Spent the day setting up my new phone

I bought a new phone and will keep my current one as a backup because I don’t have wifi and if my phone breaks I’m completely screwed.

I spent the whole day getting it ready. Just downloading apps and stuff. Not rocket science.

But now I feel completely exhausted. Glad it’s done though. But the exhaustion was yet another annoying reminder of my limitations for sure.

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Is it an iPhone or Android?
Which kind of phone did you get?

Congratulations by the way.

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Unboxing a new cell phone is the best. :tiger::tiger::tiger:

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Thanks wave.

It’s another android. I already have an “lg x power” and the one I bought is an “lg x power 3”. So I skipped the lg x power 2.

The only positive difference is a larger clearer screen.

The major negative difference is it’s missing a notification LED. So i have to turn the phone on to see if there’s a notification.

Everything else is the same basically.

But it’s a weight off my mind knowing I won’t be in a heap of trouble if I lose a phone !

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Get a case for that sucker right away! I’m about to upgrade my phone too, wondering if they do Black Friday deals for iphones, probably not.

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The new iPhone usually comes out in September or October. :zebra::zebra::zebra:

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Sweet, maybe the older ones will get cheaper. I’d like to settle for something that’s not an iphone but I love my 6. It’s just so slow on the browser these days compared to the slick new models. The keyboard isn’t responsive and pages take a second to load.

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Yeah the older phones get cheaper when the new iPhone comes out. Plus Apple discontinues making certain models after a few years. When this happens phone shops try and get rid of their stock and you can get a phone even cheaper

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I want a 10 but I might settle for an 8. I didn’t know a new one was coming out this year, I don’t really keep up with new phones. Not enough disposable income to keep up with the latest and greatest.

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I think @rogueone has an XR. I think he loves it

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Where does the XR fit into the series? I thought they were all numbered.

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It’s the new 10 I think. Except the XS and XS max are the very top phones. I think the X means 10

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I’m waiting on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 plus, myself. :chipmunk::chipmunk::chipmunk:

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@anon17132524 has an iPhone XR.
He loves it.

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I have 3 iPhone XRs (one for me, my girlfriend, and my mother).

I like the XR. It costs $750. The other two cost more.

I paid around 600 for my 6 when it was still the latest, but the newer phone was about to come out. 750 sounds doable with the money we’ve come into, I think it might be a good investment. How is the XR size compared to 6? I always loved that the 6 was a hair bigger than the 5 and 7 (IIRC).

The home button on my phone has been broken for three months now, I’ve been using the digital home button that you can enable in settings, it is a pain in the buttinsky.

@agent101g

The XR is 6.1 inches, just the right size, imho, to use with one hand.

There is no home button. You swipe from the bottom. The phone unlocks when you look at it (biometrics). This feature takes about 1 minute to set up. You can set up Siri to only respond to your voice.

I’ll post a pic of my cat taken with iPhone XR to show the camera. Give me a minute or so.

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That seems big, I just looked up the iphone 6 and it says it’s 4.7 inches.

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6.1 is big, but I can use it with one hand. The 7 plus is bigger. Of course the X Max is bigger.

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