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Budget 4g smartphone - recommendations please!
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I currently have an LG G2 which was unfortunately dropped and smashed. The insurance company refuse to pay out for repairs, so I am looking for a cheap replacement.
Requirements :
- Sub £150
- 4g
- Either at least 16gb on board storage, or expandable memory
- Decent camera
What would you recommend?
Requirements :
- Sub £150
- 4g
- Either at least 16gb on board storage, or expandable memory
- Decent camera
What would you recommend?
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Thanks. I'll take a look. I'm also looking at the Moto G, and the LTE model which they are rumoured to be releasing soon.... In the meantime, I'd need to find a tatty old phone in the interim so that I'm not phoneless!!
If no 4G is ok, you can also look at the Lumia 520 which can be had pretty cheaply often.
Thanks. I may wait and dig out my Nokia 3210 (lol). I just don't think I'd get on with a windows phone.
If you can find it under £100 as above then that's the bargain of the century.
Which apps do you want?
The Moto G rumours are that a 4G version is on the cards as some have seen FCC approval for such a device. When and how much is still unknown though.
hsbc
talktalk
blinkbox
tv.co.uk
free spotify
...to name a few
I'm seriously looking into getting one of these. Will go into the EE shop as ard100 says and see how much I can pick one up for. This phone sounds ideal for my needs.
Having used Android and ios I find it outperforms both of them since windows 8, agree 7 was a little poor. I have no issues with the selection of apps.
Good spec for under £100 and whilst it only has 8GB on board storage it can be expanded with micro SD cards.
http://shop.ee.co.uk/campaigns/ee/kestrel-from-ee
Agreed it is good value specially 10 pound for 10GB of data they offering included with it.
Just about to do the same, have you had a chance to use the camera fully yet, and video , what's it like ?
I hope it's ok with the Waze mobile app too
In my view it’s not a bad snapper and takes reasonable HD video too but dare say there will be those who will complain it’s not as good as a £500 iOS camera or a Canon EOS camera.
Not tried Waze on mine but can’t think of any reason why it would not work with its lovely HD screen.
Just looking at windows for a change for next phone, noticed facebook dont do a official app from what ive read?
Not that its a deal breaker for me as can live without it, but just find it strange.
looking at
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/phone/nokia/nokia-lumia-625/ppay
noticed its cheaper than 620
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/phone/nokia/nokia-lumia-620
Thought the 620 was older going off model numbers?
I use the Facebook app, which I think is "official " and its fine.
Also the Alcatel is LTE cat 3 but the Huawei is cat 4 LTE not sure how a speed would be affected by this but this has not put me off at all I am more than happy with this the cam and performance of the phone is better than any thing under £200 I think
Also EE pay as you go sim with 10gb valid for 90 days with £15 credit for £15 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181371562845?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 also remember if you go with pay as you go on EE you can not top up with a voucher only top up card or credit card and if you loose the top up card you can only top up via credit card until you get a replacement e top up card
The BT Sport app is not available, that's one, it's not available for Windows phones (yet)
There is an official Facebook app published by Microsoft and developed by Facebook and Microsoft together.
Also the Messenger app is published and developed by Facebook.
Rumour has it Facebook will take full control of the Facebook app when WP 8.1 is released.