Posted May 16, 2019
I've been thinking that I want to get a modern smartphone, and am looking at getting an unlocked phone, and am wondering what you would suggest.
Here is what I am looking for:
* Budget: $150 or so
* Works with all major US carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint; remember, since this is the US, not all carriers use GSM) (must also be usable, via Wi-Fi or offline, without a service)
* Bootloader unlocked or easily unlockable from a Linux machine
* Reasonably well supported; I want to be able to run newer versions of Android in some form (which may involve custom ROMs)
* Needs a headphone jack and a microSD card slot (it really seems silly that I have to specifically state the headphone jack as a requirement these days)
* I would like it to be able to comfortably emulate anything that a Raspberry Pi could. (I don't expect it to run anything truly demanding, at least not with this budget.)
* GPS
* Ability to act as a USB host would be nice, but not as important as other features.
So, any ideas?
Here is what I am looking for:
* Budget: $150 or so
* Works with all major US carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint; remember, since this is the US, not all carriers use GSM) (must also be usable, via Wi-Fi or offline, without a service)
* Bootloader unlocked or easily unlockable from a Linux machine
* Reasonably well supported; I want to be able to run newer versions of Android in some form (which may involve custom ROMs)
* Needs a headphone jack and a microSD card slot (it really seems silly that I have to specifically state the headphone jack as a requirement these days)
* I would like it to be able to comfortably emulate anything that a Raspberry Pi could. (I don't expect it to run anything truly demanding, at least not with this budget.)
* GPS
* Ability to act as a USB host would be nice, but not as important as other features.
So, any ideas?