Best Android Phone for ~ £250
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Moto X Play springs to mind
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I'd say the Moto X Play too although it's only 1080p.
The One Plus 2 is an option too (its $389 for the 64GB version on their website which is £253 at the moment (not available in the UK yet I *think*)
Or you could go with the LG G3 which has a much better screen than the Moto X Play at the cost of pretty much everything else.
The One Plus 2 is an option too (its $389 for the 64GB version on their website which is £253 at the moment (not available in the UK yet I *think*)
Or you could go with the LG G3 which has a much better screen than the Moto X Play at the cost of pretty much everything else.
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Honestly if you're not desperate that's probably what I'd advise. LG are bringing out the LG G4 Pro later this year supposedly (so the normal G4 should drop) and the S6 Edge +/Note 5 are on the way so existing handsets will probably reduce in price quite a bit and might get close to your target price.
Will be, but very unlikely to have an sd slot.
More to a screen than just resolution. G3 has low brightness and off colours and uses software sharpening which makes it worse.
As others if it were me I'd go for a Moto X Play if you need to buy it now or hold out for a Nexus 5 if you can wait.
I haven't seen confirmation of the Nexus 5 pricing yet but based on Google's recent 'premium' nexus pricing I suspect the cost may be slightly higher than £250 at launch however. Maybe more Like £300-350 depending on whether you go for the 16Gb or 32Gb version. Just a guestimate however.
I haven't seen confirmation of the Nexus 5 pricing yet but based on Google's recent 'premium' nexus pricing I suspect the cost may be slightly higher than £250 at launch however. Maybe more Like £300-350 depending on whether you go for the 16Gb or 32Gb version. Just a guestimate however.
There's not that much of a difference between 1080p and 1440p.
OP2 is £289 for the 64GB version but there's no SD slot. Not to mention it's near impossible to buy without an invite.
I would say the Moto X Play is the best choice for this budget.
The upcoming LG Nexus 5 will be more budget friendly but it will still be about a couple of months until release. And it seems very unlikely for Google to add a SD slot to the Nexus.
I don't know much about phones but I would have thought an SD slot would go without saying in all smart phones these days?
Very wrong unfortunately
Only two choices in considering are
Moto play
One plus 2
On paper the one plus is better - but I can't stomach the hardware lottery and dire support
But I don't really want the moto, but I need a new phone as mine is faulty
Is the new nexus 32gb Max? If it is that's off table too
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Google's only Nexus phone to have a SD card slot was their first phone, the Nexus One, which they then removed due to SD cards having poor read/write speeds and keeping the partition structure simple. Other companies started to do the same for similar reasons. Samsung's reason to dump the SD slot was due to space, they wanted a thin phone and the SD slot wouldn't allow it for their design. Motorola and Sony seems to be the only well known companies left with high end phones that includes an option for a SD card slot.
Why allow customers to buy a cheap SD card when you can massively overcharge on internal memory and remove that feature entirely.
Apple have been creaming it forever and Samsung are now fully on that bandwagon.
I'd be surprised if it comes in under £250 for one with a half decent capacity either.