Need a New Mobile for Daughter for Xmas under $400

Geekomatic on 04/12/2022 - 21:02

The biggest "wants" are a 3.5 port, camera, battery, mSD slot, and cases easily available.

We've had some poor luck so far and it's been painful to try to eke out money's-worth staying with a sh1tty phone. I know $400 isn't much, but this year has been especially hard for us.

Thank you

Find Me A Bargain Mobile Phone

Comments

  • mbck on 04/12/2022 - 21:15
    +5

    Oh hello fellow person who also missed out on the Motorola g82 deal, for 200 bucks

    • RotundPolarBear on 05/12/2022 - 22:26

      I missed that price error but paid the actual $299 deal price. Great phone, worth it.

  • pegaxs on 04/12/2022 - 21:28
    +12

    Samsung A23. Comes with all those and cases shouldn't be too hard to find as it's an Aus released phone. About $380ish delivered from eBay.

    But be careful, I have heard that some of these phones were manufactured in April…

    • randomusername2017 on 04/12/2022 - 21:38

      have heard that some….

      Stale conversations?..

    • dcep on 05/12/2022 - 00:40

      I think you meant A33 ?

      • pegaxs on 05/12/2022 - 07:46

        No, I meant A23 The A33 is way out of OP’s budget (by about $200).

        • HaydosK on 05/12/2022 - 22:06

          i have had a cheap samsung and it was quite bad. i think other brands offer better budget phones.

  • nuker on 04/12/2022 - 22:26
    -5

    $339 Apple iPhone SE (2020, Gen 2) 128GB MXD22X/A - Red (Renewed)
    https://www.amazon.com.au/Apple-iPhone-2020-128GB-MXD22X/dp/…

    And its not Google, Ad company. Care about your kid’s data.

    • dcep on 05/12/2022 - 00:41
      +1

      New Mobile
      3.5 port, camera, battery, mSD slot, and cases easily available.

      No
      no, yes, no, no, yes

      • nuker on 05/12/2022 - 10:33

        lol, true, but, mSD slot is soon to be history and everyone today uses bluetooth headphones.

  • Daabido on 05/12/2022 - 07:17

    iPhones don't come with a battery? They do run on smug I guess.

    Does you daughter really care about a microSD slot? Wireless headphone are cheap these days.

    An iPhone SE 2020 will also come with years of iOS updates. It is a perfectly cromulent choice.

  • GordonD on 05/12/2022 - 10:17

    OP, you don't say how old your daughter is.

    If they are teenaged they probably want whatever their friends have, and the technical features are irrelevant. What would be most important for them would be to not get stuck with something all her friends would look down on her for having.

    The stuff you are looking at is the techo stuff you and people like you - including me - think are important. You have to find out what is important to her.

    • Geekomatic on 05/12/2022 - 21:49
      1. And what I listed is what she would like: "The biggest "wants" are a 3.5 port, camera, battery, mSD slot, and cases easily available." She's purchased before and ended up very disappointed. I'd like to find a gift that's necessary and good. She & my son are difficult to buy for (& me) because we don't really want "things". We have our computers, music systems and TV. Everything else seems superfluous. A family of Aspergers, really.
      • Geekomatic on 05/12/2022 - 21:49

        *No idea where that number 1 came from?

    • Geekomatic on 06/12/2022 - 03:04

      She's 23 and likes taking photos, listening to music.

  • HaydosK on 05/12/2022 - 22:07

    are you looking for an old flagship or a new mid rage phone? also iphone or android? its almost impossible to get 3.5mm and mSD for an iphone.

    • Geekomatic on 06/12/2022 - 03:03

      Android, sorry. We're all MS/Linux/Android folk.

      • HaydosK on 06/12/2022 - 03:16

        Don't be sorry. I really don't like iPhones myself and use a pixel. So do you want a old flagship or a new mid range phone? They should be about the same price but the old flagship will have more premium features.

  • Geekomatic on 06/12/2022 - 04:00

    I'm the tech person with the oldest PC and phone around- lol. Mine is a 5 yr old Xiaomi Mi Max 2, which will cause a heart attack if it dies.

    Daughter had the love of her life phone, TCL which came with amazing BT headphones, and fell out of her pocket getting up from sitting and broke the corner with the camera (of course). But there were no cases. Next, she bought another OZB deal, but the phone is sh1t and locks up/lags (even after updating).

    Help! I have no Xmas ideas for anyone and this is needed!

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