Budget Android Phone - c.£150

dangermouse425 · 15 Jul 2016 at 08:17

Haze said:
buy another LG G4

Sadly my budget doesn't stretch that far.

OspreyO · 19 Jul 2016 at 16:13

Which has the best camera?

I've been playing around with the Moto G 3rd and I think the camera is just ok. Its worse than my 8mp Lumia 640. The Moto G 4G has the same 13mp camera I think. Perhaps the 5x also.

This would suggest the 5x has a much better camera

https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/43fceq/girlfriend_new_phone_moto_g_or_nexus_5x/

Mobius 1 · 19 Jul 2016 at 16:20

I guess if you can stretch to it, the nexus 5x has a good camera. I owned one for a brief period, and the camera was decent.

lafemmefatale · 20 Jul 2016 at 12:05

Thank jebus I stumbled across this thread, I'm in the market for a new phone at around the £150 mark. I like the look of the Note 3 Pro as linked previously, but I'm a noob and completely out of the loop when it comes to phones in general. All I ask is for a half-decent camera, good battery life and a large screen with crisp colours. The rest of it specs-wise isn't too important, it'll be predominantly for light general use.

From what I can gather the Note 3 Pro has some mash-up of Android.... for someone who wouldn't want to mess about too much with it, could that be a problem?

Basically, tell me about these things like I'm a 6-year old.

spoony77 · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:02

I bought a redmi note 3 pro and it is excellent and cost me a smidge over £150 from top-one on alieexpress.
Plus points- immense battery life ( 2 days easy), beautiful display, very smooth operation (not had any lag ever), excellent build quality.
Negative points- no band 20 lte which means no 4G internet on vodafone or 02 (3G works fine) and the camera takes only soso pictures indoors (outdoors pics look good to me).
Hope this helps.

lafemmefatale · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:09

It does, thank you. I can live with no 4G and indoor pictures aren't much of an issue for me.

So what's the difference between getting one from this top-one person and say, one from honorbuy as linked in a post above?

spoony77 · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:19

Not sure other than guaranteed no customs to pay and a pre-installed official global rom that will receive regular OTA updates....
Others on here will be better informed tho....

Mobius 1 · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:32

I wouldn't personally trust anyone else installing stuff on a phone i'm about to purchase. they could literally side load anything onto it!

I'd buy it from a seller that sells them sealed, and sort the global rom out later yourself (its easy)

lafemmefatale · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:36

The global rom flashing looks within reach of my limited technical knowledge. I presume it will still OTA updates even when flashed? I also presume that buying from Honorbuy ensures the phone comes sealed?

Mobius 1 · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:39

it will still OTA. im pretty sure of that.

i've never purchased from honorbuy personally. but again, pretty sure they sell them sealed. i'd reject it and send it back if it wasnt

lafemmefatale · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:42

They have the silver one in stock now too. I have two days to decide what colour I want.

Mobius 1 · 20 Jul 2016 at 14:47

lafemmefatale said:
They have the silver one in stock now too. I have two days to decide what colour I want.

buy with paypal, and if for whatever reason you get an issue, raise a dispute. thats what id do!

lafemmefatale · 20 Jul 2016 at 15:34

I was going to use paypal.

Thank you for the info, tis much appreciated.

scrivz69 · 20 Jul 2016 at 20:00

Top one will sell you a sealed one all you have to do is ask them.