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Busted phone 🙁 cheap tide-over?

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Well that's annoying. 

Washing machine died yesterday afternoon and now my phone has decided to die! - screen suddenly borked - completely unusable

Looks like it will be warrantied by samsung but that's going to take several days. 

I really need a phone for day to day life so will probably pick somethign up to tide me over for a few days. Also we have been talking about getting a spare family phone for problem scenarios like this.

What's cheap, good and readily available? Doesn't need to be anything flash.


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 7:32 pm
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Have you not got an old phone stashed away in a kitchen draw somewhere?


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 7:34 pm
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What Samsung is it? If its an S2x you might be able to plug it into a monitor and use Dex and then use a USB C cable to shift the settings and data over to a new one. If you were otherwise happy with samusjng just get another cheaper one. The new ones all come with multiple years of OS upgrades so it can be a useful spare for a good while.


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 7:46 pm
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Any motorola from £100 on argos or pixel 9a £319 at John Lewis / Amazon 


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 7:48 pm
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Posted by: vlad_the_invader

Have you not got an old phone stashed away in a kitchen draw somewhere?

Yeah, loads of broken ones 🙂

Posted by: johnnystorm

What Samsung is it? If its an S2x you might be able to plug it into a monitor and use Dex and then use a USB C cable to shift the settings and data over to a new one.

Cheers - yes that's what I've just spent the last hour doing. 

 


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 7:54 pm
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Kids here have cheap end of Motorola lineup. They work fine. Probably not fast and cameras not high end quality but few(er) tears if lost and easy to get from Argos.


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 8:23 pm
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The 9a is £259 unlocked in o2


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 8:31 pm
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In a shop? Don't see that deal on the web.


 
Posted : 28/12/2025 10:17 pm
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Cheap classic Nokia?


 
Posted : 29/12/2025 2:56 am