I've tried very hard to keep up with fast-changing high tech applications. Some benefit our daily life and some create troubles. For example, recently I bought a new cellphone for a few hundred dollars and used only three months, then the big phone company announced that they no longer support a list of phone models. In addition, I couldn't transfer my existing phone number to another carrier (called port-in failure). Too much hassle to mention and Smartphone becomes "stupid". I didn't have my cellphone working properly for a month.
Today, I bought a new cellphone for another few hundred dollars. What a surprising bad experience! Regarding this aspect I can't predict the future for us, better or worse?
Really, since you had your phone for only 3 months, you should have gotten some money back or credit towards a newer model.
I have used Tracfone for years. Went from a flip to an Samsung android which was a $200 phone I got on a holiday special for $100. Its basically for when I am away from home. My daughter has the same model and thats her main phone. need to keep a landline because of my husbands special hearing phone. No, he can't use a cell. I have a Samsung Tablet so do most of my stuff on that. My HP laptop is no longer supported in any way, so I disabled the WiFi. I use it for card labels and doing envelopes. Download my phone pictures to put on a flash drive. My DH plays games on it.
I too would be upset if I paid hundreds for a phone that was considered obsolete 3 months later. My BIL tells me I need an iphone. Not paying a $1000 or more for a phone. Can't justify the cost or the cost of a carrier for something I don't use that much. Tracfone cost me maybe $25 a month if that.
When 5g went live, the systems were no longer able to support 3g technology.
Lots of people got caught in this situation and every person I know that HAD to replace their devices, were notified months in advance that this was coming. I would file a complaint with Amazon about the seller, because they knew this was happening and unloaded stock to unaware customers.
I have found that smart phones are pretty much horrible.
If I am doing anything online, I use my laptop.
I've been satisfied with my cheap Samsung j3; it makes phone calls and texts and if I need to I can do a little web browsing and use the GPS and maps... I have no interest in doing anything more on that tiny little screen.
I am going back to my old flip phone that had a slide-out keyboard, if I can find a new battery. All I need is phone and text. I have a desk-top computer I can use for everything else. Plus I know how to read a map :)
Those who now believe the Smartphones of today are so easy to use, just wait 10 or 20 years from now. You'll be grumbling just like the rest of us.
Hopefully we will still be able to use our landlines.
YouTube has many tutorials on just about any subject. You can solve almost anything by searching YT and watching any number of videos. I've never searched YT without at least 1 video being found.
Tech can be intimidating -- and expensive -- but it is mostly very helpful.