Recommend me a smartphone

Jambone

If you don't mind waiting and ordering from China (use Credit Card for section 75 protection and defacto warranty) then the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 wth 64GB internal memory and 4G RAM B is a good and popular phone. You can often with a code get it for around £125/£130

Took too long to reply and didn't see this is exactly what Boatman just said

malky39

boatman wrote: »

If you don't mind getting a phone from China, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Global Version, 32gb or 64gb version.

I would second this meets all your criteria, as you have already mentioned a cubot phone i imagine your open to ordering from china.
You should be able to pick the 3gb version for around £105-110 and the 4gb model for around £120-£130. Depending on colour gold always seems to be cheaper.
May folk would recommend this over the cubot as xiaomi have a good reputation,in terms of build quality and software updates and it has a snapdragon processor. Only downside is you probaly wont get android 8 for it unless you start flashing roms. If you want guaranteed updates for 2 years and stock android you could spend a little more and get the mi a1

boatman

malky39 wrote: »

Only downside is you probably wont get android 8

Xiaomi are good with updates, so I think there is a good chance.
As you say A1 is another excellent option for a bit more money.

Cisco001

You can now order Xiaomi from amazon.es (sold by amazon themselves)

Robisere

If you can push your budget, a great phone for the price:
https://www.wileyfox.com/swift-2-plus-smartphone

I have had the first Swift over 18 months, it now runs stock Android 7.1.2 after the original Cyanogen Mod went TU. WF upgraded it to run staock Android and it gets regular updates.

A British phone company, based in Leicester.

boatman

Cisco001 wrote: »

You can now order Xiaomi from amazon.es (sold by amazon themselves)

No stock at the moment, but €230 for the A1..

rwalton159

Thanks for your posts. 😀

Only thing that puts me off ordering from China directly is the lack of a warranty. If the item goes faulty then you've lost your money