A simple unlocked smartphone?

maggie111

Hi,

My Mum got a 24 month contract for a Blackberry with T-Mobile but hates the Blackberry because of the tiny buttons. She would like to have a smart phone so she can Google and email easily etc but thinks a touchscreen with big on screen buttons might suit better. (My LG P500

She'd also like it to have a camera, but it can be a really rubbish one.

What's a good value smart phone nowadays?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, at the minute she's wasting her contract and using her old PAYG brick.

I did advise her to ask T-Mobile and see if they could offer her a discount on a new phone but they said it wasn't possible. Just thought I'd mention it incase anyone knows of a different policy.

maggie111

In fact as I'm having a quick Google I see you can now get "symbian" phones which would be a good match - she is happy using the old style buttons, just wants to have features like Hotmail etc.

And Maps as well would be very handy.

grumbler

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Half decent Android phone for £19.95 on PAYG; no topup required

Best budget Android phone?

maggie111

Thanks, at the minute I'm not worried too much about cost and getting a cheap cheap phone - she'd rather pay an extra £50 and get one that's very simple to use and reliable.

I'm liking the look of the Nokia Asha 300 as that seems to be a nice mix of old and new?

And the HTC Desire C seems like a good choice too.

grumbler

maggie111 wrote: »

And the HTC Desire C seems like a good choice too.

Huawei g300 is a better phone for about the same price:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4594&idPhone2=4759