Cheap 2nd hand mobile phone?

[Silver_Fox]

I'm not too hot on what all the cool kids have. Any suggestions for a half decent 2nd hand mobile, up to £50? Is a Samsung Galaxy S2 the best I'll get for that?
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[Pjay]

Moto G are cheap as chips and supposed to be fine and dandy.
Worth looking at as you can get them with warranties for under £50.

[G]

Also worth considering a new one Chinese one.

[Silver_Fox]

I want a half decent camera
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[Reservoir Dog]

[G]

You're not too far off the price of a Sony Z2 - would guess a tatty Z1 maybe.
I got a really good nick Z2 for just over £90 recently.
Very respectable camera (and does 4k video etc).

[Ste]

Cheap tramps use the Sony z2 so don't do that.

Anyway, I like free stuff so here's a free phone that's free if you buy it with £10 of credit.

[linuxyeti]

Doogee X6 Pro

5.5" screen, 4g, 16gb ROM will update to Android 6 when available. £50.00

Probably better than what is your main phone.

Amongst the family we have used Doogee phones, from the DG310 to X5 & X5 pro, and now I' ve got myself an X6 pro. Just waiting on a case to arrive.

Cheers

Tony
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[D_redd]

[Fin]

If it's a backup mobile phone then why does it have to be any good?
get the cheapest samsung one you can find, the battery lasts for weeks, you can text without looking at it (buttons) and can use it as a vibrating dildo if you type *#0*# and press 5.

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[Pjay]

[Silver_Fox]

Camera be a must, hence the S2 thinking. Still a fairly solid phone by all accounts
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[B5234FT]

No idea on values, but I have an elderly nexus 5 which is still punching above its weight and is leagues ahead of the S2 it replaced in my life.

[Pjay]

[linuxyeti]

I Hate using a phone camera.. unless it's for the equivalent of scanning in documents, which are automatically uploaded to dropbox, which I can the send onto insurance companies, or for things, like taking quick snaps of the meter reading before posting the reading.

If you want a decent put in your pocket camera, then try something like, a Sony HX-50 or 60, ~ 20MP, optical zoom of 30x. You can pick one up for around £50-60.00 second hand, decent image quality. I have one, that I almost always carry around, and use it when I've not got my DSLR with me.

See a review here https://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/reviews/compact-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-hx50-review

The only thing I'm not keen on is it doesn't have a view finder.

Here is a photo taken with my HX-50

https://aircraftpics.no-ip.org/Birmingham/20160429/slides/PH-EZD_EMB-190_KLM_1.jpg

There's no way a phone camera would get that.

Cheers

Tony
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[Pjay]

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[linuxyeti]

Hi all

Here's a review of the X6 pro

https://www.review-hub.co.uk/doogee-x6-pro-review/

Cheers

Tony
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[Pjay]

[Pigeon]

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[linuxyeti]

Hi

That may be the case, it still has the tiny camera lens, so even excluding the optical zoom, the quality of the photo is not going to match.

That's like saying a photo taken on the same Nikon DSLR using a Nikon 135mm f/2 AF-D Lens, will be the same as a photo taken with a Sigma 70-300mm lens, set at 135mm in the same lighting conditions will be the same as each other, afterall, it uses the exact same sensor !!

Add to that, I wouldn't call a Z2 particularly cheap.

My advice, if you want a spare phone to use as a camera, just buy a camera, such as the HX-50. If you want to use a phone to use as a phone, get a phone, but don't rely on it as a camera.

For the price of a Z2, the OP could get a HX-50, or equivalent, and a brand new Doogee X6Pro, and still have change left.
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