# What phone do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448 "2019-12-27T12:54:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/61 "2019-12-29T22:44:19Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Samsung Note 9 > > Very occasionally, I make a call with it, but that’s really not what it’s for. I can’t even remember the last time I made an actual phone call. The closest I’ve come is the occasional call using the Skype on my computer. An actual phone call with a phone? It’s been over a year. With my cell phone? I can’t even remember. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/62 "2019-12-30T00:48:38Z")
I’ve got a Motorola Moto G6. I got it because it was unlocked and I can use it with Consumer Cellular, which offers an AARP discount. My old Samsung Galaxy S7 was acting up so I traded it in when we switched carriers. The only thing I don’t like about the G6 is that the on/off button is on the side, right where I put my thumb when I pick up the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/63 "2019-12-30T01:41:11Z")
The power button is on the side on the large majority of phones, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/64 "2019-12-30T01:57:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > (Also, waiting for the first poster to yell at clouds about not having or needing a cell phone at all.) What gets me is that people with flip phones have to announce it as such. It’s a point of pride I suppose. In this thread, none of the iPhone or Pixel users have said (for example), “ I have an iPhone 6s _smartphone_.” But rather than give a model number like every one else, the flip phoners just gotta let you know. It’s the same way with my real life friends. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/65 "2019-12-30T02:04:48Z")
iPhone 8+ running 13.3-ish nothing wrong with it, does what I need it to, battery is still at 85% health and I use it hard every day, lives in an Otterbox Defender case with tempered glass screen protector, still looks new my mother’s old 6 died and she had to get a new phone so she went for the base model iPhone 11 64 GB, and coming from her old 16 GB 6, it was a significant upgrade I’ve played with her 11, and its a good phone, but I see no compelling reason to upgrade my 8+ yet, do I _want_ the 11 Pro Max? yes, do I _NEED_ the 11 Pro Max? NO, i’m keeping the 8+ until it dies, I just paid it off this month, and i’m not getting back under payments thankyouverymuch… ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/66 "2019-12-30T02:10:45Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Holding out for the neural implant release? naah, most likely the MomCorp Eyephone 2.0 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uASUHbFEhWY/hqdefault.jpg "Futurama - eyePhone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASUHbFEhWY) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/67 "2019-12-30T02:23:17Z")
LG V30 Android ---
**Author:** ![Caldris\_bal\_Comar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Caldris\_bal\_Comar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caldris_bal_Comar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/68 "2019-12-30T02:39:15Z")
I have an iPhone 5S that I bought on eBay to replace my previous 5S. Absolutely the best balance of size, functionality, and reliability I’ve found. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/69 "2019-12-30T06:35:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > The power button is on the side on the large majority of phones, I would think. NM ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/70 "2019-12-30T07:26:37Z")
I’m an iconoclast. I have a Sony Android phone. Most people don’t even know that Sony makes smartphones. It is very nice, holds a charge for two days, and cost under $300 a year ago. And it has a dedicated “shutter” button on the side for taking photos. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/71 "2019-12-30T17:21:17Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > What gets me is that people with flip phones have to announce it as such. It’s a point of pride I suppose. Why? I’m neither proud nor ashamed. If I’d said mine was a Z232 I would have felt like someone on a thread about “What’s your current operating system” saying “WB 4.1” in a thread where most folks were saying “Win 7” or “Win 10 / 1909” or “OS X 10.13”. We _know_ ours is out of mainstream (and old) so we don’t expect you to know what our model (or even manufacturer + model) implies so we spell it out. ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448/72 "2019-12-30T20:06:15Z")
Two year old iPhone X. I tend to upgrade about every 3 years, so I’m waiting until next Fall. We just replaced my son’s hand-me-down 6S+ with a new 11. He’s an art student, and the camera upgrade was worth it for him. We got a $120 trade-in for the old one, which is pretty good for a 4 year old phone. My wife was thinking of upgrading her 7 this past weekend, but when she held the 11 models, she found them too big. Her battery was dying, so we just had that replaced for $50 at the Apple Store–dropped it off, went to dinner, came back and picked it up. Should buy her another couple of years with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-phone-do-you-have/845448.md?page=3)