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    Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    I currently have a LG Cookie and planning to buy a new phone ( not interested in pay monthly contracts unless they are £10ish and give at least 300 mins./month )

    I see that good condition iPhone 3G sells for £130 on eBay. What good Android phones can I get ?
    Last edited by OilSheikh; 26-08-2011 at 11:54 AM. Reason: 3G not 3GS

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    I currently have a LG Cookie and planning to buy a new phone ( not interested in pay monthly contracts unless they are £10ish and give at least 300 mins./month )

    I see that good condition iPhone 3GS sells for £130 on eBay. What good Android phones can I get ?
    130 for a 3G

    170-200 for a 3GS

    Stupid money.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    I see that good condition iPhone 3GS sells for £130 on eBay. What good Android phones can I get ?
    Are you serious??

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    Are you serious??
    I meant 3G.

    Ooopsss

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    I meant 3G.

    Ooopsss
    What??

    Why would even consider even a 3GS?? With iOS 4 it slows down a lot due to a lack of RAM. My mate has a 3G and it is even worse and he is trying to ditch it! It only has a 412MHZ CPU and 128MB of RAM!! The 3G is three years old.

    BTW,iOS 5 is the latest version.

    Get an Orange San Francisco. If you have an Orange SIM card lying around you might get an Orange Monte Carlo for around £130.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    If you are in contract, why not threaten to leave and see what they offer.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    What??

    Why would even consider even a 3GS?? With iOS 4 it slows down a lot due to a lack of RAM. My mate has a 3G and it is even worse and he is trying to ditch it! It only has a 412MHZ CPU and 128MB of RAM!! The 3G is three years old.

    BTW,iOS 5 is the latest version.

    Get an Orange San Francisco. If you have an Orange SIM card lying around you might get an Orange Monte Carlo for around £130.
    Ok, then no point in getting the 3G then?

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    If you are in contract, why not threaten to leave and see what they offer.
    I am on a O2 SIM-only thing and I am out of my 12 months contract and I pay only £10 to get 300 mins. ( I am still with them cos of the £5 discount they give me for my Broadband! ). So I am not really a high-paying customer and they can afford to lose me.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

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    Ok, then no point in getting the 3G then?
    Yes.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

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    Yes.
    The best one I can see for around £100 is the LG Optimus GT540. Any comments ?

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    The best one I can see for around £100 is the LG Optimus GT540. Any comments ?
    Get the Orange San Francisco. It can be unlocked for free AFAIK and it has plenty of custom ROMs available for it.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

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    Get the Orange San Francisco. It can be unlocked for free AFAIK and it has plenty of custom ROMs available for it.
    Can see thr LG phone unlocked at that price

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    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    Can see thr LG phone unlocked at that price
    The LG GT540 has a rubbish specification though:

    http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3...&idPhone2=4081

    It has a worse screen and significantly less RAM. It is already outdated.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Quote Originally Posted by OilSheikh View Post
    Ok, then no point in getting the 3G then?



    I am on a O2 SIM-only thing and I am out of my 12 months contract and I pay only £10 to get 300 mins. ( I am still with them cos of the £5 discount they give me for my Broadband! ). So I am not really a high-paying customer and they can afford to lose me.
    Get asking, who knows what they might offer.

    Shy bairns get nowt.

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Samsung Galaxy Ace ?

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    The Samsung Galaxy Ace,HTC Wildfire S and HTC Salsa are comparable to the Orange San Francisco but have worse screens but better build quality.

    In terms of screen quality and hardware specifications I would be aiming for one of the following phones:

    http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/pa...son/Xperia_neo

    http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/pa...ria_Play_Black

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    Re: Looking for a new £100 or abouts phone

    Any phone from Sony Ericsson is a big NO. Plenty of people hate them.

    I only use a phone for the alarm clock and to make calls or send txts. Anything else is of no use to me.

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