Things

[lnr]

A short list of things

• My mum's gall bladder is safely removed, hopefully good riddance
• My phone has died again, and is on its way to Giffgaff to hopefully be fixed under warranty
• I have a startlingly old-fashioned dumb-phone to keep me in calls and texts in the meantime - usual number
• Am considering buying a new phone in the New Year anyway
• I've booked the eye test Specsavers have been reminding me about since March - now only £7.50 instead of a tenner :)
• I dyed my hair purple, coincidentally the same shade as 10 years ago, in just the week people are comparing old and new photos - it doesn't look quite as bright as it did on bleached hair of course
• The Christmas tree is up and we have some lights in the garden too at Matthew's request, and a decorated office door at work
• I have printed out the Christmas card list, ready to start writing cards, late as usual
• I *think* I just did the last bit of present shopping, I gave in and did it online, couldn't face the shops

Any phone recommendations welcomed - current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, and I like the size and the general look and feel and so on. I'd like something with a little bit more power (mostly for Pokemon Go). Looking to spend around £200 again sim-free, or find something on contract for around £15 a month since that's roughly what the Samsung has worked out as over 24 months (including a fiver a month on 500MB of data, and the occasional top-up for calls and texts).

And if you'd like a Christmas card and are not on my usual list then drop me a line with your address!

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Samsung S5 if you can find one should be somewhere around that price point now. My newish S7 is actually not as good as the S5s we've had IMO (and I'd avoid the 6).

[lnr]

My fear with something like the S5 is that the form factor might feel too big?

Currently also looking at the A3 2016, and the Huawei P9 Lite.

I think I need to go poke some in a shop :)

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

smallclanger and I have both gone S4-mini->S5 (and I think imc might have done too? I can't remember what he had before the S5). It was less of an adjustment than I feared, plus the similarities made it easy to switch to. But yeah, you won't know until you actually hold some. :)