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Best budget smartphone...?

CiboC · 2019-04-10 12:18:53

My young lad appears to have lost his phone, so I'm wondering about a replacement - I've told him he is going to be paying for most of it from his pocket money....! I haven't paid much attention over the last year or so to new phone models so what is the current best bang for buck smartphone? Android only, cheaper the…

10-04-2019 12:18pm

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My young lad appears to have lost his phone, so I'm wondering about a replacement - I've told him he is going to be paying for most of it from his pocket money....!

I haven't paid much attention over the last year or so to new phone models so what is the current best bang for buck smartphone? Android only, cheaper the better, no preference to any brand really.

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#2 10-04-2019 12:43pm

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Depending on your budget. You could do worse than this - its saying in stock. So would be 2 day delivery with DHL

https://www.honorbuy.com/1492-xiaomi-mi-a2-lite-official-global-version-4gb-ram-64gb-smartphone-black.html

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#3 10-04-2019 3:50pm

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Agree with the above post,great phone for the price,great battery and pure android.

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#4 10-04-2019 9:31pm

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P smart 2019 for 150 with free bluetooth headphones (worth 20 maybe 30)when switching number to vodafone in Carphone Warehouse. I was really suprised for Huawei build quality in 2019, screen is big, can hide notch, loud sound, camera is ok. Or look for other network switching offers, if you can not trust Huawei

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#5 10-04-2019 10:10pm

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a2 lite a great phone

or if this offer for the smart x9 is still going for €90 (may need to get another sim to do a fake switch)
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109683535

does seem to be still going - 60 off with switch so say get a free lycamobile or eir sim to do this
http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phones/vodafone-smart-x9-pay-as-you-go-black

review
https://www.stuff.tv/vodafone/smart-x9/review

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#6 11-04-2019 8:16pm

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Didn't want to start a new thread just to ask this

Given the choice between the p smart 2019 and the mate 20 lite which would you choose?

The p smart 2019 is free on the plan where as the mate is 50e

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#7 11-04-2019 10:14pm

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TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Didn't want to start a new thread just to ask this

Given the choice between the p smart 2019 and the mate 20 lite which would you choose?

The p smart 2019 is free on the plan where as the mate is 50e

similar but mate 20 lite has usb-c connector and fast charging

aside from that they are v similar - same cpu and screen type

camera possibly slightly better on mate 20 lite

probably worth the extra 50 euro.

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