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Help me pick a midrange Android phone?
Renegade:
These were not my first two 'droids. :huh: :-[
-Rover (June 27, 2012, 10:16 PM)
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But were they the droids that you were looking for? :P
daddydave:
How about this: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa
-Stephen66515 (June 27, 2012, 08:19 PM)
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If I can see a used one somewhere for around $200, I'll consider it. Seems to overshoot that requirement quite a bit, so I didn't look to see if it met the other requirements.
-daddydave (June 27, 2012, 08:46 PM)
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I can get an older Galaxy S for around $200 though. I might window shop a little longer to give some of the newer ones a chance to come down in price.
Renegade:
I can get an older Galaxy S for around $200 though. I might window shop a little longer to give some of the newer ones a chance to come down in price.
-daddydave (June 28, 2012, 05:15 AM)
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A friend of mine has both an S and S II, and loves the S II, but isn't very fond of the S. But, he's comparing the S to the S II, so... I was playing around with the S II and it was just spectacular. Not too sure about the S as I never really looked at it. If it's half as good as the S II, then it'll still be a nice phone.
daddydave:
In the US, you can't get away from the fact that you have to choose a carrier before you choose the phone.
My monthly limit is $40 (I am currently paying $15 month on a Net10 dumb phone, I don't plan on using a whole lot of minutes or data).
"Bring your own phone" (BYOP) has emerged as an important new requirement because the phones the prepaid carriers will sell you never meet my requirements. (Ting used to sell a Motorola Photon which met most of the requirements including long battery life but no more, and they can't make one bought elsewhere work.) As far as band requirements, I would like to simplify them as being 3G or 4G capable in the U.S, but will settle for 2G and quad band GSM elsewhere (did I phrase that right?) I don't know what I am talking about, the cheap data is probably 2G.
My notes so far based on carrier plans and BYOP or lack thereof (and links to plans for those that allow BYOP):
*Big 4*
AT&T: Too expensive
Verizon: Too expensive
Sprint: Too expensive
T-Mobile: BYOP 3G 1700 Mhz / http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans
*Others (MVNOs)*
Boost: No BYOP
Cricket: No BYOP
H2O: BYOP GSM 850/900/1900 (is that 3G or not?) https://www.h2owirelessnow.com/pageControl.php?page=plans
Metro PCS: BYOP maybe if CDMA and flashable. They seem to have their own network, but I haven't really heard of anyone who uses them.
Net10: No BYOP
PagePlus: No BYOP
PlatinumTel: No BYOP
Red Pocket Mobile: BYOP GSM 850mhz/1900mhz (is that 3G or not?) http://goredpocket.com/plans/
Simple Mobile: BYOP http://www.mysimplemobile.com/Simple-Mobile-Plan.aspx
Straight Talk: BYOP http://www.straighttalk.com/serviceplans
Ting: No BYOP
Virgin Mobile: No BYOP
cyberdiva:
DaddyDave, I still have a dumb phone, but my husband has a smartphone from Virgin Mobile. He didn't buy it from Virgin Mobile, but it's one they carry, and they were perfectly happy to accept it even though he didn't buy it from them. They offer some terrific pricing on monthly fees. They also have a rather large array of phones to choose from, including a number in the price range you've mentioned. Given their modest monthly fees and reasonably priced phones, it might be worth taking another look. http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-plans.jsp.
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