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Question

best budget Android phone for a student

Sep 9, 2018 1:15PM PDT

Hi everyone,

I need a new Android phone for under $300. I will need it primarily for the following uses:

>Anki
>Calendar syncing, tasks and reminders
>Evernote: Being able to take pictures of my notes and upload to Evernote
>Taking videos of lectures
>Google photos
>LinkedIn
>Podcasts
>Multiple email accounts and messaging apps
>Downloaing PDFs

I really love taking photos of my dog when we go hiking etc. I got spoiled with my Note 2 camera...that finally died and I got a discount Note 4 off Ebay but that sucked really bad and was a poor decision. So now I'd like to buy new instead and stay within my budget.

Thoughts??

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Need more information.....
Sep 9, 2018 5:33PM PDT

Hard to offer good advice without knowing which cellular carrier it will be used on.

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(NT) Sorry, PagePlus
Sep 12, 2018 3:05PM PDT
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I picked up the Motorola G 5th gen because it had all the
Sep 9, 2018 1:19PM PDT
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Thanks!
Sep 12, 2018 3:06PM PDT

I was actually looking at this one for a while.

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Best budget phone
Sep 18, 2018 10:14PM PDT

I think in India best-budgeted smartphone is MI for a student.