Mobile Network Comparison

This Spring we’ve rounded up some of the most cracking deals on 2019’s hottest smartphones.

Featuring the latest and greatest dual-SIM models running Android 8.1 Oreo as well as offerings from Sony and Samsung, we’re such one of these bargains will be up your street.

OnePlus 6 (Dual SIM)

Was £469.00 Now only £389.99

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and the Adreno 630 GPU make the OnePlus 6 a complete experience. It’s superfast, the battery lasts for ages, and the camera has beautiful colours.

The facial ID and finger scanner work seamlessly like a dream and you won’t believe the number of features they’ve crammed in. We can say enough times how much we appreciate dual SIM slots and the phone is topped off with mad build quality.

 

Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact

Was £529.00 Now only £399.00

The Xperia XZ2 Compact is another tip-top offering from Sony. Thank god there’s still someone producing high quality and truly compact smartphones.

Every aspect is lightning fast (apart from the cool slow motion camera feature of course. Great resolution and sound quality as well as being IP68 resistant – the only issue is no headphone jack.

 

Samsung Galaxy J3

Was £187.99 Now only £129.99

Designed with anal attention to detail, the dirt-cheap Samsung Galaxy J3 carries a sick metal finish with no camera protrusion whatsoever, The 5″ screen uses 2.5D glass and sits on top of a 2,400 mAh battery.

The phone is a comfortable size and weight with looks that belies its low price. It even include great features such a an f/1.7 13 megapixel camer and NFC and MST payments.

 

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Exciting news over here at MNC Towers – we published our first ever mobile phone review last week and even though we’re biased, we definitely think it’s worth a look. Not content with reviewing every UK network we can hear about, we got our hands on a shiny new Lenovo A789 handset all the way from China and subjected to a battery of trials and tests.

For those of you who didn’t know, Lenovo have been making mobile phones as well as tablets and PCs for some years now and are one of the major manufacturers in China.

The Lenovo A789 is typical of a Chinese phone that’s not available directly on the UK market – much cheaper than the norm but packing an impressive specs list and a unique feature set including great ideas such as dual-SIM capability and a built-in FM transmitter.

In addition to this, it’s also easy to get hold of from eBay and Amazon without having to worry about all the hassle and delays of ordering from China, let along the risk of getting scamming or being hit by heft customs and import charges.

But how does it perform in day to day usage? Can it cope with the latest games and apps, how good is the camera and what about the battery like. Most of all, is it worth the money?

We used the phone every day for two weeks to find out what it’s actually like to own. Check out the review itself to read on and find out what we thought…

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