I need to change my phone, and would need some advice.
Mainly because I use Fongo, and I ask here because everywhere i ask, people just tell me, "Just get a new one with a contract, their free!"
I used to have an iphone 4s, which my GF uses now, on Fongo. No complaints there.
I switched to a nexus 4. Worst choice ever. With fongo this phone specifically doesn't let the app use the second mic for acoustic cancellation, so i sound like I am speaking in a toilet when I call people. I could still live with that thought...
But recently a chip on the main board crapped out, and now the phone drains even when completely turned off ( I have tried everything to fix this in the last month, and the battery is new). So i have to constantly charge it, and if it drops to 0% for too long, i have to boost the battery directly with a charger for the phone to start charging again.
So my options are:
Get another iphone 4s, which i know works well with fongo. I can get this for 200$ refurbished, with a 30 day warranty. Is the 4s still a good choice for a phone I plan on keeping a long time?
Get an iphone 5c, 330$ refurbished, 30 day warranty. The price is turning me off a little, but if 4s is not a good long term option, I'll bite the bullet.
get a moto g 2nd gen (250$ new, 200$ used, maybe negociable, from what i can see on kijiji). I have never used Fongo on a moto G and would hate to buy one, only to realize that i have the same problems with the moto g than the nexus. Also, and this is secondary, it seem a little big for my taste.
Without turning this into a apple vs android debate, everything was complicated with my android phone, and although it worked well when it worked (except the Fongo thing). I have had nothing but problems with it. I seem to spend an awful amount of time fixing the damned thing.
I went on the moto g forums, and people seem to have random problems with the phone, and I am sick and tired of this piece of technology taking so much time/research/fixing.
So does anyone use the moto g 2nd gen? how do you like it? do you have any problems with it? Does anyone use Fongo with it? do you get Echo/crap call quality? If you have one, do you mind trying out Fongo to see if you have echo/crap call problems?
I don't use the phone a lot. I use it for calling (not often), texting (3-4 people), taking pics of my kid. Anything else is extra. So basically I just want it to work well with Fongo, and have a decent camera.
Any phone recommendations besides these ones is welcome.
Thanks for any help
J-S