I really like my Xioami. For $82 USD on AliExpress, I got a Xiaomi Redmi 3 (a few years ago). It's the first phone, across iPhone, Samsung and others, that has

I really like my Xioami. For $82 USD on AliExpress, I got a Xiaomi Redmi 3 (a few years ago). It's the first phone, across iPhone, Samsung and others, that has been "good enough" since I bought it (and I still have it). The mind blowing thing was it was at the time 1/10 of a typical flagship phone, and actually had better battery life thanks to the lack of 4G. If you care deeply about phone performance, buy a flagship. If not, get a Xioami on AliExpress/Alibaba for 1/5 to 1/10 of what you would pay here, with basically no downsides.