I'd personally recommend the second hand market depending on what your budget is.
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
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I've been thinking about it but Amazon here is not an option and other local shops are not very trustworthy. The warranty they give is about 3 months on average, or none at all.
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I'd get a generation or two old pixel, can get fully unlocked ones on Amazon for pretty cheap. Just replaced my mother's pixel 2 with a pixel 5 for less than $200
What does fully unlocked mean? Can such phones be sold at official retailers? And if not, why would I want it unlocked? Plus, is it easy to do so?
Unlocked means it's not tied to a carrier (mobile phone provider).
Not too sure about the rest of the world, but North America has a huge problem with carrier-locked devices. You buy a phone from YourCellProvider, and you're stuck using the phone only with YourCellProvider.
Damn america is so good at coming up with the most distopian solutions ever and it sucks that people still allow them to
It's more because they'll let you pay for the phone in two years with 0% APR, but you can't just leave, not pay, and use the phone on another provider.
Before it used to be free or heavily discounted, but now it's just a 0% APR credit service.
Ah, we don't have anything like that here.
What a pain. They finally ended this in Canada at the end of 2017. All phones sold since then have to be sold unlocked. Any phone sold before that time is likely still locked to a carrier, but that carrier must provide the unlock code for free upon request. Feels like they did this one right, and it is great to be able to keep an old flagship device for 5+ years and travel with it or move services around as needed.
You've had that for 6 years? Holy damn, I'm envious. It's OEM or get fucked over here.
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Word of advice, pixel is good for software, camera but that's it. Don't take it I less you can use esim with physical sim, as it has NO double SIM slot , that's a must have feature for me. So quite useless in most of ASIA.
I can not recommend pixels anymore after owning my 7 pro for a year (been using google phones since the nexus 5x). Their own tensor chip is behind the competition by 2 years, but importantly they use a shitty modem which causes issues for a large portion of users.
Also pixels used to have a significantly better camera than others, but I feel that gap is so small now that it doesnβt matter at the high end, theyβre trading blows now.
The only edge compared to the competition is getting access to google app features earlier than others, like magic eraser. Ainβt what it used to be anymoreβ¦
The single best feature and the only one that I looked for before buying my pixel was the custom ROM support. Installed grapheneos on day 1, nothing is the only other company in the market here that allows you to unlock bootloader without voiding the warranty so didn't really have much choice to go for tbh. Would be nice if other ones like fairphone would expand out soon.
Finally upgraded my MIL's Pixel 2 to a Pixel 4 5G for $150 on Amazon. It supports Android 14.
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Motorola has a bunch on Amazon currently. Pick out the one that is most affordable.
Which model would you recommend?
And we don't have Amazon here.
Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G 2023
The last one I bought was a few years back. But it has a big battery. Moto G8 Power Lite if you can find it don't pay too much it's a older model.
I'm rocking the Moto 5G Ace One and it's been doing me just fine for the last two years.
It's been a few years since I've had one, but budget Motorola phones have treated me well in the past.
Redmi Note... Something.
Poco F something.
Depends on how you define good budget.
To me, the Samsung galaxy a phones and the pixel a phones are good. They strike the balance between value and having an actually usable phone.
Any Pixel + graphene os
Poco f5 ,if you dont like miui flash a custom rom
Moto edge 30/20 pros
Definitely not more than 200usd. Thanks for the advice!
I would echo what OP said there, I had to get a temporary replacement phone while my main one was getting a screen repair, and I was amazed at how good a Galaxy A was for the price. Think it was about Β£120 or so, and it's a great phone.
Which model specifically?
As a fellow Vietnamese, I would like to recommend a used Pixel. 6th gen Pixels are pretty cheap right now. Last I checked a used 6 Pro used was around 7m VND. They have flagship hardware and 3 years of updates left. And they're open to custom ROMs unlike Samsung or Xiaomi. Honestly can't beat them for the price.
Don't have more than 4 mil. Is Pixel 5 a great choice as well?
Pixel 5 is already end of life according to this. I don't think it's a good choice any more. Might be better to look towards Chinese brands then.
For example?
If you want to install a custom ROM you should check what phones your future ROM supports
I believe for GrapheneOS it's pixel 6
Cheap pixel a is like 300ish
Fairphone 4 maybe? You pay a little extra for the faitrade stuff, but it's still not awfully expensive
Thanks but it's not sold in Vietnam.
Look at the budget Moto G series. Model designations might be different where you are. They start around $110 unlocked in US.
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Realme phones are pretty good for the price. You may need to remove a couple of bloat applications and tune some settings after getting it though.
I currently use a ZTE Blade V Smart/ZTE 2050, which cost me 150β¬, pretty cheap, but still very usable (bought it a few years ago so that exact model isn't worth it anymore, I had generally not absolutely terrible experience with ZTE phones before, tho). I also have a newer phone that I don't use for no reason, a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11, which cost me 200β¬.
The OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G is great if you want a new budget phone, you can look up reviews on YouTube for that phone. Trying to find a used flagship is another good idea.
Margot's budget phones thread has also good recommendations: https://lemmy.world/post/4846313
I use a a Motorola g30. Was the cheapest one in the shop a few years back. Not too inundated by bloatware.
OnePlus is typically a great value.
Samsung Xcover
Blu makes some decent phones for pretty cheap. I used the Bold N1 for quite a while. I believe the Bold N2 is out now but I've admittedly moved onto a Pixel since I've had the budget for it.
Get a flagship phone from a generation or two ago, I'm still using my Pixel 5 and I love this phone and they're dirt cheap at the moment, both new and refurbished, because it's 3 generations behind
Thanks! But what newest features are missing there? Does Pixel 5 have anything useful the newer models don't?
Pixel 5a has back fingerprint sensor and a headphone jack, plus it can run grapheneos
Well, in my opinion the fingerprint sensor is far superior for one. Other than that it's a little smaller than current generation phones but I think it's a more manageable size than the current generation
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