I guess the first phone I got was one of those old greenish nokia prepaid phones.
burnt through the money cause is didn't know what info messages were or how expensive they were either and then i didn't really go for phones for a good decade or so.
next phone was a nokia 5230
https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5230-2909.php
Used it throughout my time at university, a good 5 years. to be honest, i sometimes miss its capacitive touchscreen for typing. thumbs are so inaccurate, but fingernails, now those never missed a letter.
then came the smartphones and i got a doogee dg310
https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/26ef2e0c
used that for about 3 or 4 years. we got one for me an each of my siblings. at about 120 bucks, it was a pretty great phone, despite the flaws like the useless camera and it sometimes being unresponsive near the screens edges.
then i got a zte blade v7 lite
https://www.gsmarena.com/zte_blade_v7_lite-7944.php
used it for about 11 months, but it had issues from the start. a little shaky when watching movies of too high a quality, bluetooth slightly shaky for headphones, the android buttons would sometimes malfunction. also, again, the camera wasnt very good. but it did its job well enough at the time.
now i bought a moto g6 plus
https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_g6_plus-9001.php 2 days ago and so far, I'm pretty happy with it. should hold me over a few years, if it doesn't break accidentally. its obviously the best phone i had so far and i wish i had that camera years ago. my old phones would never make clear pictures of text and notes like this one does. would've saved me weeks of retyping my handwritten stuff
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