How hard can it be? The $250 smartphone challenge

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Normally in March I carry some of the latest smartphone prototypes for a two week, real world review of the latest tech for All About Symbian. This year it’s slightly different, partly because the latest devices aren’t quite ready for me to test, but also because we wanted to try something a little bit different.

You might recognise the ‘Challenge’ format from a popular BBC TV show, but there is a serious point to what I’m doing. Smartphones are increasingly reaching into the low end market, and a Pay as You Go handset with Symbian and S60 appears to be achievable.

So Rafe and Steve have given me a budget of $250 for all my mobile needs while travelling. That includes having to buy the phone, the SIM card, the airtime, the minutes, texts, peripherals, third party applications… the lot.

 

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