[Solitaire1]

I just got a new Android smartphone and it seems so over complicated over my previous flip phone (with the flip phone it took me about 5 minutes to take care of all of my settings). All I really need to do is make calls and texting, with being able to go on YouTube as icing on the cake. Yet my smartphone comes with over 20 apps that I will never use (such as games, I'd rather just play games on my console).

Worse, it has dozens of settings that I have to slug through just to find what I'm looking for. As an example, I had to search for over half an hour just to find a way to set it so that I can tap a button to use it (such as picking up a call) rather than having to swipe a button. In my first week I ended up spending hours going through the settings.

The main reason I upgraded from flip phone was an issue involving text messages. I had no way to get the text messages off of the phone when I needed to give it to someone (forwarding it wasn't an option). The smartphone lets me do screenshots so I can save the messages off of my phone if I need to (such as if I need to archive them). Although there is software to get text messages off of a phone, it seemed to be far too complicated. There should be a simple built-in way to export the messages as text files, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Most irritating are the regular updates. It wouldn't be a problem if I could update it via my smartphone's data plan, but usually it requires me to use wi-fi which I don't have ready access to. Often, it is a couple of days before I'm able to get to a place with wi-fi so I can update my smartphone.

I wish they'd release a smartphone with a basic setup that you can then add to as needed, rather than giving you everything and requiring you to pare it down and get rid of what you don't need.