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Where to source a reburished handset
The background story:
I have 5 months of 18 month contract left to run with Orange, HTC Wildfire handset suffered water damage at the weekend. The handset wasn't submerged but it did get wet, I have left it to dry out, it now appears to have an intermitten issue with the button at the top being non responsive. I'm currently using an old blackberry with Orange sim in that, but its 6 - 7 years old now and really passed it best.
I've checked ebay and CEX, I'm looking for a cheap handset, refurbished Wildfire would be fine. I'm low usage, normally use about 100 - 150 mins and send about 150 texts per month. Data even less, I have checked news, ebay, facebook on it, but have never gone over my 500Mb. Level entry smartphone is more than enough for me. Now where can I get old stock, refurbished phones from?
As I said Wildfire is fine, can anyone suggest alternative handset. The important things to me are, stability and battery life, the wildfire gets (or got) charged once every 5 - 7 days, I also like being able to get a photo on my phone, video isn't important.
I have 5 months of 18 month contract left to run with Orange, HTC Wildfire handset suffered water damage at the weekend. The handset wasn't submerged but it did get wet, I have left it to dry out, it now appears to have an intermitten issue with the button at the top being non responsive. I'm currently using an old blackberry with Orange sim in that, but its 6 - 7 years old now and really passed it best.
I've checked ebay and CEX, I'm looking for a cheap handset, refurbished Wildfire would be fine. I'm low usage, normally use about 100 - 150 mins and send about 150 texts per month. Data even less, I have checked news, ebay, facebook on it, but have never gone over my 500Mb. Level entry smartphone is more than enough for me. Now where can I get old stock, refurbished phones from?
As I said Wildfire is fine, can anyone suggest alternative handset. The important things to me are, stability and battery life, the wildfire gets (or got) charged once every 5 - 7 days, I also like being able to get a photo on my phone, video isn't important.
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Budget?
Motorolla Defy Mini is about £80 new. So is HTC Explorer.0 -
I was thinking £50 if going the ebay / refurb / used route.
I might well consider £80 for a new phone, so thanks, I will check those out.0
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