[ale] OT: Cell Phone recs Was Re: Android secondary security

[Jim Kinney]

There's always swappa.com for buying used cell phones. The One+ 1 is
very affordable there and even though mine is now 3+years old, it is a
great device. 
On Thu, 2017-03-09 at 15:51 -0500, William Bagwell wrote:
> Nice, but ouch! Almost $200 higher than the g4. Might be a bit much
> for a 
> first smartphone. Technically my second, but being grandfathered in
> an old 
> Cingular plan with no data I never used it as one. Going to get a new
> number 
> and pass my old phone to my wife's parents. Only a hundred bucks a
> year if  
> not used much and they need an emergency phone. 
> 
> Found the LG g4 at Newegg for $234 which is only slightly higher
> than 
> fleabay. It works with AT&T so unlocked should work with Cricket. Has
> an 
> Otterbox available which will be a necessity for me. On my fifth
> phone in 12 
> years... Fortunately only one was more than $20. Wife got 10 years on
> her 
> first cell and only upgraded because they turned off 2G service last
> year. 
> 
> Have not ordered it yet, may pull the trigger tonight unless someone
> has a 
> better suggestion.
> 
> William
> 
> On Thursday 09 March 2017, James Taylor wrote:
> > I would highly recommend the oneplus3t.
> > It's an affordable high spec phone with vendor and enthusiastic rom
> > developer support. I'm a big fan of the slimroms distro. It allows
> > you to
> > start with as close to vanilla android as you want, and provides
> > optional
> > access to any feature you might want or need. -jt
> 
> 
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