Systems developer Angus Gratton recently made a trip to Shenzhen, China where he purchased a $34 smartphone that boasted 4G connectivity, 8 cores, and Android 4.4 (Kit Kat). After running the ...

These days, you can find perfectly adequate — sometimes great — smartphones for just a couple hundred dollars, no contract required. Phones such as Motorola's Moto G, Moto E and Google's Nexus ...

These days smartphones can do just about anything. One thing they still can't do? Bounce. I figured this out the hard way last year while getting out of my car in a parking garage. My mind was ...

The Best On a Budget: Moto G (Third Generation) But the OnePlus 2 is riiiight on that divide of no longer being a “cheap” phone, and its frustrating invite system makes it a pain to buy.

Check Amazon.com’s best seller list for unlocked cell phones, and plenty of the usual suspects are there--including Apple’s almost-three-year-old iPhone 5S along with a couple of fairly recent ...

Each phone has a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate—not a standard spec at this price point—and a 5,000 mAh battery to accommodate it. All phones start with 128GB of storage.

New low-cost smartphones running Google’s Android software have been launched in Taiwan recently and the good news is they should start showing up just about everywhere soon. A new group of ...

New low-cost smartphones running Google's Android software have been launched in Taiwan recently and the good news is they should start showing up just about everywhere soon.

Far EasTone unveiled the Commtiva T1 earlier this month for NT$9,990 (US$311) with no contract, billed as the first Android smartphone available in Taiwan for under NT$10,000. The device has a 3.2 ...

It costs just $129, unlocked, without a contract. This little Alcatel OneTouch Fierce I've got sitting on my desk is amazing, too. ... We're rushing headlong into the era of cheap cell phones.

When it comes to finding a Cheap Android smartphone in 2015, look no further than our list of 8 great choices that are all (but one) under $199. Home; Apple.

Jessica is a passionate content strategist and team leader across the CNET family of brands. She leads a number of teams, including commerce, performance optimization and the copy desk. Her CNET ...