Best cell phone on Reddit
309 reviews from r/AskReddit, r/Michigan, r/arizona and 45 more subreddits
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#1
Verizon
4.7
(36)
"Verizon has historically had the best service in the forests around town."
"Personally ive had the best experience with them."
"Verizon - use it all over Issaquah for work, without issue."
"Definitely Verizon and it's not close. I've had it for over 20 years."
"Have Verizon. Live in cal park area, great coverage."
"Every time I've moved off Verizon I've regretted it."
"My Verizon has been pretty killer here."
"Extremely reliable, price never changes."
"Verizon is the best out west."
"Verizon is the only one I can stand."
#2
T-Mobile
4.1
(40)
"T-mobile is the best."
"After running multiple trials on the big three, T-Mobile has been the best."
"I will probably give the edge to T-Mobile."
"T-Mobile 10+ years, no issues, and the home Internet just works."
"You're gonna hate me, but T-Mobile is my best."
"T-Mobile sidekick. That swivel was awesome."
"Loved the physical keyboard era."
"We just switched to T-Mobile after 20 years with Verizon in Colorado and have been extremely happy with the change."
"I use tmobile. I get unlimited everything."
"I have T-Mobile. Works fine."
#3
Mint Mobile
4.1
(26)
"It’s actually really stupid to not fuck with Mint, their price is way and above better than any other service."
"Mint, for sure! $15 bucks a month to start for 3mo. I've been using Mint Mobile for years and love it, at only $35/mo it's unbeatable for single-cell users!"
"Mint Mobile, no other provider comes even close. $15/month unlimited."
"I’ve been very surprised. I’ve never had any issues with coverage."
"No complaints other than it being kind of useless at certain underground metro stops."
"I highly recommend Mint or Ultra."
"Mint is cheap and works."
"I use mint. Cheap and reliable."
"My experience: i use Mint and reception has been fine everywhere around here."
"I only pay $15/month for Mint Mobile and it works totally fine."
#4
Apple
4.9
(21)
"We got my Mom an iPhone, and she uses Siri for pretty much everything."
"IPhone 15 Pro Max"
"I use an iPhone SE (3rd Generation)."
"Any iPhone because I don’t have to think about them, they just work."
"Man I think the iPhone 10 for me. It was the only time getting a new iPhone felt like a true upgrade."
"11 promax is the best phone apple ever made"
"My current iphone. By far."
"My current iphone 15 titanium is my favorite."
"I’ve had it since launch day in 2022 and have had absolutely no problems with it."
"The best cell phone I’ve ever had is the iPhone 13. It had a great camera and smooth performance."
#5
Google Fi
4.4
(20)
"Google fi wireless has been great for me since I moved here three years ago."
"Google Fi has been spectacular for me."
"Great coverage and with unlimited you can call even at the other side of the world."
"Google Fi for me, lower bills. Look into it."
"Eff Verizon and ATT"
"I pay $35 a month for Google Fi and have never not had service."
"I have used Google Fi for my service provider for the last 9 years. I've had no issues with service and in that time, have been all over the southeast, and across the bottom states of the country, all the way to california."
"GoogleFi works perfectly for me (from US) all over Europe."
"I swapped off ATT to Google Fi. Basically anywhere there is service, I have it. Even outside the area."
"I like Google Fi - They use the T Mobile network and are said to have the best 5G coverage."
#6
Visible
4.4
(17)
"So i went with Visible by Verizon for almost 1/3 of the price and service is the same."
"It works just fine."
"It’s great! No issues."
"Visible+ blows everyone else away for no contract prepaid service."
"Visible wireless!"
"I would upgrade your phone and switch to Visible (it’s Verizon’s lower cost service) I was paying $80 plus tax with unlimited talk and text and 2 gigs of data and now I’m paying $45 with unlimited talk, text, AND data all while on 5GUW a"
"Visible is same company owned by Verizon but much cheaper. It cost $25 a month and no extra taxes. It has unlimited data for this price."
"I use Visible. 25/mo month to month with good coverage."
"Unlimited everything for $25/mo on Visible."
"Unlimited everything for $25/mo on Visible."
#7
Samsung
4.3
(16)
"I'd have her try out a Samsung ZFold6. I'm using the ZFold5 now and it's like a cellphone and a mini tablet in one."
"That phone was no doubt the most powerful flagship Android phone around."
"I bought first time released till now i use it , i really love it."
"Definitely Samsung. Always owned this brand and never had a problem with it."
"Just get samsung or nokia even better."
"You can get a decent Samsung or Motorola for free and just pay for the service."
"S23"
"Highly recommend."
"It had no problems for years and still working fine."
"It was called Samsung Galaxy 551 and had a landscape flip."
#8
Public Mobile
4.5
(11)
"Public Mobile for the absolute win. $35/mo 50 gb through all of North America."
"Public Mobile is pretty hard to beat for cost efficiency."
"Honestly, public mobile seems to be the best option, my family has been using them for a few years now."
"Never had an issue and would use them again in a heartbeat."
"Cheap plans and its the same network as Telus."
"I got 75 GB for $35/month, plus unlimited calling, all usable in Canada, US, and Mexico, 5G speeds."
"My family really like public because it’s inexpensive, adequate and no non-sense"
"I'm with Public mobile, with 20GB, unlmited north amerca everything else. $35"
"I would say they're probably better the closer you are to the peninsula, data speeds seem to go down if you're rural."
"Use a prepaid service."
#9
AT&T
4.1
(11)
"JRTC: AT&T."
"ATT prepaid plans are reasonably priced and work well in Sunnyvale."
"At&t has been great for me."
"AT&T has really affordable PrePaid SIM cards."
"AT&T has been great everywhere except, Vancouver-Williams to 99 to 33rd."
"It's not overpriced."
"ATT Prepaid is a higher quality service than the ATT post-paid."
"My friends up there with Verizon struggle to get basic phone service and I’m doing live video chat."
"I’ve had great results with AT&T across the county."
"I’ve always had AT&T and have been generally satisfied with it."
#10
4.8
(8)
"I can recommend the pixel phones, they have marvelous cameras."
"Pixel 7 has been working very well for me"
"Google Fi has been my secret lover. Affordable and pay what you use business plan."
"Google Fi!"
"Google since you can flash grapheneos"
"Google Pixel!"
"$30 a month no issues."
"Thinking of the end Pixel as I keep phones a long time and figured I'd splurge."
#11
US Mobile
4.3
(8)
"Verizon is the best. But we use a reseller: [https://www.usmobile.com/](https://www.usmobile.com/)"
"My recommendation is to look into US Mobile and use a phone that has the ability to run dual e-sims."
"US Mobile is great, too."
"US Mobile has their Warp which uses Verizon towers."
"You would be able to use Verizon, AT&T or T-Mobile towers."
"Seems pretty solid."
"Us mobile’s $25/month plan is $22.50/month if you are willing to pay the annual rate."
"US Mobile. Cheap and uses vzw service."
#12
Motorola
4.3
(6)
"Moto Thinkphone"
"The mods like extra battery pack or photo printer/projector were amazing."
"Make use of the black Friday/buen fin discounts."
"Next one is going to be......a Motorola."
"I had a Motorola Rival I loved."
"Best as in what I liked best would be the Motorola MotoRizr"
#13
OnePlus
4.3
(6)
"I highly doubt you're going to get anything better, especially brand new at the $250 price point."
"Fantastic phone."
"This was the most exciting phone I ever had and it was extremely good value at the time."
"4yr old yet gives 6hr +sot, nice camera, smooth performance, fast enough , fast charging."
"I really really liked my OnePlus. Decent power, decent battery, decent camera."
#14
Xfinity Mobile
4.2
(6)
"It’s honestly fantastic."
"Xfinity mobile, if it's available in your area, is way cheaper than Verizon but uses their towers."
"I haven’t experienced many dead spots and the speed is more than acceptable."
"I’ve been using Xfinity mobile but also use Xfinity internet."
"The most bang for the buck right now is Comcast Mobile phone service."
"I love xfinity mobile. I think it’s 40$ unlimited on regular but might be cheaper with xfinity now."
#15
Lively
3.4
(7)
"My Dad used a Jitterbug flip with Lively for about 4 years until he declined enough that he couldn’t use a phone anymore. Service was solid and the rates stayed the same throughout. Highly recommend them."
"As her vision wouldn't let her see the buttons on the flipphone."
"She's had no problems with it and it has excellent battery life."
"Super easy to set up, literally call the number and they walk you through it."
"It could be simpler. She can use it, but some options confuse her."
"We tried Lilvely!'s Smart 4 cell phone, but it was too complicated to use."
"We tried Lilvely!'s Smart 4 cell phone, but it was too complicated to use."
#16
Nokia
4.8
(4)
"The shit I could install and I even used it as a cheap GPS for my car."
"I absolutely loved that thing."
"Battery never died. My dog would run around with it."
"It's fine. Nothing especially bad about it, but nothing especially great either."
#17
Straight Talk
4.0
(4)
"Have never had a problem. It’s under $50 a month."
"Straight Talk for like 10 years now."
"$35/mo. 10gb data."
"If you don't want to get locked into a contract, go with straight talk, been using them since 2017 with no issues."
#18
Nokia 3310
5.0
(3)
"That phone fucking ruled."
#19
Consumer Cellular
4.3
(3)
"I've had really good luck with Consumer Cellular on the AT&T Network."
"I’ve had this service for 10 years and have never had a problem."
"They get marketed as an old people's phone company, but their rates are very good."
#20
Xfinity
4.3
(3)
"I have Xfinity and I don’t have any issues."
"I went with Xfinity. Cheap plans good coverage."
"I just switched to xfinity which uses verizon’s network and the reception is significantly better than att."
#21
HTC
4.3
(3)
"Quality was phenomenal, the dotview case was awesome."
"The aluminum case was so nice. And it was very affordable and worked well."
"Started with Windows and worked for wonders with Android."
#22
Cricket
4.0
(3)
"Cricket has been great around here."
"If you have good ATT coverage where you live, switch to cricket which runs on ATT towers."
"From experience I’ve seen good stuff with cricket."
#23
Fido
4.0
(3)
"Fido 50GB for $29 but this was a win me back offer."
"Fido...60gb $36."
"The coverage is very good in the area."
#24
LG
4.0
(3)
"I loved that phone."
"Either my lg g2, my htc droid dna or my pixel 2."
"I loved that phone."
#25
Sidekick
5.0
(2)
"Were the best!!!!"
"They were the ultimate when they first came out."
#26
Raz Mobility
5.0
(2)
"We had the Raz Mobility phone as well. Extremely easy to use."
"I got my mom a Raz phone last fall. She couldn't navigate a smart phone anymore."
#27
Nokia 8210
5.0
(2)
"The fucking thing worked for another year."
"Had it for four years, it survived a trip through the washer AND dryer."
#28
Motorola Razr
5.0
(2)
"My childhood dream."
"Was my childhood dream."
#29
Orange
4.5
(2)
"I used “orange travel” for my eSIM for Paris and it worked perfectly! Would recommend."
"Orange esim and when that runs out either do it again or get your data eSIM from airalo"
#30
weBoost
4.5
(2)
"What you need is a cellular booster."
"R/cellboosters is a good resource."
#31
Tello
4.5
(2)
"Try Tello, it uses T-Mobile's towers and plans are very cheap, Unlimited is $25 a month, you can get 2Gb/month for $10."
"It's always been fine for me. Cheap, too."
#32
Sony Ericsson
4.5
(2)
"It was essentially a digital camera in the age of people bringing digital cameras to parties."
"Before the smartphone world, Sony Ericsson w810i."
#33
Xiaomi
4.0
(2)
"Right now I'm seeing Xiaomi's in stock for about €90 to start."
"I've heard Xiaomi phones that meet the minimum device requirements are good enough."
#34
Jitterbug
3.5
(2)
"My mom uses a Jitterbug as well. She can still navigate it but I don't know for how much longer."
"My dad used the jitterbug for a couple of years. It worked pretty well for him."
#35
Freedom Mobile
3.5
(2)
"I would recommend Freedom or Public for a BYOP plan!"
"Only drawback is spotty coverage in underground train stations and in the sketchy part of town."
#36
Sony
5.0
(1)
"Sony's the only one still making flagship phones with all the features flagship phones used to have."
#37
Metro PCS
5.0
(1)
"I've been a Metro PCS customer for more than 15 years and the coverage has never let me down."
#38
Lucky Mobile
5.0
(1)
"Lucky mobile $15 a month. Have it for 5 years or so. Saves me a lot."
#39
Vivo
4.0
(1)
#40
Kyocera
4.0
(1)
"I had a kyocera slider that worked for 12 years."
#41
Oppo
4.0
(1)
"Have it already 5 years and i would enjoy it for the next 5 years."
#42
Palm
4.0
(1)
"I loved the design of the Palm Pre and how WebOS operated."
#43
Bell
4.0
(1)
"60GB per month, $73 a month with a new iPhone max pro 15."
#44
Public
4.0
(1)
"Has 50gb 5g data in canada and usa with 250 long distance minutes for $39."
#45
Mint SIM
4.0
(1)
"I've used my Mint SIM successfully in an 8 inch Alldocube tablet and an 11 inch Teclast tablet."
#46
Spectrum
4.0
(1)
"What I like about Spectrum is it’s dirt cheap and bundled with my internet."
#47
Redmi
4.0
(1)
"I have a Redmi note 11, the battery is in the same condition when I first got it."
#48
TextNow
4.0
(1)
"Text now app. same phone just add a new number to the app. very easy and cheap."
#49
Fi
4.0
(1)
"I've had Fi for around a year and I am happy with it."
#50
Tracfone
4.0
(1)
"I bought a burner from tracfone and it’s $15 a month for unlimited calls/text."
#51
Koodo
4.0
(1)
"I’m paying $40 for 60gb and unlimited text/talk within Canada."
#52
Redmagic
4.0
(1)
"Redmagic or Blackshark if you're on a budget."
#53
Airalo
4.0
(1)
"Airalo has worked well for me."
#54
EZFone
3.0
(1)
"It is very basic but does support a short list of speed dial numbers."
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