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Best Used Smartphone - looking for suggestions

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relytgerg

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I've been using a Samsung Galaxy S4 for a few years on Tracfone. The 16GB internal memory is becoming an real limitation. I'm looking for a replacement to bring to Tracfone's Bring Your Own Phone program. I'm leaning towards used Verizon phones because that has worked well for the S4 and previous phones. Of course, I want 32GB of internal memory or more. I would strongly prefer one with a removable battery since I tend to keep them for years. I liked Samsung as a manufacturer and for integration with my TV, but more than 32GB and removable battery appears to be near impossible. I've done some research and am leaning towards the LG G5.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
svim said:
Do a search using your feature preferences as a guide, at gsmarena.com. Example below, with 32GB of internal storage and removable battery as filters:
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nIntMemMax=32000&sAvailabilities=1&idBatRemovable=1
It's not definitive but since there are just so many Android phones available now it's a good way to at least sort out the ones that don't fit your needs.
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Thanks. That is helpful and confirms my preference for an LG, maybe a V20 now.
 
relytgerg said:
Thanks. I'm looking at that one too now.
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Whatever phone you buy, avoid those from Verizon and Sprints because theirs phones might be locked to CDMA mode and the phones won't work on other carriers using GSM.

It doesn't matter if you want a Wi-Fi only phone.
 
Be careful when buying a pre-owned phone. Sites like swappa confirm the devices purchased through their site are checked for validity. Sites like ebay have mostly reputable sellers but there are plenty of instances where people have bought blacklisted phones. Getting a phone cleared after it's been blacklisted typically isn't hassle free -- you might have to provide some kind of documentation from the seller it's not stolen and proof of new ownership by the buyer.
If possible check the IMEI number of any potential new purchase:
https://swappa.com/esn
and/or confirm that wherever you buy it from has a solid return policy.

Also, with a used phone, the first time you start it up there should be some kind of authentication prompting where you have to enter your Google account and password. If it just boots up automatically into a pre-established user account, that's not a good sign. You don't want to be using a phone while it's logged into some anonymous person's account.
 
I can wholeheartedly recommend the LG v20. Had it over two years now and still love it. My first smartphone was the HTC droid Incredible nab stayed loyal to HTC through the m8. HTC then lost my business because the battery in the m8 was so expensive to get replaced. The v20 has a really cool user replaceable battery. Very luxury in my view.
 
I think I would get a V20 some day when the price is low enough. I still carry my LG G4 around as backup phone and Wi-Fi Hotspot. I can't remember how many times I dropped it in the last 2 years but it survived.
 
If your a samsung user I suggest you could have a look at phones from samsung;
some really cool phones in the 13k-16k price range are the samsung j6 infinity (4gb ram, 64 int, fingerprint etc) , the j7 pro etc.
im a j6 user and have found flawless performance.
have a look.
 
Neucranox said:
If your a samsung user I suggest you could have a look at phones from samsung;
some really cool phones in the 13k-16k price range are the samsung j6 infinity (4gb ram, 64 int, fingerprint etc) , the j7 pro etc.
im a j6 user and have found flawless performance.
have a look.
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What currency are you talking about?
 
relytgerg said:
I've been using a Samsung Galaxy S4 for a few years on Tracfone. The 16GB internal memory is becoming an real limitation. I'm looking for a replacement to bring to Tracfone's Bring Your Own Phone program. I'm leaning towards used Verizon phones because that has worked well for the S4 and previous phones. Of course, I want 32GB of internal memory or more. I would strongly prefer one with a removable battery since I tend to keep them for years. I liked Samsung as a manufacturer and for integration with my TV, but more than 32GB and removable battery appears to be near impossible. I've done some research and am leaning towards the LG G5.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Okay I am taking it you have tracphone as your carrier? Why not just go to the store and grab a phone, last time I checked they have some reasonable price phones
My last tracphone was the w370:thinking::thumbsdowndroid: I think it was their version of the original razor phone,
 
thumbs up.
And to make some extra money, i suggest that you should sell or recycle it. Here are some online platforms for you to do that.
recycler.co
craigslist
sellthemobile.com
 
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