The article suggests criminality, but I think use varies a little by context. Buying a phone to do crimes? I imagine want to pay cash, get something that doesn

The article suggests criminality, but I think use varies a little by context. Buying a phone to do crimes? I imagine want to pay cash, get something that doesn't require a global account login, and is cheap enough to toss early and often. Going through security points where you suspect they'll try to force you to log into accounts, dupe the device's contents, possibly install malware, etc? You might just be looking for something you can buy once you arrive that isn't prohibitively expensive and will be easy to re-sell for most of what you paid before you leave.