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How to buy a cheap new phone? (lemmy.ml)
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All the guides I've seen are like "check out this budget phone for $350, it has five cameras"

I only need one camera and it just has to be good enough to take pictures of documents while still being readable.

Android 12

Like 16gb storage minimum. 2gb ram minimum.

Most phones seem to be way over those specs knocking up price. A bunch that r more affordable don't go up to Android 12. I assume Android 12 is important so I don't get hacked when I'm trying to do banking on my phone on unsecured public Wi-Fi (which is where I do all my banking :( )

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[–] tangonov 1 points 2 years ago

Take a look at the last 2 years of Motorola devices. Especially if your camera is more of a tool than it is a luxury. I picked up a Motorola G Power 1.5 years ago for around $300. 4G of ram, expandable SD storage.

I am only now starting to feel the bloat of my application choices and am thinking about slimming the software that I use to prevent things that I want to keep running from getting killed.

The battery works super, duper well even after my heavy usage. I'm at 50% around bed time.