I still use my phone from 2019. I haven't updated the phone since 2020 and it runs like it's new unless you try to use a newer application. Why the fuck would I "upgrade" that? It works good and it's not all beat up from the protective case and screen. Battery life is still decent, I only have to charge it every day or two.
I never understood how some even buy yearly. I know there's phone plans, but they are some paying out of pocket to throw hundreds at the newest iphone. Always found it very ridiculous, when their old phone would be perfectly fine. One of my coworkers does this all the time, buying the newest iPhone the second hers "starts acting strange." and then bitches about how everything is expensive, before repeating the same thing.
I try not to spend much on my phones, sure I get some stares for using a Moto, or when I had a chink phone before the restrictions on them. I don't use my phones for much besides calling, texting, whatsapp and other messaging apps to contact international friends that I knew from university. Even when some Motorolas can be rather crappy with battery and updates, I still take care of mine, and if it does stop working, I can easily get another for cheap since I don't go for the expensive motorolas, or expensive smartphones in general.
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This post is so bang-on that reading it actually pissed me off, thanks.
I've been curious about how motorolas work do you recommend them over samsung? I was thinking about trying one if I ever get to a point where i'm forced to upgrade. My current phone wasn't really cheap (about $170 USD) but I feel like I got my money's worth out of it cus I've been using it for 6 years and it can even handle the lower end games I enjoy. (Seriously infectonator world dominator is one of THE mobile games of all time. Otherwise all i have on it is toss the turtle and burrito bison. Which are also lower end and recommended if you need something to pass the time cus you're in waiting rooms alot.)
I know you didn't ask me, but anecdotally one of my friends swears by Motorola phones because they patented this gesture based shortcut where shaking the phone a couple of times turns the flashlight on. He says that's the handiest thing he's ever seen on a mobile phone and he now only buys Motorolas. Has for as long as I've known him, which is over a decade.
It's a shame this describes my coworker who is in her forties, and still gets into the blue vs green text bubble bullshit. Minus the fact, she's not Californian or lives somewhere nice, she just bitches about why she can't afford anything she buys a new iphone every time something doesn't work.
It truly depends on what you are looking for. However I will mention the biggest problems of Motorolas is how the updates are handled. I believe they have gotten better (and it depends, I don't have the Razr smartphone), but they are still rather sparse. Used to be rather terrible. I don't game on my phone either, so I cannot give much advice on that. The battery life won for my motorola and it still lasts a long time, but it charges somewhat slower than I believe a samsung would. And I think it's been declining. My battery life lasted an entire day when I first got it, and it took a while for it to degrade as time went on. Now I believe it's like eight to nine hours. The experience differs for many.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Apple's in-group vs out-group bullshit becoming irrelevant because people are moving towards WeChat for group chats?
I don't know to be fair, where I am, more than likely not. When people get older, I think they just don't care unless you are immature like my coworker is. I don't see any Americans, or well, the people in my state interested in stuff like wechat, whatsapp, telegram etc. Do people still use kik anyways? Some unfortunately may use discord. I think some Chinese in the US may use WeChat though.
Sorry, I'm a retard. I meant WhatsApp. I just know that virtually every article that I read about the green bubble blue bubble stuff in recent years has mentioned that Gen Z has moved towards WhatsApp, and I have no idea if that's BS or not.
people still use WhatsApp for communities (ex. church groups or sport teams). i would say that GenZ is moving towards whatsapp and instagram anecdotally. for 1-on-1 conversations you would just use the Green&Blue bubble chat (or whatever its called), instagram, or snapchat.
WhatsApp? I haven't heard of anyone using it where I lived, but I wouldn't be surprised if some people were using it more. But like The Greatest Kiwifarmer said, many Gen Z prefer using social media like Instagram, and there's a few stragglers on snapchat, but I haven't used Snapchat since early high school. Whenever I bring up WhatsApp people look at me confused, since I use it for international friends
I am curious if more people use it. There is a little reputation that some of those messaging apps, I believe Kik earned that reputation in my location, that some are used for drug deals. For our churches, most use Facebook Messager. Most of this from me is also anecdotal for my part of the United States.
It must really depend on location because I don't know anyone that uses instagram and nobody knows what whatsapp is, while fb messenger and snapchat are probably the most popular in my area. Kik... oh god... that used to be pedo groomer central like a decade ago. It's still around?WhatsApp? I haven't heard of anyone using it where I lived, but I wouldn't be surprised if some people were using it more. But like The Greatest Kiwifarmer said, many Gen Z prefer using social media like Instagram, and there's a few stragglers on snapchat, but I haven't used Snapchat since early high school. Whenever I bring up WhatsApp people look at me confused, since I use it for international friends
I truly would say it depends on your country and location within your country. I'm a zoomer and I believe that many prefer using Instagram for messaging in my area. I guess some will move to WhatsApp but I wonder if it will happen.
WhatsApp is mostly used by 30+ years old people here, but the messenger of choice varies between countries. AFAIK its very popular in india, and its very popular for international messaging.
Yes, it truly depends! I know very little who use snapchat in my area anymore, and if anyone uses it, they are probably in high school or middle school. There was some incident with snapchat at a local school last year. I think Kik is unfortunately still around, all I remember about it is how everyone briefly used it and forgot about it. Now I guess it's mostly for drugs. I say for my part of the US. It's one to one texting, imessage is preferred but it's not a big deal unless you are a teenager, or an emotionally stunted adult like my coworker. There are some annoyances on both ends, but everyone gets over themselves pretty quickly if mature enough. FB Messager and instagram depend on age and personal taste, I haven't used facebook in forever so Messager is worthless to me. I just tell people to text me regularly or message me on instagram if they have to.
I think I'm going to stick with samsung, I'm not an avid mobile gamer but I do have a couple I don't want to stop playing cus I have been for about a decade now. Thanks for the information and advice.
