Phone

[henrys202020]

hello 

im thinking  of  buying  a  phone  what  i  want  to  know  is  whats  the  difference  between a  £100   phone  and  a £500   one  thank u

[bednobs]

£400

[henrys202020]

i  do  not  want  a  re   furbish    one   newonly

[retrocop]

From what I can see from the youngsters is it's more a camera than a communication medium. Larger screen,more pixels, better quality imaging etc. Although all very useful the cheaper phone generally has no wi-fi or screen but just take/recives calls and texts etc.That was how my first motorola clam shell phone started with Orange.

[retrocop]

Without asking the obvious .What  do you want the phone for .? Is it just for emergencies or reassurance?

[davebro3]

I got a good deal at thebigphonestore - phone was listed "as new". The box had been opened but the contents not unwrapped. List £160 - paid £110.

Phone is good - Oppo brand 5G & Android 13

[barry1010]

In your last post about phones you said you only wanted to make calls and send texts.  Any phone over £100 is a smartphone, a computer.

The difference in price is down to the specs - the screen quality; refresh rate; amount of storage for photos, videos, files; the processor; the amount of RAM; the quality of the camera lenses etc.

Some phones come with a guarantee of updates and support for X amount of years.

The brand also affects pricing.

[gingejbee]

Unless you intend to use the phone as an extension of your left hand (ie using it non-stop for all manner of things...like younger people do)...I doubt that you need to spend more than £100 to get a reasonable smartphone that does all you need.

Even good old Nokia does a sub-£100 competant smartphone.

[fender62]

if your signed up with ebay, have a look on there, lots of used phone below £100, used samsung galaxies are good, or aks a mote who's got a contract phone if you can have there old one, you would be suprised, some people have aa draw full of phones.

[barry1010]

Did you look at any of the phones linked on your previous post, Henry?