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Best smart phone on prepay

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  • 21-11-2012 1:31pm
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    yourdeadwright
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    Hey folks
    Im getting the other half a smart phone for Christmas,
    She doesn't want a bill phone,so what would you recommened , now im only going to spend about 450 max, so the newest i Phone and Galaxy are out of the question,what would you recommend

    Thanks


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    ShadowHearth
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    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Hey folks
    Im getting the other half a smart phone for Christmas,
    She doesn't want a bill phone,so what would you recommened , now im only going to spend about 450 max, so the newest i Phone and Galaxy are out of the question,what would you recommend

    Thanks

    well galaxy s3 brand new is 499eu on expansys. throw in another 50eu for the sake of love? :D


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    54kroc
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    A new S3 from Amazon.de is €449


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    Danger781
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    Best bet for that price is probably the Sony Xperia T, or purchase online.


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    PaulieC
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    save yourself 300 quid and get a Nokia Lumia 800, which are around 150 on all the carriers at the moment, PAYG. For example - https://store.meteor.ie/phones/pay-as-you-go-phones/lumia-800. It's especially lovely in high gloss white


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    yourdeadwright
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    How do i know if they work on O2 network , if i buy them on line ???


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    54kroc
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    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    How do i know if they work on O2 network , if i buy them on line ???

    If you buy from the likes of Expansys then you are buying a sim free (unlocked) phone, which will work on any network.
    If your buying from a German site like Amazon.de It will tell you in the description if it's locked to a network, The one I linked to above isn't but I presume there could possibly be some phones for sale on there that are.


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    macjohn
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    54kroc wrote: »
    A new S3 from Amazon.de is €449

    Is this is defo sim free ??

    This would be my first smart phone - is this likely to be as good as the price will get on this or would phones like this usually be discounted around santy time?


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    manu2009
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    macjohn wrote: »
    Is this is defo sim free ??

    This would be my first smart phone - is this likely to be as good as the price will get on this or would phones like this usually be discounted around santy time?

    Yes its definetly sim free because it's sold directly from amazon.

    That's around the best price anyway, won't be discounted for xmas, probably not until the new phones are released next year.


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    macjohn
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    manu2009 wrote: »
    Yes its definetly sim free because it's sold directly from amazon.

    That's around the best price anyway, won't be discounted for xmas, probably not until the new phones are released next year.

    Thanks for that - much appreciated.

    Presume the new one wont be launched until around q2 of 2013?

    Trying to decide do I want to spend that much on a phone - am I right in thinking this is one of the best on the market


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