£100 phone for my mum

cHk4 · 1 Mar 2015 at 16:15

Looking for a new phone it has to be on O2 as my mum has a sim only deal with them (£11 a month for a simplicity 300 or something). She wants a phone which is ideally easy to use and has a good camera. Any ideas? Can go over slightly if it will be a much better phone.

Thanks

nade · 1 Mar 2015 at 16:24

Under that price could try finding the older Moto G. Maybe new Moto E once it's out, but dunno what price it'll be though, but expecting it'll be either around 100 or under.

Aside from the 635 Lumia might be worth considering.

thep02 · 1 Mar 2015 at 16:45

Check the Huawei offerings at cpw, you could get an adequate mom phone and save loads out of your budget.

stoosh · 1 Mar 2015 at 16:48

Honor Holly only £74.99 on Amazon for a decent specced Android phone.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TQPOTTS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_

RanxZy · 1 Mar 2015 at 17:00

I could recommend the Moto G. I wouldn't risk it with a cheapo brand like Huawei or Honor because sometimes a good phone goes beyond the specs. The buid quality of the internals must be good with the Moto G because I get intermittent WiFi at times with my S4 and Note 3, but the Moto G is rock solid.

Warp279 · 1 Mar 2015 at 17:04

I wouldn't go near the Moto G, it has a terrible camera. Not sure why people are recommending it!
What phone does she currently use? Does size matter?

RanxZy · 1 Mar 2015 at 17:05

GalaxyS4 said:
I wouldn't go near the Moto G, it has a terrible camera. Not sure why people are recommending it!
What phone does she currently use? Does size matter?

I would love to see you recommend something better with that budget.

stoosh · 1 Mar 2015 at 17:06

I bought a Moto G and ended up exchanging it three times because the screen was faulty. It either had a yellow screen or backlight bleeding was verging on ridiculous levels.

If you prefer a Moto phone the 2nd Gen Moto E is only £110.

Warp279 · 1 Mar 2015 at 17:20

RanxZy said:
I would love to see you recommend something better with that budget.

I can easily recommend something. I just need my questions answered first.

Also did you even read his post? A moto g is not going to cut it.

cHk4 said:
She wants a phone which is ideally easy to use and has a good camera. Any ideas? Can go over slightly if it will be a much better phone.

Thanks

Tuvoc · 1 Mar 2015 at 17:33

GalaxyS4 said:
I wouldn't go near the Moto G, it has a terrible camera. Not sure why people are recommending it!
What phone does she currently use? Does size matter?

Depends on your expectations - I find the Moto G camera more than adequate. I've no complaints with it.

RanxZy · 1 Mar 2015 at 18:05

GalaxyS4 said:
I can easily recommend something. I just need my questions answered first.

Also did you even read his post? A moto g is not going to cut it.

I read the post but I have not yet encountered a phone with a camera that is in this budget and better than a Moto G. That's why I'm so looking forward to your "easy" propositions good sir

Drizmod · 1 Mar 2015 at 18:39

Would love to see a camera better than a Moto g at this budget. Can get the moto g 4g pay as you go from Tesco for £100 and £2 unlock code from eBay.

cHk4 · 2 Mar 2015 at 11:29

Hi guys, what about if we upped the budget to £150 would that reap a much better phone? She currently has a Nokia 206, my mum has big hands and fingers so a slightly bigger phone doesn't really matter too much.

meandu229 · 2 Mar 2015 at 11:58

£150 would get you a Lumia 735 direct from o2 which has a decent enough camera (6.7MP IRRC) and should let you get the fitbit flex which you could keep/sell for £50~ aswell. Nice phone and WP is very easy to use.

AGD · 2 Mar 2015 at 12:05

I would look at a Moto G. Don't think you'll get a better quality phone for that price.

Orcvader · 2 Mar 2015 at 12:14

2nd gen Moto G offers a better camera than the 1st gen, I do agree the 1st gen Moto G's camera was ok for most cases but not brilliant. Should easily find it within budget.

RanxZy · 2 Mar 2015 at 13:09

meandu229 said:
£150 would get you a Lumia 735 direct from o2 which has a decent enough camera (6.7MP IRRC) and should let you get the fitbit flex which you could keep/sell for £50~ aswell. Nice phone and WP is very easy to use.

That's a decent shout and it seems to better the Moto G 2nd generation in this review http://www.trustedreviews.com/nokia-lumia-735-review-camera-page-3

Skilid · 2 Mar 2015 at 14:12

Lumia 735 if you can stretch to it.

thep02 · 2 Mar 2015 at 15:10

Huawei g620s unbeatable at sub £100 budget, bought from cpw full UK consumer rights, all phones are made in China.

FishLicker · 2 Mar 2015 at 19:42

cHk4 said:
Hi guys, what about if we upped the budget to £150 would that reap a much better phone? She currently has a Nokia 206, my mum has big hands and fingers so a slightly bigger phone doesn't really matter too much.

I'd try and find an LG G2 (even if second hand). Excellent little machines. Great screen, camera and battery life and the chipset is still more than up to the job. It will completely spank every other suggestion in this thread IMO.