new mobile phone

CoastingHatbox

AFAIK you can also buy them second hand on the likes of eBay. My past experience of sorting this out has been, just buy one for the network your phone is on (or actual carrier for MVNOs like GiffGaff and EE) and just plug it in.

buildersdaughter

Thank you glennevis. EE are no longer offering signal boxes - thy say that I should get a phone that has a built-in booster.
And to continue to Fairphone saga - in response to complaints they are beta-testing getting Android 9 for the FP2 which would enable some updates.

buildersdaughter

And Coasting - just seen your suggestion. Also a good idea to investigate.
In the climate crisis we are in, it seems mad to me that we are not using technology to prevent over-consumption. I appreciate all of the advice.

JJ_Egan

( it seems mad to me that we are not using technology to prevent over-consumption)

But Consumers want the lot everyday every place anytime and care little when they cannot get on Facebook for the background services .