Compatible phones (dexcom) or receiver?

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How do you go about finding a new phone that works with dexcom (in the under around £300 bracket). Am not that up on smartphones but all the ones listed on dexcom site seem outdated and you can only get them second hand.

I have a samsung a12 at the moment with libre 2. Its my first smartphone, ideally i'd want something similar so less faffing though perhaps a bit more powerful. I assume all androids work similarly? I'd want wifi (some don't seem to have this?) and a long battery life.

Or perhaps i should ask for a reciever, but then thats another bit hardware..mind you the way things are going with libre i'd rather play safe than be left without alarms! I take my phone with me all time but only really for my libre. Plus may stop me noodling away the evenings on my phone. I spend too much time on it. Anyone got g6 or dexcom one reciever? Do you get receiver on px as it were? What's the battery life like? Is it as good to use a smartphone? Any downsides? Also thinking it may be better in, say, a theatre. Not been to out much since diagnosis and I'm not confident my phone won't make noises. I want something I can rely on and trust to behave! Can alarms be muted on reciever? Is there a vibrate option?
Anyway, would appreciate your thoughts/ experience.
Haven't actually got dexcom yet, but live in hope! Hope to get on px, a ONE would prob be fine but i get the feeling they do g6. Oh and it would be nice to link to a watch.
 
Tdm said:
Do you get receiver on px as it were?
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What’s px? 🙂

While I was using the Dexcom 1 reader recently @Tdm the big glaring difference between it and the Libre reader and app was the graphics - sooooo basic. I use the info generated by the Libre 2 app to tweak my doses but there’s no way I could do this with the Dexcom 1 reader cos the graphics were just too basic. So I’m sticking with the Libre 2 now I’ve got the reader and working alarms again. Also, Dexcom alarms were too quiet for me to hear in bed without my hearing aids in LOL.

Good battery life, vibrates just fine, alarms can be turned off. Hope that’s helpful. I’m sure the handbook is available online, so you can check it out beforehand.
 
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Px is shorthand for prescription @Bloden
 
I asked my clinic to provide a reader as they insisted I changed to DEXCOM when pregnant. But then I found Build your own Dexcom app online and installed that on my phone, works fine. Much easier than carrying another device around just for BG readout
 
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I asked my clinic to provide a reader as they insisted I changed to DEXCOM when pregnant. But then I found Build your own Dexcom app online and installed that on my phone, works fine. Much easier than carrying another device around just for BG readout
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That's what I'd try first, too.
 
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