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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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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's unfortunate yeah. A lot of data goes to Xiaomi instead of Samsung, Google and Apple. Rooting is more of a hassle than on other phones but definitely possible.

That's still a trade off I'm willing to make to get a mid-range phone for half price of a comparable Samsung.

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[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I've found the article I mentioned earlier. It's the bootloader that currently needs a Xiaomi account to unlock.

https://xiaomiui.net/how-to-unlock-xiaomi-bootloader-and-install-custom-rom-7098/

I'm sure that I've read that they are going to restrict rooting and bootloader unlocking though, probably on here somewhere. I just can't find the post.

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