Buying a new mobile phone

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I’m looking to get a new mobile phone but I really don’t know which one is best and so I’m asking for your reviews and recommendations. I’m on pay-as-you-go, a decision I made here, and it has saved me quite a bit of money over the last 20 months by basically halving my monthly bills, which will work out at around £350/400 saved over that period. The only downside is that I don’t get ‘free’ upgrades and so the phone I switched over with then is still the phone I’ve got now (Nokia 6230), and even then it was second-hand so I thought it was about time I splashed out on a new phone.

I use my mobile for making calls and sending text messages, which is all I’ve really needed from a phone, but there is one thing extra that I want on my phone.. .a decent camera. The camera on the phone at the moment is rubbish and really low-res so it’s not even worth trying, and so on my new phone I’d like a good camera with at least 2 megapixels and a flash.

I want to be able to take photos wherever I am without the foresight of having to bring my main camera out, and having it on my phone would be ideal. I only really want to spend £100 maximum on the phone, but I don’t mind it being second-hand or refurbished, so get suggesting.

Obviously it would be nice if you could personally suggest a phone you currently use, but word-of-mouth suggestions are good too. Cheers.

Posted by Adem   @   8 February 2008 6 comments
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Author Feb 8, 2008
12:31 pm
#1 Adem :

there’s quite a few cheapish reconditioned phones here.

Author Feb 8, 2008
12:34 pm
#2 Adem :

The Nokia N73 has a 3.5 megapixel camera and is £80 : “The N73 sports a 3.2 megapixel camera using the same Carl Zeiss optics and CMOS sensor that made the N70 a powerful imaging device. The camera has a built-in flash, 20x digital zoom, macro mode, plenty of optional settings and a photo editor.”
Nice

Feb 8, 2008
11:18 pm
#3 tony flaig :

For a straight forward phone I think the nokia N73 is not bad, I see that you have a picture of the N95 since I’ve had both the increased mega pixel size does not make for a better picture as the lens I think is shared by both phones.

Video is better on the N95 but the N73 is a more solid phone.

The N95 gives you sat nav but apart from that I regret upgrading.

Feb 9, 2008
9:14 am
#4 Matt B :

If you are keen on good photography and cheapness I would suggest separate units. However one never things “I must take my camera with me” as you check for not-very-holy trinity of keys, wallet and phone.

Feb 9, 2008
6:19 pm
#5 Adem :

Tony F – I like the look of the N73 and it seems pretty cheap for what it does. Nice to hear a good personal recommendation for it.

Matt B – I’ve got my main camera and use that a lot, but sometimes I’m in situations without when I’d really like to take a photo. If the camera was in the phone then I’d be sorted.

Feb 11, 2008
12:10 am
#6 Adem :

I’ve had a few good comments about the Sony Ericsson K550i

hmmm…

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