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Budget 4g smartphone - recommendations please!
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? |
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Lumia 625 if you don't mind a windows phone. I got mine sim free for about £160 from phones4u. Cameras not the best but you wont get a great cam phone in that price range.
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Lumia 625 if you don't mind a windows phone. I got mine sim free for about £160 from phones4u. Cameras not the best but you wont get a great cam phone in that price range.
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Moto G doesn't do 4G which was one of your stated requirements.
If no 4G is ok, you can also look at the Lumia 520 which can be had pretty cheaply often. |
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nokia lumia 625 it would have to be, you can also find a lumia 820 which has double the ram and feels more premium for around £150-£160 on ebay.
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nokia lumia 625 it would have to be, you can also find a lumia 820 which has double the ram and feels more premium for around £150-£160 on ebay.
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Last week I got a Alcatel idol s 4g for £79.99 from my local ee shop then unlocked it for 99p on ebay bargain, In a week or two EE will also have the huawei kestrel 4g for £99
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Another vote for Alcatel Idol S 4G.
If you can find it under £100 as above then that's the bargain of the century. |
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The main problem with windows phones is certain apps not being available
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The main problem with windows phones is certain apps not being available
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Moto G doesn't do 4G which was one of your stated requirements.
If no 4G is ok, you can also look at the Lumia 520 which can be had pretty cheaply often. |
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Which apps do you want?
talktalk blinkbox tv.co.uk free spotify ...to name a few |
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Another vote for Alcatel Idol S 4G.
If you can find it under £100 as above then that's the bargain of the century. |
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Lumia 625 is currently 99.99 on EE which is a really nice price for it.
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Also If you are already on pay g orange or t-mobile you should be eligible for a upgrade price provided you have topped up in the last 3 months Quote:
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.
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Thanks. I may wait and dig out my Nokia 3210 (lol). I just don't think I'd get on with a windows phone.
Last edited by AKW : 25-04-2014 at 17:24. Reason: Typo |
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What about the EE Kestrel (Made by Huawei).
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 |
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What about the EE Kestrel (Made by Huawei).
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 |
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Last week I got a Alcatel idol s 4g for £79.99 from my local ee shop then unlocked it for 99p on ebay bargain, In a week or two EE will also have the huawei kestrel 4g for £99
I hope it's ok with the Waze mobile app too |
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Agreed it is good value specially 10 pound for 10GB of data they offering included with it.
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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 Not tried Waze on mine but can’t think of any reason why it would not work with its lovely HD screen. |
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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.
![]() Not that its a deal breaker for me as can live without it, but just find it strange. looking at http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/pho...lumia-625/ppay noticed its cheaper than 620 http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/pho...okia-lumia-620 Thought the 620 was older going off model numbers? |
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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. |
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The Windows Phone Facebook app is made by Microsoft themselves. And yes it works fine if you are into Facebook.
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The video cam in very good front facing cam is ok but inside and dark rooms some ones face has a reddish tint to it, the 8mp normal cam on it is very good but the tint of the colours seem a bit different to real life like if some one had a yellow t-shirt on if you look on the screen the colours are no 100% real life but still very good but saying this I have not downloaded the pics on to my pc to double check i will do this on the weekend and check, 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/1813715628...84.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 Quote:
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 |
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Which apps do you want?
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