

I checked on the Bug Report List and couldn't find your problem.Water resistance is still rare in budget phones, but they should have sturdy bodies that don’t bend or creak if you sit on them, and their buttons and ports should be secure, with no wobble. Design and build quality: If your new phone falls apart within a few months of buying it, that defeats the purpose of getting a budget phone in the first place.A good budget-phone camera should do okay outdoors or in bright light, but you shouldn’t expect much in poor light. Even high-end Android phone cameras sometimes struggle, and things get worse the cheaper you go. Otherwise, your budget options are limited. Camera: If a good phone camera is a key feature for you, buy a Google Pixel model.Cheaper phones might lack some or all of those features, but can still be worth buying if the price is right. Extra features: Phones toward the top of the budget range should have features such as a good fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone without a passcode, NFC for mobile payments, support for newer, faster Wi-Fi, and 5G connectivity.Budget phones almost always have LCD screens, and they’re dimmer and less vibrant than the OLED screens in many high-end phones, but we recommend phones with decent brightness, viewing angles, and colors. Display: Our minimum acceptable resolution for budget phone screens is 720p.Because most budget phones are unlocked, you can usually switch carriers, and this gives you the most choice when you’re shopping around for good deals on a plan.

Carrier support: The best budget phones work on every major phone network, and we don’t recommend models locked to a single carrier or with poor cellular band support.Less powerful hardware is usually less battery-hungry, so these phones run longer on a charge than flagship phones. Performance and battery: Most budget phones have a midrange processor and less memory than expensive phones offer, but any phone we recommend is fast enough to handle basic tasks like email, web browsing, and media playback.If a manufacturer doesn’t have a good history of keeping phones updated, it’s harder for us to recommend that company’s phones. Lower-cost phones also tend to receive fewer updates, so they should have the latest Android software with recent security patches out of the box. Software: A budget phone is slower than a high-end model, so it’s important that the phone isn’t loaded down with unnecessary, poorly performing apps or customized user interfaces.
