Middle of the range mobile

[Muzzman]

I have no need for my mobile to be the latest and greatest Apple Galaxy S12, I just want to call people, text, use the sat nav, FB, LinkedIn, Strava etc. Whats a good Android phone with decent battery life that isn't going to cost me £35 a month.

Thanks!

 

[banther]

Motorola G+ or G. Pair with a Tesco sim only deal and you've got a winner.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-motorola-moto-g-16gb-black/398-8016.prd

I've got one and prefer it to my Iphone 5.

 

[Muzzman]

Cheers banther, currently on out of contract pay monthly sim with tesco so that works well!

 

[banther]

Read some reviews on it before buying. I was in pretty much the same situation as you.

They're pretty unanimous in the fact that yes, its cheap, but doesnt feel cheap. Certainly not in the way it operates, I highly rate mine.

 

[DrR]

Old iPhone 4s and giff gaff if it was me.

 

[MarkCup]

Nexus 5?

Mid-range price, mid-range camera, mid-range speaker, top-end overall performance and screen.

 

[banther]

But £250? Although it will be worth more on resale, I imagine.

 

[Tom]

Depends if he wants it on a regular contract, judging by the wording of the OP he does.

I've seen some more than reasonable Nexus 5 pay monthly deals.

 

[Muzzman]

Depends if he wants it on a regular contract, judging by the wording of the OP he does.

I've seen some more than reasonable Nexus 5 pay monthly deals.

I was just going to change to a Tesco Mobile pay monthly deal

 

[JAMason]

Presuming you already have a phone that does the above... could you not just switch to a sim only deal?

My house mate has just done that with her iPhone 4s and Im planning on doing it with my 5 in September when I can get an "upgrade!" would rather pay £15 a month with no contract than fork out another £41 a month for the next 2 years on the next iPhone. :/ just an idea.

 

[Muzzman]

Presuming you already have a phone that does the above... could you not just switch to a sim only deal?

My house mate has just done that with her iPhone 4s and Im planning on doing it with my 5 in September when I can get an "upgrade!" would rather pay £15 a month with no contract than fork out another £41 a month for the next 2 years on the next iPhone. :/ just an idea.

I've got a Samsung S2 that tends to run out of battery every time I actually need to use it. If I plug it in over night it's run out of battery by 3pm with everything I can turned off. I suppose I could get a battery off ebay for 5.99 delivered, however fancied a change (under pressure from the missus whinging about my s**t phone)

 

[banther]

My Moto G was £15 p/month w/ 700 mins, ultd. Texts, 1 GB of Data. Bolted on another GB of data for £2 a month.

That was with a bit of negotiation and also the fact that I've been with them pretty much since inception!

I can only imagine its cheaper now.

 

[JAMason]

I've got a Samsung S2 that tends to run out of battery every time I actually need to use it. If I plug it in over night it's run out of battery by 3pm with everything I can turned off. I suppose I could get a battery off ebay for 5.99 delivered, however fancied a change (under pressure from the missus whinging about my s**t phone)

Understood! My other half has an S2 and that's on its last legs as well. She was looking at a sim only contract but needs a new phone so is getting the new S5 on the same deal she is on so she hasn't lost anything but also she hasn't saved anything either.

Have you looked at the LG G2 Mini?! LG have just released the G3 and the G2 mini is its cheaper little brother. Runs the same Operating system (KitKat) and has a quad-cour processor. They are under £200 for the handset I think and would be worth considering.

 

[H182]

Just got a Motorola G for someone at work to replace their S3 mini. They said it's better and is a good price.

 

[Muzzman]

My Moto G was £15 p/month w/ 700 mins, ultd. Texts, 1 GB of Data. Bolted on another GB of data for £2 a month.

That was with a bit of negotiation and also the fact that I've been with them pretty much since inception!

I can only imagine its cheaper now.

I'm leaning towards the Moto G 4G for £13.50 p/month and then paying to upgrade the data from 500mb, i'll speak to Tesco tonight to se how much the bolt ons are

 

[banther]

Negotiate! They did me a good deal switching from SIm only to a contract.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

My nexus 4 is on 70% after 10 hours. Wifi at work helps enormously but it's great for me tbh.

Check out battery chargers on amazon.. I got a 13,000mah one for about £20 which will charge it 4+ times.

You can get silly power ones if you want to spend more. Think there was a thread this weekend about them actually...

You can probs get one for £100-150 on eBay.. Maybe even new that won't be too much.. If you can find one anywhere..

 

[Tom]

Erm..

 

[Muzzman]

Cheers guys, I went for Moto G 4G 750mins, 5000 texts and 2G data for £16 a month. If I want to upgrade I have to pay £54 to buy the handset off tesco.

 

[James28]

I've got a moto g, use giffgaff. Perfect for me tbh

 

[James28]

Though mines the 8GB and I've run out of space for apps now

 

[Muzzman]

4g has mini SD expansion slot

 

[Alan]

Motorola G+ or G. Pair with a Tesco sim only deal and you've got a winner.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-motorola-moto-g-16gb-black/398-8016.prd

I've got one and prefer it to my Iphone 5.

What, what, WHAT !!

There are other phones avails other than iPhone & BlackBerry ?

 

[banther]

What, what, WHAT !!

There are other phones avails other than iPhone & BlackBerry ?

Unconfirmed as yet but there are certainly rumblings!

OP what did you go for in the end?

 

[Muzzman]

Hi Banther.... Moto G 4g.... 750 mins, 5000 txt, 2G data £16 a month

 

[banther]

High 5

 

[Alan]

Unconfirmed as yet but there are certainly rumblings!

OP what did you go for in the end?

Been due an upgrade since Sept last year (iPhone 5 was a year old).. Sick of waiting on the '6' coming.. Considering the Xperia Z2, thoughts ?