Your $1,000 smartphone is a bad deal. These cheap phones prove it
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Thousand-dollar phones are commonplace in 2023. But these cheap phones will make you think twice before spending that kind of money on a smartphone again.
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Your $1,000 smartphone is a bad deal. These cheap phones prove it
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