All of us in the family have them, and no problems to report. Wife and daughter have Nokia 6.1 and I have an 8.

Go look in carphone warehouse, then come home and either buy on line or over the phone, usually better deals. My mate works for them, and sent me home to buy, on a couple of occasions.

Who do you have broadband with? Often get good linked deals. I get 30gb of data from EE by getting mobiles and broadband from then.

 

@MrOrange sorry can't agree with your suggestion of a Nokia unit after my last one around 2008. The signal on that was useless and it was only 3 weeks old. I came back, from Newton Stewart funny enough, and it couldn't get a signal for 50 miles. I ended up using my mates phone; yes you guessed, it was a Samsung.
I took my Nokia straight back that week but because it was outside the return period they wouldn't swap it. Instead it had to be sent away for repair. When I went to pick it up they told me there was nothing wrong with it. I refused to accept its return and would only do so after speaking to the repairer!!!!
The repairer declared that although it wasn't faulty the reception on this phone had caused issues.
I then told the shop assistant to provide me an alternative handset; he refused.
I demanded to speak to the Area Manager; he refused.
I told him I was cancelling the remaining 23 months for breach of contract on their behalf i.e. failure to provide equipment fit for purpose.
Forty minutes in the shop just wasting time before he would allow me to speak to the Area Manager.
Finally a sensible person to talk to.
I explained the situation and he said I don't see a problem exchanging the handset in these circumstances: put the Sales Assistant back on.

10 minutes later I was on my way with a Sony handset (there was only Nokia and Sony handsets on that contract offer. Me being a previous satisfied Nokia fan had stuck with the brand; big mistake).

I'm not surprised Nokia disappeared off the scene if this was the best they could do. Maybe they have improved now as I am talking about 10 years or so ago but they have lost my confidence.

Stick with Samsung Joe.

 

2008 ???? That is ancient history in tech. The new handsets are totally different. Plus back in the day, Nokia were THE brand to have.

 

Does that make the process and lesson invalid @MrOrange ?

A lot of us went to school a long time ago but we still use what we learnt then.

And yes I agree, NOKIA were THE name at one time, not any more.