Best smartphone for 100 pound or less

starlight29

Hi
My 13 year old wants a mobile for Xmas a smartphone type one can anyone recommend a good smartphone for 100 pound or less I've looked at all the usual review sites but all say something different so wondered if anyone has a smartphone they would recommend that didn't cost the earth

Thanks in advance

Starlight

grumbler

Search the board for 'huawei' and 'zte'. It'll certainly will be some of them.

starlight29

great thankyou


starlight

Llyllyll

Specifically:
Huawei Ascend Y300 -


http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/zte-blade-v-4-quad-core-payg-phone-99-99-inc-10-topup-virgin-mobile-81-99-store-1646234?page=16

ZTE Blade V -


http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-ascend-y300-released-6th-june-carphone-warehouse-59-95-payg-upgrade-possible-1572075?page=86

forgotmyname

Everyone will say something different because there are lots of phones out there and everyone wants something slightly different.

I had a galaxy S2. Whilst everyone updated it to ICS and later JellyBean i stuck with the good old GingerBread version. As the later updates removed features that i used a lot.

Copy and paste not working in some games and software was a stupid idea.

Lots of choices. Depends what you want.

Fixed or removeable battery? Slot for additional memory cards? Screen size, intended use?

Dont forget a smart phone will connect to the internet for things like checking the weather etc so the 1st thing to install maybe 3g watchdog.

mikegahan

Can highly recommend this have it myself, best place to get it is Argos, think it is about £70

earthstorm

sim free galaxy Y £49.95 was £74.95
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5188161.htm

sim free Huawei Ascend Y300 £99.95 was £199.99
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5189304.htm

sim fee Samsung Galaxy Ace £99.95 was £119.95
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5188941.htm

Herongull

Get the Y300 at CPW. The PAYG ones are unlocked. Only £59 if you have an old PAYG sim or £79 including top up if you haven't.

grumbler

earthstorm wrote: »

sim fee Samsung Galaxy Ace £99.95 was £119.95
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5188941.htm

:eek:
Notoriously poor since it was released almost 3 years ago. "Y" is about the same. Both are well behind Y300.
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3724&idPhone2=5386

starlight29

Thankyou for your help I've just ordered the y300 from carphone warehouse


Starlight

anotheruser

That's a shame.

For a little more you could have the Nokia Lumia 520 for £120 (at the moment), which is a hell of a lot more phone for your money. Plus it's not long been released so will see updates for a long time yet.