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Keep a useful phone useful

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A useful check-in for the phones you look after. Keep each device’s checks and review date separate, find the evidence you need and decide when to look again.

Up to six devices, saved only in this browser after you press Save. No account or automatic email alerts. Your comparison shortlist stays separate. How your choices are stored.

Your devices

0 of 6 devices saved

Keep up to six phones, including two of the same model. Each has its own check-in and review date.

    Device check-in

    Choose a phone to begin

    To change a saved device’s model, choose Replace this device. Add device keeps the existing phone.

    A short name, such as Main phone or Work phone. Up to 40 characters, stored only in this browser.

    Choose where you would buy. We do not substitute prices from another country.

    Four practical checks

    These are your own notes in a fixed checklist, not a diagnosis or a device scan. It is fine to record that something needs attention.

    Have you checked that the data you care about is backed up?

    Review your phone’s update settings and the source-linked support information.

    Record your experience; this tool does not measure battery health.

    Keeping your current phone is a valid outcome. You can change this later.

    0 of 4 checks recorded

    Last marked reviewed: Not marked reviewed yet

    Choose today or a future date. This is your personal reminder date, not a support deadline.

    Record an answer for all four checks to mark this check-in reviewed. You can save an unfinished check-in.

    Removes this device from the household list. Other devices and your comparison shortlist are kept. An earlier single-phone copy, if present, stays until you clear this site’s browser data.

    Evidence for your next decision

    Choose a phone to see its source-linked support information, repair routes and eligible retailer observations.

    Make the next visit useful

    Save a review date, then download a one-time calendar event. It works with calendars that import .ics files.

    You have not chosen a next review date.

    Save a check-in with a review date to create your event.

    The downloaded event includes this device’s optional label. Import it once and set a notification in your calendar. Its link opens your device list; select the right device in the same browser. Later edits here do not update an imported event.

    A better decision starts here

    Short guides for the questions that come up between buying a phone and replacing it.