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Best smartphone under 130

  • 30-10-2014 7:11pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Looking to get a new phone tomorrow but don't want to spend over 130 euro. Looking for recommendations for the best value smart phone at that price, I'm ideally looking for a phone that'll run a few apps such as spotify and be decent for browsing online. I'm not tied to any network but have been looking at vodafone given that they are offering 20 euro off if you port a number over.

    So boardsies, what recommendations do yeah have?


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  • #2
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Moto G hands down. Will be slightly more expensive then that but well worth it.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    Moto G hands down. Will be slightly more expensive then that but well worth it.

    That is my front runner atm but it's a little bit more than I want to pay, it's 150 on tesco and 180 on Meteor.


  • #4
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That is my front runner atm but it's a little bit more than I want to pay, it's 150 on tesco and 180 on Meteor.

    For the extra 20 quid, it's worth it imo. The best budget phone ever tbh. The 5" one is fantastic as well, but it's smaller brother is a great buy too.


  • #5
    mirrormatrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭mirrormatrix


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That is my front runner atm but it's a little bit more than I want to pay, it's 150 on tesco and 180 on Meteor.

    It's about 160 euro on Amazon.co.uk and open to any network. Assume you're going PAYG?


  • #6
    Big Nelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    If you want you can get better value for money in China, the shipping of course takes a little bit longer for delivery

    Do you want SIM free or you going with specific network?


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  • #7
    NotInventedHere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭NotInventedHere


    Nokia Lumia 635 is a good 4g phone for 150


  • #8
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    For the extra 20 quid, it's worth it imo. The best budget phone ever tbh. The 5" one is fantastic as well, but it's smaller brother is a great buy too.
    Hey Alan, out of interest, they seem to be held in very high regard across the board. In your opinion, what gets them such solid reviews ?


  • #9
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Seems like there nothing under 130?


  • #10
    TempAc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭TempAc


    dodzy wrote: »
    Hey Alan, out of interest, they seem to be held in very high regard across the board. In your opinion, what gets them such solid reviews ?
    Combination of decent hardware (they basically put the first decent display on a budget smartphone combined with 1GB RAM and a decent processor) combined with a lack of bloaty software to bog it down.

    It's gotten top reviews everywhere.

    For comparisons sake, at initial launch it was easily outspeccing and outperforming the likes of Samsungs Galaxy S4 Mini and the HTC One Mini which were going for more than twice the price.

    tldr: the value proposition is awesome.


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