Hi

This is where you need a teckie minded younger person 🙂

My sons 26.  Recently my pc suddenly went bang.   He explained the difference to me about "normal pcs" and pcs used for gaming.

It was not a case of telling me what i needed but more a case of what i did not need.   So off he goes on the internet for 30 mins.

He found us a decent one (after reading the reviews etc etc ) on offer in one of the major retailers for just over £300.     I expected  to pay a lot more.

Off we went to the local branch of the major retailer and came home with the same pc.    It is great for what we need to do online. It is one of the mjor brands.

I think when it comes to phones and laptops/pcs etc  you need to approach it from the point of view of what you do NOT need rather than what you do need.

I do not have a mobile phone (do not want one) but Glyn my hubby uses a Samsung which he thinks is great.    He got that on a deal from Sainsburys on a "when they have gone they have gone" promotion..   Brand new and i think he paid something like £100.

You have to be careful with the Apple iphones.   If you buy an older model they stop the updates so basically the phone becomes pretty useless and you are forced to upgrade to a better model i phone which are obv far more  expensive.

Again my son had the problem above.   He loves the iphones so he did upgrade.