makerspender
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HTC U Play is a decent phone for the price, if you don't mind it being built of fragile glass
Cheap Android phone recommendations
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The Xperia XA1 is what I recently got my daughter. She smashed her other phone and for college she needed a good camera phone with adequate internal memory that runs the latest Android system so won't be outdated too quickly. She's only had it a couple of weeks but it works well for her.
The only downside is the small low-res screen, but she never really watches videos or browses the web on it anyway because she has a tablet hybrid thing, so for her that doesn't matter. You have to compromise on something if you want a cheap phone. We bought it at Argos for just under 200.
Sony Xperia XA1 review
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Can anyone recommend a phone that is £50 or less? I just dropped my Moto E and the touchscreen doesn't work anymore. It was on its last legs anyway. I need to have a second sim card slot for extra memory
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
You don't need a second Sim slot to take an SD card, although some in some duel Sim phones the SD card goes in the slot the second some goes.
Seems you could get a moto G3 just for that price, but your option are going to pretty limited in that price range.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Oops, I meant a micro sd slot cos I need to transfer it from the borked phone. Anyway, it's all moot, as someone dear to me has just told me what their xmas present to me is.
I wonder if this would offer a reasonable upgrade from a Moto G3 (8gb).
Huawei Y6 2017 | Carphone Warehouse
Or would I be better waiting for the G4 to reach its second birth day?
Huawei Y6 2017 | Carphone Warehouse
Or would I be better waiting for the G4 to reach its second birth day?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I have one of those. it's very good value.
editor
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Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Not the cheapest, but good value for money and some people are really going to value the John Lewis warranty that it comes with:
Honor 9 Lite
Would have liked to see 4GB instead of 3, which you'll get on the Chinese imports but it does have NFC, which very few of them do. EMUI is a lot less stupid than it used to be.
Honor 9 Lite
Would have liked to see 4GB instead of 3, which you'll get on the Chinese imports but it does have NFC, which very few of them do. EMUI is a lot less stupid than it used to be.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Depends which G4. It's a lot better than the Play, somewhat better than the standard G4 (moving past 2GB of RAM makes a big difference, in my experience), and probably not worth upgrading from the G4 Plus unless you really have a thing for NFC. In specs, the Honor is almost exactly like the G5 Plus but with a nicer screen.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Thanks. It's a standard G4 that I didn't get on with and passed on to her. Funnily enough the screen was one of the things I really didn't like.
Out of curiosity does anyone know what the camera is like on these various Chinese phones. It's probably the hardest part to do like for like comparisons on.
It's not, but the S7 edge is going for that on eBay now.
Of course a second hand phone from the bay is a much bigger risk, but consider it was pretty much the best phone in the world 18 months ago.
Like I said elsewhere, first world dilemma.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
As a general rule, the Chinese phones have better cameras at the cheap end and inferior ones at the top end. Samsung and Apple still have the best cameras by a fair bit. In this particular case, it's hard to say. Huawei and Motorola both tend to have better-than-average cameras.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
What would be the recommendation for a cheap phone with a decent camera? Or is that a contradiction in terms? Realising that I take more photos with my phone than I do with my camera, so should be more concerned about the quality of it than I have been.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
I'd say start here, and go down the list until you can find something you can afford or try and find an alternative with a close enough spec as not everything is listed.
Mobile Reviews - DxOMark
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Hmm, thanks, but that's a bit too much information to digest really. Was hoping for pre-digested information
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Hmm, thanks, but that's a bit too much information to digest really. Was hoping for pre-digested information
I guess it's down to you really. In terms of what type of megapixels you want, dual lens or not, and how good the front camera should be also, and what software features it has (such as portrait background blurring and what not) I've got an iPhone X (obviously not cheap nor Android) but in terms of the camera it is amazing, leaps and bounds above anything I'd used before. It's a running theme with the current flagships. OSes have become stagnant and new features less and less, improving the internals is hardly noticeable to end users but throwing in huge leaps in camera tech has been the X factor these past 6-8 months.
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Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
I ain't gonna switch to apple at my time of life. So it's probably a Samsung. So which would be the best value second-hand Samsung with a good camera?
Good question and I'm not the best person to answer it. Second hand prices fall once a phone reaches 2 years old because contracts are often 24 months then folks upgrade. The S7 edge has just reached its second birthday, but prices are still over £200 on eBay at the moment.
Editor sometimes contributes to the thread and he has a photography background.
Also obvious warning that going second hand on eBay is a real risk. Don't spend more than would be the end of the world to lose. But the savings over places like CEX are considerable.
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Refurbished phones from places like Envirophone etc are worth a look.
The S6 is available for around £150 refurbed, which will come with a warranty and has a 16mp camera as opposed to the S7/S7edge's 12mp
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
oh, and envirophone have an Easter Sale on atm, whatever that means
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Megapixels mean little though, the camera on the S7 is still better.
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Ok. I've obviously missed your point. Why mention the greater Megapixels then?
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Because I don't know what I'm on about?
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