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best android phone under €250

  • 02-05-2016 7:00pm
    #1
    mullanp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Hi all I'm looking to buy a new android phone €250 is the maximum I can spend. I'd love to hear any suggestions as to what is the best phone on the market for that kind of money. I'm not big into gaming on the phone the most important things to me on the phone would be the camera, and build quality I have young kids and my phone gets thrown around quiet a bit. Apart from that I just watch some you tube check e mails etc. I've done a bit of research and the motorola moto g seems good? I've never had a motorola so any advice would be much appreciated. TIA .


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  • #2
    chancer007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭chancer007


    Samsung J5
    good camera + good battery approx. €220
    http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobile-phones/1404479/samsung-galaxy-j5-review-a-new-moto-g-killer

    moto 3rd gen seems a decent build phone for the money,bit cheaper

    Samsung a3 ,4.5 inch, approx. 215,not a bad phone


  • #3
    smilerf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭smilerf


    mullanp wrote: »
    Hi all I'm looking to buy a new android phone €250 is the maximum I can spend. I'd love to hear any suggestions as to what is the best phone on the market for that kind of money. I'm not big into gaming on the phone the most important things to me on the phone would be the camera, and build quality I have young kids and my phone gets thrown around quiet a bit. Apart from that I just watch some you tube check e mails etc. I've done a bit of research and the motorola moto g seems good? I've never had a motorola so any advice would be much appreciated. TIA .
    Huawei g7.
    Great phone. Very good camera and build is excellent. It never let me down


  • #4
    GT_TDI_150
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,917 ✭✭✭✭GT_TDI_150


    are we talking SIM Free?

    As I got the Samsung S7 for 155 ...

    As a new vodafone customer I got 50 off the list price of 299 on the 40 a month contract, they also took my current phone as a trade in another 95.

    so all in I walked out with an S7 and an Otterbox for 188


  • #5
    mullanp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭mullanp


    GT_TDI_150 wrote:
    As a new vodafone customer I got 50 off the list price of 299 on the 40 a month contract, they also took my current phone as a trade in another 95.

    GT_TDI_150 wrote:
    As a new vodafone customer I got 50 off the list price of 299 on the 40 a month contract, they also took my current phone as a trade in another 95.


    Great deal but I don't want to go on contract


  • #6
    Get Real
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Get Real


    GT_TDI_150 wrote: »
    are we talking SIM Free?

    As I got the Samsung S7 for 155 ...

    As a new vodafone customer I got 50 off the list price of 299 on the 40 a month contract, they also took my current phone as a trade in another 95.

    so all in I walked out with an S7 and an Otterbox for 188

    need a new phone myself with a similar price range but I'm always skeptical of these deals.

    My current provider, does an unlimited everything plan for 25 a month.

    Presuming Vodafone is a 2yr contract, thats an extra 15 euro a month or an extra 330euro.so the phone actually cost 480quid. Not knocking your choice, it is handy sometimes to go for deals like that if thats your thing.

    I'm looking at a few samsungs atm but the chinese androids such as alcatel seem appealing.


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  • #7
    browne_rob5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭browne_rob5


    Get Real wrote: »
    need a new phone myself with a similar price range but I'm always skeptical of these deals.

    My current provider, does an unlimited everything plan for 25 a month.

    Presuming Vodafone is a 2yr contract, thats an extra 15 euro a month or an extra 330euro.so the phone actually cost 480quid. Not knocking your choice, it is handy sometimes to go for deals like that if thats your thing.

    I'm looking at a few samsungs atm but the chinese androids such as alcatel seem appealing.

    Who is your current provider?


  • #8
    GT_TDI_150
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,917 ✭✭✭✭GT_TDI_150


    I was paying 30 with three ...yes the 4g was unlimited(only until june btw - just to explain, it would remain unlimited but there was going to be an extra charge for using 4G) ... I'm now paying 40 ....but that includes the sky sports 1 and 2 package ( dont have Sky Sports at home AND Mobdro keeps loosing streams)

    I do most of my usage on Wifi so the 3GB limit isnt an issue ... I checked my previous usage before moving and found I was never going over 2GB anyway


    Oh and the Three 4G and normal mobile network are very poor out my way ...


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