which smartphone should i buy 300$-350$

Strange my old phone just broke down, so I've just been looking around myself for a new one. I use my phone mostly to view media as videos, pdf, music and a bit of games. So I've decided to get the "Samsung Galaxy Note 2", seems like it beat all of the competition I found, even phones 2-3 times as expensive. The phone cost about 757.82$ (562.98€) in total , but paying back over a couple or so, without paying any extra fees so not bad at all.

It got a pretty large screen 5.5 inch, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor (that's 4 single cores), Android 4.1 JB, 2GB ram (ddr2 I assume), 1280x720 resolution, the manufacturer (Samsung) states that it plays full hd on their website - "Full HD(1080p) Playback & Recording".

Not sure how exactly that works if the phone only got a 1280x720 resolution? Wouldn't that mean that the phone max can show up to 720p? Would that mean that the phone plays 1080p video files, but scales down the video to 720p while playing? ;D If anyone should know about this, then I would greetly appreciate the knowledge.

Edit: Ah I didn't notice you had a max price.

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nu1mlock

Yes, it scales down the video obviously. Recording is still being done in 1080p.

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Darkweaver

Thanks for your reply. I kinda assumed so, still I just felt that it was rather strange they included "playback", under full hd on their website, seems a bit misleading if so.

Edit - Got this reply from Samsung:

As you have already mentioned in your mail Samsung Galaxy Note has HD Super AMOLED, which gives you the full resolution of 1080P.
According to phone discription it does not show 720p, HD Super AMOLED gives you options to view your videos in full HD 1080p.

My note: By the sound of that, "HD Super AMOLED" allows the phone to play in full hd 1080p afterall.

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vidmavidma

Samsung Galaxy Ace.

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bozsoki93

Siemens A40

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Rendolf

тонко :D

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EgoRikkk

очень тонко)))

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XcccX

Galaxy SII, Galaxy Note, Sony Xperia S, Htc one S, LG L7 or Nexus 4/Galaxy Nexus

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cams02

iPhone 5
The minimum price seems to be just $199.

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SirParap

he said 350$ not 900$. Anyway, for 350$ i recommand Samsung Galaxy Nexus :)

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cams02

You misread my post. I said 199$ not 900$.
The highest seems to be 399$.

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nu1mlock

Yeah, with a contract for at least 24 months.

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zurak

Nexus 4, it will be back in stock in february

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Jonaskid

You'll be quite happy with the S2, as long as you mod it since Samsung's software isn't that great.

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CaptSarge

I would recommend Xperia S

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nath2000wild

This one should fit the price.

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axakovec

Youre going to spend 300-350$ on something you dont even know? Google some and decide for yourself. As you can see people here dont give you a reason why to buy one instead of other, they just say some name.

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ZeawensGamingChannel

One could argue he might google whatever phones people recommend here, instead of just buying the first one the first guy recommended ;)

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hellinperson

Nexus 4.

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HardenedMetapod

I second this. The Nexus line is some good quality stuff. I think the Nexus 4 is only $300 too.

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RyuzakiKK

Nexus 4

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TreadLife

Droid Razr Maxx HD. Unless, you are talking full retail, then I'm not sure it's getting so cheap yet.

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altement

Buy a smartphone that can run GTA Vice City anything else doesn't matter.

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altement

+1 you are such a smart and wonderful person.

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theRealPadster

nexus 4

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raggedy

i have sgs2 but i would suggest nexus

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Martin1592

I have a galaxy S2 and its the best mobile phone i have ever seen (i prefer it over S3), i dont know if it costs what you can pay, if it does, you should buy it

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noobstorage

Nokia 3310

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Thordred

telephones for 300 bucks are overpriced.

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