I lost my cellphone a few days ago and don't wanna pay too much for another one. I'd like to keep it under $200. Thank you in advance comrades.

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    One of the Xiaomi, I have the 11T and after 3 years it still feels brand new. Average price is between $160-$300 for the Redmi and numbered series. Just get one that you like that has at least 6GB of ram.

    Bonus: the bootscreen is a rabbit in an ushanka with a red star fixing the Android robot. You can also easily unlock their phones for root access.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I use an obsolete unsupported phone that's more than five years old. :onlytruesocialistmeme:

    • daisy
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      1 year ago

      Same here. But it's mostly because my phone has some funky awesome features that I haven't found in combination on other newer phones. Dual SIM, app firewall as stock, auto call recording, reliable IPS display instead of planned-obsolescence OLED, proper HD, etc. I haven't yet found a replacement with all the weird features I need, at any price.

  • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    It's not under $200, but in the long term it could save you money: a fairphone, the only phone of which you can replace every element, instead of having to buy an entire new one.

  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    As the other commenter said, iPhone se 2020 is great but the screen is a bit too small for me and ios is not very customizable. You can't install YouTube vanced and stuff on ios.

    OnePlus 7 Pro used goes for 200 if you are interested on the android side.

  • visnudeva@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Redmi phones are usually good for the price, I always buy them under 200$ after watching some reviews to see what's the good recent model.

  • thirtymilliondeadfish [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    what are your needs, wants etc.

    I don't need fancy and expensive 5g, I want a solid battery, I'm not loyal to any particular brand. There's a "HOTWAV W10" on aliexpress for $200 with a 15000mah battery lmao.

  • kristina [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    i strongly recommend searching by battery capacity. i have had a very high battery capacity phone with long battery life and it has been going strong for 7 years

  • brainw0rms
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    10 days ago

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