What type of phone have you?

freshpopcorn

I just saw the latest Iphone can retail at €1,989.

I've never been into really expensive phones. I couldn't by bothered signing up to a long contract either to get one clear.

I have a Samsung A32 5G that I purchased in July 2021 for about €250.

What type of phone have you?

whomadewho

I had a Samsung S7 for 5 years, the battery gave up. Paid 250e for it on amazon. I am now using the S20 that I bought on adverts for 280e. I will keep this phone until it dies, there is no justification in paying 2 grand for phone

igCorcaigh

I have a Xiaomi POCO X4 which I bought in June last year for £182, on a recommendation from a poster here. No contract.

Really happy with it!

Hande hoche!

Nokia 2660. Flip phone (not the horrifically expensive Samsung type).

corner of hells

Refurbished IPhone 7 , occasionally get texts and messages in Japanese.

Other than that, the phone’s grand.

Glaceon

iPhone 8 Plus. have had it since new in 2017.

Ubbquittious

Fairphone 4. Before this I was buying 100-200e phones and having to replace them nearly every 6 months

Apiarist

Samsung S20 5G FE, got on contract with Vodaphone 3 years ago. I will likely get another Samsung flagship phone in a year or two.

AndyBoBandy

I was a Nokia man from 1999 until 2010.. must of had about 10-12 of them, mostly always free upgrades..

2010 - present its been iPhones, started with 3GS, then got a free upgrade to a 4 when it was released a few months later, then every 2 years went up a number when they were released, so got a 5, 6 & 7 (always with the max available storage and always very cheap to upgrade) kept the 7 for about 4 years, then got an 11, and 2 years later got a 13, but probably won't upgrade again for a few years if I can manage, as it's just too bloody expensive to upgrade lately, despite 24 years loyalty to Vodafone/Eircell, you get feck all for it!!

Batteries were always grand in most of my iPhones, but the 2 recent ones (11 & 13) are crap...

Discodog

I am on my second Xiaomi & very pleased. Paid around 200 several years ago.

I will wait until the price drops on an optical zoom Xiaomi

Victor

Sony Xperia D2403 from 2019. Previous phone from about 2006, although with an interlude of another phone that lost the back panel and wouldn't work.

Despite being from only 2019, it can't be updated properly. It's 'too old'.

cobham

Was happy with Samsung A8 until found it was not compatible with some essential features such as photo ID. Now have slightly larger A14.....(c 200 euro). I would love something smaller and thought the flip phone of old was a great idea. Hopefully now that the design is back, it will come down in price.

Potential-Monke

S10 since it came out in March 2019, upgraded from the S7 I had since it launched. No need to upgrade, but I'd love to be able to get the official Samsung Clearview cover again, extremely thin, can answer calls through the cover and has protected the phone perfectly with all the dropping I do. Was tempted to upgrade to the S20, and I get it at cost through work, but may wait for the next one before deciding. I can't go back from flagship, everything else just feels so slow, so I'm happy out the S10 is still fast.

Grayson

One Plus Nord. It's grand. It's fast and takes good photo's.

It had a weird glitch where it couldn't regain sim connection when it lost it. Very annoying when flying. I'd land somewhere and the sim couldn't find any network. A factory reset sorted it and weirdly that battery now lasts so much longer too.

cnocbui

I have a Samsung Wave S8500 as my main pnone number/phone call phone. Bought it in 2010. It's on it's second battery, but it looks like Vodafone closing the 3G network will put an end to it.

I also have a Samsung S10 I bought sh I use for access to more modern apps and for internet. I use it more like a mini tablet.

justdavidalone

I do have my old I phone 7 and don't plans on buying new model yet it's still working nicely until now.

Sgt Hartman

An iPhone 12 which is a hand me down from my OH. Before that I had a Samsung Galaxy A12 with a buggered charging slot.

mrsdewinter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121248338#Comment_121248338

Excellent battery life with those One Plus phones. Went over to Google Pixel about 3 years ago and I regret it.

tesla_newbie

Whatever I phone was the latest one eighteen months ago

I won’t be buying a I phone next time, best phone I ever had was a Huawei

j2

Threw my phone in the sea, I just have a landline now. It can be done with great ease!

roosterman71

OnePlus 7T. Bought it as a Covid treat in the early days of lockdown way back in April 2020. Still going strong and getting nearly 3 days from the battery. I wouldn't be a huge heavy user of phones though but it does be in the wars and covered in dirt and **** from time to time

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121248473#Comment_121248473

For me it's the dual sim. Being able to have an irish and local sim really makes a huge difference. And unless you count eSim phones, there's very few that do it.

iPhone 14. Me 12 fell asunder piece by piece so had to replace.

AyeGer

iPhone 11, very happy with it too. I’m in no rush to change.

banie01

Xiaomi Poco F5, that replaced a Poco f2 that was 3yrs old and before that a Xiaomi Mi 8 that I got in 2018.

My last non Xiaomi was a Samsung s7 edge.

The price/performance point on Xiaomi is very hard to beat. I flash mine with xiaomi.eu ROM and that gets the best of the Chinese ROMs without the ads or overlays.

DJIMI TRARORE

Redmi on post mobile, never again,just back from Eastern Europe and it worked perfectly for 2 weeks, honestly don't know if it's the phone or network

eightieschewbaccy

Pixel 7 for the last six months or so, think had one of the onepluses prior to that for about 3 years. So will be another 2 or 3 years on this one. Technology leap this time was pretty minimal tbh. Have a thirty day rolling contract for a tenner a month so never feel bad upgrading in a few years.

patmahe

Xiaomi RedMi Note 10 Pro, bought for €260 almost exactly 2 years ago. Its never let me down and does everything I need it to. I always shop in the €200-300 range and to date have always had android phones, I will typically change every 3 years or so when the battery life starts to deteriorate to the point that I notice it. I have a 9.99 a month rolling contract and always buy my phones outright that way I'm not tied to anything or paying much and I use my phone a lot and work in IT so would happily pay more if I thought there would be a benefit to doing so.

Can't see what a phone for a couple of grand would give me that my current one doesn't, wouldn't mind trying it but not at my own expense, if apple or anyone else wants to provide me with a demo model then grand :)

iamstop

Been climbing the Galaxy S ladder since the first one. Skipping a few rungs along the way. On the S9 for now. Screen is minor cracked so will be upgrading soon enough. Before the end of the year probably. Might go A23 or see if I can snag a Fairphone here in Canada...

The Continental Op

XIAOMI Redmi 9 4GB+64GB since May 2021 no rush to update it. Will keep it until it stops working.

Edit> iirc I paid about £100 for it and got it on a recommendation on Bargain Alerts.

Riddle101

iPhone 7. I had an iPhone 5 up until about a year ago and then it stopped working. Went online and managed to get an iPhone 7 at cheaper value then the newer versions. I'm happy enough with it anyway.