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Can you actually buy an Android phone for 80 dollars or is that after the markdown for signing a service contract? (Serious question, I mean no disrespect!)

Samuel_Michon 15y ago
"Can you actually buy an Android phone for 80 dollars" Yes, unsubsidized. You can also buy Android tablets for $120. They're just not very good. Also, none of them will have brand names you'll have ever heard of, or they'll have the logo of some telco on them. The cheapest phones by LG and Samsung cost $120, the LG Optimus P350 and the Samsung Galaxy I5500 (both SIM lock free, unsubsidized).
6ren 15y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2892031 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2892031 Right now in Australia, that model is $59 on sale (no contract, but locked to Virgin) http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6835/virgin-huawei-u8150-android-trade-pre-paid-mobile-phone&utm_source=getprice&utm_medium=cpc http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6835/virgin-huawei-u8150-an... But, for totally unlocked (and not on sale), it's $179 http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6826/huawei-u8150-ideos-android-trade-unlocked-mobile-phone&utm_source=getprice&utm_medium=cpc http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6826/huawei-u8150-ideos-and... Also, the LG Optimus ME P350, "with a massive 140MB of storage" (!) http://www.woolworthsmobile.com.au/handsets/lg-optimus-me http://www.woolworthsmobile.com.au/handsets/lg-optimus-me - that's just from my local supermarket, it may be cheaper elsewhere. EDIT manufacturer says it's 2GB http://www.lg.com/au/mobile-phones/all-lg-phones/LG-bar-phones-Optimus-Me-P350.jsp http://www.lg.com/au/mobile-phones/all-lg-phones/LG-bar-phon...
- nl 15y ago
  The Huawei is available for $80 unlocked, and without contract in Australia [1]. It's a pretty decent - if low end - phone[2]. [1] http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8150-blk?&caSKU=huawei-u8150-blk&caTitle=Huawei%20IDEOS%20U8150%20Android%202.2%20Black%20(Australian%20Stock) http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8150-blk?&... and http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8180-blk?sck=1616895&caSKU=huawei-u8180-blk&caTitle=Huawei%20IDEOS%20X1%20U8180%20Android%202.2%20Black%20(Australian%20Stock) http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8180-blk?sck=1... - unsure what the difference is. [2] http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/mobile_phones/huawei/ideos_u8150/363402 http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/mobile_phones/huawei/id...

Samuel_Michon 15y ago

"Can you actually buy an Android phone for 80 dollars" Yes, unsubsidized. You can also buy Android tablets for $120. They're just not very good. Also, none of them will have brand names you'll have ever heard of, or they'll have the logo of some telco on them. The cheapest phones by LG and Samsung cost $120, the LG Optimus P350 and the Samsung Galaxy I5500 (both SIM lock free, unsubsidized).

6ren 15y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2892031 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2892031 Right now in Australia, that model is $59 on sale (no contract, but locked to Virgin) http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6835/virgin-huawei-u8150-android-trade-pre-paid-mobile-phone&utm_source=getprice&utm_medium=cpc http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6835/virgin-huawei-u8150-an... But, for totally unlocked (and not on sale), it's $179 http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6826/huawei-u8150-ideos-android-trade-unlocked-mobile-phone&utm_source=getprice&utm_medium=cpc http://dicksmith.com.au/product/E6826/huawei-u8150-ideos-and... Also, the LG Optimus ME P350, "with a massive 140MB of storage" (!) http://www.woolworthsmobile.com.au/handsets/lg-optimus-me http://www.woolworthsmobile.com.au/handsets/lg-optimus-me - that's just from my local supermarket, it may be cheaper elsewhere. EDIT manufacturer says it's 2GB http://www.lg.com/au/mobile-phones/all-lg-phones/LG-bar-phones-Optimus-Me-P350.jsp http://www.lg.com/au/mobile-phones/all-lg-phones/LG-bar-phon...

nl 15y ago
The Huawei is available for $80 unlocked, and without contract in Australia [1]. It's a pretty decent - if low end - phone[2]. [1] http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8150-blk?&caSKU=huawei-u8150-blk&caTitle=Huawei%20IDEOS%20U8150%20Android%202.2%20Black%20(Australian%20Stock) http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8150-blk?&... and http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8180-blk?sck=1616895&caSKU=huawei-u8180-blk&caTitle=Huawei%20IDEOS%20X1%20U8180%20Android%202.2%20Black%20(Australian%20Stock) http://www.uniquemobiles.com.au/Items/huawei-u8180-blk?sck=1... - unsure what the difference is. [2] http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/mobile_phones/huawei/ideos_u8150/363402 http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/mobile_phones/huawei/id...