Best payg smartphone

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FthisS · 07/12/2019 07:45

Budget £250ish it is for ds12.

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BlueEyedFloozy · 07/12/2019 11:40

Mine 13yo has a Huawei Y6 2019 and loves it.

It's pretty quick running, decent memory and good camera which were all important to him.

It was £130 from Tesco.

safariboot · 07/12/2019 11:50

Moto G7 is worth a look. Moto have built a reputation in that kind of price bracket.

BlueEyedFloozy · 07/12/2019 12:42

I agree with the Moto G range actually - I currently have the G7 Play and love it having upgraded from my G3 and before that the original Moto G!

Onesnowballshort · 07/12/2019 14:59

Can't any phone be pay as you go? If you get a sim only deal. I got iphone-mad ds a redurbished iphone for about £150. It does depend what is popular amongst his school friends, at that age.

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FthisS · 07/12/2019 15:04

He has asd and in a class of 9 a mixture of children with ocd/asd/anxiety he is very bright but has no idea about what is popular etc. I've had a look and the moto g7 play seems good.

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goose1964 · 07/12/2019 15:45

I have an honor 9 it's fine for what I need,it has all the basics

Onesnowballshort · 07/12/2019 18:47

Will he play games on it, like Pokemon etc? Just check it has a reasonable memory and access to the play store (or Apple store if an iPhone). If he's not asking for an iPhone I wouldn't get one, though I find it easier to set up parental controls on an iPhone as it links easily to mine - if you have android yourself OP then that won't apply.

everythingisginandroses · 07/12/2019 19:05

DS (11) has a Honor 8S (Huawei brand) which was only about £100 but is good. I'd probably go for a Huawei higher up the price bracket if you are looking to spend more than this.

Theonewiththecat · 07/12/2019 19:25

I've just bought dd the samsung a20e.
It had pretty good specs and was only £170.

Purpletigers · 07/12/2019 19:33

My daughters first phone was a moto g . Great phone for the money .

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