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Decent Android Test Phone

Joegeddon
By Joegeddon
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I was in the market for a budget-midrange smartphone in the £100-£180 range that could function as a phone that I could root and install custom ROMs on and also sideload software that may otherwise not be available. I looked into it and the two phones I came down to were the Nexus 5 and the Moto G 2nd or 3rd Gen.

Is this a good choice or could I get something better for the money? I wanted a stock experience and Google provides a lot of slack when it comes to unlocking bootloaders etc.

 
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Nexus 5 for sure. you will have the most roms available on that phone than any other phone I can think of.

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