Anyone know a decent budget phone that has great signal (4g as EE turned off the 3g and 2g)","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52693162","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Uridium"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T11:49:41.000Z","text":"Bit over your budget but I recently bought a couple of Poco M6 Pro's for family members. £190 from Amazon but the Spec you get for the money is insane.
£209 at the moment but they regularly drop lower
No 5g but both users have no issues with fast 4g"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52692481","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"xCobehx"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T09:45:47.000Z","text":"Specify your budget and it’ll help you get better replies.(y)"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52692703","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"hothud"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T10:28:33.000Z","text":"This might give you an idea of the best signal coverage in your area:
moneysavingexpert.com/che…er/"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52692786","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mr.Plow"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T10:39:37.000Z","text":"If you like Xiaomi would this Redmi Note 12 be any good for you, it's on daily picks today, says £129 but there's some coupons, it comes out at £99 for me.
"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52692913","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"KodaBear"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T11:02:37.000Z","text":"Just since you mentioned EE In your post, are you actually on EE Itself or a company that piggybacks on their signal?
EE have 4G on a number of different frequencies. One specific frequency of note is B20 (800MHz) Which is important for indoor 4G Coverage as well as rural areas.
While EE give their customers access to it, most of the cheaper piggyback brands do not - The main exceptions are 1P Mobile, CMLink and Popit.
If you are on a different brand, not having access to this specific signal from EE will make a HUGE Difference to your signal.
I say this as most phones these days are pretty similar when it comes to how well they can pick up and hold a signal. So it may be your SIM rather than phone that's making you struggle here.
And finally, you say your TCL 40 Can't be unlocked - It's illegal for new phones to be sold locked in the first place now. If you try another network's SIM you should find that it's unlocked and accepts any network's SIM cards now."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/52694006","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Deleted041071960810"},"datePublished":"2024-05-04T15:01:29.000Z","text":"AFAIK no network has turned off 2g yet. It's still an important part of emergency services network iirc. But will be gone by 2033."}],"commentCount":14,"interactionStatistic":1,"articleSection":"Ask"}