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The Only Android Phone With DAB+ Radio... LG Stylus 2...(Grade B, unlocked) from £135...CEX
£135CeX Deals
I would not usually post CEX deals, but I think this is a very unusual option at a good price and just ordered one myself earlier.
The only android phone with DAB+ radio built in, it was released last year, and is currently around £200 in Argos / Amazon brand new. The good thing with this second hand phone is the battery is replaceable, which is often a biggie when buying a second hand phone.
5.7-inch display with 1,280x720-pixel resolution
155mm by 79.6mm by 7.4mm and 145g (6.1 by 3.1 by 0.3 inches and 5.1 ounces)
1.2GHz Quad-Core processor
Rear 13-megapixel camera, 8MP on front
1.5GB RAM
16GB storage with microSD
3,000mAh battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Not great specs, nor screen (not HD, just 720p), but reasonable, and with a stylus and very good battery life,.... and for folks who like DAB (which does not use data, and uses about a fifth of battery that streaming radio does) this may be of interest.
Think it has Nougat now.
They also have these phones locked to O2 from about £115.
P&p is £2.50
The only android phone with DAB+ radio built in, it was released last year, and is currently around £200 in Argos / Amazon brand new. The good thing with this second hand phone is the battery is replaceable, which is often a biggie when buying a second hand phone.
5.7-inch display with 1,280x720-pixel resolution
155mm by 79.6mm by 7.4mm and 145g (6.1 by 3.1 by 0.3 inches and 5.1 ounces)
1.2GHz Quad-Core processor
Rear 13-megapixel camera, 8MP on front
1.5GB RAM
16GB storage with microSD
3,000mAh battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Not great specs, nor screen (not HD, just 720p), but reasonable, and with a stylus and very good battery life,.... and for folks who like DAB (which does not use data, and uses about a fifth of battery that streaming radio does) this may be of interest.
Think it has Nougat now.
They also have these phones locked to O2 from about £115.
P&p is £2.50
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Well, this sounds like this might be ideal for you
And every time I need to buy a radio I make sure it has phone functionality.
Look at a Sony Z5, or the Note 7 of course.
And every time I need to buy a radio I make sure it has phone functionality.
Well, this sounds like this might be ideal for you
I have a HTC 700TV (sold in the UK as a virgin lobster) and that had DAB (and TV, BBC1,BBC2,ITV and C4) that never took off.
Look at a Sony Z5, or the Note 7 of course.
Haha, I was waiting for the Note 7 to be mentioned
Interesting, does it still work for radio and TV ??
Genuinely interested, just had a quick look at it on YouTube
I don't think the TV bit works anymore, maybe it was pre-Freeview?
No idea. Only came out the box for testing then put back. If I get chance I'll dig it out and see if it still works.
Looking on the net. "and the TV service was discontinued in January 2008."
I would have thought Freeview was around well before 2006 when the Lobster seems to have come out, but I think it ran on a mobile TV Dab version I guess on the Lobster, probably defunct I would have thought.
Does the radio work though ?
I don't have one to say 100% mate, but as far as I can read, yes, DAB still good.
Yes it seems BT Movio (TV over DAB) was dropped. It was digital TV at 320x240. It seems they added a few more channels like E4 before it closed.
As it has a DAB receiver it should still support radio. If it powers up at all. It's been sat in its box for 11 years!
i had the lobster - it was a windows phone
Well bin the jokers off then like my daughter did after only 2 months.
or crab
Oh the Irony. I had one of those.
In the recent heat i fell asleep in the park... As i was slowly turning pink my Lobster got pinched!
You couldn't make this stuff up.
I could, i just did.
I think mine may have been stolen by The Cray(fish) Twins.
Shellfish So & Sos
6Music FTW!
Sounds sh!t
I thought the stylus feature would be bonus ( think poor mans Samsung note here) . The stylus is passive.
The radio needs the earphones plugged in to work.. I listened to it a few times but ended up preferring to listen to music on my SDcard
Overall the phone is very slow. thought I'd speed things up by getting rootlevel access.It is rootable but phone has to have a specific ( earlier ) bootloader so if you wanna root be sure to skip the immediate invitation to update on turning the phone. Once the bootloader updates you wont be able to root with the auto root ( kingo/kingroot) app
I only managed to root it with an auto-root app ( kingroot or kingo root ) cant remember but then Malwarebytes kept flagging up other stuff introduced to the phone so I remove the rooting app.
Long story short it is a a slow phone quad 1.2 GHz processor is a bit reedy in performance and the handset sports just 1.5GB ram!
I spotted the new LG stylus 3 in the 3store this week, gonna go back and play with it. I think it's an octacore. I don't know if the Stylus3 has the DAB feature though.
I don't believe this phone ( STYLUS 2) has or will ever receive Nougat , the US Variant ( STYLO 2 ) which lacks the DAB radio got Nougat I think or at least was easier to root and install newer roms
Now moving on to hopefully a faster handset
2nd hand goods come with a 6 month warranty, but if the retailer should disagree with you and make it difficult, you will have to do your Citizens Advice research to find the legal terms and apply them in writing. a lot of people cannot be bothered to fight when told "NO!" they just give in, go away, snivel and moan. if your claim is clear you will win but don't lie to yourself on the legitimacy of the claim, if it is your fault suck it up, if not do as Harry Hill "FIGHT!"
That's a matter for the police then isn't it?
Problem is, from what I've been reading, CEX don't refund your cash or credit card, they just give you store credit to the current value (which lowers over time) or a replacement which they may not have.
I wanted to buy a phone as the price looks good but it seems their newer 'A' grades are a target product for insurance fraud/theft and you may not find out until months down the line.
Sorry I wasn't very clear in that they refunded my cost for the phone as well (as store credit) , but I think £5 compensation is pathetic. I'm not angling for massive compensation, but something to cover my outgoing costs should have been the least they did!