I'm thinking I may have to get a smart phone

Please be gentle with me and try and explain in the language you'd use to someone who'd come 100 years into the future.

What would you recomend as a starter smart phone for someone like me who can crash a digital egg timer?

I know there are two types, apple and android and apple is more expensive although some find them easier to use.

I did have a smart phone once for a few weeks, but couldn't get on with it, I don't think it was set right as the screen kept going black whilst I was looking for things like settings and I never worked out how to answe a call on it as the screen was black and gave me no hints at all and it's connectivity was so bad I only had to be a couple of hundred yards away from the A55 for it to be useless. That was a few years ago now and I think conectivity has improved.

If I'm honest I don't want one for myself, but because it's becoming so hard not to have one now, I don't think I'd want it to do much, just calls texts and maybe whatsapp and a satnav. Later I suppose I'll have to have a banking and car park app too, but I think thats about it. I know previously when I asked a friend for help she freaked out because there was so little on it.

Apart from emails, a little shopping and here I don't really used the internet for anything else, I have a kindle and thats my lot, I don't even stream tv or music, to be honest I wouldn't know where to begin with either of them. I'm quite happy for it to be second hand, given the price of the things and how much I'd use one I don't think I could justify the cost of a new one. I'm not fussed about cameras or anything like that.

Thanks in advance for any help, but I'll understand if nobody wants to give any because I'm such a klutz and my understanding is so low, people often ask me "helpful questions" and they go right over my head. I may chicken out again, if it gets too technical or people get cross.

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  • Nokia and HMD (Human Made Devices).

    Smartphones (aka touch screens) range from £75 up to £350. Featurephones (flip or brick) range from £35 to £80. They are available to purchase from HMD, Argos, Currys, etc. Keep in mind stock availability may vary depending on location.

    If you are interested, British YouTuber / tech reviewer "Tech Spurt" reviews are variety of different phones, watches and other gadgets. You may like his review of the Nokia 3210 2024 reboot. As well as a range of other known brands, such as Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, etc.

  • Thanks but I'm not having one, I've decided to be thrawn and dig my heels in, I don't need one for me, I need one for everybody else's convienience.

    I know I'm a weirdo, but I never watch youtube, I hate it with a passion.

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  • I used a smartphone to look on here as it takes so long to get on laptop and the charge doesn't last long. However I get your frustration. I was supposed to look online to make a change on a government organisation, but couldn't do it and I get frustrated at the time I spend not being able to do these things. It proved much easier calling, once I got past the AI recognising my date of birth because I hesitated in the middle whilst my brain was thinking. The man I spoke to gave me very helpful information, without frustration.