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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

My current phone 'does what it says on the tin'.......but no more.

First manufactured in the Edwardian era it's not capable of this newfangled texting/sexting. It certainly doesn't come with a built-in camera or access to the Internet. It does however make and take telephone calls, which I believe is what a telephone was originally designed to do.

In summary, what I'm looking for is a new  pay-as-you-go smart phone. One that comes with all the bells and whistles  a young stud about town, such as myself, requires.

Any ideas, chaps?.......£200 tops. I'm not made of money you know.

[AndyRoid]

The Motorola Moto G is the undisputed king of the budget smartphones, and is highly feature packed for the price.
Average price is £140 (for the 2nd Generation model which is 4G capable) including the mandatory £10 top up at first purchase.

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g_(2014)-6647.php

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The Motorola Moto G is the undisputed king of the budget smartphones, and is highly feature packed for the price.
Average price is £140 (for the 2nd Generation model which is 4G capable) including the mandatory £10 top up at first purchase.

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g_(2014)-6647.php

Thanks, Mr Roid. That looks pretty impressive for the price.

[zirk]

Depends which Network your with, Contract or PAYG, getting a Network Free one could be expensive.

Nothing wrong with the Moto G or Android for that matter, but if your on PAYG with EE, Orange or T Mobile, EE are currently doing a Hidden Promotion where you can get a Nokia Windows 4G Lumia 635 for £49.

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_lumia_635-6254.php

[Varche]

My current phone 'does what it says on the tin'.......but no more.

First manufactured in the Edwardian era it's not capable of this newfangled texting/sexting. It certainly doesn't come with a built-in camera or access to the Internet. It does however make and take telephone calls, which I believe is what a telephone was originally designed to do.

In summary, what I'm looking for is a new  pay-as-you-go smart phone. One that comes with all the bells and whistles  a young stud about town, such as myself, requires.

Any ideas, chaps?.......£200 tops. I'm not made of money you know.

£200, Crikey I would expect it to make tea and put me to bed for that amount. Plenty of Chinese stuff for £50 on the Internet.

[AndyRoid]

Plenty of cheap Chinese fake shit on the internet

Fixed that for you

Depends which Network your with, Contract or PAYG, getting a Network Free one could be expensive.

All the mobile phone shops have them in stock, so all Doc has to do is buy from whoever he intends to go with or is already with.

Thanks, Mr Roid. That looks pretty impressive for the price.

Pretty much all the mobile operators/phone shops only seem to offer the 8GB model, although it's probably enough you will only have around 3.9GB of that available to you as the rest will be taken up by the operating system, recovery partition, etc.
Although it says the phone supports cards up to 32GB on the micro SD, a 64GB will probably work although it may need to be formatted to FAT32 if it makes the phone behave erratically (my S4 which apparently only supports 32GB cards slowed to a crawl when I presented it with a 128GB card that was using it's native file system, it worked fine once I reformatted it to FAT32).

[The Sheriff]

Plenty of cheap Chinese fake shit on the internet

Fixed that for you

Depends which Network your with, Contract or PAYG, getting a Network Free one could be expensive.

All the mobile phone shops have them in stock, so all Doc has to do is buy from whoever he intends to go with or is already with.

Thanks, Mr Roid. That looks pretty impressive for the price.

Pretty much all the mobile operators/phone shops only seem to offer the 8GB model, although it's probably enough you will only have around 3.9GB of that available to you as the rest will be taken up by the operating system, recovery partition, etc.
Although it says the phone supports cards up to 32GB on the micro SD, a 64GB will probably work although it may need to be formatted to FAT32 if it makes the phone behave erratically (my S4 which apparently only supports 32GB cards slowed to a crawl when I presented it with a 128GB card that was using it's native file system, it worked fine once I reformatted it to FAT32).

Don't worry about all that, Opti, it will only make your feeble brain hurt.

[Shackeng]

Plenty of cheap Chinese fake shit on the internet

Fixed that for you

Depends which Network your with, Contract or PAYG, getting a Network Free one could be expensive.

All the mobile phone shops have them in stock, so all Doc has to do is buy from whoever he intends to go with or is already with.

Thanks, Mr Roid. That looks pretty impressive for the price.

Pretty much all the mobile operators/phone shops only seem to offer the 8GB model, although it's probably enough you will only have around 3.9GB of that available to you as the rest will be taken up by the operating system, recovery partition, etc.
Although it says the phone supports cards up to 32GB on the micro SD, a 64GB will probably work although it may need to be formatted to FAT32 if it makes the phone behave erratically (my S4 which apparently only supports 32GB cards slowed to a crawl when I presented it with a 128GB card that was using it's native file system, it worked fine once I reformatted it to FAT32).

Don't worry about all that, Opti, it will only make your feeble brain hurt.

Mine started hurting at 'recovery partition'.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Any others worth buying?

[PhilRich]

Have a look at the Cubot P9 Android Opti
Yes it is made in China!, it is a dead ringer (no pun intended) for the Samsung Galaxy range.
It is a VERY well built phone with a 5inch screen & performs very well indeed apart from the main camera which although it boasts 8mp could be much better, although it is not too bad.
Check it out on Amazon at around £62.99!!!!
Look for a UK seller though for quick delivery 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Have a look at the Cubot P9 Android Opti
Yes it is made in China!, it is a dead ringer (no pun intended) for the Samsung Galaxy range.
It is a VERY well built phone with a 5inch screen & performs very well indeed apart from the main camera which although it boasts 8mp could be much better, although it is not too bad.
Check it out on Amazon at around £62.99!!!!
Look for a UK seller though for quick delivery 

Thanks, Phil. I will check it out.

How much would a genuine Samsung Galaxy set me back?

[yt03]

I'd strongly recommend a HTC I've had iPhones and Samsung since mine, and I'll be going back to a HTC when am due to upgrade!

[badmuver]

look at cubot p9 cheap and looks good 

[yt03]

Look at this on eBay:

HTC Desire HD A9191 G10 Android Mobile Phone - WIFI GPS 1.5GB 8MP Black Unlocked

http://ebay.to/1xq3BKu

[The Sheriff]

Look at this on eBay:

HTC Desire HD A9191 G10 Android Mobile Phone - WIFI GPS 1.5GB 8MP Black Unlocked

http://ebay.to/1xq3BKu

Android 2.2?