Recommend some phones ~£150

Scougar · 23 Apr 2013 at 21:37

Ok, nephew needs a new phone and max budget is £150.

Looking at the Xperia range, and others. Any chance of a dual core with 1GB ram for that budget?

bastic · 23 Apr 2013 at 21:47

if you look hard enough and add around 20£ you might get Nexus4 8gb

Psycho Sonny · 23 Apr 2013 at 22:21

buy a chinese clone, found on amazon, ebay, dhgate, etc.

you can get a samsung s3 or note 2 clone for your budget.

Scougar · 23 Apr 2013 at 22:32

It's not for me, it's for the nephew, so I'm not considering clones.

How about this deal? Sony Xperia U for 12.50 a month (but with Talk Mobile): http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy/SONY_XPERIA_U_KM037_FCON

Psycho Sonny · 24 Apr 2013 at 00:22

what difference does it make who it is for?

you wont get a better phone than a clone at that budget.

also if your going to go down the contract route, you would be better off buying a nexus 4 and giffgaff £10 per month goodybag.

Fillado · 24 Apr 2013 at 00:34

Huawei Ascend G510 or Nokia Lumia 620.

Scougar · 24 Apr 2013 at 11:09

Fillado said:
Huawei Ascend G510 or Nokia Lumia 620.

That G510 isn't bad. Nice big screen, reasonable battery and performance.

The 620 only the windows phone OS puts me off (but that's up to him if that's a concern with the phones his buddies have).

deuse · 24 Apr 2013 at 15:04

Scougar said:
That G510 isn't bad. Nice big screen, reasonable battery and performance.

The 620 only the windows phone OS puts me off (but that's up to him if that's a concern with the phones his buddies have).

The G510 has only 512 MB RAM so it will be slow. I got a Chinese phone coming next week

N7300 with a MTK6589 Quad Core processor an 5.8 inch IPS screen\PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU
Dual Sim ect it's the same as a iNew i2000 all for £170 inc

Scougar · 25 Apr 2013 at 12:38

Looking now mostly at the Sony Xperia U. Downside is only 512MB, but it's a massive step up from his previous phone.

The G510 I couldn't find for a reasonble price

Grrrrr · 25 Apr 2013 at 13:31

The best phone i could find a couple of months ago for this sort of price was the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2. Screen was vibrant and decent resolution, build quality seemed robust, from my short play around it seemed pretty smooth, though it may struggle with anything too intensive. Overall, for ~£130, I was impressed

Witor · 25 Apr 2013 at 14:59

Ace 2 is ok, bear in mind it struggles a bit (chuggy/laggy) with Jelly bean though, just a personal observation with my work phone.

Insomniak · 25 Apr 2013 at 16:16

Get the Xperia U for £99 like I've just done and run it with a Gifgaf sim for £10/month. You wont get better than that for the money. Its a fantastic little phone.

Scougar · 25 Apr 2013 at 22:58

That's precisely what I'm looking at for him. I've recommended it, and see if he likes it, if not.. then he'll have to plump up more cash. His father prefers the PAYG model to restrict expense.

Macky · 25 Apr 2013 at 23:08

Does it need to be Android? If not then I'd recommend the Lumia 520. £99 plus £10 top up. Dual core, 512MB RAM but Windows Phone 8 will fly on it compared to an Android with similar specs.

Fallen god · 25 Apr 2013 at 23:33

Insomniak said:
Get the Xperia U for £99 like I've just done and run it with a Gifgaf sim for £10/month. You wont get better than that for the money. Its a fantastic little phone.

Where do u get one for 99?

i-bert · 26 Apr 2013 at 12:26

Fallen god said:
Where do u get one for 99?

Scougar · 26 Apr 2013 at 13:54

Asda Direct. (hopefully not a competitor!). It's on for £122... but they give you a code for £23 off... even though it says it's expired, it still works.

He's ordered on now apparently, so see how it turns out. Thank you for all the recommendations, I think he was happier spending less, although I think the G510 was still a good shout at £130.