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>> No. 24127 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 5:20 pm
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I'm looking for a cheap, long-battery, durable phone that can run whatsapp.

Anyone know of any good contenders?

Battery is the most important.
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>> No. 24128 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 5:24 pm
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What classifies as long battery life these days?
>> No. 24129 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 5:25 pm
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>>24128
48 hours.
>> No. 24130 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 5:26 pm
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I was thinking of the Nokia Asha 210...?
>> No. 24131 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 5:40 pm
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Remember when phone batteries used to last almost a whole week?
>> No. 24132 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 5:47 pm
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The Nokia Asha series might be an option - old-school Nokia battery life and durability, but with basic apps for things like Facebook and Whatsapp. I think they've just been discontinued, but you can find them quite cheaply on eBay.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/mobile/phones/asha/

Failing that, you're looking at a smartphone, in which case battery life will be much of a muchness. There are a couple of smartphones out there with extended batteries, but they're fairly expensive. The cheapest option that isn't totally shit is the Microsoft Lumia 435, which is available for £30 on PAYG from Carphone Warehouse. You could always get a little external battery pack off eBay to top up the battery.
>> No. 24133 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 5:49 pm
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>>24132
If I was to just say fuck it and look at the expensive, battery focused phones, what models would I be looking at?
>> No. 24134 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 6:03 pm
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>>24131
Yeah, because they weren't smartphones. So what?
>> No. 24135 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 6:31 pm
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>>24133
I remember the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact was praised for its battery life. Don't know how much they go for on a contract, but Amazon sells the handset for £300. You could probably get it a lot cheaper than that on eBay or whatever.
>> No. 24136 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 6:34 pm
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>>24133

The properly expensive option is a flagship smartphone (iPhone, Samsung S-series, Nexus 5) with a Zerolemon Zeroshock battery case. You'll end up with a phone that looks and feels like one of those rubber bricks they used to make you fetch from the bottom of the pool in swimming lessons, but it'll get great battery life and survive a nuclear apocalypse.

Moderately expensive and much less daft is the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, which is the current battery life champion amongst mainstream phones.

At a more moderate price, there are various no-name Chinese Android handsets that come with massive batteries such as the THL 5000 (eBay, £140). These Chinese handsets have excellent specifications for the money, but they tend to be quite plasticky.
>> No. 24137 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 6:47 pm
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>>24133
http://www.tinydeal.com/larger-battery-phones-c-54_1022_1855.html

I can't vouch for them but getting one might be interesting.
>> No. 24138 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 6:49 pm
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>>24137
(chinese smartphone companies make some smartphones specifically for long battery, I remember seeing one that could charge other phones but I couldn't find it)
>> No. 24139 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 7:15 pm
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>>24136
As someone who bought a Chinese smartphone I would advise against it. They're awfully temperamental and there's the privacy concerns http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2359714/chinese-android-smartphone-firm-xiaomi-caught-collecting-users-data

Don't expect much support from these companies once you've bought the product either.
>> No. 24140 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 7:17 pm
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>>24134
Sounds like you are really itching for a fight.
>> No. 24141 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 7:20 pm
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>>24139
I'd much rather the Chinese than the Americans and my government.
>> No. 24142 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 7:21 pm
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>>24136
Ok, thank you. I quite like the look of the Windows phones. The Lumias. I'm particularly interested in wireless charging. Don't fancy an iphone. Samsung typically have a load of bloatware. The Nexus 5 might be nice option. Will check the Z3 out.
>> No. 24143 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 7:36 pm
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There's always this monstrosity:

http://qz.com/411330/the-mystery-of-the-power-bank-phone-taking-over-ghana/
>> No. 24144 Anonymous
29th May 2015
Friday 7:51 pm
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>>24142
I have a lumia as a work phone. I don't recommend it. There are no comparative advantages to my own phone (Moto G) and its woeful operating system requires a 'Microsoft account' which is a pain in the cunt if you haven't been using hotmail since you were 14.

I mostly use it as a satnav. Its built in one is OK.
>> No. 24149 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 10:58 am
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LG L80 does the job for 48 hours+
>> No. 24150 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 11:34 am
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I recently got a HTC Desire 620, I've never had a HTC phone before but I'm quite impressed. It's the first smartphone I've owned that I have not feel compelled to root as I'm quite happy with that Sense bollocks and everything's performance. I'd recommend it if you don't want to fuck about too much.
>> No. 24151 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 12:25 pm
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>>24150
OP here, I'm actually running away from a HTC. The M7. It was excellent to begin with, but has absolutely fell apart in every way possible since. Never again.

Think I'm going to go with the Z3 Compact. I'm a big fan of smaller phones, and this one seems to do that without compromise.
>> No. 24158 Anonymous
30th May 2015
Saturday 8:30 pm
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Went with a Z3 compact in the end, with 02.

The missus gave me her 30% sainsburys discount, so I've got a 24 month contract with Unlimited texts and calls and 3GB data for £10 upfront, and £25 p/m. Seems a good deal to me, and the phone is impressively fast, even with all the bloat.
>> No. 24167 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:21 am
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>>24158
Not that any one cares but it was actually 21 quid a month.
>> No. 24168 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:21 am
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>>24158
Not that any one cares but it was actually 21 quid a month.
>> No. 24169 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:24 am
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>>24158
>£10 upfront
Couldn't you talk them down on that? By the time you get them down to £10 it hardly seems worth paying anything at that point.
>> No. 24170 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:25 am
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>>24167
£25/month is not cheap.
>> No. 24171 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:31 am
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>>24170
It's cheaper than SIM-only plans with the same service level.
>> No. 24172 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:33 am
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>>24171
That's good, but it is still not cheap.
>> No. 24173 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:33 am
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>>24172
By all means feel free to post evidence of a similar plan with the same service level and a £300 phone included.
>> No. 24174 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 12:44 am
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>>24170
Is that you, poorlad?
>> No. 24175 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:09 am
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>>24174
How fucking stupid would you have to be to pay £300 a year to use a fucking phone?
>> No. 24176 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:18 am
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>>24175
You're not paying "£300 a year to use a fucking phone", poorlad.
>> No. 24177 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:21 am
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>>24176
What's '25 by 12', you dense shit?
>> No. 24179 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:25 am
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>>24178
Rather more than "25, minus 300 over 24, by 12", "you dense shit".
>> No. 24180 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:27 am
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>>24179
I can't wait for this reasoning. This should be good.

Anyone who pays more than £15/month for their phone is a fucking mug.
>> No. 24181 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:28 am
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>>24180
That's OK then. He's paying £12.50/month to use his.
>> No. 24182 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:31 am
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>>24181
See >>24158

>£10 upfront, and £25 p/m.

Fucking hell.
>> No. 24183 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:32 am
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You forgot something, denseshitlad.
>> No. 24184 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:35 am
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>>24183
At what point does the 25/month get cut in half?
>> No. 24185 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:36 am
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>>24184
Besides I was just responding to the implication that £25/month is a sensible amount of money to expend on a phone rather than the actual case at hand (see >>24170 )
>> No. 24186 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:41 am
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Er, lads. It's £21 a month, and that only runs until the phone is paid off, and then the bill is halved.

It's a good deal for a good phone, and I can afford it... so really, I'm not a mug. I'm spending within my means for a product I deem worth the asking price. Maybe it wouldn't be sensible for you.... But for me, it's fine.
>> No. 24187 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:44 am
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>>24186
You're a fucking numpty. Paying that much for a phone is ridiculous. You are the reason why the British phone industry is messed up, twats like you take out a contract and fork out shedloads of money instead of just buying a phone and getting a sim only contract. I pay 7 quid a month and get 2GB internet, unlimited minutes and unlimited texts.
>> No. 24188 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:47 am
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>>24187
And you just magicked a phone out of thin air for free, did you?
>> No. 24189 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:50 am
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>>24184
You deduct the £12/month that's going towards the purchase of the £300 phone that's included. You didn't think they just gave away high-spec smartphones for £10, did you?
>> No. 24190 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:54 am
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>>24189
>You deduct the £12/month that's going towards the purchase of the £300 phone that's included.

Why do you deduct that? We were talking about expenditure towards the phone. That expenditure changes at the point at which you finish paying for the handset but the fact remains that it's £25/month until that point.
>> No. 24191 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 1:58 am
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>>24190
>Why do you deduct that?
Because you still have to fucking pay for the physical phone, you mong. If you bought your own £300 handset upfront for your £7 a month SIM only plan, then the cost to you over two years is £19.50 a month.
>> No. 24192 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 2:02 am
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>>24191
Right. What is your point? Why are you bringing up a hypothetical £300 phone?

I think this is a poorly thought through way of trying to skirt away from the £25/month expenditure which was the point in the first place.
>> No. 24193 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 2:07 am
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>>24187

02 agreed a £240 plan for my phone, which is far cheaper than any unlocked Z3C - cheapest I can find is £315.

240/21 = 11.4 (12)

So I pay £21 for a year until I've paid off the £240 phone. And then I pay £10 for 3gb data, unlimited texts, calls.

Are you so keen to lord it over someone that you'll not even think to ask how much the fucking thing cost? Bellend.
>> No. 24194 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 2:07 am
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This thread is misleading. You didn't want a cheap phone. You just wanted a smartphone and the ability to throw away £25/month for no reason.
>> No. 24195 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 2:10 am
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On a sidenote, it's very hard to find the classic blue jeans and george asda running shoes combo on google images.
>> No. 24196 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 2:38 am
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>>24194
>But what kind of idiot spends £500/month on a mortgage? Admit it, you didn't really want a small flat, you just wanted a property and the ability to throw away £500/month for no reason.
>> No. 24199 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 3:05 am
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>>24196
Nice comparison.
>> No. 24200 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 3:13 am
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>>24199
Yeah, they're completely different. One involves buying something and paying for it over time, while the other involves buying something and paying for it over time.
>> No. 24203 Anonymous
31st May 2015
Sunday 3:50 am
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>>24200
You're doing awesome. Keep going.

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