Advice on new phone, please.

[Giraffe]

Well, got the Alcatel 3. Rather nice BUT everything is bloody Google and wanting access to everything of mine. Even in the initial set-up, there was one dialogue that basically seemed to demand sharing of data with Accept and nothing else. Surely that's agin GDPR.
One of my main uses is for appointments and reminders. Haven't yet managed to get anything in - it's convoluted cf the old 'phone and seems to need a connection - why?
My SIM won't fit and there's no breakout for the nano size. There's a local 3 store so I'll pop in there. Trouble is, I still can't get Vectone's site - beginning to wonder if it's a 'titsup' scenario - might have to see if there's a way to get a PAC or port the number without Vectone.

[drak15]

Three payg is pretty good, I keep data switched on and always use Waze when driving to avoid traffic and it costs me about £3 per month.

Phones is tricky, the low end ones tend to have not enough RAM so are sluggish, not enough storage so you end up juggling which apps are loaded. Often the screens have Lucky Patcher 9Apps VidMate really low resolution.

Not a lot of choice in the Three shop though, I would suggest browsing around Carphone Warehouse as well, their phones are unlocked and should work on Three. The Moto E has a pretty big battery for a little more money, though I haven't tried the latest generation the first ones were good.

https://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mo...o-e5-play.html

exactly , i think Three payg is very good and the best