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Max $400 android phone recommendations

gingerbee said:
the easy way is to make sure its a global/world wide phone they come with almost all bands to my understanding
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I think that more means it supports English and retains the Google Store.

But overall I'd say generally you will be missing a few of the LTE bands, doubtful of 5G support. Probably why our carriers only have a limited number of devices available here as they need to do their own validation/certification to make sure it operates on their network fully.
 
A global phone has at least 1 or 2 bands for the most common systems used in the world IE LTE/4g and now 5g from what I can tell, many Chinese companies sell phones that include bands for Canadian and most of the world but there are some bands missing like band 50-100 but from what I can tell there not used much if at all.

my wifes phone supports

5G:
NR: N1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 20 / 25 / 28 / 38 / 40 / 41 / 66 / 77 / 78 / 79

4G:
LTE-FDD: B1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 12 / 13 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 25 / 26 / 28 / 66
LTE-TDD: B34 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41

3G:
WCDMA: B1 / 2 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8 / 19
CDMA EVDO: BC0 / BC1

2G:
GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8

here is the list for my 4g/LTE-only phone

4G:
LTE-FDD: B1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 12 / 13 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 25 / 26 / 28A / 28B / B66
LTE-TDD: B34 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41

3G:
WCDMA: B1 / 2 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8 / 19
CDMA EVDO: BC0 / BC1

2G:
GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8

after comparing it to the wiki list of all phones bands used there are very few that aren't able to be used, So I don't know but I have always taken the global/worldwide phone as it will work in every major market and even most smaller ones, I could be wrong but I have had a very hard time finding a band that isn't in the list for our phones. the only thing I don't know is if you can use an FDD on a TDD network cause one has a band for up and down, well the other uses one band for both with a time separation.

List of LTE networks - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

List of LTE networks in Africa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

List of LTE networks in Asia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

List of LTE networks in Europe - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

but I am not a big phone person, so I could be wrong
 
Bell has some cheep phones from ZTE...the A7P for $150.00. now that these are unlocked it's possible to buy from a carrier.

edit - the A3+ for $105 is NOT worth it...I checked the specs on gmsarena and man, the A3+ sucks. to use that phone would be an operation of frustration leading to stroke!
 
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To close this off, he wasn't able to find anything in budget that fit the must have requirements. He ended up going for an open box (but not used) pixel 6 pro for $500.

The 7 was available at the same cost ($510), but he didn't care about the gains of the newer CPU (on the 7)...and did care about the 4x optical zoom camera (6 pro). A few other points as well in the decision (more ram and marginally bigger screen), but that was the main driver. Seems very happy with it so far.
 
Bond007 said:
To close this off, he wasn't able to find anything in budget that fit the must have requirements. He ended up going for an open box (but not used) pixel 6 pro for $500.

The 7 was available at the same cost ($510), but he didn't care about the gains of the newer CPU (on the 7)...and did care about the 4x optical zoom camera (6 pro). A few other points as well in the decision (more ram and marginally bigger screen), but that was the main driver. Seems very happy with it so far.
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That seems a great deal!
 
Bond007 said:
To close this off, he wasn't able to find anything in budget that fit the must have requirements. He ended up going for an open box (but not used) pixel 6 pro for $500.

The 7 was available at the same cost ($510), but he didn't care about the gains of the newer CPU (on the 7)...and did care about the 4x optical zoom camera (6 pro). A few other points as well in the decision (more ram and marginally bigger screen), but that was the main driver. Seems very happy with it so far.
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I just bought a pixel 6 for I think it was 560 I actually like the phone it is so light compaired to my tough arnmoured phone which can do and handle many things but I reallty didnt need such a phone it was a impule by I wished I would have bought this phone insted and saved myself a fair amount of money
 
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