Apple really are taking the pee on the bigger ones. One look at the prices turns me into a Yorkshireman...
I have an old phone I use like your boy when I CBA to turn on the computer. The new one sits on a shelf in the kitchen being the mobile wifi hub. That works really well these days.
Actually, and I’m as surprised as anyone, from the point of view of someone who spends the winter months making deliveries all around the south of England, iPhone maps are a life saver. They outstrip Google maps hands down. A large number of my customers have house names rather than numbers, and sticking their postcode in my Tom Tom Sat Nav will get me to the vicinity, sometimes even the right road..... Apple Maps will accept a house name and guide me right to the door. On occasions it doesn’t recognise the name, but I’d say upwards of 95% it will get me there.... and as long as I map it with internet connection, it will keep going if signal disappears. Google Maps is largely useless for that level of accuracy. Don’t knock it
SOMEBODY PHONE SOMEBODY. SARAH'S ACCOUNT (and possibly Sarah) HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY THE APPLE BOTS / RUSSIANS / CHINESE
hahahahaha I know, who'd have thought it. Since I saw that bright light in the sky, and can't remember an entire day, I've been a real fan of Apple. If I even so much as look at an android phone now, I get this weird buzzing noise in my head, and the rectangular lump on the back of my neck starts to itch......
Get a secondhand phone and a Giffgaff SIM. Older Samsung or Apple. Both start their lives as overpriced. Both are pretty good. I have kept my old Samsung S7 as a tiny web surfing thing. It has a Giffgaff SIM in it in case I need to turn it back into a phone by activating the account.
I think when you get to my age, the idea that any one might want to fiddle with your bits, is not without its own merit
