Budget Smartyphones with decent camera?

**Scuba_Steve** · 1st October 2015, 08:45

Anyone able to recommend a sub 200$ smartyphone with decent camera??? (if they exist)
I see there's quite a few sub 200$ smartyphones nowadays packing at-least a 5MP cam & the misses is after a new phone as her 1 is craping out but thought it would be nice to have a camera onhand also so she can get snap happy with the kids otherwise she'd just get another brick.
So nothing too much required here feature wise just a sub 200$ phone with decent camera & preferably decent vid too (tho I understand after the screen the cam's prob next tied to price)

**Hitcher** · 1st October 2015, 10:19

Spend a whopping $299 and get yourself a Vodafone Smart Ultra 6. A superior product to the Sammy Galaxy 6 and similar iPhone for a quarter of the price. On the camera score it's got 13MP full HD one side and 5MP on the selfie side.

I've got one and I love it.

**Ulsterkiwi** · 1st October 2015, 14:44

yep the vodafone own brand devices are actually pretty good, probably come from the same factory as the more expensive ones. There is one in our house and no complaints about it.

**Erelyes** · 1st October 2015, 15:07

Anyfink on the 2degrees front? Or will the Voda item still work?

**Scuba_Steve** · 1st October 2015, 16:00

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Spend a whopping $299 and get yourself a Vodafone Smart Ultra 6. A superior product to the Sammy Galaxy 6 and similar iPhone for a quarter of the price. On the camera score it's got 13MP full HD one side and 5MP on the selfie side.

I've got one and I love it.

Have looked at the Voda Smart Prime (the lesser to the Smart Ultra) seemed okish, another we've considered is the HTC Raider/Vivid
The Smart would need unlocking, the HTC possibly an OS replacement but she really doen't want to breach the 200$ mark as if it weren't for the camera she'd be happy with a 15$ brick

**Hitcher** · 1st October 2015, 17:43

Originally Posted by Erelyes

Anyfink on the 2degrees front? Or will the Voda item still work?

Any Voda worth over $200 isn't locked. Mrs H and I have the same phone. She's with 2degrees. I'm with Vodafone.

Did I mention the three day battery life? And the full HD display?

**bogan** · 1st October 2015, 18:10

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Any Voda worth over $200 isn't locked. Mrs H and I have the same phone. She's with 2degrees. I'm with Vodafone.

Did I mention the three day battery life? And the full HD display?

Wireless charging? That's a must have feature in my book, yeh you can retrofit it but the you'd need a case and sometime the port is a bit hoary.