Debut of smartphone: Part 1

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I believed I was the only one in my family and among my friends still using a normal phone. There was simply no reasons for me to switch because I don't use internet on my phone. Ban would have continued using his normal phone if it wasn't spoiled. His current phone was a gift from a bank obtained by his mum.

Over the last year or so, there were some problems with my normal phone. The manual locking didn't work. Hence, I needed to swipe to unlock and select "lock" from the menu to lock it. Then sometimes the swiping didn't work either. I had to get Ban to call me and then it would work again.

Then there was that issue with my Singapore sim card, which means I definitely need at least a 3G phone.

In the meantime, I discovered how useful Google Maps and Waze are on smartphones.

Hence, with all these considerations, I decided to hunt for a suitable smartphone: one that allows me to call and text and occasionally use the navigation software.

After some research, I later added these criteria:

  • dual sim cards, so that I don't need 2 phones any more
  • small
  • light
  • 4G LTE (don't want my phone to be obsolete soon)
  • cheap
  • accessible service centres
Inevitably, I looked at entry level smartphones. Gleaning from the internet and friends, I've come up with this list:

  • Samsung J range
    • Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace (130.1 x 67.6 x 9.5)
    • Samsung Galaxy J1 2016 (132.6 x 69.3 x 8.9)
    • Samsung Galaxy J2 (136.5 x 69 x 8.4)
    • Samsung Galaxy J3 (142.3 x 71 x 7.9)
  • Huawei Y5 2017 (143.8 x 72 x 8.4)
  • Vivo Y25 (130.70 x 66.40 x 9.20)
  • Oppo Neo 5 (as ex as Samsung)

Comments

William said…
Whose data plan did you opt for?
September 14, 2017 at 10:21 AM
Jaded Jeremy said…
William,
None at the moment. Since the only time I will use data is when I'm outside and in need of Waze/Google Maps (and only after my WayWay fails to find the way), I plan to switch to Digi Best prepaid which has free 500mb basic internet (people on forum said that the speed is good enough for such purpose and the size is more than enough for my purpose...I hope).
September 14, 2017 at 9:45 PM
Twilight Man said…
I salute you for living the life without internet. My addiction is terrible and I need to detox myself now.
September 15, 2017 at 4:51 PM
Jaded Jeremy said…
Twilight Man,
I do use internet a lot at home on my laptop.
September 15, 2017 at 8:35 PM
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