help wanted. not smart enough for a smart phone?

NiftyDigits

mac.d wrote: »

Both the Moto E and Lumia 535 were similarly priced at RRP when first released. You have been able to buy the Moto E for as little £69 on upgrade, which is a fairer comparison to the upgrade price you are posting for the Lumia 535.

And talking of spurious links, the OP is a basic user who wants to text, call and occasionally use email & internet, and you are arguing about a Windows phone having support for Office and editing documents offline.....

In saying that, the OP might well be quite happy with the Lumia, its a pretty good phone for the price. Some people don't like the Windows interface, but if you use it as your first smartphone, you'll probably get on fine with it. There are less apps available, but it shouldn't be an issue.

However, be aware that if you buy it via an upgrade and then want to unlock it so you can use a better value PAYG sim in it, its not as easy to unlock as the Moto E (which can be done for a couple of quid via ebay), so that is a possible negative.

Edited to add: Although if you do buy it from Carphone Warehouse as linked to by NiftyDigits. their phones often come unlocked so the 'not so easy to unlock' problem might not be an issue.

I wrote about Office as even a basic user checking emails is likely to have to deal with PDF and Word documents.

You are right about the Moto E 2nd Gen being £70 via the Upgrade path. But that is still £30 more...for nothing.

I would say buy Android if you need Android. In other words, if there are specific Applications that you may need that are only on Android. Otherwise the 535 is more than adequate.
Too many sheep here already.

I think that you've muddied the water quite enough with your 'not so easy to unlock' comment...even with your addendum.
Keep it simple and relevant.