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Alright, so I've decided to jump start my social life, which requires a phone.

I really don't care about the phone itself much, I just want it to be

1, cheap

2, fast

3,relatively new

and 4, have a good screen

 

I've been looking at either the Asus Zenfone 2, iPhone 5c or Samsung S3, but I'm open to recommendations

As for budget, It has to be under $300 and unlocked. Used phones are fine too, as long as it's in near perfect or very good condition.

Also, my parents both have Samsung S4s, and would be fine with giving one to me if they had a good reason to upgrade.

 

All help is appreciated!

-Lolz

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I've been looking at the zenfone 2, so far it looks like one of the best options...

 

Maybe check out the Ubik uno? that one looked pretty nice too.

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I certainly wouldn't recommend the iPhone 5c.

 

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And no. Disregard that. I got it confused with the HTC Inspire. Oh boy what a mess that was.

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Alright, so I've decided to jump start my social life, which requires a phone.

I really don't care about the phone itself much, I just want it to be

1, cheap

2, fast

3,relatively new

and 4, have a good screen

 

I've been looking at either the Asus Zenfone 2, iPhone 5c or Samsung S3, but I'm open to recommendations

As for budget, It has to be under $300 and unlocked. Used phones are fine too, as long as it's in near perfect or very good condition.

Also, my parents both have Samsung S4s, and would be fine with giving one to me if they had a good reason to upgrade.

 

All help is appreciated!

-Lolz

asus zenfone 2 is good for the price 

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Please do not buy an S3 or 5c. Zenfone 2 is a pretty decent phone all round, and you know the company will back it up with support unlike a lot of the smaller companies popping up now.

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I certainly wouldn't recommend the iPhone 5c.

 

And no. Disregard that. I got it confused with the HTC Inspire. Oh boy what a mess that was.

 

 

Zenfone 2 and OnePlus one both have good display, both are fast and cheap and will definitely be updated to android 6.0 marshmallow

 

 

asus zenfone 2 is good for the price 

 

 

Please do not buy an S3 or 5c. Zenfone 2 is a pretty decent phone all round, and you know the company will back it up with support unlike a lot of the smaller companies popping up now.

 

 

HTC Desire 

 

 

I've been looking at the zenfone 2, so far it looks like one of the best options...

 

Maybe check out the Ubik uno? that one looked pretty nice too.

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Thanks guys.

 

the Zenfone is probably gonna be the one, but why not the iPhone? I don't really care about the age, or the specs, i just like iOS a lot, and looks comfy to hold

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Thanks guys.

 

the Zenfone is probably gonna be the one, but why not the iPhone? I don't really care about the age, or the specs, i just like iOS a lot, and looks comfy to hold

 

Well, if you drop an iphone 99% of the time it's gonna crack, and it lacks tons of customization options that android has. (Yes you could jailbreak the iphone, but you can also root an android phone and get even more customization and such from it.)

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Thanks guys.

 

the Zenfone is probably gonna be the one, but why not the iPhone? I don't really care about the age, or the specs, i just like iOS a lot, and looks comfy to hold

I think the iPhone 5C and 5S were the worst iPhones ever made. Shoddy build quality which is strange for Apple.

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