My phone was €150. It does everything I need just fine. The screen is annoyingly big and it sends too much data to Google/HMD/whoever though. I would prefer to have the same phone but with AOSP android (as much as possible).
I don't see how phones have improved at all in the last several years, aside from the camera. In many ways they've gotten worse.
Given that my last 3 phones all died when I dropped them (in part because they're too big and too thin) I don't really want to spend a lot of money on one.
I really wish I could get a slider like an HTC Touch Pro 2 with a modern OS. Or just an iPhone 5C with software updates.
> Given that my last 3 phones all died when I dropped them
Might I recommend a phone case? I don't think I've ever heard of a phone breaking more than the screen visually cracking after dropping, even without a case, besides I think one time my cousin was repairing a phone whose touchscreen didn't work correctly anymore. I'm sure it happens but the amount of luck to have that three times in a row seems odd.
As for most of them being too large (especially the cheapest ones), I agree, that's why I bought a smaller phone second hand.
I don't see how phones have improved at all in the last several years, aside from the camera. In many ways they've gotten worse.
Given that my last 3 phones all died when I dropped them (in part because they're too big and too thin) I don't really want to spend a lot of money on one.
I really wish I could get a slider like an HTC Touch Pro 2 with a modern OS. Or just an iPhone 5C with software updates.