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Christmas Present Help Needed - Best Android Smartphone Under €250

Paully D · 2018-11-22 10:36:14

Hi all, I asked on here a couple of years ago and was given some great advice so I'm back. The present at the time (Samsung Galaxy J3) went down a treat and has had some fantastic use, but the time has come to upgrade again. I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a smartphone under €250, preferably one that I can…

22-11-2018 11:36AM

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Paully D

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Hi all,

I asked on here a couple of years ago and was given some great advice so I'm back. The present at the time (Samsung Galaxy J3) went down a treat and has had some fantastic use, but the time has come to upgrade again.

I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a smartphone under €250, preferably one that I can pick up in a bricks and mortar store (don't ask :pac:)?

As we've had such a good experience with the J3, I'm drawn to the J5 (2017) at €150 and the J6 at €160, both well under budget. Would either of those be a nice, noticeable upgrade for her? Or would there be a better option than those Samsung's?

The main things for her would be something that is speedy enough (for a teenager) that won't get sluggish too soon into its lifespan, and has a good battery life. She would mainly use it for watching YouTube, video calling, Snapchat etc.

Thanks all.

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#2 22-11-2018 11:53AM

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Great suggesttions here

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057929616

I ordered one of the Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite for my teen.

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#3 22-11-2018 04:18PM

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I've just ordered a Mi A2 Lite as well.

That, the main Mi A2.

The Pocofone F1 if it comes down from around €300.

Others will weigh in...

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#4 15-12-2018 10:39AM

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Redmi Note 5
4GB/64GB version

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#5 15-12-2018 06:25PM

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Honor 8x

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#6 16-12-2018 02:54PM

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Honor Play
Moto G6 / G6 Plus
Nokia 6.1

The Xiaomi phones are great value (have one myself).
However if Leapcard is used then stay clear as they don't have NFC (only high end models).

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#7 16-12-2018 02:54PM

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The MiA2, not Lite.

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#8 16-12-2018 06:51PM

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Patww79 wrote: »

The MiA2, not Lite.

I'd go contrary and say Mi a2 lite- fair bit longer battery life which OP mentions than A2 (probably 30% longer in practice) and will do all your uses fine. also stock android and even tho the snapragon 625 is getting on as a cpu it flies on stock android and use is rapid and smooth day-to-day.

has a headphone jack if that is important also.

the A2 has a better camera but the a2 lite is fine except in bad light (altho that can be improved with installing a night sight google camera app which requires following a tutorial on it with a pc)

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