help with choosing new phone!

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

Hi, I have a bog standard phone at the mo, it hasn't even got a camera but it does me for texting and calling family at £5 pm unlimited with virgin.


I need a phone that I can use for the internet, mainly twitter (for work) and facebook, possibly emails and camera, but I don't want to pay more so keep the tariff. Is this do-able?


Someone suggested a zte blade 3 what do other people think? Where should I get it from?
thanks

grumbler

Yes, ZTE or Huawei if you want to spend less then £100.
Motorola Moto G if you want to spend slightly more.

Post the amount and you'll get suggestions for the best phone and the place where to buy it.

Huawei Y300 is £60 at CPW on Virgin PAYG upgrade.

J_B

Will you maybe have to add a 'data bundle' to your contract to get internet?

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

thank you I didn't want to spend more than £100 and yes, may need a data bundle although dd1 got an iPhone and kept her £5 tariff and gets data...

grumbler

Check Zte Blade V at Virgin (£90 PAYG).
Make sure your tariff includes sufficient data allowance.

It's £24x£10 on pay monthly, but the allowances are small.

That said, IMO Blade V is just marginally better than than Y300:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5386&idPhone2=5682

J_B

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

thank you I didn't want to spend more than £100 and yes, may need a data bundle although dd1 got an iPhone and kept her £5 tariff and gets data...

... which is presumably (?) an extra cost?

anotheruser

You will find these phones, while cheap and cheerful, will be outdated very quickly.

However, you should look to get a data bundle of at least 500MB per month. You could look at Virgin's £15 a month sim only deal which gives unlimited everything (calls, texts and data) for £15 a month.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

J_B wrote: »

... which is presumably (?) an extra cost?

not sure what you mean, someone gave her their old iPhone so it didn't cost her anything.

J_B

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

not sure what you mean, someone gave her their old iPhone so it didn't cost her anything.

What I mean ....

You said you had a 'simple' contract with minutes and texts

If you add data in any way, you will be charged for it - usually, without a 'bundle' is more expensive

J_B

anotheruser wrote: »

However, you should look to get a data bundle of at least 500MB per month.

I have 250MB per month - had it since May 2013.
I have *never* exceeded it

keith1950

Yes, ZTE or Huawei if you want to spend less then £100.
Motorola Moto G if you want to spend slightly more.

I would definitely recommend paying that little bit more to get a Motorola Moto G. I got one as a spare and was so impressed with it I have sold my HTC One and Samsung S3.

It has a very good screen and is very easy to use.

It is available on Tesco Mobile for £12.50/month and as there is no upfront handset cost it means the tariff is actually costing you around £7.50/month. And that's for the 16gb version.