New phone time!

MowyTone · 31 Jul 2013 at 07:36

Hi All,

Curretly have an HTC desire which is getting to the point where it's only real use will be a door stop (constantly running out of space etc etc).

I don't want to start a new contact as I'm happy with my Sim only vodafone account - as its a friends and family staff account.

So what I'm after is advice on which phones I should look at picking up and paying for outright (happy with decent 2nd hand). I'd say I'd spend a max of £200 and want the thing to have a few years use in it.

Quite happy with Android so would lean towards this.

Steve_bullockuk · 31 Jul 2013 at 07:57

A 2nd hand Galaxy S3 in good condition could be had for that kind of money. Granted it is not the most up to date phone out there but it will certainly be a big jump from your Desire.

antonusklesk · 31 Jul 2013 at 10:29

Depending on how much storage you need have a look at the prices of Nexus 4s second hand.

MowyTone · 31 Jul 2013 at 11:17

Checked out the specs and reviews and it seems like the Nexus 4 has the edge out of the two... no doubt you will see a " i bought a phone from ebay" thread from me soon in GD

thep02 · 31 Jul 2013 at 12:12

MowyTone said:
Checked out the specs and reviews and it seems like the Nexus 4 has the edge out of the two... no doubt you will see a " i bought a phone from ebay" thread from me soon in GD

I own an N4 and my son has an S3 and I would say the s3 is a better all round fone re camera, storage and completeness of ui-user experience, though in your position I would wait to see what happens with the Moto X and the Nexus 5 before making a purchase.

In case you get the wrong idea about my meaning the N4 is a great phone and I've loved having it but I prefer the completeness of my S4.

remy87 · 31 Jul 2013 at 12:28

Depends what you want do but putting a custom rom the desire will give it a new life and yes you can even do proper app 2 SD which are brilliant. Got my desire and 1gb app partition on the sd so works really well. But you got a good excuse to upgrade now.

benjo · 31 Jul 2013 at 13:00

As good as the Desire was, it's painfully slow these days.

I'd choose a second hand S3 over an N4, but both have their pros and cons

Steve_bullockuk · 31 Jul 2013 at 13:22

I have an S3 and the mrs has the N4. The hardware on the N4 is a lot better but the camera is pretty poor.

MowyTone · 31 Jul 2013 at 13:45

remy87 said:
Depends what you want do but putting a custom rom the desire will give it a new life and yes you can even do proper app 2 SD which are brilliant. Got my desire and 1gb app partition on the sd so works really well. But you got a good excuse to upgrade now.

ah ok, I was annoyed as the Facebook App cannot be moved across to the SD card but took all the space on the phone. I never looked into a partition solution, in fact never crossed my mind. Google search has revealed a OCUK thread about it so I will look that up later. At least this is a quick fix while and get the new phone sorted

mame · 31 Jul 2013 at 19:48

I know it's over the budget you gave, but sim free S3s are £285 in the supermarket now.