Budget smartphone brands roundup - May 2023

[Jan]

Best budget smartphone brands in South Africa

Numerous smartphone brands offer entry-level devices at affordable prices in South Africa, but some have significant advantages over others regarding software support.

MyBroadband recently compiled a list of the best-specced new smartphones you can buy new in the country for below R3,000.

 

[backstreetboy]

• Number of Android upgrades: 4

That's not true at all. The cheapest Sammy that will get that is the A33 5G.

What Samsung Galaxy devices get four Android OS upgrades

It was back in April 2020 that Samsung confirmed it would support certain flagship and mid-range devices for three major OS upgrades. This meant that these devices would receive three Android upgrades after launch, complete with all the features and bells and whistles that accompany a new...

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Galaxy A series
Galaxy A33

Cheapest price seems to be R5499.

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pffff "best specced", all I want is a phone that actually fits in a pocket

with GSM Arena's phone finder set:
- max height to 150mm
- OS to Android
- release year to 2020 or so

and see how there is almost no such phone sold in ZA, and sure as hell no such budget phone

 

[backstreetboy]

pffff "best specced", all I want is a phone that actually fits in a pocket

with GSM Arena's phone finder set:
- max height to 150mm
- OS to Android
- release year to 2020 or so

and see how there is almost no such phone sold in ZA, and sure as hell no such budget phone

A phone that old? Perhaps look at Facebook marketplace or Gumtree.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

A phone that old? Perhaps look at Facebook marketplace or Gumtree.

set the release year to 2022 or 2023, same problem, small factor Android phones are virtually extinct and basically completely impossible to find in ZA unless you go for the flagship model phones or Nokia's entry level which is so trash you'll just toss it immediately