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Alcatel OT-S520 review
Alcatel has a history of making affordable phones, but with the OT-S520 it's produced an affordable phone that also looks good. The sleek S520 is available for £15 and is a simple phone with simple ambitions. It's only got 2MB of memory and a VGA camera, but that shouldn't matter if all you need to do is text and call Read more
23 October 2008 by Andrew Lim
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LG A140 review
The super-cheap LG A140 looks good on paper, but it's let down by poor multimedia capabilities and a dismal screen. You have to accept some compromises in a phone of this price, though. Read more
21 January 2011 by Damien McFerran
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Alcatel OT-880 review
The Alcatel OT-880 suffers from dodgy build quality and an underwhelming touchscreen, which makes it a tough mobile to recommend. Read more
27 August 2010 by Luke Westaway
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Nokia 2720 Fold review
It's an average clamshell phone that lacks a killer punch, but the Nokia 2720 Fold will tempt those on a tight budget. Read more
26 August 2010 by Joe Minihane
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Samsung E1080 review
The Samsung E1080 isn't as pretty as its close relation, the E1170, but it does offer the same excellent battery life and combines it with a well-built and rugged casing. The lack of a camera, absence of connectivity and disappointing screen count against it, though. Read more
13 October 2010 by Damien McFerran
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Motorola Motofone F3 review
Motorola's new Motofone F3 is the phone many people are looking for -- one without all the fancy-pants extras. There's no camera, no Internet and none of that multimedia nonsense, just calls, texts and great battery life. What could possibly go wrong? Read more
17 April 2007 by Andrew Lim
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Nokia 5228 X-Factor review
You can blame it on stage fright, but when the lights go up, the Nokia 5228 pales in comparison to rival budget phones. Despite its self-proclaimed star quality, it just doesn't have the X factor to win our vote. Read more
19 October 2010 by Luke Westaway
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Sony Ericsson T303 review
Do good things really come in small packages? We took the tiny Sony Ericsson T303 out on the town to find out. One thing's for sure: this phone is pretty basic, with just a 1.3-megapixel camera and only 8MB of memory. But it's incredibly sturdy and the big draw is its diminutive size, so it could be just what you're looking for Read more
24 October 2008 by Andrew Lim
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Nokia 1200 review
The Nokia 1200 is a no-frills handset aimed at tech novices. Although it's basic, the phone does have a fantastic battery life, and is unbelievably easy to use for texting and calling. Call quality is crisp and loud even in areas of poor signal, while the speakerphone sounds very clear Read more
25 October 2007 by Frank Lewis
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Acer Liquid Mini review
The Acer Liquid Mini isn't a disaster by any stretch of the imagination, but its lacklustre specs prevent it from standing out from the rest of the budget Android smart-phone crowd. Read more
13 April 2011 by Damien McFerran
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