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Advice on new phone

mary_hayes · 2012-07-18 10:36:49

Going crazy looking for a new phone. I am on a serious budget so I can't splash out and I don't want bill pay. I have been trawling vodafone, meteor, o2, carphone warehouse to get something but the phones are either too dear, have a crap battery life, don't have email etc etc. I am with vodafone and their selection of…

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Going crazy looking for a new phone. I am on a serious budget so I can't splash out and I don't want bill pay. I have been trawling vodafone, meteor, o2, carphone warehouse to get something but the phones are either too dear, have a crap battery life, don't have email etc etc. I am with vodafone and their selection of lower end phones is pretty bad. Basically looking for a good inexpensive phone with email, internet etc, good battery life....Any recommendations? :cool:

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#2 18-07-2012 10:53am

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What is your budget?

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#3 18-07-2012 11:19am

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I was really hoping to keep it under 150 euros.

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#4 18-07-2012 11:42am

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I've said it a few times on this site that best value phone available at the moment is the Huawei G300 here:. For your budget and needs, it seems perfect.
There is some great info on the G300 on this thread , there are reviews and even info on the best way to get the phone cheaper

in order to get the €20 off, you need to port a number to Vodafone.

Get a free sim from Tesco (or any other SP excl VF) & use the number on that sim as the port number.

When the phone arrives it will come with a VF sim which you can discard or give to someone else.

Get the G300 unlocked via Ebay for about €7-10.

Total cost of phone €110 plus unlocking fee.
If you were to stay on vodafone there would be no need to unlock the phone from the vodafone network.

Hope this helps.

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#5 18-07-2012 7:57pm

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Samsung Galaxy Y to drop to 89.99 with meteor in the coming days. Good android smartphone with a decent battery, camera and full access to emails and internet browser.

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