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 ...

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.

Are unlocked and no-contract phones the same? They can be, but there's a distinction. A no-contract phone is one that doesn't require you to sign a carrier agreement in order to buy and use it, so ...

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 ...

No-contract smartphone plan for $20/month. ... and fall back on a cheap plan with a feature phone. ... An increasingly popular option is going with a no-contract provider, like Boost or Virgin Mobile.

Unlocked phones like the Galaxy Nexus mean you can get a smartphone without the "golden handcuff" of a contract. Taxes, dental exams, cellphone contracts — things you hate but can't avoid ...

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.

But with a two-year contract with a wireless carrier, the price drops to $199. ... no offer of a cheap subsidized smartphone, and no periodic low-cost smartphone upgrade.

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 ...