It's a shit show out there. There are little to no models I really like, so I ended up with a Nexus 6. it was the least bad of the leaders.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Burke" <[email protected]> To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 10:42:36 AM Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Cell Phones 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?
