Post by mikkh on Mar 9, 2024 10:29:22 GMT
Having just bought my 4th second hand Google Pixel phone in the last few months, it's becoming a bit of an obsession, but I can't resist a bargain.
I'm not collecting them - that would be insane, I'm just making sure people at the local community centre have a decent second hand phone for the right price.
Even the ageing Pixel 2XL is a far superior phone to the cheap and nasty sub £100 budget phones that Argos sell.
My latest buy is the 3XL model which was under £60 even with shipping and is in excellent condition with an expensive back cover and a spare brand new one.
Coupled with a brand new official Google pixel wireless charging stand for £27, that's a very good starter phone for less than £90.
The XL variants were the flagship models selling for obscene amounts of money with many premium features you just don't get on the built to a strict budget modern phones at the bottom of the range.
They still outclass the modern budget phones with more RAM, better processors, much better cameras, quality glass and good IP (dust/waterproof) ratings.
The battery is obviously the main concern on a second hand phone, but so far I've been lucky and all charge to 100% and keep a charge over several days.
I've found a local firm (ismash) who do battery replacements at a not too eye watering price if I do get a bad one though.
I'm actually considering using one of these older Pixels and putting my new one in the drawer for a year so it doesn't get damaged before I've paid for it!
They do everything I need in a phone so I might just do that.
I'm not collecting them - that would be insane, I'm just making sure people at the local community centre have a decent second hand phone for the right price.
Even the ageing Pixel 2XL is a far superior phone to the cheap and nasty sub £100 budget phones that Argos sell.
My latest buy is the 3XL model which was under £60 even with shipping and is in excellent condition with an expensive back cover and a spare brand new one.
Coupled with a brand new official Google pixel wireless charging stand for £27, that's a very good starter phone for less than £90.
The XL variants were the flagship models selling for obscene amounts of money with many premium features you just don't get on the built to a strict budget modern phones at the bottom of the range.
They still outclass the modern budget phones with more RAM, better processors, much better cameras, quality glass and good IP (dust/waterproof) ratings.
The battery is obviously the main concern on a second hand phone, but so far I've been lucky and all charge to 100% and keep a charge over several days.
I've found a local firm (ismash) who do battery replacements at a not too eye watering price if I do get a bad one though.
I'm actually considering using one of these older Pixels and putting my new one in the drawer for a year so it doesn't get damaged before I've paid for it!
They do everything I need in a phone so I might just do that.
