Lanny Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) My wife and DD went to the superstore where we'd purchased 3 cell phones during the past 13 months, today, to buy a Motorola phone for DD. I looked at what I think is the Motorola Colombia web page for that model and it says something about 2 years of Google Photo service If anyone here uses (or has used) Google Photo what are the pros and cons? The good, the bad and the ugly? TIA! https://www.google.com/photos/about/ P.S. This is the 3rd Motorola phone purchased there. The other one is a Lenova (Lenovo owns Motorola Mobility). I'm using a 3 year old Samsung that works very well, but when that one goes, I am going to Motorola or Lenovo. ETA: Correction Edited February 19, 2017 by Lanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Bumping my own thread. They got home awhile ago. They did not buy the least expensive Motorola. I liked that one because I think it has a Removable Battery, which is becoming harder to find in Smart phones these days. They spent approximately USD $40 or 45 more (prices here include tax, which is 16%, possibly 19%). The phone DD got is much much nicer than the lower cost Motorola phone. It was approximately USD $179 for a phone that left the Motorola factory unbranded and unlocked and has a one year warranty from Motorola Colombia. I found it on Amazon but I think most of the information is in Spanish: https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-XT1621-Factory-Unlocked-International/dp/B01JNP0106 Back to the topic of Google Photos, if anyone has experience with that, I'm curious. I logged into Google and found Google Photos had photos I posted after attending a concert in 1999, so that was previously called Google Picasa I think. My curiosity with this thread is how Google Photos works with cell phones, since it was Motorola where I noticed the phone being able to use Google Photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I use Google photos. I have my phone set up to automatically upload my photos once I have Wifi access (I don't want it eating all my data). Nice because my photos are automatically backed up, so if I lose my phone, I still have all my photos. I can set up shareable links so relatives can see the photos online. If there is a con, I haven't found it yet. When I got a new photos, presto! chango! All my old photos automatically showed up on my new phone. I liked that. YMMV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_JWM Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I love using Google Photos. It's free if you allow it to reduce your photo size a bit. It doesn't affect how photos look online or even when printed at 4x6. I have it upload everything automatically via wifi. I also share albums with family because I don't post family photos publically. Sent from my XT1049 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Thank you Bambam and Thank you Mrs_JWM for your Positive comments about it. I will relay that to DD. Sounds excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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