£250 budget phone suggestion

deshepherd · 11 Jul 2018 at 18:28

What's the update situation like for the Honor 9 (how quickly does it get security updates and what commitements to OS/security updates do Huawei make?)
Also, how much extra overlay is there on top of the standard Android experience is there? Having had a Nexus and a Moto Zplay I'm used to and quite like the standard Android experience.

Simps · 15 Jul 2018 at 23:51

Space Monkey said:
EGlobal Central UK, used them a few times, I paid the extra for shipping and it came with in about 4/5 days via DPD

Who do they use to deliver the phone please ?
Bit of an odd site but it's cheaper that CPW for the G6 Plus, my dads birthday pressy

Space Monkey · 15 Jul 2018 at 23:54

Simps said:
Who do they use to deliver the phone please ?
Bit of an odd site but it's cheaper that CPW for the G6 Plus, my dads birthday pressy

The answer is in the quoted text

Simps · 16 Jul 2018 at 00:09

Space Monkey said:
The answer is in the quoted text

I've had beer

sorry. DPD=Bonus
Thank you.

rickjames · 16 Jul 2018 at 09:11

Also in a similar predicament, but £100 or so less. Currently have a Smart Ultra 6 I think I've had for about 3 years now, currently stuck between the Honor 9 Lite and Moto G6 which you can from various places for about £149...

mr tommo · 16 Jul 2018 at 09:50

Would anybody recommend a first gen Google Pixel at this price? It's currently available for £205 on hotukdeals.

rickjames · 16 Jul 2018 at 09:53

mr tommo said:
Would anybody recommend a first gen Google Pixel at this price? It's currently available for £205 on hotukdeals.

I know the one you're talking about; whilst I'm keen I'm reaaaally wary about warranty/where it's sourced

mr tommo · 16 Jul 2018 at 11:29

rickjames said:
I know the one you're talking about; whilst I'm keen I'm reaaaally wary about warranty/where it's sourced

I ordered my last phone from there too, looking at CEX, trade in for the google pixel is £170 CEX vouchers so I guess that would be worst case scenario if it's slow or you don't like it.

rickjames · 16 Jul 2018 at 11:37

Do you know anything with regards to warranty? That's my main bugbear in case something plays up

mr tommo · 16 Jul 2018 at 12:34

No idea sorry, my HTC 10 Evo was only £109 so took the risk.

I've just ordered the Pixel by the way, will cross the warranty bridge when it comes to it...maybe I'm just lucky but I've never once had to return a faulty phone.

Simps · 16 Jul 2018 at 13:37

Space Monkey said:
EGlobal Central UK, used them a few times, I paid the extra for shipping and it came with in about 4/5 days via DPD

Thanks again. Just ordered a Moto G6 Plus for £242.19 from that site.
I was waiting on the checkout page and popup came up with a promotion saying if you check out now we will knock £5 off your order. Which they did. Exitgrabber code (Chkout5)

Simps · 20 Jul 2018 at 16:01

Wow, it's still not been dispatched despite being ordered Monday afternoon. EGlobal Central UK is Cheap site but not anyone who wants their order in a reasonable timeframe.
I ordered a case for my pixel 2lx from amazon.com at the same time. That came from San Antonio in 2 days :confused:

TonyM19 · 20 Jul 2018 at 16:15

rickjames said:
Also in a similar predicament, but £100 or so less. Currently have a Smart Ultra 6 I think I've had for about 3 years now, currently stuck between the Honor 9 Lite and Moto G6 which you can from various places for about £149...

Moved from Smart Ultra 6 to Honor 9 Lite. No problems at all. I'm assuming you have the same requirements as I had (decent battery life, decent camera, memrory card etc). No regrets at all for what I paid

Furton · 20 Jul 2018 at 18:41

rickjames said:
I know the one you're talking about; whilst I'm keen I'm reaaaally wary about warranty/where it's sourced

This is a dilemma, just bought a Moto G6 for my mum to replace her ancient phone for £200 and now seen this, which phone is actually better as I still love my Pixel phone?

Tuvoc · 21 Jul 2018 at 14:52

Bought a grey Honor 9 Lite from Carphone Warehouse earlier in the week, reduced from £199 to £149. Bargain. But it went out of stock just as I ordered due to popularity, however it will come back into stock and be shipped early August. Can't wait to get it.

Bounce · 23 Jul 2018 at 22:12

Tuvoc said:
Bought a grey Honor 9 Lite from Carphone Warehouse earlier in the week, reduced from £199 to £149. Bargain. But it went out of stock just as I ordered due to popularity, however it will come back into stock and be shipped early August. Can't wait to get it.

you can pick one up from ebay (new) from as little as £125.

Tuvoc · 24 Jul 2018 at 07:10

CAPS_LOCK said:
you can pick one up from ebay (new) from as little as £125.

They come from Hong Kong or China and will attract VAT. Even if not, for the small extra I'd rather buy from CPW with proper warranty etc

Simps · 24 Jul 2018 at 14:48

Simps said:
Wow, it's still not been dispatched despite being ordered Monday afternoon. EGlobal Central UK is Cheap site but not anyone who wants their order in a reasonable timeframe.
I ordered a case for my pixel 2lx from amazon.com at the same time. That came from San Antonio in 2 days

Still not delivered. They created the UPS label on Friday 20th and told me it was going to be delivered on Monday 23rd. Guess what, no delivery. I messaged UPS and they say they went to pick up the package but it was not available for collection.
My best guess is they are out of stock and are trying to buy time by creating shipping labels for stock they don't have.
I messaged them yesterday and today with no response, wonder why

So glad I paid with Paypal, I have now opened a dispute. Hopefully get a refund and go elsewhere.
I will not be using these again. Wish I had just gone to Carphone warehouse now. Lesson learnt.

MichaelAwkward · 24 Jul 2018 at 17:29

Things change I've changed said:
I don't really believe that is the case, I've looked into chinese phones a lot recently and there is always one feature missing that I need, for example with the Redmi Note 5 it's aptx and NFC support, NFC in particular is pretty essential these days, other chinese phones can have issues with 4G depending on your network as well.

The Note 5 supports aptx as it's part of the Snapdragon 636 chipset. It's in the developer options.

What do you use NFC for that's essential? I've literally never used it. Apple Pay?

The only genuine reason not to consider phones from China is the warranty issue. That's why you're paying £200+ for Moto G6 with the same specifications as Chinese phones from two years ago.

stuie · 24 Jul 2018 at 19:44

stretch an extra 50 quid

SD835 6GBram 128gb storage 1440p screen

https://www.carphonewarehouse.com/n...ity=128GB&dealType=sf&tabID=specificationData