Best 'Budget' PAYG Smartphone...?

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Gary Sparrow

08-06-2011

Originally Posted by TV King:
“To me the best pay as you go smart phone is the LG Viewty Snap GM360.

I brought one yesterday in black (also available in Purple although not at my store) at my local Tesco were I work. They were selling it for £69.97 but I got the LG Viewty Snap GM360 for 55,48 as I had £7.50 worth of club card vouchers and my 10% staff discount.

The LG Viewty Snap GM360 has an excellent 5 megapixel auto focus camera that also has an LED flash and uses a Schneider Kreuznach lens.

The LG also has a 3.5mm headphone jack so you can use your favourite pair of headphones.

There is also an FM radio and a MP3 player and you can recored video.

The LG does not have 3G or Wi-Fi which I did not need so if you want to go on to the Internet or use wap services then you are reliant on EDGE speeds.

In the very short time that I have had the LG Viewty Snap GM360 I am very pleased with it and I can highly recommend it.

If you do decide to buy the LG Viewty Snap GM360 then I would recommend that you buy it on the Tesco Mobile network who share with 02.

I have been on Tesco mobile for years and I have never had any problems with them and there coverage is excellent.

Here are some links for the LG Viewty Snap GM360.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.901-8720.aspx

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.901-8734.aspx

http://phone-shop.tesco.com/tesco-mobile/

http://www.lg.com/uk/mobile-phones/a...ones-GM360.jsp

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&pq=lg...w=1674&bih=862

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...nap+GM360&aq=f

If you must have a pay as you go smart phone on T-Mobile then here is a link to the LG Viewty Snap GM360 on T-Mobile pay as you go.

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-a...ewty-snap-payg

And here is a case on play.com which I am probably going to buy from my LG Viewty Snap GM360.

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...rlrefer=search

There is also the LG Cookie Gig KM570 which is also available on both Tesco Mobile and T-Mobile but the camera does not have a flash.

And the LG Optimus GT540 which is also available on both Tesco Mobile and T-Mobile only has a 3 megapixel camera and once again no flash.

And the LG Optimus Me P350 only has a 3 megapixel camera and no flash. But it does have Wi-Fi and 3G.

I hope that all this helps you. And good luck finding the right pay as you go smart phone that is right for you.

And please post back on here once you have decided what phone you are going to buy.”

Thank you, TVKing.

Lots to think about there.

I'm getting the phone this weekend so will let you know what I decide.

tonysidaway

08-06-2011

I suppose it will feel like piling on, but I too recommend the Orange San Francisco. Direct from Orange now it's £100 plus £20 initial top up. I think the Argos deal is similar if you want one from a shop--higher price, free talk time, but lower initial top up.

This phone has a great 800x480 pixel screen, it can be quickly unlocked for nothing (£0.00), and it has a huge user community that provides firmware updates. I'm currently running the Android 2.3-based Cyanogenmod 7.0.3 stable firmware, pretty sexy stuff, and there are also good, solid Android 2.2 firmware sets around. Orange is also pretty good about returns--I phoned them about a phone that wouldn't start and they replaced it by courier the next morning.

TV King

08-06-2011

I said that the LG Viewty Snap GM360 has a built in FM radio but I forgot to mention that you can recored the radio.

I have seen plenty of mobile phones that have a built in FM radio but none that let you recored the radio which is a very nice and welcome addition.

You can also save up to 48 preset radio stations which is far more than my old Nokia 6303 Classic (which I still have) that I had before I brought my LG Viewty Snap GM360.

I also think that the ringtones and message tones that come pre-installed on the LG Viewty snap are rather good.

Also the Tesco Mobile network you can triple your credit on pay as you go.

They tell you how to do that in the Tesco Mobile welcome book that comes in the box along with the phone , charger and earphones.

For triple credit the advert that has been running on TV says if you top up every month but I only top up when I need more credit so not every month and I still get my triple credit but the extra credit only last for a month then at the end of that month you will just have the amount of credit that you ask to be put on your phone when you top up with your top up card.

When you first make a phone call or a write a text message you will be using your free credit. When that runs out you will then be using the credit that you asked to be put on you phone using your phones top up card.

I just see the extra credit as a bonus.

And no problemes Garry Sparrow very happy to help. Good luck buying you new phone this weekend. I hope everything goes well for you.

TV King

12-06-2011

Originally Posted by Gary Sparrow:
“Thank you, TVKing.

Lots to think about there.

I'm getting the phone this weekend so will let you know what I decide. ”

Hello Gary did you buy yor new phone yet?

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