Just having a moan.
I used to have am HTC One that lasted years and eventually got very slow and unuseable. I got sucked into getting the latest Samsung mobile at the time. I then dropped it (I know, I know) despite having a hard case for it the screen smashed. I kept it like that for over a year until the cost of repair went down. When I eventually got it fixed the phone shop did something to the sound so I could only hear calls on loud speaker. I was about to get it fixed then we went into lockdown. The shop that was fixing it is in the next town and I never got round to it.
The phone must be about 3 years old or so and the battery on it is terrible. It runs out in half a day. The charger takes forever to even be able to turn it on and I think full charge takes about half a day.
I got fed up and called my mobile provider for an upgrade. They let me out of the sim only contract and I got a new handset for over double what I was paying.
I then saw some deals online which were only only about a third more than the sim only - less data but I don't use that much, same phone.
I rang my provider to cancel the contract. After a long call got nervous as I do not have the box for the new phone. Worried that they will charge me if I send it back.
So have ended up keeping it but managed to get about £50 off the contract price, plus more data than will ever use.
I actually think I might cancel my broadband when that contract is up, and use the mobile hotspot for working from home, to try and bring the cost back down as I still can't justify it.
I am also going to have to leave my mobile provider when this contract is up. They always say they have the best deals but they really aren't.