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Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

DinoF — Wed, 20 May 2015 08:28:55 GMT

Hi!!

My mother in-law needs a new Pay & Go phone (she currently has a REALLY old Samsung - te flip style ones!! ) and has asked me to recommend something to her!

Personally, I only really know about iPhones and these are out of her price range. I was looking at the Amazon Fire phone on O2 (its currently on Amazon for £99) however, after watching some lengthy YouTube reviews, the phone seems overly complicated and has far too many features than what she will need.

Therefore, I am back to square one!!!

Can someone recommend anything decent for about £100?

Thanks in advance

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

jonsie — Wed, 20 May 2015 08:38:51 GMT

Lumia 530 around £60 or the Lumia 535 around £99

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

DinoF — Wed, 20 May 2015 08:41:45 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
Lumia 530 around £60 or the Lumia 535 around £99

...oh yea, actually forgot about the Lumias I actually quite like the Lumia (my mum had one) so at least I know how they work and they definitely look easier to use than that Amazon Fire phone!!

Thanks jonsie!

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

gindygoo — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:03:58 GMT

Also, if she could stretch to £150ish there's the Moto G range.

I've got the 4g version, and I've bought my oh the second gen (bigger screen) version. Neither cost more than £150 and for the money are a great phone!

Also, there's the doro range, which are marketed for the older user. I bought my Dad one, and he loves it. They're under the £100 mark. I'll pop back with a link.

http://www.doro.co.uk

I'll have a quick scan to see where is selling those the cheapest, and pop back again 😅

doro 740

The above link is just one place I've found selling the doro 740 for £99. I don't know how kosher the place is though, I just Googled to find u a link.

Charlie.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

viridis — Wed, 20 May 2015 08:58:17 GMT

The firephone price of 99 is fair and it should have been nearer that on release but for some silly reason amazon thought it was much higher end than it is.
But I still wouldn't recommend one to your mum in law, but only because it's OS is unique and hasn't got that "pick up and use" quality of others.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

Cleoriff — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:08:27 GMT

I wouldn't recommend the Firephone to anyone actually. Something that plays at being android but isn't

I would choose a chinese import before that one (so there!)

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

DinoF — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:21:30 GMT

Thanks for the recommendatiions guys.

Yep, that Amazon Fire phone does indeed look like the worst choice!

The Doro phone linked above looks good but is an unfamiliar phone so not sure I would be happy with that (she is gonna sk me to set it up for her).

Think the Nokia Lumias are the best choices - looking on Amazon, there are quite a number of them all under £100.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

Bambino — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:32:11 GMT

Also take a look on Amazon at the Motorola Moto E. Very inexpensive.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

jonsie — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:32:49 GMT

@DinoF wrote:
Thanks for the recommendatiions guys.

Yep, that Amazon Fire phone does indeed look like the worst choice!

The Doro phone linked above looks good but is an unfamiliar phone so not sure I would be happy with that (she is gonna sk me to set it up for her).

Think the Nokia Lumias are the best choices - looking on Amazon, there are quite a number of them all under £100.

I would go for the easiest to use, reliability and a good brand. The Lumia ticks those boxes.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

Toby — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:47:47 GMT

Hi @DinoF,

Let us know what your Mother-in-law goes for

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

DinoF — Wed, 20 May 2015 09:56:26 GMT

...

@Toby wrote:
Hi @DinoF,

Let us know what your Mother-in-law goes for

will do.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2015 11:16:59 GMT

Another choice could be the Samsung s3 mini as that is around that price

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2015 11:26:14 GMT

A windows phone sounds a good idea - I had a Lumia 520 before I got my galaxy A3 was was pleasantly surprised by how smooth it was, despite being the bottom of the pile in spec terms.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

MI5 — Wed, 20 May 2015 11:38:20 GMT

My lad has a Lumia 530 and he loves it.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

jonsie — Wed, 20 May 2015 12:14:10 GMT

Depends how much you think of your mum-in-law

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

DinoF — Wed, 20 May 2015 14:00:01 GMT

Ok, so pretty much decided on one of the Nokia Lumia range - so thanks @jonsie

Another quick question : is there really any difference whether I buy it from an O2 shop or off Amazon (think they come unlocked on Amazon - doesn't really matter though as in-law is on O2 anyway!) ? Only reason I ask is that on Amazon, they seem to stock the full range whereas on O2's website, I can only seem to find a select few Lumias?!

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

perksie — Wed, 20 May 2015 14:02:53 GMT

I've bought from Amazon before and they were fine, unlocked is handy if you might move networks at some stage.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

Cleoriff — Wed, 20 May 2015 14:05:31 GMT

I know some will be concerned about buying from Amazon. Personally it doesn't bother me. I have in the past bought 4 phones from Amazon with no problem whatsoever. I always look at the dealers rating of course.

Have you looked at Expansys? They are also good...(just a thought)

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

tullyhubbert — Wed, 20 May 2015 19:41:21 GMT

Windows phone seems to be much more user friendly than Android, so a good choice.

If your MIL can find another £10 carphone wharehouse are selling the 640 Lumia for £110. Spec ways its well ahead of the 5XX series, 5" 720 screen, Glance, 8MP camera, 2500mah removeable battery, MicroSD expandable storage etc

CPW phopnes are supplied SIM free and with Country Variant firmware. It means when Microsoft push updates (Win 10 e.g) then you wouldn't be dependant on O2 or other operators approving first.

Re: Pay & Go Smartphone Phone (under £100) Recommendations

jonsie — Thu, 21 May 2015 07:42:29 GMT

It's fine buying from Amazon, the problems start when buying from eBay !