A New Mobile

kah22

A friend, anything buy tech wise, wishes to get a new phone.  She has an iPhone 6 at the moment.

Today she visited a local telephone shop and was offered £4.00 for her old phone with a recommendation that she buy the iPhone 14. A completely wrong choice as all she is using the phone for now is calls, texts, and the camera for snaps. Me thinks a fly sales man at work.

So might I have a few recommendations please. As I see it there is really only two things I would think of . 1 Because of a permeant illness and she lives on her own on State Benefits, with very little possibility of a return to work, she'd want a reasonably priced phone. An iPhone is not essential and 2 For her purpose a large screen is top of the list

Next month she will be installing a social tariff broadband connection and I was wondering if any of those suppliers do mobile deals.

As always thanks for any input 

Kevin

elsien

84-year-old parent, who basically uses the phone for WhatsApp, email, and some light surfing has bought an Oppo, 
Which we’d never heard of but was recommended by someone in the phone shop as a value replacement for her old Samsung, Parent is very pleased with it. Big screen, good battery life and easy to use.
I can’t remember which one she bought, A5 or A57 but it was around about £100 mark new. 

She just got the handset and put her existing Sim into it.

baser999

Have a look at a refurbed phone. An iPhone 11 for example would set her back about £225. However, as previous poster has suggested you may get a suitable ‘non-name’ phone for far less and it would serve the same purpose

JSmithy45AD

If money is an issue then surely keeping the iPhone 6 is by far their best option? Their mobile contract (if it's not PAYG) should be more of a concern perhaps.

brewerdave

I've just bought a refurbished Nokia X10 from Amazon. Paid ~ £110. Large clear screen ,good "snaps" and works as a phone with the occasional foray on to the Net.
My daughters convinced me that a refurbished phone from a reputable seller plus a SIM only contract was the way to go - they have recently upgraded I phones via this route.

Cisco001

iphone 6 sell to CEX for £13.

For new cheap phone, I would say get samsung A14, purely for the relatively long software support. 
amazon 64GB £101

For smartphone of this value, you don't expect much quality on photo, but it is functional. 

jimjames

kah22 said:

A friend, anything buy tech wise, wishes to get a new phone.  She has an iPhone 6 at the moment.

Maybe the first question is why does she want a new phone? The answer to that may determine which phones are suitable and it could be the answer they gave to the question is what directed the salesman to suggest the one they did. If all she uses the phone for is as you describe then does it need to be changed?

JSmithy45AD

kah22 said:

A friend, anything buy tech wise, wishes to get a new phone.  She has an iPhone 6 at the moment.

Today she visited a local telephone shop and was offered £4.00 for her old phone with a recommendation that she buy the iPhone 14. A completely wrong choice as all she is using the phone for now is calls, texts, and the camera for snaps. Me thinks a fly sales man at work.

So might I have a few recommendations please. As I see it there is really only two things I would think of . 1 Because of a permeant illness and she lives on her own on State Benefits, with very little possibility of a return to work, she'd want a reasonably priced phone. An iPhone is not essential and 2 For her purpose a large screen is top of the list

Next month she will be installing a social tariff broadband connection and I was wondering if any of those suppliers do mobile deals.

As always thanks for any input 

Kevin

There are social mobile tariffs surprisingly, Sky for instance include a free sim in their BB & landline version now. Check out https://www.choose.co.uk/broadband/guide/social-tariffs/