Cheap Android Phone

[Biscuit]

Hi All,

Im trying to find a cheap android phone which has a bit of a community following with regards to roms. Hoping to spend downwards of £100 as this is just a workphone (the nokia they have supplied is panties) I have looked at the wildfire S but its a but over my budget, a couple of the ZTEs look ok and so do the some of the lower end galaxies.

It needs to be vodaphone but im happy to unlock a non-vodaphone one.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

[vicar]

Try the Orange San Francisco

[Spud1]

^^ As above - the orange San Francisco AkA ZTE Blade is probably the best android phone that you can get for under £100 brand new.

If you go second hand there are many more (some better) options but if you want new..I don't think that there is better for £100 if you definitely want a droid.

[Biscuit]

What kind of things should i expect second hand around this price range?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The OSF has risen in price to around £115 including the mandatory £10 top-up from Orange.

The Palm Pre is £99.99:

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...e/Product.html

The Palm Pre 2 was also around £131 recently but sold out:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-p...-ebuyer/971144

Kikatek may have it at some point for around £136:

http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....ucts_id=186367

[Biscuit]

you can still get it from play for £99

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...4|prd:17454614

A little more than i wanted to spend, i was hoping for more around the £50-80 region

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would look at the Samsung Galaxy Apollo:

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy...omo=hotukdeals

Supposedly it is meant to be unlocked from the CPW.

[Biscuit]

hmm looks promising, just hunting down some options on flashing and putting a new rom on it. Looks promising so far!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778880

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

IIRC,it does lack a 3D capable GPU although I could be wrong.

However,it does have more RAM than the Samsung Galaxy Europa and Galaxy Mini. The screen is also a higher resolution.

[Biscuit]

IIRC,it does lack a 3D capable GPU although I could be wrong.

However,it does have more RAM than the Samsung Galaxy Europa and Galaxy Mini. The screen is also a higher resolution.

I have my desire for gaming, this is just for e-mails, tasks, notes etc

[Ferral]

I dont like the older LG phones, dont even like the newer version of the Chocolate.

However when the Optimus launched last year I was impressed and after having a long chat with the rep was really pleased with the build quality and functionality. This is the origional Optimus I am talking about as it is a lot cheaper than the new Optimus One. You can get it for about £120 :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-GT540-Sma...1101927&sr=8-1

When I was working for O2 at the time of launch last year I sold loads of them on prepay, never got any returns on it either. Customers were really happy with the fact it is an Android powered smartphone at a decent price point.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You might be able to get the Optimus One for around £75:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-p...rehouse/966561

It has 512MB of RAM,a higher resolution screen than the Galaxy Apollo and an Areno 200 GPU.

[Biscuit]

I dont like the older LG phones, dont even like the newer version of the Chocolate.

However when the Optimus launched last year I was impressed and after having a long chat with the rep was really pleased with the build quality and functionality. This is the origional Optimus I am talking about as it is a lot cheaper than the new Optimus One. You can get it for about £120 :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-GT540-Sma...1101927&sr=8-1

When I was working for O2 at the time of launch last year I sold loads of them on prepay, never got any returns on it either. Customers were really happy with the fact it is an Android powered smartphone at a decent price point.

A also havent liked LG phones like... ever. I have always found them utterly useless however that sounds like its worth a look at. I definately wont be spending that much though, over £100 is a total no no for the use this phone will get.

You might be able to get the Optimus One for around £75:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-p...rehouse/966561

It has 512MB of RAM,a higher resolution screen than the Galaxy Apollo and an Areno 200 GPU.

Sounds interesting, il pop into my local shop tomorrow lunch and check it out

[Malevolence]

Just buy a decent one. There isn't much point using these nasty cheap ones if you like a good phone.

[peterb]

I have my desire for gaming, this is just for e-mails, tasks, notes etc

Just buy a decent one. There isn't much point using these nasty cheap ones if you like a good phone.

As he says - he has a good one, this is just for incidental stuff hence a cheaper one with lower performance (but adequate for the requirement)

[Malevolence]

Why does he need a separate one?