Smartphone for a non-techie user?

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My mum needs a new phone, her S3 is playing up and isn't holding the charge as it use to. She only uses the phone for calls, texts and photos. Pretty much any phone can do that, I'm aware of that.

The most important things in the phone will be
- Good battery life
- Durable
- Good camera (something that works well on auto point&shoot)

She wants to go on a contract with Three (all the family and friends are with 3) 300-500 mintues, unlimited texts and 500-1gb of data will be plenty.

Budget:£20-30 per month. The cheaper the better really, she doesn't use multiple applications at a time, so something like an e.g. S7 is not required.

 

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What about Lenovo p2?

 

[IC3]

maybe the iphone SE? (link). £19 upfront + £15 x 24 for 500MB data, 300mins, unlimited text. Total amount: £379. Or £19 upfront + £19 x 24 for 1GB, unlimited text/mins. Total: £475.

You could also just afford the iphone 6. It has a 4.7" screen instead of the SE's 4". The iphone SE is a great phone and good value but 4" is really small :S

The SE looks interesting, she did mention that the new phones are a bit big. I agree with that statement, give me a refreshed Nexus 5 and I'll take that any day vs what's on the market now.

 

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@Dumbnub Thank you for the very informative and helpful posts, I doubt she'll like the Xperia. The looks aren't its strongest point and since I had an Xperia Z before the camera isn't the best when it comes to point&shoot, its great when you know what settings to change. At this current moment the Iphone SE seems like a winner, I'm not a fan of apple myself. But I won't be using it, so we'll see what she'll pick. I've done a little list of phones (in the process of making it! ).

Thank you all for your input, the phone will be picked tomorrow or on Sunday so until then, if anyone has a different suggestion please do share it here.

 

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iPhone SE Gold 32gb was picked at the end.