09-04-2020, 11:49 PM | #301 |
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5" seems to be the smallest common screen size. Tracfone (and their subsidiary brands Straight Talk, Simple Mobile, Total Wireless, Net10 Wireless) has several 5" phones for $25-40 right now.
Tracfone TCL A1 4G LTE Prepaid Cell Phone $25 Tracfone ZTE Blade T2 Lite 4G LTE Prepaid Cell Phone $30 Tracfone LG Rebel 4 4G LTE Prepaid Cell Phone $30 Total Wireless Samsung Galaxy J3 Orbit 4G LTE Prepaid Cell Phone $40 All run Android 8. I'd watch for sales or codes. Of course, if you really want a tiny screen, the revived Palm has a 3.3" screen. It also runs Android 8.1. It's pricey, though. |
09-05-2020, 03:18 PM | #302 | |
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Thanks for all the research!
I had already checked out the Palm, but it doesn't have a micro-SD slot, and since I want to load it up with music and books, the lack of some sort of expansion memory slot is kind of a deal-breaker for me. Music and books are the two things I loved my old Samsung Galaxy Players for, and I have a lot of books and music that need to live on an SD card . Sigh - otherwise it seems as if it would be great, and refurb/renewed ones aren't too horribly expensive. I'm also a little chary of ZTE, given their dicey technology export shenanigans, but I'll check out the other two. The Samsung sounds promising - I seem to live in the Samsung universe a lot, and am currently using my husband's old S3 as a placeholder, but it's old and slow, and its Android is so old that a lot of stuff gets messed up on it. I was also thinking about the BLU Advance A4 with a 4" screen, $40 at Amazon, but it doesn't get great reviews. And it's only Android 6. Decisions, decisions... Thanks again! Quote:
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09-06-2020, 01:54 PM | #303 |
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When my last cheap mp3 player died, I got one of these to use as my mp3/reader player.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...s%2C176&sr=8-5 It has a replaceble battery, which I replace every year. Like you, I put everything on a sd card so that I have plenty of storage for my ever growing pile of books. I won't get a phone that is less than 5 inches, it's just to hard to read on anything smaller. I would look for a cheap Samsung and call it a day. Stay away from Blu products, I bought one of their phones and after a year it died! |
09-07-2020, 12:15 AM | #304 |
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eBay has emailed me a code for 25% off, with a cap at $100.
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09-10-2020, 05:47 AM | #306 |
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Maybe this iPhone will appeal to some here.
Apple iPhone 6 16GB 4G LTE Unlocked - $69.99 https://www.itechdeals.com/products/...g-lte-unlocked |
09-16-2020, 02:14 PM | #307 |
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Woot has a special on Paperwhites and Oasis. US only.
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09-16-2020, 06:18 PM | #308 |
Is that a sandwich?
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What's the difference between 2017 Oasis and current model?
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09-16-2020, 07:00 PM | #309 |
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The main difference is the current model has frontlight color temperature adjustability.
There is one other significant difference, but I can't think of it offhand. (maybe ability to turn of auto-hibernate.) |
09-16-2020, 07:16 PM | #310 |
Is that a sandwich?
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Thank you
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09-16-2020, 07:17 PM | #311 |
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So it's refurbished, "on sale" at the same price as the current nook GlowLight Plus, but with a smaller screen and no color temperature adjustments? Such a deal!
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09-16-2020, 07:55 PM | #312 | |
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09-16-2020, 09:27 PM | #313 |
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Since I’ve been wanting to try a 7 or 8 inch screen but wasn’t interested in paying $250 to just “try” I decided to take a chance on the 8 gig for $119. My first woot purchase so I’m a bit nervous about the purchase. Fingers crossed.
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10-15-2020, 01:32 PM | #314 |
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This thread is closed until 01 Jan 2021. Please post all deals in the Black Friday 2020 thread.
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04-26-2021, 12:07 PM | #315 |
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The Echo Dot is currently on sale for $29.99. With a trade-in, it would knock the price down to $17.50 which strikes me as a very good value indeed. I’m happy enough with my Gen 3 Dots, but if I had a Gen 2 hanging around, I’d go for it.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07XJ8C8F5? |
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