Need help in choosing a phone

[NedimNapoleon]

Im going to by a new mobile phone and I dont know what mobile phone should I pick, I need something thats about 100 € I think Im going to pick a LG Town GT350 but Im not sure

Spoiler :

Im looking to buy a touch screen mobile phone with standard stuff (MP3, MicroSD, WiFi if possible) so If you know a good phone tell me.

 

[Mise]

You can probably get an HTC Hero for around €100 second hand. I've got one and honestly it changed my life...

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Im looking for something new cuz Im going to by from a telecom (telephone provider) so I can get a free number and Its gonna be new so do you know any new mobile phones

 

[mdwh]

I would doublecheck whether it has Wifi - a quick Google shows several reviews claiming it actually doesn't. If it does, that sounds pretty good, as Wifi is usually only on more expensive phones.

There is at least one low end Nokia Symbian phone in that price range, the Nokia 5230. No Wifi, also no physical keyboard, just on touchscreen. But it has a higher resolution, slightly larger screen, 3G, GPS . It'll also likely have better software (e.g., the web browser - looks like the LG phone comes with Opera Mini, which is reasonable for low end phones, but not as good as full browsers like Nokia's, or options like Opera Mobile that can be installed on Symbian). I can't find any info on CPU or RAM specs of the LG, though I'd be surprised if they're as good as the 5230.

(I have the Noka 5800 which is basically the same CPU spec and operating system, but with more storage and features like Wifi, and I'm very pleased with it.)

(As an aside, I do find it frustrating that given how many low end phones have physical QWERTY keyboards these days, this feature is lacking in many high end phones - personally I would rather have a real keyboard, but there's less choice if you want one. Even £30 PAYG phones have them, so it can't add that much to the cost.)

 

[Zelig]

Some random, possibly relevant points:

LG phones are mostly junk, in my experience.

Some phones models have very similar models with/without wifi. As in, "1124" for the wifi included model and "1124m" for the no-wifi model.

Opera mini is better than most phone built-in browsers. (Obviously, this becomes more true the cruddier the phone is - a phone that can install Opera Mobile is likely to ship with a better browser than Opera mini.)

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Thx for the help I've went to the telecom shop and they ran out of LG Town's they're going to restock in a week and there's going to be a huge sale,they said they had a Nokia 5130 XpressMusic but I didn't buy cuz I wasn't sure if it was good

 

[civ_king]

IMO the Droid 2 is nice

 

[mdwh]

Despite the similar model number, the 5130 is a significantly different phone to the 5230 (specs at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_5130 ). It doesn't run Symbian, only Nokia's low end S40 platform (so it only has software like Opera Mini, like the LG phone); compared with the LG, it doesn't have touchscreen or QWERTY keyboard, so doesn't look to be particularly special.

In the UK at least, the 5230 is only slightly more expensive than the 5130 (some places even have them at the same price) - so if you were thinking of alternatives to the LG, I'd definitely favour the 5230 over the 5130.

@civ_king The Droid 2 may be nice, but it's several times greater than his budget.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Just looked at the price for 5230 its about 160 € so Its of budget,does anyone know how much Cookie fresh is worth ( I have a LG thing I for some reason love cookies and hate Motorolas and Samsung)