Best phone for ~ £100

grudas · 30 Apr 2012 at 01:20

tbh g300 is fast and good but in 2012 you would expect that for a budget phone yes it is impressive compared to SF but SF came out ages ago

biron_w · 30 Apr 2012 at 08:32

grudas said:
No way 200.... 300-400 i bet

They'll have to price it between £200-£300. Anything more and it'll fail. You can get a new HTC one X for £400.

Robbo · 30 Apr 2012 at 09:50

biron_w said:
They'll have to price it between £200-£300. Anything more and it'll fail. You can get a new HTC one X for £400.

And ultimately it's comparable to the One X. It's not going to be that cheap.

biron_w · 30 Apr 2012 at 23:53

Robbo said:
And ultimately it's comparable to the One X. It's not going to be that cheap.

It might be comparable but they'll still have to price it a lot cheaper. There's no way anybody would buy one over a HTC.

Macky · 9 May 2012 at 23:15

Just like to point out that an update fixing the speaker volume has been released and works fine for me. Really pleased with the phone as my first step into android. Can't wait for ICS.

stoke1863 · 9 May 2012 at 23:18

My cousin got one and i must say im stunned at how good the phone is for £100

the SF had an absolute shocker of a camera but from the samples my cousin sent me the Ascend even has a decent camera and a decent video recorder, I can post samples for anyone needing it

datsunman · 10 May 2012 at 14:00

Super Tigers said:
The Ascend looks excellent for £100.

If you can stretch to £119 and you fancy something different to Android then give the Nokia Lumia 710 a go, excellent value handset, very well made, powerful Qualcomm 1.4ghz 8255T processor and Adreno graphics, decent camera and Windows Phone OS.

Sorry to hijack, but where can you get a 710 for £119, need a stop gap as my Bold just broke. :-(

Super Tigers · 10 May 2012 at 14:06

datsunman said:
Sorry to hijack, but where can you get a 710 for £119, need a stop gap as my Bold just broke.

From the carphonewarehouse if you have a payg discard they can upgrade. I upgraded my O2 payg simcard and got the 710 for £119. Cracking good phone for reasonable money.

datsunman · 10 May 2012 at 14:40

Thanks, will pop over there later.

ColEx · 13 May 2012 at 15:13

Hey Macky, i am just wondering how is the phone going? I am thinking about picking one up, seems perfect for the price tag.

Macky · 13 May 2012 at 15:38

Going well. No problems so far. I use GO Launcher instead of the Huawei one as it's much better IMO. The speaker bug got fixed in an update and I guess ICS can't be too far off now.

ColEx · 13 May 2012 at 15:45

Nice to know the speaker bug got fixed, cheers. Will probably pick one up next week.

fasda · 13 May 2012 at 15:47

Macky said:
Can you get rid of the Huawei bloatware and just stick Launcherpro on? If so I'll probably be getting this. Reviews say the ringtone is too quiet but not really an issue for me, have my phone on silent most of the day.

Comment: How to fix speaker
1. Go to "Settings"
2. Press "About Phone"
3. Tap "Online Upgrade"
4. Tap "Firmware upgrade"
5. Your phone will check for an upgrade and will show a new version name: "Asura_Vodafone_B885"
6. Press Download - you will be reminded to connect to WiFi
7. Press OK and the download will commence
8. Your phone will restart to install firmware after finishing download

anything-but · 15 May 2012 at 19:56

Looking at one of these to replace the blade,how`s the battery life? As long as i get a day`s worth out of one charge i`ll be happy.

Macky · 15 May 2012 at 20:59

Can't complain here. Easily get over a day with average use. 2 days normally + for me I think haven't really been monitoring though.

anything-but · 17 May 2012 at 22:15

Picked mine up tonight @ Bluewater Vodaphone. Had to stump up the £10 top-up but they unlocked it for free!
Cracking little phone for the money.