BEST ANDROID PHONE UNDER €100

ttenneb · 11-04-2018 02:09PM #1

Is it possible to source older versions of budget phones, say 2016-17 models for under €100? i don't need super quality camera but I do want reasonable storage capacity. All makes considered including Huawei and Xiaomi.

GBX · 11-04-2018 02:15PM

What about something like this?
https://www.honorbuy.com/1242-xiaomi-redmi-5a-16gb-official-global-rom-smartphone-gray.html
€103 delivered - If storage was an issue you could add in a microsd in the other sim slot.

corkie · 11-04-2018 02:29PM

https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare-smartphones/f_max_d+eurPrice.110,f_pm+id.2,fe_bands-lte-b3-1800,fe_bands-lte-b7-2600,fe_bands-lte-b20-800

^^^ Filtered for Under €110, LTE band 3,7,20 and Snapdragon! ^^^

Alanstrainor · 11-04-2018 02:30PM

A Nokia 3 is worth considering. A nice little phone for the money, and it's 99eur from Vodafone at the minute. I'm not sure how possible it is to unlock these however.

jacksie66 · 11-04-2018 04:15PM

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ttenneb · 11-04-2018 06:19PM

GBX wrote: »

What about something like this?
https://www.honorbuy.com/1242-xiaomi-redmi-5a-16gb-official-global-rom-smartphone-gray.html
€103 delivered - If storage was an issue you could add in a microsd in the other sim slot.

I bought a Samsung Ace 3 few years ago, having previously had a Huawei at about the same price. No experience with Xiaomi but it seems to be a popular make. The model you quote looks pretty good for that price. How reliable are honorbuy? I notice from other forums that it's the least expensive supplier. Thanks for the suggestions.

corkie · 11-04-2018 07:25PM

ttenneb wrote: »

I bought a Samsung Ace 3 few years ago, having previously had a Huawei at about the same price. No experience with Xiaomi but it seems to be a popular make. The model you quote looks pretty good for that price. How reliable are honorbuy? I notice from other forums that it's the least expensive supplier. Thanks for the suggestions.

Have heard good things as well about honorbuy.

That phone linked does not have band 20 for LTE use here, if that is important for you.
If you live in a city, you would be fine.

Other Xiaomi phones have band 20, see kimovil link.

seanin4711 · 12-04-2018 08:00AM

Xiaomi all the way, for online support

ttenneb · 15-04-2018 10:28PM

corkie wrote: »

Have heard good things as well about honorbuy.

That phone linked does not have band 20 for LTE use here, if that is important for you.
If you live in a city, you would be fine.

Other Xiaomi phones have band 20, see kimovil link.

Thanks Corkie. Can you explain to a 79-year-old geezer what LTE means? I can just about get my head around 3G and 4G. The latter isn't important to me.

corkie · 15-04-2018 10:41PM

ttenneb wrote: »

Thanks Corkie. Can you explain to a 79-year-old geezer what LTE means? I can just about get my head around 3G and 4G. The latter isn't important to me.

LTE is just another name/variation for 4G connectivity!

4G vs LTE – what is the difference?

suzainkartic · 16-04-2018 10:36AM

Huawei and Xiaomi both are also good smartphones brands. but i would like to Xiaomi smartphone because it included have 32GB storage in each phones, like Xiaomi Redmi 4A International Version 2GB 32GB so in my opinion its better then other.