Looking for an New Android under $300

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Milutiche

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#109499 20-Sep-2012 18:42

Smashed my Garmin Asus A10 and I need a new android, whats the best on the market for under $300

I don't care which network

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#689034 20-Sep-2012 18:57

If not buying second hand probably hard to do better than the Huawei G300.

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#689082 20-Sep-2012 20:33

NZtechfreak: If not buying second hand probably hard to do better than the Huawei G300.

^ This, $255.55 @ Warehouse Stationary if you ask them to price match -5% the Noel Leeming price.

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Milutiche

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#689567 21-Sep-2012 18:08

Cool, I see it only had Android 2.3, can it be updated to 4.0 or wil it have Google Play as opposed to Android market, because with Market I couldn't get the MySky app :(

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#689576 21-Sep-2012 18:22

Yes you can get JB/ICS for it. I think it's getting official ICS soon, but to get it now I think you would need to install a custom rom

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#689888 22-Sep-2012 15:10

official ICS is available for ota update on the G300

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Milutiche

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#690079 23-Sep-2012 08:32

Well Warehouse stationary had the g300 for $239 so I now own one and im pretty happy with it so far, except for the fact it took me a couple of hours to turn on mobile data, you have to have roaming data turned on, this might be just becasue I have a 2degrees sim in it???

Whats "ota" lokhor? and what are the advantages of 4.0 over 2.3?

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#690080 23-Sep-2012 08:39

Hi, OTA is over the air, obviously you are not in a 2deg primary area as you must be roaming to Voda. For all general purposes I see little or no advantage in ICS or GB, I have two android devices, a SGS on GB and a Nexus7 on JB and personally other than the subtle difference in look and feel there is not a lot, but your and other mileage may vary

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