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Best $200'ish Android phone for T-mobile - Black Friday

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rbk123

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I've been looking for a smartphone in the $200 range and was expecting some decent deals for Black Friday (like the HTC One for $179) but I haven't come across any. Have you guys seen anything? T-mobile non-contract.
 
I think the Black Friday deals are usually for contract phones (and thus not really deals at all IMO).

For under $200, I think the Moto G is the only choice worth considering.
 
+1 for the Moto G

You seriously thought the One would go on sale for $179? BWHAHA Mine was $150 on contract.

If you need something soon, you could go with a used Nexus 4 or a Nokia 521.
 
You really thought you could get the HTC One (a FLAGSHIP smartphone) for $179 off-contract? What world do you live in? Your best bet is the Moto G, or pony up a little more and you can get the Nexus 5.

Or if you're interested in Windows Phone, the 520 goes for about $70ish off-contract.
 
rbk123 said:
I've been looking for a smartphone in the $200 range and was expecting some decent deals for Black Friday (like the HTC One for $179) but I haven't come across any. Have you guys seen anything? T-mobile non-contract.
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There's a very good reason for that.

If HTC sold the One unlocked for 179, they'd be losing a good chunk of money on every single one. The iPhone 5 costs about $200 to make, and I'm sure the One is no different.
 
I just checked and all of the major Black Friday deals are for contract phones.

Maybe the days after swappa will be filled with older top shelf 2012 models?
 
s44 said:
Somebody who wants LTE or a better CPU than A7?
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then you gotta pay more, or go used, or go Chinese/off-brand

cheapest HTC one refurb was $370.

You'll need to go one generation back (or dual-core of current generation).
Samsung S3 or earlier
 
s44 said:
Somebody who wants LTE or a better CPU than A7?
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The Moto G performs really, really well in benchmarks for its price.

The HTC One Mini and S4 Mini both have higher-clocked dual core Krait CPUs and both are far behind the Moto G in many benchmarks. So I see no problem with quad A7. I just pre-ordered my Moto G today and I think it's going to be a huge step up from my Galaxy Nexus.

MotoGBenchmark2.PNG
 
s44 said:
Somebody who wants LTE or a better CPU than A7?
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HSPA+ on T-Mobile negates the lack of LTE, at least in my case. And coming from an iPhone 4S the Moto G is plenty fast. The Moto G is perfect for a huge swath of the general population.
 
If you want LTE:

LG Optimus F3

My father in law has had his for about 3 months and as far as I know, no issues at all.

Otherwise, Moto G.
 
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