Personally, I won't buy a phone without a removable battery anymore, but
I don't replace my phone regularly.
I normally look for one that has a battery available at
http://zerolemon.com, my current phone is an LG G3, which they have an
8500mAh battery for. About doubles the thickness of the phone, but I
don't really care. With the (required to fit the battery) ZeroLemon
case, it'd survive a couple foot drop pretty easily.
On 1/6/2016 10:42 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
The Boss got a new toy for Christmas and it won't work with his old
Smartphone, so he's looking to upgrade. I'm happy with my ancient
smartphone, so I haven't had a reason to pay attention to the 'new'
things that are out there. In looking at what's out there now, It
seems like MicroSD cards are going away, as well as removable
batteries. Do they just figure that everything goes to and from the
cloud now, and doesn't need to be stored on the phone? We'll stick
with Android phones.
The Samsung Edge6 and Note 5 look to be almost the same thing, but no
SD card. I thought I remembered seeing a TV ad for a Sony phone where
they were using it outside, then washed it off under a faucet, but I
can't remember which model it was.
Some things that would be nice to have:
Rugged, survive a drop from a couple feet while working outside.
Decent screen size, and daylight viewable.
Good battery, especially in cold.
Good Speaker phone
Minor weather resistance, splashes etc, not submersion.
I like how the CAT phones look http://www.catphones.com but with that
size of screen, I'm afraid if you need a keyboard, you'll lose too
much screen real estate.
Any Brands/models I need to go check out?
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