Moneysavish smartphone

QQQ

Could you recommend a smartphone which is:
-previous model, e.g. Samsung Note 2, so I will buy it on eBay half price
-reliable hardware, difficult to brake and good reputation
-resolution not less than 1280
-supports lte with all British mobile operators
-has SIM card (to keep my options open)
-battery will not degrade fast and is replaceable
-Android-based

I was thinking about Samsung Note 2 LTE N7105 but this damn thing has no SIM card.

Thank you.

paddyrg

Not sure which phone wouldn't have a SIM card? Do you mean SD card?

JJ_Egan

Note 2 has removable battery as does SGS3 lte
Difficult to break in what way .
Both have removable sim and removable sdcard.

Suggest you look at the specs and test reports on Tech radar and then price up on EBay .

paddyrg

BTW I have a note 2, great phone no question. But I recently bought a Motorola moto G for around £150 with 16GB memory (dual SIM model - for overseas work), and I haven't bothered to change back to the Note 2 yet (a week after I could have). It's good enough for most things, and at £150 or less compares well with a secondhand smartphone where you'll need to replace the battery sometime anyway...