Cheap Android phone recommendations
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Pgd
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Yeah, Amazon ... or I got mine from ebuyer... think there are a couple of other places too. They've had some complaints about that... I would've preferred to order direct tbh.
VSU6 is getting rave reviews for sure, but I have no interest in being locked to Vodafone (or to have to go to the trouble of unlocking).
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
Woot! Husband got me a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, this is my first ever smartphone and I have NO fucking idea how to use it. Just trying to turn off the mobile network so I don't run up charges, I'll only be needing to use it on our wifi.
Edit: Crap, someone (*whistles nonchalently*) has removed the card with the password from the back of the router, I have no fucking idea where it is, or what our wifi password is. Fun times!
EDIT AGAIN: OK, found wifi password (it was on the shelf in front of the router, fuck knows how I managed to put it there but somehow lost interest before managing to lift my arm a few inches to put it back in the slot on the back of the router, I am the laziest bastard I have ever met), phone currently charging, will try again once it is charged to turn off mobile network and connect to our wifi!
Edit: Crap, someone (*whistles nonchalently*) has removed the card with the password from the back of the router, I have no fucking idea where it is, or what our wifi password is. Fun times!
EDIT AGAIN: OK, found wifi password (it was on the shelf in front of the router, fuck knows how I managed to put it there but somehow lost interest before managing to lift my arm a few inches to put it back in the slot on the back of the router, I am the laziest bastard I have ever met), phone currently charging, will try again once it is charged to turn off mobile network and connect to our wifi!
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Hassan I Sabha
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Pgd
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It's pretty good so far. Right size, looks good, works smoothly. CyanogenOS doesn't take up too much space and there's minimal bloatware (only the usual Google apps which you can't get rid of-- although you can disable them of course. Only major disappointment is the camera, which is... all right. But personally I don't buy smartphones for their cameras. So yeah... I like it 
Hassan I Sabha
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£99 for the Swift this Thursday, think I will take the plunge
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moody
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I just got the Vodafone ultra 6.
Good specs for the price ( £125 payg @ Vodafone)
1080 full HD 5.5" screen.
Snap Dragon quad core @1.5g & another 4 @ 1.0 and 2 gig of ram, Adreno 405 gpu, 16 gig of internal memory.
13 MP rear camera, 5 MP front.
Android 5.02 lollypop.
Oh, and it's 4g too.
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
I'm due an upgrade, and can't wait to get rid of this Sony Xperia.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
Check out this thread from a few months ago, where I asked something similar.
Although the winner there was the Xperia Z3 Compact, which has indeed proved an amazingly good phone. So what Xperia do you have and why don't you like it?
Although the winner there was the Xperia Z3 Compact, which has indeed proved an amazingly good phone. So what Xperia do you have and why don't you like it?
Oh god, you'll have to give us more that that.
Just to start- what is your budget, do you want PAYG or contract?
Do you want a small, medium, large or xtra large screen?
What do you mainly use your phone for? Photos? Browsing? Listening to music?
There are so many choices now!
Just to start- what is your budget, do you want PAYG or contract?
Do you want a small, medium, large or xtra large screen?
What do you mainly use your phone for? Photos? Browsing? Listening to music?
There are so many choices now!
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
My S4 is about to pack up (coming up to three years so I guess that's not bad) and I was thinkng Xperia. Gotta buy it outright though and the prices look a bit daft.
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
Contract. Just want a bog-standard one with 4G.
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hiraethified
I'm going to shift this to the phone forum and merge it with a thread asking the same question - and lob in this useful updated link: What's the best budget smartphone? The best cheap phones you can buy in the UK today
isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
There's a phone forum? Wow, 14 years an urbanite and I didn't know that!
Vodafone have three cheap own brand phones at the moment, 5.5 inch Ultra 6, the 5 inch Prime 6 I mentioned in the other thread for £50 and a 20 quid one as well. The latter is unsurprisingly a very basic 4" job but the other two are pretty good.
The Ultra is £7.50 a month on contract here Shopping Basket | Mobile Phones Direct
42 quid up front payment, mind, but still worth a look.
moody
Member of The Underground.
The Ultra 6 slim is worth it. for sure. I have mine on a contract with unlimited calls n texts, 4 gig of data for £25 pm.
the phone specs are as good as phones for twice (or more) the price, as it's voda's own brand, I guess this is why it is cheap, you're not paying for a name.
2 x quad core processors, 2 gig of ram, graphics chip, 16 gig storage, 13mp camera, full HD screen plus 4G & the latest version of android.... all for around £100 on payg!
I just went in to my local phone shop and asked for the cheapest unlokced smart phone because my S3 mini died... they gave me a Alcatel Pixi for £35, thnk it's even cheaper on internet, it appears to do everything the S3 did and a bit faster. Obviously it ain't great quality but well it was £35. Uses standard USB mini charger and standard mini SD card for more storage too, so everything I have already works with it.
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Bloody hell. £35!!
There are two even cheaper options, although they come with pretty serious caveats.
The Smart First 6 is just 20 quid, but it is locked to Vodafone. Vodafone Smart first 6 on Pay as you go A smart phone for 20 quid!
And this Huawei Y3 is "free" but you have to make a 60 quid top up on O2 (which gives you a reasonable mins and data allowance for 6 months). Being from Carphone, it should be unlocked as well Huawei Y3 pay as you go deals and upgrade offers from £0 | The Carphone Warehouse
purves grundy
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Orang Utan
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oops, just noticed this thread - out of that lot, would the Moto E be ok for internet, kindle and music?
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