WSJ - Inexpensive Smartphones

[red-beard]

He tried to pull apart a phone and created a li-ion fire...

Good video article, if you need a good new phone and want to spend under $350

[spuggy]

Originally Posted by red-beard

if you need a good new phone and want to spend under $350

Recently bought several Motorola Nexus 6 phones (the generation before the LG Nexus 6, which was before the Pixel range). The one I'd been carrying for years was a little worse for wear.

Highend/flagship developer phone 4 years ago - still a perfectly usable spec; 6" QHD AMEOLED screen, Gorilla glass, 3G of RAM, Snapdragon 805, 13MP camera, 32G/64G of flash.

Quite seriously water-resistant (check YouTube for videos of people leaving them immersed for 30 minutes).

Enough radios on-board to work on any GSM carrier, anywhere in the world. Supported/works with Project Fi.

Brand new. Factory unlocked. $140 w/ free shipping.

Log in, restore apps, Google OTA update from Android 4.2.1 to 7.1.1 - gtg.

[sammyg2]

Just got a galaxy J3 for under $200 a couple weeks ago.
Works as good as any phone I've ever used.

[Brando]

Do not go with a J5 or J5 pro. My wife has constant issues with touch recognition, slow-loading, and background apps eating memory like cancer.

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Just got a galaxy J3 for under $200 a couple weeks ago.
Works as good as any phone I've ever used.

[red-beard]

If I could get a true OEM battery, I expect I could have stayed with my S8. The issue is that most of the aftermarket batteries have fraudulent specs.