Oct292012

What is the best Android cellphone under 200 US Dollars?

Osama Javaid asks:

What is the latest and best Android cellphone under 200 US Dollars? All form-factors are fine for me.


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Aditya Roy

October 29, 2012

Some suggestions:
Sony Xperia Tipo
Samsung Galaxy Chat(Qwerty)
Samsung galaxy Y
LG Optimus Net
Sony Ericson W8
Motorola Fire XT311(Qwerty)
Motorola FIRE XT

Aditya Roy

But i will recommend Tipo.

October 29, 2012
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Jan Fritsch

October 29, 2012

It depends on whether you just want to get the (unlocked) phone or you get the phone with a new contract or contract renewal ~ device costs obviously differ depending on the provider and contract.

If you just want the phone I would say the HTC Desire C, Sony Xperia Tipo or the LG E610

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ha14

October 29, 2012

Best Cell Phone with Price Under $200
http://www.reviewgist.com/best-cell-phone-price-under-200

Douglas Mutay

Thanks for the link. Found very good information.

October 31, 2012
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Harish Jonnalagadda

October 29, 2012

LG E610 is quite good.

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Alex Schnapps

October 29, 2012

Jiayu G3 :)

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ViGi

October 30, 2012

I think more important is to have the latest android software. You can chose Samsung Galaxy Nexus I9250 with android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

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Rajaa Chowdhury

October 30, 2012

Would request you to checkout Sony Xperia Tipo (both single SIM and dual SIM model are available) and the ACER Liquid Gallant Duo.

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Boni Oloff

October 30, 2012

Looks like, many of the comments recommend XPeria Typo..

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Aniket Singh

October 30, 2012

1-LG Optimus Net
2-Samsung galaxy Y S5360
3-Sony Ericson W8
4-Motorola Fire XT311
5-Micromax superfone Lite A75
are 5 good phones under 200$

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Nikhil Chandak

October 30, 2012

LG P500
LG Optimus Net (Rs. 9, 999)
Samsung galaxy Y S5360 (Rs 7,500)
Sony Ericson W8 (Rs. 9,300)
Motorola Fire XT311 (Rs. 8,950)
Micromax superfone Lite A75 (Rs, 8,900)
BlackBerry Pearl 8100
Motorola Moto Q music 9m
Palm Centro
Samsung BlackJack II
T-Mobile Shadow Motorola-MB300-Backflip-Navigator-Bluetooth Price : $147.95
Samsung-i5500-Corby-Galaxy-Europa Price : $119.99
Motorola-MB502-Unlocked-Android-Keyboard Price : $99.99
Samsung-Exhibit-II-Prepaid-T-Mobile Price : $194.99
Sony-Ericsson-Unlocked-Smartphone-Bluetooth–International Price : $124.99
LG-Unlocked-Quad-Band-Touchscreen-Bluetooth–No Price : $135.93
choose watever u want ;)

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Junil Maharjan

October 30, 2012

If you can raise the price to $300 and wait until Nov 13 then I suggest the Nexus 4. You can also get the same phone for $200 but on T-mobile.

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Harshit Jain

October 30, 2012

Just one thing– try your best to find a used Nexus phone and you will not regret.

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susendeep dutta

October 30, 2012

While choosing an Android phone,it’s always good to go with the latest one.So,Sony Tipo and Tipo dual(if preferring dual SIM) will be good for you.

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Boni Oloff

October 30, 2012

I think you need to search in amazon and ebay to get many list of good android phone under 200USD. There are too many to list, many big brand like LG, Samsung, Sony, Google Nexus has cheap version of android, so i think you should try to see the pro and con yourself.

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ahmed fouad

October 30, 2012

NOKIA LUMIA 710,610

Aditya Roy

Must be android!

October 30, 2012
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Vipul Jain

October 30, 2012

Raise the budget by a margin and get the Defy+

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josemon maliakal

October 30, 2012

Samsung galaxy y

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Vishal Mishra

October 30, 2012

i would recommend Samsung Galaxy Nexus (if it’s prices slash down) and Sony Xperia Tipo.

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Alex Perkins

October 30, 2012

Really depends, are you the kind of person that likes to experiment with different ROMs and root their device? If so then HTC is not so much the way you want to go as they lock their devices down real tight. Not impossible but just make it a bit more difficult.
Some suggestions though:
Motorola Droid 2
Samsung Galaxy SII
Samsung Nexus S 4G

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Aashish kumar

October 30, 2012

you can go for google nexus, lg nexus these are some of the best android phones

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Tarek Ramadan

October 30, 2012

contract get the Samsung Galaxy SII or SIII

unlocked Samsung Galaxy Fit

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Naveen Kumar

October 31, 2012

for now xperia tipo best in specs for under$200

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Santosh Kolhar

October 31, 2012

Sony Experia Tipo Dual

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Jean-Francois Messier

October 31, 2012

I personnally use an HTC One V phone, and although it does not have the power of the One X, it has enough guts to run the applications I want on its little screen, and it is available for $150 (Canadian), which should be about the same in US $. I reall ylike it and it had good reviews. On the other have Samsung Galaxy Ace has too small internal memory and for the apps that cannot be moved to /sdcard, I quickly maxed out its internal storage.

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Raja Pradeep

November 1, 2012

Sony Xperia tipo

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VS Vishnu

November 1, 2012

xperia tipo

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Kannon Y

November 3, 2012

Have you thought about picking up a refurbished Nexus One? The drivers are officially supported by Google and there’s already a highly developed support community where you can get lots of custom ROMs and other neat things.

Considering that you can also get an extended warranty for around $20 USD extra, it’s quite a good deal, since it guarantees you another year of operation.

As with all unlocked phones you can use them with a prepaid plan and save tons of money, if you use the phone lightly.

However, it may interest you that the LG Nexus 4 is easily the best UNLOCKED phone I’ve ever seen for $299 USD. I know that’s a hundred dollars more than you were willing to pay, but with a prepaid plan, sometimes you can get a more expensive phone because of the monthly savings.

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Harshal Warkhede

November 6, 2012

Samsung galaxy Y
Samsung galaxy Chat

Rajaa Chowdhury

Yo, I use the Samsung Galaxy Chat GT-B5330 and pretty satisfied with it. It is one of the few smartphones, which give both touchscreen option and a qwerty keypad. I opted for it as being an oldie guy :P , used to qwerty. But to be honest, I do find the Sony Xperia Tipo a more capable phone at almost the same pricepoint (1K INR more for the Sony).

November 11, 2012
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Easton Wiki

November 12, 2012

Wait till black friday and get the SGS3 for like $0.96cents from Sams club (what i did last year for SGS2)

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garva

November 13, 2012

Micromax A110 Is The Best Smartphoone under 200$ it has a 5i nch ips display and a Dual core processor and also a very high cpu which handle all hd game it is a really best device

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Cyra Calkhoven

November 14, 2012

Samsung galaxy S. I have it and its a great phone, Not easy to break. :)

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Alex Meyer

November 16, 2012

I would recommend the Droid Razr. Not the Droid Razr Maxx. It is about $89.99. I find its very fast for the price. Faster than the new Iphone 5.

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Abba Jee

November 29, 2012

Samsung Glaxy GS-5360Y, YDuos

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Rohit Pandey

December 11, 2012

htc wildfire….samsung ace duos…………micromax canvas