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GROUP TEST BUDGET PHONES

FINGER TIP FLASH DANCE
e Smart N8’s Get ready for those
fi nger scanner is in-da-club selfi es, as
a little recessed the N8 even has a
pad below the rear fl ash on the front. It’s
camera. You can use not a dazzler but
it from standby and we’re not complaining
it’s very reliable. at this price.

£85

BEST FOR
VALUE

Vodafone Smart N8 Price £85 / stuff.tv/SmartN8 NOW
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What’s the story? Is it any good? slow, so don’t blame us if you THIS
Phones rarely get this cheap e Smart N8 has a quad-core keep missing that priceless shot
without instantly stripping out CPU and just 1.5GB RAM, and it of a tubby dachshund tearing Citymapper
all bonus features, ending up the doesn’t quite make Android 7.0 around the local park. £free
phone equivalent of a packet of run fl awlessly. Console-style So it all boils down to speed. e Smart N8 is best
unsalted crisps. Not so here. e games work better when you e Vodafone Smart N8 is a good for the basics. And the
Vodafone Smart N8 even looks chip off some of the fl ashier phone at a very good price, but basics don’t get more
tidy, with a ridged eff ect on the graphical eff ects, but this might it’s just not that nippy. Make sure essential than fi nding
plastic back to get away from a not be the right choice for phone you can put up with that before your way to work. If
real no-frills look. gaming obsessives. bowing to the bargain. you live in a city rather
A fi ngerprint scanner earns It also comes locked to than a rural hamlet,
this phone its main standing Vodafone’s network, and there Citymapper is
ovation, though – it works are a few Vodafone apps baked TECH SPECS unmissable. It shows
amazingly well given the price. into its software. Still, those ● 5in 1280x720 IPS LCD you the quickest public
Add a fairly good 13MP camera aside, the Smart N8 looks just ● Android 7.0 ● Quad-core transport routes from
and 16GB of storage and you like a vanilla Android phone – Mediatek MT6737 ● 1.5GB A to B, even going as far
might start to wonder why there’s no slightly embarrassing RAM ● 13MP rear, 5MP front as to tell you the train
you’d spend more than £100. custom interface to put up with. ● 2400mAh ● 16GB, microSD platform you need.
Well, there are a few reasons… But the camera is also pretty ● 145x72x8.6mm, 151g
STUFF SAYS For under £100, you really can’t say fairer – this is a steal

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