Android Phone

[Daekesh]

Moo!  I'm looking for a cheap android phone.  Something with a large-ish touchscreen, but no features to actually make it expensive.  Don't care about wifi, 3g, etc.  Just something with the ability to make calls and android OS.

Arch has put forward the sony ericson x10, but says it has a small screen.  I was looking at the htc wildfire.  Any other suggestions?

[Gaeios(Graxlos)]

My phone company recently had an offer on the original htc desire that was cheaper than all the other ones available. So I went for that.

[Daekesh]

Yeah... not so much here.  Desires are 400-500 euros!

[Narco]

I'm using the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro, it's not got that big a screen but it's a smartphone that uses the slightly out dated version of Android, has a good quality qwerty keyboard and only cost me ?50 for the handset with a 24 month contract at ?15/month (100 minutes, unlimited free texts), highly recommended if you're just looking for a cheap Android

Sony Ericsson's phone page:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiax10minipro?cc=gb&lc=en#view=overview

TechRadar review:
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-mini-pro-703545/review

[Ezzardo]

Sony Ericsson X10 have a 4" screen. The X10 mini have a small screen, 2.55". Both they are quite old so the price tag should not be to high. Anyway I would not recommended you to buy the X10 because it is very slow.. (Andriod 2.0.) Maybe if you can upgrade to the leatest Android.. but it was slow. The mini and the big version had same OS that I tried out but the mini was way faster, probably because of the big screen. The mini is obviously not an option if you want a big screen.

A new HTC Desire cost ~300 euro in Sweden (dropped about 50% since the release). And if that's to much for you, E-bay might be an option?

[Daekesh]

Maybe, yeah.  300 is still a bit high, though :P  I was thinking in the 150 euro range!  Can get a wildfire payg phone for £130 (180-200 euros?)

[Ezzardo]

Maybe, yeah.  300 is still a bit high, though :P  I was thinking in the 150 euro range!

I'll sell you my Nokia 3310 for 150 euro!

The only Android phone I can think of that cost ~150 euro is HTC Wildfire. In Sweden it cost just under 200 euros. The screen is quite big, 3.2". The CPU ain't the best, but at least it is upgraded to Android 2.2. And I would say it is actually worth the money, at least from what I've seen.

About the HTC Desire, you can get a fresh one for 150 euro if you have patient, but easy for 200. (At least in Sweden!)

[Chippen]

like said on IRC,doubt you can go very wrong with the ZTE brand of phones, cheapest on market!

[Daekesh]

Hmm... any idea where to actually buy them in the uk? ;)

[Skinkelinke]

Don't go for the x10, its bit meh to use a touchscreen that's that small. You get used to it but it's still not your best option. Our company standardised around the wildfire for cheap smartphones and also recommend that phone to our customers that has similar needs as you do

[Huntresa]

Hmm... any idea where to actually buy them in the uk? ;)

If i dont remeber totally wrong, i think ZTE Blade was called ZTE San Fransico in the Uk/USA and was sold by Orange.

[Daekesh]

Ah ha, that'll be why it came up as that on amazon then :P

[Huntresa]

And as Chippen said its pretty much the best option to go with ZTE if you are just looking for a cheap Android Phone with no need for a gamepad or a 20000million mega pixel camera etc etc :P'

Edit: Also ZTE delviers the phones with minimal modification to Android OS, compared to HTC/Samsung/SE etc, which pretty much modifies the whole experience, sometimes to the worse...

[Daekesh]

A gamepad?

[Huntresa]

A gamepad?

Sony Ericssons Xperia Play :P