Smartphone for tween/teen recommendations

starlight29

My daughter has a samsung galaxy ace she 13 I got it new on ebay £60 its a good phone she likes it

Starlight

RedTiger

My 14yo has a galaxy s3 mini and loves it - she previously had an HTC wildfire and she finds a big difference, the wildfire was quite slow and struggled for memory. I bought it sim free and she uses an ovivo sim in it which was the cheapest way for us in the long run.

bestpud

The SIII mini is looking a good contender.

I looked at ovivo yesterday - hadn't realised it existed until then!

We're probably going to go with O2 PAYG though.

I initially thought about a Three contract as I have one and it's brilliant, but I'm not sure I want her to have unlimited 3G.

I like the unlimited texts after 9 months on O2.

MrsE_2

A lady I work with bought a hwiana (or something like that!!!) it's susposed to be the best budget smartphone.

susancs

My 12 year old daughter has a Samsung SIII mini and loves it. She is on a Virgin mobile sim only deal at £5.32 a month for unlimited texts, 1gb and 400 minutes and 400 minutes to other Virgin mobiles. We got the deal on a Virgin media customer loyality scheme where we get a rolling credit (we all have Virgin sims) so think it is normally £15 to new customers. However we discovered that unlimited texts are in fact 3000 texts as it is unlimited "fair useage" and anything over that is chargeable when my eldest daughter ran up a bill (how can anyone use more than 3000 texts in a month?) but the credit limit stopped it being a big bill. Also have your credit limit set to the lowest level. My daughters have to check their balances regularly to ensure they do not go over by ringing the automated system and I also check online and warn them if they are near the end of their monthly allowances.

MrsE_2

If your getting a contract then tesco mobile cuts off outgoing calls when the package is reached & you can top-up if you want more credit before the next month rolls in.
I'm going to change to them from O2 in nov, they are cheaper & have the same coverage.

FatVonD

MrsE wrote: »

If your getting a contract then tesco mobile cuts off outgoing calls when the package is reached & you can top-up if you want more credit before the next month rolls in.
I'm going to change to them from O2 in nov, they are cheaper & have the same coverage.

Was just about to post the same thing.

I'll be moving DS to Tesco as soon as his current contract is up for that exact reason. He's currently on Virgin and the lowest they will will let you cap is £50 :mad:

double_mummy

ive had lots of samsungs (iphones break when i look at them) the best I have had is the S2 so i still have one today the S3 mini was amazing for games and internet just wasnt a big enough screen but my hubby loves it he plays loads of games on it the memory is good ram is good

my 6 year old loves playing games on both of them as they are so easy to use

susancs

FatVonD wrote: »

Was just about to post the same thing.

I'll be moving DS to Tesco as soon as his current contract is up for that exact reason. He's currently on Virgin and the lowest they will will let you cap is £50 :mad:

Virgin Customer services tell you that when you ring up, but if you email it in as a complaint stating you are considering leaving they will let you cap lower.

fed_up_with_debt

The Nokia Lumia 520 is an excellent phone and well worth considering. The operating system is quick and intuitive and new apps are coming out every day. It's great value as well.