What phone is the best? My bugdet is 300 Euros. Please help.
For 395 you can get the Samsung Nexus unbranded. For 300 and best one, well you can see ebay.
I went from x8 to Xperia Play, no regrets. There are many superior phones, but for your budget you cant have the best ones. I also had 300 euros so I considered play and arc s, I'm a sony fanboy yes. In my opinion arc s is the best choice out of those two, but I really value the fisical controls pad, it is so much better than gaming on sceen!
I would buy Xperia S but I don't have that much money
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Dell Venue is the best, and I am also planning to have Venue, the 4" screen, 8MP camera...
You should have a loot at it.
I heard Alcatel launced a really good and cheap phone: Alcatel One Touch 995 (OT-995). It offers a 1,4 Ghz single-core processor, a screen of 4,3 inch, a 5 megapixel camera, and a great back (in my opinion). If you buy the phone seperately, it will only cost you around $240. Well, I live in the Netherland, and here, it's really cheap for such a nice phone
My Samsung Galaxy Gio just died yesterday, so I might pick up one soon The only sad thing is there's not a XDA forum-section for that phone yet, so searching for ROMs will take some more time...
buy whatever brand you want but dont get a single core
buy samsung galaxy s2 (a bit more than your budget, i know its a budget but still)
or lg p990 or wait for gs3
then these will go down in price, just one or two months
ohh you already have p990, wait for quadcore dude or buy gs2
Depending on the 3g network frequency your carrier uses i would recommend a samsung galaxy s captivate (230$) or motorola atrix (340$) but before you buy any phone check the hsdpa/wcdma frequency
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Hello guys, I am buying a new phone next month and I have found two phones in my budget (under £150 on PAYG), which is better value for money?
I know the SGA has a slightly larger screen and better processor but the Wildfire S has a better DPI and the processor can probably be overclocked easily enough to the same as the SGA.
Any help?
The Wildfire S is also £20 cheaper, thank you.
I am a Galaxy Ace user , I would like to ask what's your budget or rather what's the functions of the phone you use more often ?
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Hey, thanks for the reply; my budget is £150 at the very most.
I use my phone for heavy texting, checking emails once a day, 1 or 2 phone calls and browsing Facebook/Tumblr.
I'm not interested in custom roms if i buy a new phone, I just want a nice phone on stock Gingerbread. So a decent camera is a must (5MP with flash does the job nicely), run smoothly and a decent sized screen (SGA is only a tad bigger than Wildfire S).
Thanks,
Curtis.
So I'm thinking of giving my O1 to my GF (because she has a crappy phone) and getting a new one for myself.
My first thought was the Nexus S, which is right now 275€ at FNAC. But I'm open to other suggestions. I've taken a look at similar phones @ GSMarena.com and the other two options seem to be the Galaxy S and the Xperia Arc.
So, can you guys help me?
Even I have the same question ..
Which other phone would you guys suggest in this price range?
nexus s - lots of support from devs at xda/cyanogen mod, and it's a nexus =p
here are some comparisions
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/37148/samsung-nexus-s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/comparisons/691983/google_nexus_s_vs_samsung_galaxy_s.html
Sony Ericsson Xperia arc or HTC Desire HD...
Thanks for the replies guys
I just found out about this little beast: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_w_i8150-4114.php
It's a powerful phone and I've found someone who's selling one for 95€. Worth it?
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Thanks for the replies guys
I just found out about this little beast: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_w_i8150-4114.php
It's a powerful phone and I've found someone who's selling one for 95€. Worth it?
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Never buy this phone... u better choose Nexus S
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Arc s
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Nexus S, it will get ICS very soon and also has Franco kernel
It depends on your price range.
If your looking for high end, go for galaxy nexus or galaxy s2.
But, i believe your best choice would be the nexus s, as it has koush power [CM9 nightlies]
That, combined with francos kernel is a f**cking rocket and it outperforms even Galaxy S2. Just visit the forums and you'll be amazed
P.S. - What happens to your O1 if you'll breakup?
Go for a Nexus S . Has much much support, I was going to buy but was out of my reach. So I went for a Motorola Defy and so far is a great phone , I did not fail in anything
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I would by Nexus S - good support..
Unless plans change I'm going for the Samsung Galaxy W, it's pretty and not too big. It's got a 1,4GHz Snapdragon with an Adreno 205 and comes preloaded with GB 2.3.5.
I REALLY REALLY wanted a Nexus S, but my wallet can't afford it. Damn things are priced at 250€ even second-hand.
From next week onwards I should stop coming to these forums since I'm giving the Xmas present this Friday. I'll keep rooting for everyone here though
I'll keep searching for a decent priced Nexus S or even a SE Neo, but I really don't get my hope up, and I can get the Galaxy W for 105€ w/ contract.
Nexus S is just the perfect choice. That Samsung W is good...ish... Samsung will forget about that phone and I don't think it will have many community support. The CPU is fine, but the GPU kinda sucks compared with PowerSGX 540 from the Nexus S, and the Nexus has the best single core in the market. Screen size is lower too... Well if you can go for the NS, you an use my kernels as well, they are pretty popular.
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Nexus S is just the perfect choice. That Samsung W is good...ish... Samsung will forget about that phone and I don't think it will have many community support. The CPU is fine, but the GPU kinda sucks compared with PowerSGX 540 from the Nexus S, and the Nexus has the best single core in the market. Screen size is lower too... Well if you can go for the NS, you an use my kernels as well, they are pretty popular.
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I would but the Nexus S if it had contract via TMN which made it's price lower, or I found one I could buy paying in like 10 months (I would even buy a damn Galaxy Nexus if I could pay it that way). FNAC has it for 27,5€x10month but guess what, I can't buy it like that -.- So my choices are pretty limited. But you being PT like me and all might be able to shed me some light into what other options I might have.
I was looking at dev forums for the NS and I saw your kernel there so I was like "Well, I already know what Kernel to use if I get it xD"
NEXUS S !!!!! OFFFFF SssssO...... F****** COURSE MAN!!!!!
franciscofranco said:
Nexus S is just the perfect choice. That Samsung W is good...ish... Samsung will forget about that phone and I don't think it will have many community support. The CPU is fine, but the GPU kinda sucks compared with PowerSGX 540 from the Nexus S, and the Nexus has the best single core in the market. Screen size is lower too... Well if you can go for the NS, you an use my kernels as well, they are pretty popular.
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I'm using d xperia Neo v for the past 2weeks n must say its just awesome on stock itself (not going to root until warrenty expires) but must say its awesum for it's price
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hi all ..i have been eyeing on the s2 ever since it was released ..the problem is the price is so steep back then ...RM2100 ..but about 6 months later it dropped to RM 1900 ...then just last week it dropped to RM 1648 ..and today it dropped to RM 1558! it dropped RM100 in a week!? thats insane!! ..just wondering does anyone know the cause of it ?
S3 due out, HTC One due out, Xperia S out, Xperia P due out, Droid Razr Maxx due out. And so on....
And the S2 is a year old now...
Not rocket science.
i am pretty new to smartphones ..but a drop of RM600 in a course of a year is pretty crazy in my eyes ..or is this very common? i also realized that my bro's Galaxy S used to cost nearly RM2000! when it came out ..now my bro bought it for a 2nd hand for RM620 ...wow ....are smartphone prices so unstable? will the s2 cost a mere RM1000 at the end of the year?
Not unstable, simply Market forces. This is how it works, pay top price as an early adopter.
oh...thanks! oh and is the s2 is good phone ? cause i am thinking of other alternatives like htc sensation , xperia s , and arc s ...s2 is great but it ..soooo common and it's design ain't that appealing ..
I have a personal preference for SE phones, they are very well engineered and have been utterly reliable when used all over the world for me. Never missed a beat. But, I also like the SGS2, it is light and fast. The screen resolution is poor compared with Xperia, but has a greater contrast ratio. I don't understand why Samsung omit the notification LED from their phones, so I use "NoLED" from the Market to act as a notification alert. It works well on an OLED screen - very Nokia C7!
Your choice, ultimately. If you don't like the looks of the SGS2 now, you may never do so. So you might not "love" it as an owner.
In the Netherlands the price is still over 400 euro`s , more thant 600 us dollars.
Dude we love S2 not coz of " cute". But its a beast in hardware capabilities and the awesome dev section in XDA
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Dude we love S2 not coz of " cute". But its a beast in hardware capabilities and the awesome dev section in XDA
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believe me man...the dev section is not that awesome .... i see the same threads every day .... when it comes to the dev section look at the sony ericsson devices dev section......since i have been there quite a while.......
you have to take note that in recent years, smartphone technologies have progress in lighting speed. At the start of 2010, phone with 1Ghz processor was top of the leauge, in 2011, it's duo core who catch the show (Where Galaxy S2 shine), and now its 2012, where quad core and 720p HD screen host the show, specification of galaxy S2 as of today only worth as a medium class. How much you would expect people pay for a medium class phone?
Other than Apple product, where apple have control over their retail price, it's natural for their price to drop as technogies advance. Well, only idiot apple fan would pay for overprice piece of product near it's debut retail price when it's so obsolete.
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you have to take note that in recent years, smartphone technologies have progress in lighting speed. At the start of 2010, phone with 1Ghz processor was top of the leauge, in 2011, it's duo core who catch the show (Where Galaxy S2 shine), and now its 2012, where quad core and 720p HD screen host the show, specification of galaxy S2 as of today only worth as a medium class. How much you would expect people pay for a medium class phone?
Other than Apple product, where apple have control over their retail price, it's natural for their price to drop as technogies advance. Well, only idiot apple fan would pay for overprice piece of product near it's debut retail price when it's so obsolete.
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I don`t agree with you, had a galaxy note for 2 months and sold it again and went back to the s2. The s2 is way faster, more responsive and has imo a better screen. This is after a year still a top three device, but that`s just me
IMO even till now s2 is still pretty beastly ..at least quadrant , nenamark wise ..it still the highest in the business even after so long ...even higher than Xperia S , nexus ...
Tell me about it.
I bought my SG2 last month for 760$ (in Israel). Now it sells for 670$.
M from India.. M planning to buy s2 at this point of year...m in dilemma whether to get out or wait for much more time..though s2 is a year old device.grant lost its glory anytime..but still somewhere I want others opinion..kindly help
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M from India.. M planning to buy s2 at this point of year...m in dilemma whether to get out or wait for much more time..though s2 is a year old device.grant lost its glory anytime..but still somewhere I want others opinion..kindly help
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I am buying one in a few days. I am from Argentina and I am upgrading from a Droid 2.
I think that suits my situation very well, as I want a bigger screen device (3.7' to 4.3'). It has an excellent design, which is something i really like. It has 2 cores (1 GHz core from D2 to 2 1.2GHz cores). I am also gaining RAM.
But above all this, the phones that are currently available in Argentina (where i live) are not that great. The S3 is releasing soon but at a huge price and screen seems to big for me. Then there are not other better choices in my carrier at least. Only got Milestone 3, HTC Sensation, Razr, and stop counting. So S2 is my best choice.
See how is your situation, you are not giving many details, but I think that it's a great choice, that's why I'll buy it.
Totally worth it ..!!
I don't know if people feel the same way about the Galaxy Nexus as I do, but I think that phone is the clear choice if you're going to buy an Android today.
It's priced very competitively. I think it's 350 USD (plus taxes) from Google Play?
Here in Hong Kong, it's about 400 USD (all inclusive).
Plus, with Jelly Bean it performs just as fast (if not faster) than the new phones like the S3 and the 1X.
I've had the S2 since launch and it's great. But I recently purchased the Galaxy Nexus for my wife. I updated it to Jelly Bean and that phone makes the S2 (running CM9) seem dated.
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I don't know if people feel the same way about the Galaxy Nexus as I do, but I think that phone is the clear choice if you're going to buy an Android today.
It's priced very competitively. I think it's 350 USD (plus taxes) from Google Play?
Here in Hong Kong, it's about 400 USD (all inclusive).
Plus, with Jelly Bean it performs just as fast (if not faster) than the new phones like the S3 and the 1X.
I've had the S2 since launch and it's great. But I recently purchased the Galaxy Nexus for my wife. I updated it to Jelly Bean and that phone makes the S2 (running CM9) seem dated.
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I could have easily bought GNex days ago but reviews with camera quality, 5 MP vs 8 MP on S2 discouraged me. Also 1.3 MP vs 2 MP front camera. I always do self portraits, that's why. But GNex has sharp screen. Really a hard choice. But both are good and up to par with current and I hope future developments.
Bought 1 a few months ago after its price dropped. Imo it's worth it since i'm not subscribing to data plan
sandeepkh said:
M from India.. M planning to buy s2 at this point of year...m in dilemma whether to get out or wait for much more time..though s2 is a year old device.grant lost its glory anytime..but still somewhere I want others opinion..kindly help
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I don't know how much your budget is but (in Holland at least) for 70 euros you have the htc one s, if the extra cost is within your budget and you can get the original s4 (not the s3 variant), I would get that. It feels like a big upgrade compared to the sgs2, the screen is better, touch sensitity is better, it feels better in the had, standby is much better (up to 5 days on a single charge with light use), it feels much faster overal than the sgs2
Absolutely not IMO. Either wait for next Nexus or buy that classic designed SIII.
totally worth it, ive got this phone for 6 months now and already convinced 3 friends of buying it aswell!! And my girlfriend is soon going to sell her iphone 4 for the galaxy SIII.
The phone is very good and it got alot of roms to play with! I am happy i bought it.
The galaxy siii is ofcourse much better but also much more expensive... i would go with the s2 if i was you
Currently own S2, but next phone will be Nexus.
I don't know how it is in India, but here where I live is impossible to get a Nexus for less than U$1000 (unlocked). Really! I'm not lying. And carriers don't bring this kind of device.
Another thing to take into account is the fact that both SGS3 and Nexus are very big devices, surpassing the 13cm mark.
i9100
I've had this phone for 2 months and I really don't feel like I'm missing anything by not having an sIII or nexus... Just root the SII, and flash a sweet ROM.. (I use Resurrection Remix...) you will have a device that destroys anything that is stock.. plus... getting something epic for half the price of cutting edge is part of the fun.... also I can vouch for the 8mp camera on the i9100 it is freaking awesome!!! better than my point and shoot... and destroys any other phone camera I've used... plus 1080p video camera is freaking sweet!
So I'm about to upgrade my Galaxy Tab 8.9 to a Nexus 7. It's very exciting because of Tegra 3, but at the same time this means I will be testing my games on a super high spec product, so I won't be able to tell if they run slowly on most phones. Instead of keeping my 8.9 I'm going to try and get a quite low spec Android phone/mp3 player so I can test my stuff on the Nexus and then on a very low spec device to compare. I thought I'd ask you guys who probably know a little more about Android than me for some recommendations. Here are the requirements:
- Must not cost more than £130 (happy to buy used). The cheaper the better. I'd like to stay below £100 if I can help it.
- Maximum spec is 1GHz CPU 512MB RAM. No more powerful than this please. The less powerful the better (within reason!)
- Screen resolution 480 x 800 or similar.
- I don't need to use it as a phone, so an MP3 player or tablet will be fine.
- Obviously it must have a GPU, for compatibility with OpenGL 2.0.
Any suggestions?
I think some eBay hunting will yield some used Galaxy S phones, any variant for $150 or less which should be €120 (I think?)
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That's by Huawei? It costs quite a lot more than I wanted to pay...
Look on ebay and find something used or see if anything is for sale here. You should have no problem finding something.
Try the ZTE SCORE X500 on Amazon it's $60-70 dollar's.
Any apps or games I installed work fine no lag or problems.
And it runs 2.3.3 Gingerbread.
Not sure about OPEN GL.
Only problem is the phone has no sim card and it has a proprietary micro-SD card. But it you root it you can fix that no problem.
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HD2, Desire? Relatively weak and with lots of ROMs to test your software on.
desire series... desire, desire z, desire s... don't buy the desire hd though...
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The HTC Desire does seem to be the best one to go for. I had a Desire HD for testing a little while ago. Slightly too much RAM otherwise was good for testing. The ZTE one seems good but the resolution is much too slow. The original HTC Desire has the exact specs I need, I will have a look at the best price I can get that one for
There are 2 more ZTE phones on Amazon under $100 check those out. Don't remember their names.
The Samsung Vitality check that out.
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Wanna buy my HTC Wildfire?
- 768 mHz overcocked
- i don't know about the ram
- unlocked
- used for around 7 months
Thanks Leon but Wildfire is too low res, and my Girlfriend's old Wildfire is still lying around somewhere (bloody awful phone IMO!)
Something like the Droid X or Milestone X, they sold a lot back in 2010 and now that is been 2 years there should be a lot of them for sale. It has 1Ghz single core, 512MB RAM, 854x480 display
I was thinking of keeping my HTC evo for ROM development purposes, but if my parents OK it I can sell my HTC Evo 4g for $100-$150 im thinking of. ive seen it go for $200 on amazon lately. its 1GHZ snapdragon, 512MB ram, and i believe its 800x480. it also has only a couple hundred MB of space also. im almost ready for an upgrade, so I can use the $$$ to save money to my custom build Linux PC later this year.
I would go for the good ole g1.. Or mytouch 3g
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The HTC Desire S, Samsung Galaxy W, Motorola Defy+, LG Optimus Black, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo and Nexus S may be good options for you
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I have a Nook Tablet I'm selling. Looking for $150.
I just called Barnes and Nobles to replace it under warranty with a LNR refurb. Should be here in a few days. It might be a little beefier then your asking though.
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MTK6575 or MTK6577 device.