The Motorola DEFY has joined T-Mobile as well as Vodafone, with the UK network now offering the MANLY waterproof Android phone on monthly tariffs. It’s available surprisingly cheaply as well, with the company wanting £20 per month for 24 months in return for a “free” Defy.
In return for that long-term commitment you get a free internet booster package, 300 minutes of talk time and 300 text messages, along with T-Mobile’s “unlimited” internet – in which instance the word “unlimited” means there’s a 3GB fair usage policy attached to it.
The DEFY runs Android 2.1 and features a 3.7″ toughened Gorilla Glass touchscreen – and is powered by an 800MHz processor. Which makes this a surprisingly good deal. Like, almost an administrative error kind of deal.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Lee
/ November 13, 2010It’s also quite easy to pursuade them to give it to you for free or at a reduced up front cost on £10 a month if you phone them
Filo
/ November 15, 2010@Lee what kind of arguments did you use to persuade them to give it to you for free?
Lee
/ November 17, 2010Basically, just tell them you’ve heard of some one else having the cost knocked down and that you’re still looking around at other deals.