Looking for a smart phone that does everything, including multitasking and managing multiple SIM cards, without breaking the bank?
Looking for the best affordable smart phone you can buy? Whether it's a budget Android phone or a Windows phone you're after, we've picked some good options to consider this holiday season. Even if the wallet can’t stretch to one of the best Smartphone’s: like the iPhone 5S, an Android like the HTC One or the Samsung Galaxy S4, all is not lost. You can still get the Smartphone experience at the fraction of the price.
Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos
The Samsung Galaxy grand doesn’t have a unique design, but it is solid and sleek like all other Samsung phones. With a textured back cover and plastic screen the Grand is a considerably light weight phone (161g).
The Grand measures 5.65 x 3.03 x 0.38 inches; slightly smaller than the Galaxy Note II. The back surface features an LED flashlight, the camera sensor and a speaker.
The Grand features dual cameras: 2MP front facing camera and an excellent multifunctional 8MP rear camera which gives crisp and clean photos and includes burst, panorama, smile and other modes.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
The S4 Mini is a stylish handset available at a very affordable price. The handset weighs at 107g and comes with an 8 GB internal storage and an up to 64 GB external micro SD card memory.
The S4 Mini measures 4.9 x 2.4 x 0.4 inches with a 4.3-inch screen. The 960 x 540 resolution, while not HD, is bright, clear and crisp.
The S4 Mini has a 1.9MP front-facing snapper for those pouty profile pictures, and an 8MP camera on the back with an LED flash, for improved night time photography. Multiple photo modes are also available as with the Grand.
Nokia Lumia 820
The Lumia 820 comes with a removable plastic rear cover allowing you to have your pick from bright yellow, red, black, magenta, blue, white and grey. The colourful Windows phone 8 Smartphone weighs 160g.
The Lumia 820 measures 124 x 69 x 10mm with an 800 x 480 resolution, 4.3-inch AMOLED screen. The Lumia 820 comes with an 8 GB mass memory and an up to 64 GB external memory.
Lumia 820 comes with an 8.7MP rear camera with various image capturing modes and includes a flash for better night time photography.
LG Nexus 4 E960
The Nexus 4 E960 is a standard phone measures 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm and weighs in at 139g. The phone has a multi touch functioning 768 x 1280 resolution, 4.7 inch screen.
The Nexus 4 E960 is available in either an 8 or 16 GB storage. The front camera is 1.3MP while the rear camera is 8 MP and includes a LED flash.
Huawei's Ascend G 300
Huawei's Ascend G 300 is a budget Android Smartphone that offers unbeatable value. The 130g Ascend's two-tone silver-and-white plastic case looks cheap but, crucially, it feels sturdy.
With dimensions of 63 x 10.5 x122.5 mm, the Huawei G 300 has a 4 inch capacitive touch screen with a 480x800-pixel resolution.
While the Ascend has a low 2.5GB of internal storage a microSD slot lets you supplement the Huawei's storage capacity with up to 32GB of removable memory.
There's a 5MP camera with a 4x digital zoom, an autofocus and an LED flash on the rear, but the Huawei is capable of only VGA-quality video recording.
By Cheran De La Harpe, Ceylon Today Features
Looking for the best affordable smart phone you can buy? Whether it's a budget Android phone or a Windows phone you're after, we've picked some good options to consider this holiday season. Even if the wallet can’t stretch to one of the best Smartphone’s: like the iPhone 5S, an Android like the HTC One or the Samsung Galaxy S4, all is not lost. You can still get the Smartphone experience at the fraction of the price.
Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos
The Samsung Galaxy grand doesn’t have a unique design, but it is solid and sleek like all other Samsung phones. With a textured back cover and plastic screen the Grand is a considerably light weight phone (161g).
The Grand measures 5.65 x 3.03 x 0.38 inches; slightly smaller than the Galaxy Note II. The back surface features an LED flashlight, the camera sensor and a speaker.
The Grand features dual cameras: 2MP front facing camera and an excellent multifunctional 8MP rear camera which gives crisp and clean photos and includes burst, panorama, smile and other modes.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
The S4 Mini is a stylish handset available at a very affordable price. The handset weighs at 107g and comes with an 8 GB internal storage and an up to 64 GB external micro SD card memory.
The S4 Mini measures 4.9 x 2.4 x 0.4 inches with a 4.3-inch screen. The 960 x 540 resolution, while not HD, is bright, clear and crisp.
The S4 Mini has a 1.9MP front-facing snapper for those pouty profile pictures, and an 8MP camera on the back with an LED flash, for improved night time photography. Multiple photo modes are also available as with the Grand.
Nokia Lumia 820
The Lumia 820 comes with a removable plastic rear cover allowing you to have your pick from bright yellow, red, black, magenta, blue, white and grey. The colourful Windows phone 8 Smartphone weighs 160g.
The Lumia 820 measures 124 x 69 x 10mm with an 800 x 480 resolution, 4.3-inch AMOLED screen. The Lumia 820 comes with an 8 GB mass memory and an up to 64 GB external memory.
Lumia 820 comes with an 8.7MP rear camera with various image capturing modes and includes a flash for better night time photography.
LG Nexus 4 E960
The Nexus 4 E960 is a standard phone measures 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm and weighs in at 139g. The phone has a multi touch functioning 768 x 1280 resolution, 4.7 inch screen.
The Nexus 4 E960 is available in either an 8 or 16 GB storage. The front camera is 1.3MP while the rear camera is 8 MP and includes a LED flash.
Huawei's Ascend G 300
Huawei's Ascend G 300 is a budget Android Smartphone that offers unbeatable value. The 130g Ascend's two-tone silver-and-white plastic case looks cheap but, crucially, it feels sturdy.
With dimensions of 63 x 10.5 x122.5 mm, the Huawei G 300 has a 4 inch capacitive touch screen with a 480x800-pixel resolution.
While the Ascend has a low 2.5GB of internal storage a microSD slot lets you supplement the Huawei's storage capacity with up to 32GB of removable memory.
There's a 5MP camera with a 4x digital zoom, an autofocus and an LED flash on the rear, but the Huawei is capable of only VGA-quality video recording.
By Cheran De La Harpe, Ceylon Today Features
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