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What budget ($200-400) phones would you recommend? (lemm.ee)
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Not looking for me personally, so leaving the specs/features open, and generally interested in what people might recommend.

Imo there's almost always some surprising budget phones floating around to learn about. Only condition I might add is that preferably they're from 2022-2023, and if not, mention their release year to help know its version/update situation.

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[–] NIB@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Poco F5. Great 120hz oled hdr 10+ screen, insane soc for the money(snapdragon 7+ gen 2), amazing fingerprint sensor on the power button instead of those shitty underscreen ones. And yes, even samsung s23 underscreen one is shitty in comparison, both in terms of speed and precision.

I dont understand why so many android phones force an objectively inferior experience on their users with those underscreen fingerprint sensors. And it isnt a small thing, it is something that you use dozens of times per day.

If you really care about photographs, then get a pixel. But i dont, i care about performance, so poco phones always offer best value for money(and the f5 actually has decent cameras too).

Alternatively, during Black Friday, you could buy really cheap oneplus 10t or 9 and 9pro(for around 350-450€). Also old sony flagships can be sometimes found at a significant discount.

[–] misophist@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Hah! Not OP, but thanks for the review. I've been looking for a cheap device for my daughter. Her only requirement is that it has a good CPU because she hates that her crappy tablet can't play roblox worth a damn. This looks like it might be exactly what I'm looking for!