The already incredibly cheap Huawei Blaze has just had a further £20 shaved off its RRP by Phones4U, which is now selling the Android phone for a rock bottom £59.99 on a PAYG basis. It was £79.99 at launch just a few weeks ago.
You’ll have to buy a SIM card with £10 credit at the same time, mind, taking the total price up to just under £70. The Blaze isn’t the fastest phone around, but it does run quite well and comes in a stylish little curved case. It’s a steal for that money.
And look, seeing as it’s Christmas, Phones4U is also throwing in a bonus £10 of additional credit. Check out the festive joy here.
Motorola’s latest flagship dual-core Android monster is a massive, original powerhouse, that’s a big improvement on previous MOTOBLUR mobiles – but still isn’t a total winner.
A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
LG’s first glasses-free 3D phone is a heavy, fat monster, with a clever 3D effect that works rather well. As a smartphone, though, it’s heavy and underwhelming.
A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.
Hey ya
/ December 14, 2011Actually it’s had that price for over a week I think. Anyway, it’s incredible – when this phone was announced for 99 pounds in September, reviewers already felt that it was a good value for the money. For 59? It’s disrupted the market. In fact, they don’t even offer an on-contract option – it just isn’t necessary.
In Spain Huawei has done something similar with the U8650 aka Sonic, which has been sold since July for 79 euros, or 65 pounds. But it’s only available on one rather small network, Yoigo, while the Ideos X3 is available on every important network.
Bristol
/ December 14, 2011Good to see decent cheap Android phones – will help to get the teen pay as you go market which has recently been dominated in the UK at least by Blackberry!