Ask HN: Mobile phone for pragmatists
My Samsung S4 LTE recently died, I'm looking for a new phone and find it hard to cut through all the marketing speak.
All I really need is a phone for light to medium use. I'm a developer, so it's sitting on my desk most of the day, no heavy duty features needed. I don't play games, I don't do anything special with it, mostly messaging and taking the occasional picture.
So what I'm looking for is an affordable, just all around solid phone without bells and whistles and without a 200 € markup for a brand name.
If you could point me in any direction, thanks. I have an S5 mini which I use for pretty much the same stuff (some browsing, music and messaging). I think you can get one for less than €200 online (I got mine for €250 about 2 years ago). Pros: Waterproof, good size, replaceable battery, SD card. Cons: Haven't found any supported custom ROMs. Moto E. Perfectly fine phone, pretty vanilla Android, costs $80 max.