My old cell phone is dying [Solved]

[Pierre]

the main issue will be, that your provider will shut-down your 2G and 3G networks.
and even your 4G will be gone, in the next few years.

thus, even your old dumb phone, will cease to work, eventually.
& YES .. you can still get an dumb phone, on the new network,
at least at this point in time.

[LU344928]

... because of Gagle being more nosy than my mother ...

I prefer to call it Goolag

... 1 Nokia unspecified phone ...

Ah ok, it's a RM-1187, bought it about 4 years ago and liked it so much I got another as a spare which I haven't used at all as the first one is still going strong.

Eventually I guess I'll be forced to part company with it when the older networks are phased out but hopefully by then something like the Librem will make the transition more palatable.

[Eadwine Rose]

I have been gifted a Samsung A8. Works just peachy. Yeah, smartphone, and I like that since these days one can book taxi rides via an app (I hate talking on the phone, being quite deaf might have something to do with that haha). My next phone will also be a Samsung, having had a few other lower brands, not going back down there.

And it is connected to google. I don't care. At least I have someone following me

[AltTabDelete]

Just a hint - don't buy anything ancient, providers are shutting down 2G and 3G networks.

If you're looking for a retro phone or just a simple smartphone with decent battery life, take a look at Nokia -> https://www.nokia.com/phones/feature-phones
You may also want to check which (other) phones are supported by LineageOS (=degooglified and debloated android)

It's ironic that providers are shutting down 2G & 3G networks; there are places I go where the only connectivity to this day is only '1x' if you can remember that far back (thank you Verizon). Let's not even mention the lack of 5G feature phones.

Asked my Mom today if she had any of her old feature phones left; I'll have to double check back with her. She has never had a 'smart phone' and refuses to try one. Security by obsolescence?

[Bartman]

The Wife just bought two Motorola Moto G tracfones from HSN for $59.99 each 1500 minutes / 1500 texts / 1500 MB data good for up to a year which is all we need we don't live on the phone or text much or do social media so they work well for us.

https://www.hsn.com/products/motorola-m ... a/20276450

[AltTabDelete]

You guys have given me a lot to think about. Thanks!

[genericmeatsack]

My $25 MyFlip tracphone works with bluetooth file transfer, and as a hotspot (tethered) for my MX machines. $99 service 1 year plan. It has a strange OS based on Firefox OS. Best bang for the buck, imho.

[AltTabDelete]

After it is all said and done, I need the functions that I use every day on my current iPhone 6s Plus too much to give up. Bought an iPhone 13. Still gonna try to keep a low profile, but that gets harder every year. For example, my bank has only one brick-and-mortar location a thousand miles from me. I'll call this solved for me, for now.

[galaxysurfer]

I switched to a Pixel. I can unlock the bootloader & install CalyxOS instead. It basically neutralizes the spying part of Google. You might want to give them a look. The price tag for them doesn't sound so bad if you factor in how many years of use you can get out of it. I objected for a long time about buying a device with a cost equivalent to a mortgage payment. This from someone who used Blackberry devices until they became just another Android.