Holiday gift guide: Top budget mobile phones
We round up the best cheap mobile phones this Christmas
- — 15 November, 2010 12:20
If you're looking for an ideal stocking filler this Christmas, why not consider a cheap, entry-level smartphone? With a great range of Android smartphones on the market at low prices, there has never been a better time to buy. We round up the best budget mobile phones on the market this Christmas.
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Huawei IDEOS (U8150)
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Samsung Galaxy 5
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HTC Wildfire
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Samsung Wave
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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro
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RIM BlackBerry Curve 8520
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HTC Aria
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Garmin-Asus A50
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Nokia C5
Samsung Wave
The Samsung Wave morphs a mid-range feature phone into fully fledged smartphone thanks to the new open-source Bada OS. The Wave possesses excellent build quality, an outstanding display, great multimedia capabilities and impressive performance - all wrapped up in a slick, easy to use interface that will only get better.
- Review Date:
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- Manufacturer:
- 2nd July, 2010
- Ross Catanzariti
- Samsung
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- Price:
- $ 599.00
- Pros:
- Excellent build quality, zippy performance, Super AMOLED display, slick and intuitive UI, Samsung App Store, social-networking integration, flash support, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Cons:
- App Store is in its infancy, can't group menu items in folders, keyboard is a little small in portrait orientation, won't auto-merge contacts from multiple accounts
