Originally Posted by moox:
“At the risk of poking the bear, by the time this actually becomes an issue your phone will probably be long dead and you'll have upgraded to the Galaxy S7”
Haha, I do see your point though! Though I've also heard that the Galaxy S7 also aggressively drops to 3G (or even 2G), so that might be an issue as well... I need the best 3G/4G handset that won't keep dropping down to 2G once the signal reaches about 5 ASU on 3G (which is still perfectly usable) or dropping from 4G straight to 2G. It also needs to be Android, and also needs VoLTE support, so that when 3G does finally go, I can go 4G only and still make/receive calls.
Originally Posted by
d123:
“First reports of it being discontinued was June 2014, so if you bought it 2 years ago you bought a discontinued handset
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Actually bought it in May 2014, so it was still "not discontinued", if you know what I mean! And places such as Argos were still selling it.
Originally Posted by
d123:
“Ah, so you deliberately bought the old model? What's that saying? Buy cheap, buy twice...
”
Yep, I deliberately got the S4 because I couldn't afford £500+ and needed an urgent replacement. And when 3G goes kaput, I'll still use it as a 4G data device, assuming that EE don't boot it off 4G...
Originally Posted by
mrMick:
“Pretty sure the S4 lasted more than 2 months, it's a 2013 phone lol
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Yes it certainly did, and because of the specs of modern day flagships (people don't always need the most up to date spec) it was still a good buy. Not such a good buy when the S6 came out (as the S5 would have been better) but still very good value for money.
Originally Posted by lightspeed2398:
“You've got this the wrong way round, it'll be an S2 next. Just for the legacy feeling.”
No, no no no! That won't even run Android 4.2 - and the S2 doesn't even support DC-HSPA+ (42.2Mbit/s), let alone 4G... It'll be in the camp of "made obsolete when 3G is switched off".
On a more serious note, does the LG G4 support VoLTE? If so, then it may be a good investment, as I know it has service menus that I can use to jam it into LTE/WCDMA, a feature that, if present on the S4, would not make me moan about 2G GSM...