« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Budget Smartphones  (Read 1970 times)

Budget Smartphones
on: October 07, 2011, 19:02:02 PM
Oh Tekforum types of great knowledge, I beseach thee, Which budget price (ie available free on ~15/month) smartphones are worth the time of day, or are all such phones rubbish and I'd be better off with a decent but non-smart handset?

I'm thinking HTC Wildfire S at the moment, any gotchas I should be aware of or similarly priced but superior alternatives?

I'm not expecting a budget model to offer the earth, anticipating mainly using it to check E-mail and facebook on the go.
Logged
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 20:15:16 PM
Wildfire S is a cracking phone.

:D
Logged
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #2 on: October 07, 2011, 20:47:32 PM
I've got a Motorola Defy for £15 a month on tmobile, tis rather good with android 2.2 on it and its quite resiliant as well, water proof (ish anyway) scratchproof quite good for the money really!
Logged

  • Offline Bacon

  • Lettuce Tomato
  • Posts: 5,345
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #3 on: October 08, 2011, 03:01:42 AM
Orange San Francisco/ ZTE Blade.

Old now though, but rave reviews and easily moddable.
Logged
Insert signature here.

  • Offline ERU

  • Posts: 825
  • Hero Member
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #4 on: October 08, 2011, 22:14:54 PM
Quote from: Bacon on October 08, 2011, 03:01:42 AM
Orange San Francisco/ ZTE Blade.

Old now though, but rave reviews and easily moddable.
I got one of these for the £80 NHS deal when they came out. An awesome deal and I love the phone! I want to get the missus one now too. Where is the best deal for these nowadays?
Logged
    • Leons Lost

  • Offline Leon

  • Posts: 3,154
  • Hero Member
  • Bah Humbug!
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #5 on: October 11, 2011, 09:40:05 AM
Options seems to be the ZTE Blade or the Wildfire S for the budget end. Both have good reviews and are loved by XDA so plenty of custom roms and development happening.

I went for the X10 Mini Pro for my last budget android device as I wanted a good camera (whats normally lacking on the cheaper smartphones) and once you get rid of the crap sony software it was a great phone but for some reason its gone up from £100 to £150 in the last month!?!?
Logged
.::. www.leonslost.co.uk .::. Media Server Guide .::.

PC: i5 760 .::.  GA-P55-UD3 .::. 8GB Corsair 'Dominator' DDR3 .::. 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SC .::. Win7 Ultimate  .::. Dell 24" Ultra Sharp
Netbook: HP Mini 311c-1101sa .::. 3GB Ram .::. ION Hack .::. Win7 Ultimate
Server: HP MicroServer .::. 3GB Ram .::. 4x 2TB Storage .::. 512MB nVidia 210 .::. Win7 Ultimate, XBMC 11 (Aeon NOX), Sick Beard & Couch Potato
Phone: SE Xperia Mini Pro .::. MiniCMSandwich Lite (Android ICS Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz
Tablet: Asus Transformer TF101 w/ Dock .::. EOS JB Nightlies (Android JB Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz

  • Offline ERU

  • Posts: 825
  • Hero Member
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #6 on: October 15, 2011, 09:28:05 AM
I've started biding on unlocked versions on eBay for a max of £99
Logged

  • Offline GaviN

  • Posts: 130
  • Full Member
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #7 on: October 16, 2011, 20:58:29 PM
if your on orange the new monte carlo is the updated san francisco......apparently a very good phone. Can be had for around the £120 mark
Logged

  • Offline ERU

  • Posts: 825
  • Hero Member
Re: Budget Smartphones
Reply #8 on: October 16, 2011, 22:06:34 PM
Quote from: GaviN on October 16, 2011, 20:58:29 PM
if your on orange the new monte carlo is the updated san francisco......apparently a very good phone. Can be had for around the £120 mark
Too late  - i've got a San Fran now :)
Logged
Pages: [1]
« previous next »

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.