NUU brand cell phone...are they long lasting? any other brand recommendations?

Looking for a replacement android cell phone and Nuu brand seemed ok for what we need and moderately priced.

We don't use it for videos or games but do use a little data online and take and edit photos, text and make phone calls....and we don't store in the cloud...I put photos on an sd card so it needs to have a card slot.

We share the phone, just like in the old days when it was on the wall  

This one,  LG K8(2018), still works fine but the screen is getting streaky like it's loosing color maybe?

Judith,

I don't like phones, but have Kyocera E6810.
-it is sturdy,
-it's smaller than the massive regular phones
-does not break when falls
-battery can be replaced (unlike some nonsense phones)
-even the charging socket can be replaced
-it can be charged without the cable (so called wireless charging)
and it's made in Japan
:)

Before I had small LG that survived being slammed against ground in anger and dropping to the toilet. I had to stop using it, because they phased out cellular service of the perfectly usable phones that are not at least four geeeee.

I run my cell phones a helluva lot longer than the manufacturer intended. Consuma suckas are on a continuous upgrade path; me, I just want reliable functionality.

If you buy when the "latest thing" has been superseded by the new model, you can get great value for your dollar.

The other thing to watch for is lifespan: how many years/cycles of security updates will the manufacturer provide? That's a big deal in terms of disposability, and also reliability.

I was pretty much flat-out on Motorola phones since the analogue days. But their security update path is laughable so I have jumped ship to Samsumg which has twice the practical operational life. A bit less e-waste is important.

Edit: If you buy cheap, you buy twice -- and end up paying more.

the reviews for Nuu are relatively good (i never heard of the brand but poked around a bit)
I'm finding as I buy phones for my husband and his staff that it's getting harder to find phones with holes for headphones, or card slots, etc. This may become a limiting factor for you as well.
The other thing is that reviews don't look at durability the way, uh, we permies consider durability. I have a phone from 2009 that is still kicking around, after two battery replacements (it's the one we lend out when people are desperate). The reviewers are not considering a useful life of 6 years.
(Douglas, i'm with you, i've only bought samsung galaxies since my first phone in 2009. they cost a bit more but they are durable)

I'm a chronic cell phone buyer, since I'm pretty bad at keeping track of them, charging them, or keeping them safe. I also typically buy low end phones that don't last very long, due to finances.

My most recent change was buying the warranty, which has helped a lot with keeping a phone in my hands. Less worry on whether or not a phone is in it for the long haul, but hopeful that each one I get will be "the one" that makes it through.

Flip phones, for me, have been the sturdiest option mainly because I don't ask much of them.

Thank you everyone!

I had been looking at Samsung but they don't have a card slot.
So I'm wondering if those of you who use a phone without a card slot store everything...pictures, pdfs, etc on the phone itself?
I do see it has a lot of storage space but I like to have a storage device that's separate from the phone for several reasons.

The phone is our only connection...no wifi except at the library...no other connection to the internet at home, no pc, laptop.....

Judith Browning wrote:So I'm wondering if those of you who use a phone without a card slot store everything...pictures, pdfs, etc on the phone itself?
I do see it has a lot of storage space but I like to have a storage device that's separate from the phone for several reasons.

Agreed, backing up important stuff needs to be done. Phones get broken, lost, stolen, etc.

I don't use cloud storage for photos. I back them up to my laptop with a cable.

There are USB-C thumb drives available. In theory these could be backup devices for a phone.

The trend now, alas, is to store everything on the cloud. I store a certain amount on the phone (I have a good amount of memory) and every so often transfer it over to where I store it on the cloud and then physical drive backup, but I understand I'm kind of a dinosaur-- most people I know automatically send it up to the cloud and save everything, like without even thinking. I prefer a physical backup, so I do the weird two-step.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:

Judith Browning wrote:So I'm wondering if those of you who use a phone without a card slot store everything...pictures, pdfs, etc on the phone itself?
I do see it has a lot of storage space but I like to have a storage device that's separate from the phone for several reasons.

Agreed, backing up important stuff needs to be done. Phones get broken, lost, stolen, etc.

I don't use cloud storage for photos. I back them up to my laptop with a cable.

There are USB-C thumb drives available. In theory these could be backup devices for a phone.

I store on a 16gb mini sd card on the cell phone (I've set the pics to go there automatically) and then use an adapter thingy to load to a flash drive...after edits.
I'm pretty organized so have flash drives by year loaded with labeled folders of photos.

This way I can include phone photos, camera pics...even scanned in old old family letters and photos.

And a lot of my kickstarter books and things have their own memory stick and as text holds an enormous amount of information.

I can find things easily without being online and use my old hp pc to read and sort.
The adapter allows me to still read a memory stick on the phone

I suppose I'm risking some loss by storing this way....

Judith, I think the risk is there regardless. I'm afraid I'm either going to lose access to photos or lose them period. Of course we had that risk back when they were on paper too, I think as long as you're conscious about that risk and keep adapting them to whatever is stable (when needed) you're going to be fine.
You can always use a cable to move photos, even if they're stored on the phone. If your phone isn't storing music or videos or apps or games that leaves a pretty good amount of space for images.