Time for an upgrade? Lucky you: as well as being able to surf on the latest wave of smartphone technology, you’ll be able to do it for less too – right here are five of the very best smartphone deals money (or not very much money, in fact) can get you right now. Read on, and save yourself some wonga.
1. Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Vodafone | 900 mins, unlimited texts, 750MB internet, free handset, 18 months | £40 per month
It’s what you’ve all been waiting for: an honest to goodness PlayStation Phone. Not just one with Remote Play like the so-so Sony Ericsson Aino, but one with proper PlayStation buttons, even shoulder keys, and PlayStation games to go with it. Place your pre-orders now!
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2. HTC 7 Mozart
Orange | 700 mins, unlimited texts, 500MB internet, free handset, 24 months | £33.19 per month
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating system is no longer a fledgling OS. It’s bang up to date and comes with an app store stuffed full of games and killer programs to save you time and then some. And it certainly doesn’t hurt that you can now get said OS in a delightful piece of hardware like the HTC 7 Mozart.
3. BlackBerry Bold 9780
3 Mobile | 300 mins, 5000 texts, 500MB Internet, free handset, 24 months | £25.00 per month
There probably are parties like a BlackBerry party, but there certainly ain’t no keyboard like a BlackBerry keyboard. If you’re an email obsessive, you can do no better than this handset right now for word per minute count – and the BlackBerry 6 OS is full of handy tricks as well, including a spruced up web browser.
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4. Nokia N8
T-Mobile | 600 mins, 500 texts, 500MB internet, free flexible booster, free handset, 24 months | £30.64 per month
Hello yes, would you like the best camera phone on the planet right now? You would? Then you should buy the Nokia N8, complete with 12.1 megapixel sensor and stunning low light performance. That is all.
5. HTC Desire
Vodafone | 100 mins, 500 texts, 500MB Internet, free handset, 18 months | £30.00 per month
Do you desire a top notch Android phone on a short contract? If two year tie ins don’t do it for you, you can bust out of this tariff six months early, and switch to something better – though as the name suggests, you may very well not want to.
