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Dom

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26th Sep 12 at 19:10

On the hunt for a new(ish) phone, either secondhand or new, budget £250 tops and i'm not looking at iPhone's (believe i could only get a 4 for that anyway).

Currently on my list is -

New Huawei G300 - About the best for £100, shite camera, would need to ROM vanilla ICS.
Secondhand Galaxy S2 - About the best spec phone for the budget (i think)
New Galaxy Nexus (I9250) - Best for Android updates and screen resolution but seems lack on everything else compared to the S2, plus reviews suggest battery life is piss poor.

Any other phones i should consider?

[Edited on 26-09-2012 by Dom]

Russ

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26th Sep 12 at 19:10

S2

the new rzr looks nice but doubt it is £250 yet - and has an insane battery life apparently

[Edited on 26-09-2012 by Russ]

John

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26th Sep 12 at 19:11

I know £50 over your budget, my S3 was only £300 on gumtree though, seem to be loads about for that.

JM Curdy

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26th Sep 12 at 19:18

im selling an S3 for £300, only 3 weeks old cracking condition

Dom

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26th Sep 12 at 19:28

Will have to have another gander at an S3 but £250 is about the max limit especially as it'll just get used for calls, texts and emails.

mantamark

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26th Sep 12 at 19:57

If you're just using the phone for that, do you need to spend £250?

A2H GO

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26th Sep 12 at 20:56

quote:
Originally posted by mantamark
If you're just using the phone for that, do you need to spend £250?

Exactly, and are you really bothered about camera and screen res?

JM - Why you selling? What network?

JM Curdy

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27th Sep 12 at 05:26

quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO

quote:
Originally posted by mantamark
If you're just using the phone for that, do you need to spend £250?

Exactly, and are you really bothered about camera and screen res?

JM - Why you selling? What network?

spent months saying i wasnt going to get the iphone, then as soon as i seen someone with one i had to have it. i think its unlocked, it was an o2 upgrade but ive got a giff gaff sim that works in it!

Ste

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27th Sep 12 at 06:27

Downgrade your upgrade

I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.

BarnshaW

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27th Sep 12 at 07:16

LG optimus 4x HD is near enough in that budget now

pow

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27th Sep 12 at 07:17

Still think an iPhone4 would own any sub £200 Andriod phone

pow

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27th Sep 12 at 07:23

And the Nexus battery doesn't last a day

Whittie

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27th Sep 12 at 08:03

You can get a 4s for that, i'd certainly be getting one. Will be better than anything for that price, regardless of what fanboys say.

Other than that, i'd get the S2, or try find a bargain S3.

Dom

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27th Sep 12 at 09:43

I've yet to see a 4S that doesn't look completely battered for less than £290, most of them seem to be in the £330-400 region and i'm not really that bothered about owning another one.

Pow - Not sure about that, the S2 is a better spec'd phone and runs ICS/JB. But yeah, a lot of reviews mention that the Nexus battery is a bit pap although there is an extended battery that apparently improves it some what.

BarnshaW - Will have a gander at that.

Ash/Mark - Probably right but just have something decent spec'd that'll last.

djgritt

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27th Sep 12 at 10:29

If you are only after something for calls/texts/email, then what about some sort of Blackberry?

Thats all I can do on my work one pretty much, does all of that fine. Decent battery life. Does the job.

Whittie

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27th Sep 12 at 10:32

quote:
Originally posted by Dom
I've yet to see a 4S that doesn't look completely battered for less than £290, most of them seem to be in the £330-400 region and i'm not really that bothered about owning another one.

Pow - Not sure about that, the S2 is a better spec'd phone and runs ICS/JB. But yeah, a lot of reviews mention that the Nexus battery is a bit pap although there is an extended battery that apparently improves it some what.

BarnshaW - Will have a gander at that.

Ash/Mark - Probably right but just have something decent spec'd that'll last.

I keep buying 4s's for around £220 - 230 mark and selling them for £270 - £280.

Had a few that weren't that battered tbh, one was pristine.

fazza

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27th Sep 12 at 12:35

What network do you need Dom?

Dom

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27th Sep 12 at 14:14

quote:
Originally posted by fazza
What network do you need Dom?

O2 but i'm after the phone only, not a contract (already sorted with GiffGaff).

Whittie - Where have you been buying them from for that price?!
Even locally on Gumtree, the 4S is a lot more than that.

fazza

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27th Sep 12 at 14:19

Thats fine mate, Ive should have a good condition iPhone 4S coming in tomorrow(needs a new glass screen, which I will fit) Will take £250 delivered for that if your interested I will u2u when it arrives either later on today or tomorrow

Whittie

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27th Sep 12 at 14:31

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by fazza
What network do you need Dom?

O2 but i'm after the phone only, not a contract (already sorted with GiffGaff).

Whittie - Where have you been buying them from for that price?!
Even locally on Gumtree, the 4S is a lot more than that.

"Facebook for sale and swap *Insert town name here*" Page, eBay, and forums. I've bought 4 all for under £250 in the last 10 days.

N16K

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27th Sep 12 at 21:10

New Nokia Lumia 710 on Talkmobile (24 months - 250 mins - 5000 texts - 500mb data) £7.50 a month from Car Phone Warehouse (plus up to £35.00 cashback on internet shit not sure offer exists anymore)

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