Budget PAYG Phone Dilemma.

bluemoon risin' said:
I succumbed to buying the Moto G5 Taxi.
Probably let my youngest have my almost new LG K10, or keep it as a spare. So far so good. Although one slight quibble as suspected is the battery, could of been of higher power, but that said it does come with a a rapid charger.

Bought it for £160, and for that kind of money, it's no wonder why it comes top in this price bracket. Great phone and a bargain

I can't justify paying hundreds of pounds for the latest offerings from either Apple or Samsung, way overpriced IMO.
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A good choice Mr Risin.
There is more metal and quality of finish in the 5g and it has a better camera.
I think the only reason we did not plumb for the 5G was the screen size.
I think the 4 g battery is only slight better at 3000.The note battery comes out at 3200
For a bargain £160 you have bought yourself state of the art technology and your wallet will love you for it !
 
Taxi said:
The economics simply do not stack up and there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Brand loyalty for brand loyalties sake.
Therefore quality and consistency of product must always be evaluated.
I shall not stir from 3 network as their consistency has been fluid throughout my ten-year tenure.
I am not here to chat mobile phone companies but more the aparatus an end user feeds off.
The Mobile or Cell itself that influences everything we do in our daily lives.
From maintaining social media status and basic messaging to surfing the silver highway at full throtle.
It's also a television satalite navigation system and camera and camcorder.
The list remains endless and is only restricted by an over active imagination and a few Play Store apps.

I am in the market for a new device Right Now ! but in the budget sector up to £175.
I have no penchant for a nice new mobile contract tying me in for 2 years for a free phone that is not really free.
I have just aquired a new sim only deal for £9 a month for all you can eat calls and all you can eat texts and four meg of data.

I have for the time being narrowed the selection down to a Moto 4G or a Moto 4G plus.

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Not the smaller 5 inch 4G play version that does not sport gorilla glass or the improved octa-core processer.
It looks to be a lot of wonga for the money the 4G and the cheapest supplier I can find has it on offer for and incredible £129.00.The plus is another £50 but has a better camera.Horses for courses I guess.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/moto...ce=Ldadwords&gclid=CNycy_C6s9MCFQ0R0wodVwwI8w

What other phones in the budget bracket can experianced Moon people recomend.
It has to have a reasonable processer and be in excess of 5 inch and android is a bonus for ease of use.
Eyes are failing so the bigger the screen the better.
A friend of a friend said the honour 6X is ok.

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http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_honor_6x-pictures-8388.php

The budget lineup is difficult to evaluate with so many players but the technologie available in 2017 certainly offers the end user bangs for bucks.

The Moto 5 lineup does not seem to add much to the 4G lineup except for slightly better camera and a fingerprint security feature.
The 5 does not fit the bill as it came in at only 5 inch and 5.2 respectively.
I need to feel a Moto in the palm of my hand in real life so may have to visit a retailer.
The Lenovas look particlarly good too and appear serious value.

I have heard of a slight bug in the ointment with the 4G in relation to volume with message alerts.
For some reason the volume is reduced for alerts only.Maybe isolated or maybe not.
Maybe fixed with firmware or an update.

It does look quite asethtically pleasing I have to say and for £129 does not break the bank.
Choices choices but as the saying goes purchase in haste repent at leisure ..
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The device is not a "cell".
I stopped reading after that.

If you want a dirt cheap mobile go to Banggood.com.
 
Gelsons Dad said:
The device is not a "cell".
I stopped reading after that.

If you want a dirt cheap mobile go to Banggood.com.
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I have previously bought stuff from 'bang-bad' n' my experience is not good. Bought a tablet about 12 months ago from their Chinese warehouse. Took 6 weeks to arrive and packaging was damaged. On complaining to their customer service dept, i received a "we're sorry" type email.

Won't order from.them again.
 
I'm looking for a new phone. I jumped into the Microsoft pond when the new Lumia 640 launched 2 and bit years ago. Have to say it's a brilliant phone, was upgraded to Windows 10 and still worked great. Best battery on a budget phone in 2015 and up until a few months ago lasted a whole day on battery! The app gap was a big downer through. But everything else was beautiful about the way the phone worked and handled. All for £90. Then Microsoft got rid of Nokia and decided to no-longer support
Specs at the time were:
  • Quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor at 1.2GHz
  • 1GB RAM (IDEALLY NEEDS TO BE 4GB NOW)
  • 8GB storage (30GB free cloud storage) (NEEDS TO BE 32/64GB now)
  • 2500mAh replaceable battery (3000 seems reasonable now)
  • 5in screen (ideal for me)
Been doing my research, and with Android you get quickly left behind, so a bare minimum should be 32GB internal storage. In a year or so, apps will take up more internal storage as well as Android updates so that's the non-negotiable.
I'm payg. £240 for calls across 12 months (300 mins, ultd texts 500mb data). I usually buy a budget phone for £100-150.. but stretching to a 32GB might cost me. Removable battery is not a must but great to have. It must be able to take the Android Oreo update. It must also be compatible with 4g networks (a big problem with the Chinese phones!).

Oneplus 3T would be ideal but might have to wait to Black Friday to get a good deal (maybe on contract).
 
You should get some good feedback off folk on here.
If I could suggest a review of your sim plan ?
Your paying £20 a month for 300 minutes unlimited txts and 500mg data.

If you change your sim you could go someway to self financing your new phone for free.
Sim only no tie in monthly contract with 3 network is £10 a month for all inclusive txts 200 minutes and 500 mg data.
If you tie in for a year you can have all this for only a fiver a month saving £180 a year.Talk nicely to them and they will also throw in 2,000 3 to 3 minutes.
A lot of wonga to toward your new phone mate.
 
Agree about the SIM taxi! I use giffgaff no contract £10 buys me 500mins unlimited texts and 3gig of data. As for a basic android phone, I have the Moto G, which cost me £120 new from giffgaff (they don't lock handsets to their network)
 
I would recommend buying Chinese smartphones. I got one last year with the latest version of android for £45. Got a Giffgaff sim card - £15 unlimited calls and texts, 20 GB data
 
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