Will I change my phone or not? - Help me to decide

easy

Coming towards the end of a 24 month contract with O2, and trying to decide what to do next.

Have been paying £21 per month for 200 mins, unlimited texts, and 500mb of data. I have NEVER used up all the data (use wifi at home & at one of my jobs), and rarely exceed HALF my minutes. The phone was free at the beginning of the contract.

I do like my phone. It's a Samsung Galaxy S2, it was my first smartphone, I love being able to get my emails, it's a good size to read & compose texts, browse The Times while I'm waiting to collect teenage son, or queuing for any reason. Use the camera occasionally to snap something that I want to tell hubby about later, or to capture bar-codes for price comparing in town

Soooo, my first feeling was
keep the phone, go Tesco Sim @ £7.50 per month (or maybe Ovivo, altho voda signal is poor at home). This would be the cost effective - but boring - option.

But, I could sell the phone - it's in really good condition, always had a screen cover and case on it, never dropped or scratched - for £100 + and get something newer.

Thing is, I don't know what an S3 or S4 would give me that would be better than I have already. The only other phone I know is hubbys Galaxy Note 2 - and I like it, but it takes up too much room in my handbag , and looks rather silly in my little hands.

So, what would an upgrade actually give me in function terms. Is it worth the money? (I wouldn't want to spend a lot either)

PS don't want an iphone thanks before anyone suggests it, and don't want a phone smaller than my S2. I'm not worried about being really cutting edge. I want something that does things that enhance my life, not something to make me look trendy.

Thanks for any input.

mikegahan

For your needs the S2 would suffice. Rather than Tesco try Giffgaff which offers rolling monthly bags of texts, data and minutes. Giffgaff works on O2 so u would not need to unlock your phone

You could get a new phone the Moto G is fantastic value, and Tesco have it both on PAYG and a cheap contract but I am not sure it offer a lot more than your S2

easy

mikegahan wrote: »

For your needs the S2 would suffice. Rather than Tesco try Giffgaff which offers rolling monthly bags of texts, data and minutes. Giffgaff works on O2 so u would not need to unlock your phone

You could get a new phone the Moto G is fantastic value, and Tesco have it both on PAYG and a cheap contract but I am not sure it offer a lot more than your S2

Should have said, phone is unlocked anyway. Last time I looked giffgaff was more expensive than the £7.50 tesco sim tariff - and my son is on tesco, so would get free calls between him & me, plus some sort of family deals maybe.

I guess I'm really asking what newer phones have that my S2 doesn't

J_B

Ain't broke = don't fix?

Cisco001

Personally don't see it worth getting Moto G if you already got S2.

As an Ovivo user, I found it quite annoying to use it for surfing web as ovivo advert pop up. Main problem is their network is not particularly fast, it just takes ages for it to load...

MillicentBystander

The real reason to consider getting a Moto G in this instance is the fact that for the price that the OP's S2 would realise second hand you could buy a brand new Moto G 16GB with 12 months warranty and guaranteed KitKat update. Plus a bigger, better screen. But an unarguably worse camera. But no SD Card slot. But a faster processor. Decisions decisions..:D

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3621&idPhone2=5831