Help in finding a Smart/Android phone?

parley

Hi, first of all what is the difference between a Smartphone and Android?

I would like to buy a new phone which has over 2 megapixels camera with a camera lens cover and a flash. Price range anything upto £200 and either on Virgin or easy to unlock. There are so many out there but none with lens cover and flash that I've seen.


Any advice would be great. :j

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Smartphone - marketing term for phones that can do a lot more than just make phonecalls. Usually includes emailing and web-browsing

Android - an operating system developed by Google. All Android phones generally count as a smartphone

The lens cover will be tough... heck, the best camera phone i ever had was a Sony Ericsson K800i and it had a cover (http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/1098917/Sony-Ericsson-K800i-Sim-Free-Unlocked-Mobile-Phone/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0)

I can't find one with a cover. A lot come with LED flashes.. ideally you want a Xenon flash. The Nokia N8 is probably the closest, but its not too cheap - http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-n8

parley

Thanks. I have Sony Ericsson K770i but thought I'd move forward. I don't understand why they don't provide lens cover. The K800i looks good might buy this if I can't find a smart phone at a reasonable price.

MrDom

For under £200 I would recommend the htc wildfire its got a 5 megapixel camera and is a very good android phone for the price.

It doesn't have a lens cover i think you are going to find it difficult to find one, perhaps you could find a better protective cover for your phone instead?

Astec

There's not much difference between a K770 and the K800, both are pushing 5 years old!

Lens covers are rare these days...probably as they are not essential.

JJ_Egan

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Likewise dont know of a phone with camera cover .

jje

jayme1

have a look at the SE x10 mini and mini pro, both are android smartphone both have a 5MP camera and an LED flash, if I were to guess the picture quality will be better on the SE than the HTC simply because of SE knowladge of cameras.

Mig1971

how about the se satio 12mp smartphone with lens cover