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I have been in the market for a smartphone lately.

I would like it to have these features:

Expandable storage (or has a large storage option)

Good camera

Is eligible for the latest Android updates

Nice build quality

Screen is 4 to 5.5 inches large

Fairly recent hardware

Thanks!

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I have been in the market for a smartphone lately.

I would like it to have these features:

Expandable storage (or has a large storage option)

Good camera

Is eligible for the latest Android updates

Nice build quality

Screen is 4 to 5.5 inches large

Fairly recent hardware

Thanks!

 

Budget? Location?

 

If you have an extreme budget, Best Buy will have the Moto E 4G (expandable storage) for 9$.

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Budget? Location?

 

If you have an extreme budget, Best Buy will have the Moto E 4G (expandable storage) for 9$.

I really don't know a budget because I don't know the market yet

Just a good phone with all the features I have listed

I am in the USA

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I use myself a LG Volt that has extreme battery life and a not too bad camera. Currently it has Android 4.4 and I have a 64GB SD card.

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I really don't know a budget because I don't know the market yet

Just a good phone with all the features I have listed

I am in the USA

 

Well, if we don't know what you aren't willing to spend at the very least, it will be pretty difficult.

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I really don't know a budget because I don't know the market yet

Just a good phone with all the features I have listed

I am in the USA

I'm using a OnePlus One currently, which is still a pretty good phone.

The battery life is amazing, the Snapdragon 801 is a really fast chip and it comes with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. But it isn't expandable.

The camera is good enough. It sucks a bit in low light, but otherwise you can take great pictures with it.

You can get it already for 299$ https://oneplus.net/oneplus-one

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The Moto G is really good also but the 4g version (which I have) is discontinued by the maufacturer although you may still be able to get it.

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Not having a budget is absolutely useless. Either give us a price you're willing to spend, or sit and think about it before making a post like this.

I'll throw the Note 5 out there. Best phone I've ever used.

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My teacher got the Sony Xperia Z3V for around $200, has an amazing camera with its dedicated button, expandable storage, should be eligible for Android 5.0 soon, and to add onto that, it's waterproof.

Got an Android, never going back to apple again (notice I spelled apple with a lowercase and Android with an uppercase)

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