Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

It's good value for money, apart from its constantly insufficient memory space

I use a lot of smartphone features and apps, but don't want to carry round a massive device in my pocket. This fitted the bill perfectly, performs well and was good value. Plus I can look forward to upgrading to the Jelly Bean version of the operating system.

Very good value for money offering much of what more expensive smart phones offer for a fraction of the price. Its biggest drawback, the fact it only runs android 2.3 will soon become a past memory when it gets upgraded to 4.2 in a months time. Even with 2.3 on board there is lots to recommend this phone. Rarely for a modern device it actually works well as a phone. Reception is good, call quality fine, and texting is nice and straight forward as well. Despite a screen under 4 inches (3.8) it works well as a web browser and with facebook app. Doing this reveals another plus of a smaller screen, strong battery life. I've had the screen on for 2 hours 40 minutes today and still have 52% battery life remaining. My HTC desire HD with 4.2 inch screen would have given up 10 minutes ago. It plays TV/video apps well and built in speaker is perfectly adequate unlike the tinny things that come with some phones. Processor is quite speedy with little lag. Scroll rate could be quicker but I think android 2.3 is to blame. Camera is reasonable, I'd like less focusing time and shutter lag and quality is fair rather than amazing but images are usable and look less processed than my previous HTCs. It'll do if you don't have your camera with you. Won't replace a proper camera. Overall I'm impressed. GPS works well, locks on very quickly and uses 18 satellites at once versus 8 on my HTC so more accurate. There's not much this can't do.