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Has anybody tried the $32 SOYES XS11 or $70 or UNIWA XS11

It's a 2.5 inch 3G Android phone. http://www.cwell-hk.com/products/SOYES_XS11.aspx

Lots of small Android phones are in the recommended section on cwell-hk in the $40 range.

>>orange+(OP)
Those look lovely.

Now can I have one with Android 11 and a halfway decent camera?

>>orange+(OP)
> Android 6.0 Operation System

They're kidding, right?

>>moffka+46
China/HK is wild

>>orange+(OP)
I wouldn't recommend them. Almost every single one is using a very old version of android.

Which is surprisingly usable, but there are some apps that don't work.

I also wouldn't actually log into anything unless you're ok being pwned. No security patches, plus sketchy cheap as dirt chips running it.

You can also not type on it. Maybe a sentence, but it'll take you 3x as long if not more trying to correct typos. If you do any text based communication, you're going to have a bad time.

Overall, not worth it.

>>spicyb+9d
Right, but can they be hacked to run vanilla upgraded software?

>>orange+(OP)
Unfortunately, the lack of LTE makes it unusable in the US.

>>orange+(OP)
The newer, 3.0 inch XS12 from the same manufacturer has 4G LTE and Android 9.0. It's in the $80 range.

http://www.cwell-hk.com/products/SOYES_XS12.aspx

>>orange+(OP)
> 3G

Considering how much USA cell companies are trying to kill 3G, and the fact that 4G/LTE has been around for over a decade now... I'm not sure this makes sense for anybody any more.

>>MassPi+ho
Seems like we just need a modernized XS12 with the correct frequencies

>>orange+Dk
Never tried, not knowledgeable enough in the area. But I wouldn't hold my breath on it. And I still wouldn't trust the chips on the board.

There's definitely been cases of spyware locked onto chips in clever ways. Not good for 2FA.