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Offline tp4tissue

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Second iphone
« on: Sat, 07 October 2023, 12:26:29 »
Guys, they is installed spy apps on the wurk iphone.

What's the best iphone to get at this point (price wise), just as a beater for private use. It has to be iphone for occasional wurk apps.

12/13/14 ?



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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 07 October 2023, 22:15:49 »
If you are looking for iPhone specifically, then something like an 11 should be fine. If you want the latest software updates than don't go below the XS/XR since they have discontinued software support for the X, and you might just want to go up to an 11 so you can get continued support for a while longer.

The more recent Iphones are relatively similar to each other. So unless you really want to take better photos or want more powerful hardware for some reason, then I would recommend the cheapest one you can find that still has software support personally.

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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 08 October 2023, 01:41:20 »
why iphone over android?


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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 02 November 2023, 09:20:29 »
Got a 12, but might need a second burner for -stuff-

How is pixel 7a guys ? It's on sale.

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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 02 November 2023, 10:57:34 »
I have been using a Pixel 3 for years and have been very satisfied, although I am not a "heavy" user.

My daughter got a 3 at the same time and used until a year ago when it finally died completely. She had abused it relentlessly, mostly by dropping it, and its features and components had given up the ghost one by one, back camera, front camera, sound, screen had cracked more than once causing the loss of the bottom 10%, then later the next 20%, you get the idea. Countless times I said "Why don't you get a new one, as much as you use it?"

Several months ago she finally did, I think it was maybe a 6 (the larger size, which I would not do because I carry my phone in my pocket) and she is very pleased with it.
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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 02 November 2023, 12:18:48 »
I have been using a Pixel 3 for years and have been very satisfied, although I am not a "heavy" user.

My daughter got a 3 at the same time and used until a year ago when it finally died completely. She had abused it relentlessly, mostly by dropping it, and its features and components had given up the ghost one by one, back camera, front camera, sound, screen had cracked more than once causing the loss of the bottom 10%, then later the next 20%, you get the idea. Countless times I said "Why don't you get a new one, as much as you use it?"

Several months ago she finally did, I think it was maybe a 6 (the larger size, which I would not do because I carry my phone in my pocket) and she is very pleased with it.


That means software support is really good right ? Using it for that long.

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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 02 November 2023, 12:35:33 »
maybe you can consider the mini if that's your thing? it has a bit of a cult following. i've been using a 14 pro and it's excellent. i have fairly high screen time so i'd say it's worth it for me to just get something nice and new.

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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 02 November 2023, 12:40:21 »

software support is really good


From my very limited understanding, Android goes through major "generational" changes infrequently. As I recall, when I got the Pixel my Galaxy 5? still worked fine but I had crossed the support threshold such that I was too far behind the curve to get some app that I wanted/needed.

Not that I am particularly concerned, but I sometimes wonder how long in the tooth the Pixel 3 is getting to be.
"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #9 on: Thu, 02 November 2023, 12:43:02 »
maybe you can consider the mini if that's your thing? it has a bit of a cult following. i've been using a 14 pro and it's excellent. i have fairly high screen time so i'd say it's worth it for me to just get something nice and new.

No high screen time here, just need secrets secret.

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Re: Second iphone
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 02 November 2023, 12:43:17 »

software support is really good


From my very limited understanding, Android goes through major "generational" changes infrequently. As I recall, when I got the Pixel my Galaxy 5? still worked fine but I had crossed the support threshold such that I was too far behind the curve to get some app that I wanted/needed.

Not that I am particularly concerned, but I sometimes wonder how long in the tooth the Pixel 3 is getting to be.


7a is a solid contender then.