My recommendation would be to look at Koodo here in Canada which is one of the MVNO's owned by Telus. It runs on the same network and you will most likely pay less. My wife and I have unlimited nationwide calling and texting, simple voice mail and 10 Gb of data for $55. If you don't need that much data you can probably get something for $45 to $50 a month. You can still get a new phone from Koodo as well except with Koodo you get it for a monthly payment, e.g. you can probably get an iPhone 11 for $0 down and maybe $15 a month over 2 years on what they call a "Tab". This means if you had a $49 plan you would pay $64 for 2 years, after that your phone is paid off and your plan drops back to $49 if you keep the phone, if you want to upgrade you can sell your current phone for whatever you can get and buy a new one in the same way. Some of the latest phones like a 12 Pro or Pro Max probably require a $150 or $200 downpayment + your monthly tab, but you would simply have to check the Koodo website for the offers they currently have. We bought the iPhone 8 this way almost 3 years ago, last fall when we had paid them off, we paid a total of $510 for the iPhone 8 over 2 years which, when it was new was selling for more than that, we sold our iPhone 8's for $300 locally through our Facebook buy and sell groups. This means we essentially paid $210 for using our iPhones for the 2 year period, I then bought an iPhone 11 for $0 down + my monthly tab and my wife got an iPhone 11 Pro which at the time required a downpayment + the monthly tab. I am sure most people who bought an iPhone 12 of any sort are fairly happy with them, but being half way through the cycle until the new phones come out this fall I suggest you wait. How much do you pay with Telus? If it's more than $60 a month I would simply take your paid off phone to Koodo and get a cheaper plan, then wait until around Black Friday which is when they often have pretty smoking deals for upgrading to a newer phone.
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 8:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability? Hi I am running a I phone 8 and have been due for a upgrade for some time since telus hear in Canada has the phones for 0 dollars down and I am wondering what phone I should get? I just downloaded the LiDAR app and I was told that it only works on the I phone 12 and above. From Mich. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: April 24, 2021 11:43 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability? If you have an XR you really should wait for the 13 series phones unless of course therre is something wrong with your XR and it doesn't work any more. The 12 series phones with first generation 5G are in my opinion like the iPhone 5, 6, 7 and iPhone X, all of these are not rated as highly as the 5S, 6S, 8 and XR/iPhone 11. Apart from second generation 5G support it is rumoured that the iPhone 13 phones will have both Touch Id and Face Id which will give you the best of two worlds, they are rumoured to all have LiDAR which going forward I am sure will be used by apps such as Seeing AI and others to give you more and better information about your surroundings. I furthermore don't see all that much reason for a blind person to get a Pro phone unless of course somebody likes the huge size of the Pro Max phones so the regular iPhone 13 will most likely be an excellent phone and I may consider upgrading from my iPhone 11 if it does indeed have both Face Id and Touch Id as well as LiDAR.. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 5:40 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability? Hi Pete, Thanks for your reply, out of interest apart from storage what do you find the advantages are of the 12 Pro Max over the XR from a blind person’s perspective? Thanks. Malcolm Parfitt On 24 Apr 2021, at 13:10, Pete Nalda <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I find that my 12proMax is not that much bigger than my XR was. I will occasionally lose a call, but I love in a concrete steel building, and I use Wi-Fi calling. As for the size, going back to that, it’s only about .6 inches bigger all the way around, and doesn’t feel all that much different. Yes there is a little bit more mass, but I think overall I made a good choice. I feel like I was due an upgrade, as I wanted more storage. For what it’s worth, my phone still fits in my military style belt clip case just fine. Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter: @lpnalda On Apr 24, 2021, at 7:00 AM, Malcolm Parfitt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Simon I completely agree with you better is always ahead of us. Obviously the camera is not as important to us, how many of us take photos I wonder? But if the improved cameras improve the performance of apps like Seeing AI and Envision AI then that’s another story. Then there’s Lidar I don’t see much being made of this in the apps developed for us. Perhaps Lidar Has some benefit to us in standard apps and I would welcome any feedback members have on this. So my options as I see it are to keep my XR upgrade to a 12 or refer in the hope the 13 offers significant advantages. The size of the 12 Pro Max is a little concerning I wonder how it compares to an XR? Too many options really confusing! Malcolm Parfitt On 24 Apr 2021, at 12:51, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: You are looking at approx. 4 months May be 5 away from the next phone being presented to the markets, Either released in late September / October like previous years, And it will be a better device with upgraded 5g technology and a new processor, But then next year will have even better if you can wait that long. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: Saturday, 24 April 2021 11:48 pm To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability? Hello Dennis, I take your point, but my XR trade in value would be reduced also by that time. I suppose you have to take the plunge and update at sometime knowing newer technology is often just around the corner. Malcolm Parfitt On 24 Apr 2021, at 12:31, Dennis Long <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Malcolm my personal opinion is to wait for the 13. You will maximize the number of updates you will get. You will also get the latest chip etc. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Malcolm Parfitt Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 5:43 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: IPhone 12 call quality and reliability? Hello Friends, I know some of you will have had your iPhone 12’s for some time now in all its incarnations. My contract here in the UK is due to expire imminently. I was considering an iPhone12 model until I read this forum: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252092357 So my question is how have you found call quality especially those made over what we here in the UK call a mobile network. Have you experienced failed calls, bad quality calls or dropped calls? 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