timmy2take

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I've been with Samsung since swapping from Iphone a few years ago.

I keep breaking them though, with my s5 the camera lens has got moisture in or something and even after drying on the boiler for 24 hours it's still no good.

I find the batteries are a bit shoddy with Samsung too, so wouldn't mind a change, but not Iphones.

What's the best camera/battery life phone about at the moment for £200 max?

dpb

M4 aqua

WRXrowdy

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Try putting the phone on the boiler in a sealed sandwich bag filled with uncooked grains of rice, have heard that this draws out the moisture and the rice absorbs it.

Luan Pra bang

I am a clumsy ****er with phones broke loads of them sometimes 2 in 1 day so now I have a Motorola that does the same **** as other smart phones just a bit slower and doesn't break when I drop it. (Which I do daily) it cost about 80 quid ....

Luan Pra bang

I believe what happens is the rice attracts Asians and they come fix yoir phone in the night........

tarmac terror

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I have a samsung galaxy core prime as my work phone, and I bought the same phone for my wife at Christmas - it is a great device for the money, and unlike many the battery is easily changed in under 5 minutes without tools.

At work I spend all day on the phone dialed into calls and meetings - a full charge will get my through two 9 - 10 hour days, with the device on do not disturb between 2300 and 0700.

I installed an OTA update at the weekend which claims to further extend battery life, so that may improve things further.

dpb

Can also get lg g3. For that sort area price

Rapid17

I have an LG G3 and I keep it in one of these
I've never dropped my phone but I'm sure the wallet/case would offer some protection.

Rapid17

Would this phone be suitable ? http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/4478360.htm

Review here http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/mobil...get-smartphone

Buy a protective case or wallet and job done for not a lot of money.

WRXrowdy

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Moto E? Got one of them, dropped the fvcker once, broke the screen. Moto G always got good reviews.

ditchmyster

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I have the 2nd gen Moto G and it's a cracking little phone, dual sim which I find quite useful as I'm backwards and forwards to uk all the time, loads of battery life and does everything and way more than I need, had it for maybe a year and it's been faultless, cost me around £120 sim free at the airport, really can't fault it.

scoobyross

LG G4 for £225 brand new is a steal. Just keep your eye on stock level:

https://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/pay...-payg/sku87211

Can unlock for about £3 on eBay also

oilman

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I just had a quick look on eBay and it seems you can get a Sony Experia Z3 for about £175-225 now. I've got one, had it a year and have never had any problems. My brother in law broke the screen on his twice in a month, but I have one of the glass screen protectors on it and a fairly basic plastic case. It's waterproof up to about 1.5m I think, so no worries about using it in the rain or dropping it in the bath/sink. The camera is really good and basically it just seems to work very well.

stevebt

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I got the LG flex 2 for that price and the LG g4 is around that price on some web sites. I would also have a look at the refurb phones as I also got a Samsung Alpha for £125 and I saw the sony z3 compact for £130.

Skoobie Dhu

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Huawei honor 7, can be had for £207.

https://www.vmall.eu/uk/honor-7-silver-281216/

As mentioned, LG G4 from Vodafone, some debate over how good the battery life is, and not all can be unlocked from Vodafone easily - if at all.

Below is the in store deal - but worth reading if you're interested in the G4.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-g...-store-2354244

Moto play x deal appeared from Amazon Spain - play x has excellent battery, decent camera, and should be very robust.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/moto...zon-es-2376962

dpb

https://www.motorola.co.uk/motomaker?pid=FLEXR2

ditchmyster

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I'll add I only charge my Moto G about once a week, obviously don't use it much, but my previous Samsung needed charging every couple of days under the same conditions.