Decent Android phone for £100 or so?

Armadillo · 7 May 2017 at 04:19

Currently I have a lumia 535, it generally does me fine, except for applications, it's either missing them, has unofficial ones that are missing features and even some of the official ones are not great compared to android/ios (Steam mobile for example). I'm not looking to play games, mostly just want it for the authenticator apps and for it to have the power for watching twitch streams. Would prefer stock or close to stock android if possible.

Other than that, not really bothered about anything else.

Thanks.

Begbie · 7 May 2017 at 07:17

Redmi 3 was quite popular for a while at that price. Worth checking the chinese phone thread.

Gen · 8 May 2017 at 17:50

Not sure if this helps but Amazon currently have 20% off select warehouse deals. I needed a second handset so grabbed a sim free Moto X Play for £114, which I think is a lot of phone for the money. It's immaculate and appears completely unused, they have plenty left.

koooowweeee · 12 May 2017 at 06:01

What did you end up getting OP?
I don't spend much on phones because I'm a gardener and I'm worried I'll break the screen. Saying that my smart ultra 6 is in near mint condition but the battery is shocking now so I'm looking for something new also.

pallys · 12 May 2017 at 21:57

Redmi 4A (5") is what I'm thinking of.

Have not come anything better for the price in that size.

lemonade · 15 May 2017 at 12:55

Spend a couple of quid more and get the Redmi 4X instead, has far better specs and features for not much more.

EssexBoy · 15 May 2017 at 13:10

lemonade said:
Spend a couple of quid more and get the Redmi 4X instead, has far better specs and features for not much more.

It is £103 after cashback at the mo but the wait for it too arrive put me off but best phone for £100.

lemonade · 15 May 2017 at 13:29

From what I read they tend to take 15 days to arrive, same with past experience of buying from China, which is long but really that bad and better than the predicted 20-40 days.

Armadillo · 18 May 2017 at 04:22

koooowweeee said:
What did you end up getting OP?
I don't spend much on phones because I'm a gardener and I'm worried I'll break the screen. Saying that my smart ultra 6 is in near mint condition but the battery is shocking now so I'm looking for something new also.

Not got anything yet, been busy then ended up forgetting about this

lemonade said:
Spend a couple of quid more and get the Redmi 4X instead, has far better specs and features for not much more.

Yeah, I been looking in the Chinese phone thread. Seems they offer the best value, but seems like warranty is questionable and you just hope it doesn't break.

kaptainmarc · 18 May 2017 at 08:52

Armadillo said:
Not got anything yet, been busy then ended up forgetting about this

Yeah, I been looking in the Chinese phone thread. Seems they offer the best value, but seems like warranty is questionable and you just hope it doesn't break.

I was real sceptical about buying a chinese phone, Had my Redmi Note 3 just over a year now and no problems. well apart from me dropping it countless times now has a dented battery in 3 places, smashed camera and smashed screen.

I will only buy chinese phones now

Schizo · 18 May 2017 at 08:59

kaptainmarc said:
I was real sceptical about buying a chinese phone,

I will only buy chinese phones now

This,had my oukitel k6000 for nearly a year also,works very well and still has great battery life.

lemonade · 19 May 2017 at 10:55

Armadillo said:
Not got anything yet, been busy then ended up forgetting about this

Yeah, I been looking in the Chinese phone thread. Seems they offer the best value, but seems like warranty is questionable and you just hope it doesn't break.

I bought mine from AliExpress with a years warranty, which is difficult & long to claim on, but its there should anything go wrong.