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What smartphones are you buying for under $100?
A stolen one
"previously owned"
the Walmart special can be had for $20, it sucks and is locked to a useless carrier, but can load web pages on WiFi.
Stolen iPhones
Low end phones aren't that bad, if you are willing to make some sacrifices, like an uglier screen, worse camera.
For example, the Samsung Galaxy A05
This would have to be some burner or 2nd/3rd phone cuz there's a lot more than worse screen or worse camera. The only A series phone i would consider using would be the A54/55/73.
Well no shit it's not great.
It's still pretty damn impressive that you can buy smartphones for that cheap at all.
Honestly the sacrifices they make are pretty reasonable for every day use too. I used ultra cheap Umidigi smartphones for four years as a student and they held up quite well with a huge upside being shockingly good repairability. The biggest downside is the rear camera usually, I wish I had better photos from those times.
You can get the Umidigi G9 5G for just $99 shipped on aliexpress. Even budget phones under $100 get 8gb RAM, 128GB storage , and 90hz displays now. There really aren't as many sacrifices as you'd expect, and by the time you spend $200 you even get plenty respectable cameras that would be flagship quality just a few years ago.
... So am I the only one that whenever I want a new phone, I just look for highest rated phone under 100 dollars? Been doing that for years, generally it's just always just like top of the line models from 3-4 years ago.
Been doing it for years and I've never really had any complaint with my phones.
How often do you buy phones?
I've had maybe 3 phones in last 10 years?
I normally check whatever was the flagship 2-3 years ago and buy it refurbished.
Not a bad strat!