Looking for a phone with these features:
dual sim
Prefer 8mp camera or better
prefer 8gb rom
Don't really care about anything else.
Vodafone Huawei G526 nearly fits the bill:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/152455
except no dual sim is the deal breaker, any other options?
Yeah I'd settle for the g526 at that price except I need the dual sim
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Doogee-PIXELS-DG350-4-7Inch-M…
and
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/DOOGEE-LATTE-DG450-4-5inch-MT…
Just don't use the phone for banking or anything data sensitive, just in case your phone has malware preinstalled lol.
Just on the off-chance that it hasn't crossed your mind, consider carrying an extra-cheap, light, small feature-phone/dumbphone (which you may already own), for call/text secondSIM duty. It's an option.
I have an old phone that gets occasional use. Light enough such that I can even forget that it's in my pocket sometimes.
If you can still find the G526 for $79, even buying a new dp might see you scrape in under your $100.
Only reason I want dual sim is so I can put my mobile broadband plan sim into it and not have to buy any data for my phone.
A bit different to most people's use of dual-SIM. I'm presuming that you have a phone plan with little or no data attached.
A variation on my suggestion above is to buy an ultra-cheap Android and use it as a wi-fi hotspot for your main phone.
Personally, I wouldn't want to use either of these for much else, but one or t'other would make for a very cheap little modem for your broadband SIM.
www.ozbargain.com.au/node/153070
A bit different to most people's use of dual-SIM. I'm presuming that you have a phone plan with little or no data attached.
Mind me asking what the usual is?
No, I don't mind, and I am just going to assume that you're not being facetious.
Alot of people - and they are probably 'the norm' - who don't seem to ever venture very far from wi-fi, do appear to manage ok with a plan-attached allowance of just a few hundred MB's of data per month. Most other people seem to be using between one and a couple of GB's of 3G/4G data per month. Just a fraction of the populace (I'm in that minority) appear to use substantially above that level.
Apologies for the late reply - my email inbox is a monster.
@aeoz:
Complex webpages, and Tumblr (OzBargain is seriously data-friendly in comparison), really do add-up, but you'll find that any significant Youtube content while on mobile-data is the real killer for me and most; only way to keep up with my sub-feed; some others would also be in the same situation; time-management; aaargh; etc.
Yeah phone plan with 0 data. I have thought about just carrying my modem around with me, but don't want to have to carry something else around everywhere so decided against that, dual sim is what i need.
Fair enough, but as scrimshaw indicated, your hamstrung for anything standalone decent at your desired price.
@Tas: Ok, do you see that first word beginning with a 'y' in that sentence? It really could've used an apostroph…e <+an extra letter not unlike that one. Twit.
Pandawill has some reasonable phones. Search ozbargain for previous posts/deals.
There are lots of options if you are willing to import a phone from overseas.
Under $100? Not possible. Try at least $150.
The Huawei G526 is only 4GB ROM with 5 megapixel camera, also don't forget this is a phone that usually costs $179 upfront from Voda…
If you can get it at $79 Target price, it's already the best phone you can purchase with a hundred dollar bill.