Thinking about upgrading my wife's phone wanted to get some feedback/recommendations/etc.
Service is through Verizon and will stay through Verizon. Current phone is a Galaxy S5 16gb internal storage, a little over 5 years old. Battery life has gotten pretty bad, and overall phone performance has really begun to lag. I'm assuming much of this is due to lack of storage capacity and age. Have tried a factory refresh but ultimately does not seem to make much difference after a few weeks/months.
Wife would like to look at getting a new phone, reasonable budget around $300 to $500. Could go further if it was really going to be worth it, but I don't quite think we/she values the enhanced performance/capabilities beyond that price range (just my opinion, could be wrong).
Looking at the Galaxy S9 for $399. Questions for everyone:
1. Any reason not to buy directly from Samsung and get the unlocked version, 256gb seems like a good deal, reasonable all around phone, and better deal than 64gb model at the same price through one of the cell providers.
2. Any other phones in that range I should look at? Seems like the iphone at a comparable cost would be an iphone 7 and I am seeing some articles as I look around online about the iphone se2. Wife is a little hesitant to go to an iphone but would consider it.
TIA!
Service is through Verizon and will stay through Verizon. Current phone is a Galaxy S5 16gb internal storage, a little over 5 years old. Battery life has gotten pretty bad, and overall phone performance has really begun to lag. I'm assuming much of this is due to lack of storage capacity and age. Have tried a factory refresh but ultimately does not seem to make much difference after a few weeks/months.
Wife would like to look at getting a new phone, reasonable budget around $300 to $500. Could go further if it was really going to be worth it, but I don't quite think we/she values the enhanced performance/capabilities beyond that price range (just my opinion, could be wrong).
Looking at the Galaxy S9 for $399. Questions for everyone:
1. Any reason not to buy directly from Samsung and get the unlocked version, 256gb seems like a good deal, reasonable all around phone, and better deal than 64gb model at the same price through one of the cell providers.
2. Any other phones in that range I should look at? Seems like the iphone at a comparable cost would be an iphone 7 and I am seeing some articles as I look around online about the iphone se2. Wife is a little hesitant to go to an iphone but would consider it.
TIA!