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I was looking for a cheap(ish) android phone. I have a LG G3 at the moment, but was looking to upgrade, and I have like 200-300 to spend on it. I'll probably just buy it on eBay. So yea just needs to be android and not look like garbo. Thanks 

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1 minute ago, Aytex said:

GSM or CDMA?

GSM

CPU- Ryzen 9 3900x
CPU Cooler- Artic Liquid Freezer 2 240mm
GPU-  GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Master 8G
RAM- CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB 3200Mhz 
PSU- Cooler Master MasterWatt 650 Watt
HDD- WD Blue 4TB x2
SSD- 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe
Case- Custom Made Desk
Motherboard- ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming

Microphone- Blue Snowball Ice
Headphones- Razer Nari Ultimate
Webcam- Logitech c270
Monitors- MSI Optix MAG24C and Acer KA240HQ Abid
Mouse- Corsair Nightsword RGB
Keyboard- Corsair K95 RGB Platinum MX Speed

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I got my ZTE Axon 7 (not mini) from Ebay in December for $300, and that was when it was still relatively new. I'd also recommend the Oneplus 3/3T (Or 2 if you can't find the 3 for your price) in addition to the choices you listed above. I'd have to say that I have yet to regret purchasing from either. One word of warning for the Axon 7 is a lack of a great tempered glass screen protector, which is definitely my one complaint about that. The audio is great, especially when playing out loud, and it can get loud enough to rival my friend's boom pod or whatever they're called. Camera is good, but it's no S6 or S8, but they had to sacrifice somewhere. Slowmo is cool for stuff like rocket launches or minor diagnostics, but can be gimmickey otherwise. I just run Evie launcher since it was very close to CM, but default launcher isn't the worst. 

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1 hour ago, Aytex said:

Moto G5+

Moto Z play

Honor 8

I'd also include:

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

The Upcoming Oneplus 5

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1 minute ago, Aytex said:

Oneplus 5 will not be $300 and below...

Oneplus is not a budget phone, they are budget flagships...

Whoops. didn't see the $300 price limit.

 

I'd highly recommend the honor 8 in that case.

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