My current phone Essential PH-1
My last phone was a Nokia 830.
So what should I buy next?
StevenLayton
<p>Can you tell me your lottery numbers? I’ll then make sure that none of mine match yours, lol.</p>
karlinhigh
Premium Member<p>Hopefully you're not one of THESE people!</p><p><br></p><p><em>"Harbinger households": neighborhoods that consistently buy products that get discontinued, buy real-estate that underperforms, and donate to losing political candidates</em></p><p><em>boingboing.net/2019/12/03/harbringer-of-doom.html</em></p>
Markfurry
<blockquote><em><a href="#520210">In reply to karlinhigh:</a></em></blockquote><p>I fear being one of those, have a history except for the political and real estate bits. </p>
illuminated
<blockquote><em><a href="#520210">In reply to karlinhigh:</a></em></blockquote><p>I bet they are always looking for "deals".</p>
earlster
Premium Member<p>Microsoft Duo</p><p><br></p><p>(Ducks and runs)</p>
simard57
<p>OnePlus</p><p><br></p>
Paul Thurrott
Premium MemberWhat. That’s terrible. OnePlus makes excellent handsets and is community-driven.
simard57
<blockquote><em><a href="#520283">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>oops – I misunderstood the theme.</p><p>nice that you defend OnePlus (I have the 7T) but not iPhone ;)</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
thejoefin
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#520258">In reply to Simard57:</a></em></blockquote><p>Nah, OnePlus isn't going anywhere, they are owned by BBK Electronics which also has Oppo the 5th largest smartphone maker worldwide</p>
Paul Thurrott
Premium Member<p>Anything LG or HTC. I bet one of them will be next to go.</p>
Markfurry
<blockquote><em><a href="#520284">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>I was thinking about LG, but their update history is apparently terrible. I liked that Essential had updates more or less day and date with others. </p><p><br></p><p>The rule is that I also get my mom the same phone so she can ask me questions about it. </p><p><br></p><p>My top three right now are the iPhone 11, Pixel (probably normal 4), or OnePlus. </p>
anoldamigauser
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#520284">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>Since I have owned several HTC phones, that would be the one I would bet on, given my history.</p>
bob_shutts
<blockquote><a href="#520284"><em>In reply to paul-thurrott:</em></a><em> Son-in-law had the HTC Honor. Died in a couple of days. They replaced it. Died in a couple of days. That was the end of his HTC adventure.</em></blockquote><p><br></p>
illuminated
<blockquote><em><a href="#520334">In reply to Bob_Shutts:</a></em></blockquote><p>Or was it Huawei Honor?</p>
bob_shutts
<blockquote><em><a href="#520446">In reply to illuminated:</a></em></blockquote><p>Definitely HTC. I just asked him. I thought it was the Honor, but he can’t recall the model. </p>
crp0908
<p>I agree with Paul – Anything LG or HTC.</p><p><br></p><p>Stay away from my Motorola! I love the ability to shake the phone to turn on the flashlight. It's the best Motorola phone feature that no one talks about.</p>
illuminated
<blockquote><em><a href="#520295">In reply to crp0908:</a></em></blockquote><p>Shake Motorola phone one way – get flashlight. Shake another way – get camera. Great features. </p>
wright_is
Premium Member<p>An iPhone? :-P</p><p>I hear Pixels are good… And the new Galaxy S20 as well.</p><p>I used to be like that. Bought a VIC=20, it was replaced a week later by the C64. Bought a Memotech MTX500 and the company went bust a few months later. I bought an Amiga, well, we know what happened to Commodore after that.</p><p>My smartphones as well, htc, Nokia and now a Huawei, they are pretty much dead in the water outside China at the moment. :-(</p>
beckoningeagle
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#520297">In reply to wright_is:</a></em></blockquote><p>Plus 4, C-128, Amiga 2500</p>
wright_is
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#520298">In reply to BeckoningEagle:</a></em></blockquote><p>Git! I wanted a 2500 or, later a 4000, but I could only afford the A500 and the A1200…</p>
jimchamplin
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#520298">In reply to BeckoningEagle:</a></em></blockquote><p>Commodore Forever.</p>
simont
Premium Member<p>Blackberry!</p>
Jhambi
<blockquote><em><a href="#520512">In reply to simont:</a></em></blockquote><p>Nextbit Robin!</p>
Truffles
<blockquote><em><a href="#520313">In reply to ghostrider:</a></em></blockquote><p>I've still got my Commodore PET under the house. Still have the cassette storage and 5 1/4 dual floppy drives, and a box of cassette and disk programs. Really tempted to spend a rainy weekend running the multimeter over it before trying to turn it on.</p><p><br></p><p>I have no idea what became of my C64, Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000. I think the A2000 might be stored away somewhere too.</p><p><br></p><p>The 68000 CPU was the last microprocessor I felt I understood and Motorola had the best mnemonics. I was always a 6'er, never liked Intel's mnemonics. Sadly I was on the wrong side of history there.</p>
jimchamplin
Premium Member<blockquote><em><a href="#520654">In reply to Truffles:</a></em></blockquote><p>PowerPC 604ev.</p><p><br></p><p>Nuff said.</p>
johnh3
<p>I think HTC will be next. LG got problem of course but I suppose their TV division, washing machines etc..will support the mobile segment for them. So they can keep going for that reason. Same with Sony mobile.</p><p>HTC has not much other than mobile and some tiny VR stuff.</p>
muminahtannous
<p>I think you should try iPhone 12 but it is not available at this time, maybe it comes in the market after 3 or 6 months. If you didn't try any iPhone then you should definitely use it at least once time.</p><p>I recently won a lucky draw on the iPhone XS Max, arranged by a travel agency. So, I highly recommend it for you, try it out.</p>
rob_segal
Premium Member<p>There's Sony. Still selling Xperia phones, for now.</p>
sohan giri
<p>Micromax will be died. But new upcoming mobile Realme 6 Pro is a killer smartphone.</p>
Markfurry
<p>The winner was Apple. iPhone 11 to be precise. Trying to get used to a different keyboard. </p>
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