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Ask HN: What's the best phone you ever had?
Some weeks ago I broke my Pixel 4a screen. Unfortunately it was already out of the guarantee period, so to repair it I had to pay. However I didn't hesitate to pay for the reparations since this phone is the best I've had from far. It's small enough that can be used comfortably, the camera is good, it's fast, and it was cheap.
Which is the best phone you've ever had? I mean the phone you would pay a big chunk of money to be able to use it again.
- jruohonen 3y agoNokia 3210 or something alike from that era. You couldn't break that thing even by throwing it at a wall by full force. Nokia Communicator was also nice.
- algo_box 3y ago1.Nokia N9, 2.Nokia 808, 3.YotaPhone2
- alexmolas 3y agoI just googled YotaPhone (I never heard of them) and they look amazing. What a shame they went bankrupt in 2019. For sure this is the type of phone I would try.
- shaarib 3y agoi don't change phones yearly but in 2021 i bought iPhone 13mini, and i am still using it. it is fast and handy, in case something happened to the phone i mean i would pay any amount to get it back together.
- mikequinlan 3y agoMy first touchtone phone. Groundbreaking. https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6408581692554721319.jpg https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/6408581692554721319.jpg
- SvenL 3y agoLumia 930. I really liked Metro UI. Also it was pretty solid device.
- Quinzel 3y agoNokia 3310 (from 2002). It was first and foremost incredibly durable, it had a great battery life, it could send and receive texts and did phone calls and was like a perfect communication device. It also had that snake game which was adequate time wasting entertainment. Now days phones are more like computers than phones. I feel like the calling and texting is more like an after thought. I love my iPhone, but it’s battery life gets worse over time, it’s screen breaks easily, it’s battery can’t be easily replaced, it needs annoying updates regularly, I feel like it’s not as secure in terms of privacy etc etc…
- torunar 3y agoNokia Lumia 520. It was a blessing to have a device with 512 MB of RAM where both OS and apps perform without lags and freezes, UI is accessible and text input doesn't suck.