I Bought a $40 Walmart Phone… 🤨

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  • I honestly had no idea Walmart sold this many phones… and for this cheap! Let me know if you’ve ever bought a phone from Walmart.
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  • @SmokinSilicon
    @SmokinSilicon  Місяць тому +45

    Any other budget phones we should try? Let me know!

    • @Totallynotmwa
      @Totallynotmwa Місяць тому

      there are some budget samsung phones

    • @Connorplayer123
      @Connorplayer123 Місяць тому +2

      @@TotallynotmwaI’m going to try the a03s 32gb 3gb phone on my channel for $80

    • @Totallynotmwa
      @Totallynotmwa Місяць тому

      @@Connorplayer123 Alr

    • @my_eman
      @my_eman Місяць тому

      zte..blade a34?...

    • @Joe-ey7cu
      @Joe-ey7cu Місяць тому

      Nokia C110 from Dollar General.

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond Місяць тому +215

    Bro seriously acts like he's never heard of Motorola or prepaid phones before 💀💀💀💀💀

    • @ButteredCarpet
      @ButteredCarpet Місяць тому +9

      Exactly 💀

    • @SC-zq6cu
      @SC-zq6cu 25 днів тому +3

      what's a prepaid phone ?

    • @Bender-official
      @Bender-official 21 день тому

      ​@@SC-zq6cupre-paid as in you pay ahead of time instead of signing a contract and paying a bill at the end of the month.

    • @LoudRam
      @LoudRam 20 днів тому +13

      Sounds like a typical life long Apple user, totally clueless about Android.

    • @Sxdxez
      @Sxdxez 20 днів тому

      @@LoudRamso what? CRY about Ur android

  • @ButteredCarpet
    @ButteredCarpet Місяць тому +106

    2:28 Bro did not just say "theres no way this has Android" 💀
    Android is the most open source OS, that being said even the shitty crappy cheap phones use it

    • @michaelgoldband34
      @michaelgoldband34 29 днів тому +13

      Yeah he’s definitely new to this shit 🤣

    • @ButteredCarpet
      @ButteredCarpet 27 днів тому +12

      @@michaelgoldband34 added on the fact that, that shit is a MOTOROLA PHONE

    • @brolydictcumberbatchmontou401
      @brolydictcumberbatchmontou401 7 днів тому

      I'm thinking he's implying full android, and not that $h!t android go stripped down ultra basic android go you usually get on cheap phones.

  • @DualWieldingDad
    @DualWieldingDad Місяць тому +212

    I'm glad this phone exists. Smartphones have become a necessity in the US and not everyone can afford nice ones.

    • @Owen01
      @Owen01 Місяць тому +16

      Agreed. It’s nice to have options this inexpensive for those that want or need a phone. For $40 this will do what you need

    • @SmokinSilicon
      @SmokinSilicon  Місяць тому +35

      It's wild that smartphones like this are going for $40 and iPhones cost over $1k lol

    • @Morecreativemind
      @Morecreativemind Місяць тому +10

      It's not Just specifically the US, But rather the Whole World 🌍

    • @Tristin471
      @Tristin471 Місяць тому +3

      Exactly. These days, you can find a much better phone, for $40, than 10 years ago.

    • @Warp3326
      @Warp3326 Місяць тому +1

      Smartphones arent a necessity

  • @Alias_Anybody
    @Alias_Anybody 29 днів тому +55

    Why does this man sound like he never held any electronic device not made by Apple?

    • @LoudRam
      @LoudRam 20 днів тому +3

      Probably because he hasn't.

    • @rg1124nov
      @rg1124nov 19 днів тому +3

      Seriously. He's talking like carrier plans and phones aren't significantly more then $35. Not to mention cell provider surveys prove like 95% of people don't use very much data and unlimited plans are a waste for most of them. People just like the sound of unlimited. I've sold phones for a living. $35 is perfectly reasonable. This dude has clearly never been broke. Saying to just get the phone through the carrier when you're paying like minimum 60 with a lot of carriers plus a monthly fee for the phone itself is tone deaf af

    • @stephintheatre6335
      @stephintheatre6335 14 днів тому

      Or Sony

  • @constantincebuc229
    @constantincebuc229 Місяць тому +318

    For 40 dollars, it's a very good deal, especially since it's a Motorola, which means stock Android and no bloatware.

    • @dylanlindsay1993
      @dylanlindsay1993 Місяць тому +24

      i found a similar phone like that on the bus! it literally flew in front of me... i couldnt power it off tho without doing a factory reset though because it had a power on pin so i reset it which google locked it but i bypassed it n now i have a moto g 5g 2023 thats in like new condition for free!

    • @GINGER_KING_
      @GINGER_KING_ Місяць тому +47

      @@dylanlindsay1993why not look for the owner lol that’s not free

    • @yesdear9453
      @yesdear9453 Місяць тому +7

      also even if you never use it as a phone and more like an android table with smaller screen its good and much better specs then any cheap android table would have that would cost double or sometimes triple the price also had ok camera

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Місяць тому +4

      Motorola does their own minor touches like shake shake for the flashlight, and twist twist for the quick access to the camera among a few other things, so if you truly want stock Android with consistent updates you gotta go with Pixel phones.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Місяць тому +9

      @@GINGER_KING_ if it's locked down, and you can't do anything with it, then there is no way to tell who owned it, might as well use it instead of it being ewaste.

  • @bigpapikane7170
    @bigpapikane7170 Місяць тому +187

    Embarrassing that a $40 phone has 90hz display while the basic $800 iPhone has 60hz.

    • @colemartin1168
      @colemartin1168 Місяць тому +10

      for real i acc cannot believe this, thank god i diddnt get iphone 15 or 15 plus 😭😭

    • @cringymakesbeats
      @cringymakesbeats 28 днів тому +1

      You can’t tell the difference, I don’t know why that matters to yall… at all… 60hz and 140hz look exactly the same on iPhones “how do you know?” Because one our eyes barely move can see faster than 60hz and two I use both an iPhone 14+ and an iPhone 15 Pro Max.. screen looks like the same shi, stop being sheep it’s not embarrassing at all…

    • @BradB-o3h
      @BradB-o3h 28 днів тому +28

      ​@@cringymakesbeatsMan you really think everyone else has the same capabilities as you? Just because you can't tell the difference doesn't mean nobody can lol

    • @Musyaaaa
      @Musyaaaa 27 днів тому +16

      ​@@cringymakesbeatsyou must be blind

    • @popupheadlights
      @popupheadlights 26 днів тому +10

      ​@cringymakesbeats no you absolutely can notice, your monitor or phone doesn't have the same capability as the human eye, with 90 hz animations in the OS much smoother, our eyes don't have frame rates per say, our eyes try to see things as one continuous stream not images flashing reallt quickly like screens work, the quicker they flash the closer they are to one stream, for gaming for example, 1080p 144hz looks much smoother and sharper then then same 1080 at 30-60

  • @3xcalibur23_Music
    @3xcalibur23_Music Місяць тому +62

    Why do some people laugh at a budget phone not everyone has money like that to buy expensive phones

    • @diwaalejandrogalvez796
      @diwaalejandrogalvez796 Місяць тому +15

      Most tech influencers and celebs laugh at budget everything.

    • @3xcalibur23_Music
      @3xcalibur23_Music Місяць тому

      @@diwaalejandrogalvez796 Yes I see it

    • @bubba842
      @bubba842 Місяць тому +19

      Most people will spend nearly a thousand dollars on a phone to look at Instagram and Tik Tok videos.
      Any phone can do that.
      But I guess people will get themselves into massive amounts of debt for something they don't need.

    • @3xcalibur23_Music
      @3xcalibur23_Music Місяць тому +3

      @@bubba842 Exactly 💯 what you said

    • @diwaalejandrogalvez796
      @diwaalejandrogalvez796 29 днів тому +3

      @@bubba842 Agreed. Same that a lot are spending tens of thousands for pick-up trucks to go to an adventure at Costco.

  • @yannick7230
    @yannick7230 Місяць тому +44

    It's 40$ because it's locked to that carrier. Unlocked it's about 100$.

    • @bubba842
      @bubba842 Місяць тому +6

      Still, that is pretty impressive.

    • @I_like_aliens_from_mars
      @I_like_aliens_from_mars 26 днів тому +1

      Well you do need a cell service so anyways you gotta same some carrier service provider

    • @MrManniG
      @MrManniG 21 день тому +4

      ​@@I_like_aliens_from_marsim with you on that but 35 bucks a month is outrageous. You're better of getting a phone for like 100 to 120 but pay only 10$ a month.

    • @jonfreeman9682
      @jonfreeman9682 20 днів тому +1

      I think you're right. That carrier must be subsidizing it. No way Moto can make money selling for 40 bucks. You get the phone cheap but phone has to be used with carrier so they make money from your data plan.

    • @drsysop
      @drsysop 5 днів тому

      You can get a sim unlock code for about $40 but you can not uninstall the bloatware only disable it.

  • @jeshuruncarlos6649
    @jeshuruncarlos6649 29 днів тому +10

    This Guy is acting as if he has never heard Of Motorola or their Signature Flashlight Gesture....
    They introduced the FIRST MOBILE PHONE !!!!!!!

  • @bubba842
    @bubba842 Місяць тому +20

    When did we all become professional photographers that had to have the best quality photos possible??
    What's worse is that people take so many photos and edit them with filters to put them on instagram to never look at them again.
    What a complete waste of time.
    The camera on this phone is just fine. And will be fine dor the vast majority of people.

    • @fakedazzleful
      @fakedazzleful 27 днів тому +2

      Tell me about it. I hate when people send me a photo and its filter.

  • @nicholas4839
    @nicholas4839 Місяць тому +78

    The moto apps you skipped over have a ton of features for the phone to make it better you can change the color profile too

    • @PixelatedH2O
      @PixelatedH2O Місяць тому +5

      Color profiles are built into modern Android

  • @vsk5573
    @vsk5573 Місяць тому +24

    That's not motorola bloatware. That's the front end for customisation. Motorola provides software features through those apps.

  • @dipe6376
    @dipe6376 Місяць тому +81

    Reviewers need to stop comparing cheap ass phones to iphones when reviewing the phones

    • @bubba842
      @bubba842 Місяць тому

      It's not a bad comparison. If a $40 phone can do most people just fine, then why are people spending $1000 plus on a phone??
      Plus, if they can make money on this, it just shows you how much Apple and Samsung are ripping us off.

    • @michaelgoldband34
      @michaelgoldband34 29 днів тому

      Dawg I was saying the same thing to myself lmaoo

    • @cringymakesbeats
      @cringymakesbeats 28 днів тому

      Bro he said the speaker is better than his iphone…… I have my broken one in a shoebox, ts speaker is louder but NOT better ☠️ its not even better than the iphone 6 speakers because the bass was trash, high pitched noises were trash, mids were off sometimes for odd reasons, the speakers maxed out to a trailer of a guy whispering before…
      Build quality isn’t that good, the back of the phone started cracker because I dropped it like 1 inch onto a wooden desk, the screen cracks on touch with any concrete no matter how hard it hits, screen stopped working randomly and when I put another in the OS was apparently broken too so thats why it’s just sitting in a shoebox
      If you don’t update the phone within a month it will start giving you ICPU, Mr Clean and all types of ads, it crashes really easily, got hacked out of no where from countless websites including UA-cam (thats an android issue though not the phone, this happened on my Samsung multiple times as well), can barely even run UA-cam, when I got UA-cam Premium it almost died…
      Battery is good for a certain amount of time, cooling is trash, hz are good but all hz look exactly the same off camera because our eyes don’t see fast enough to tell the difference between 60 and 90 and 140 hz, as you could tell from the video the camera wasn’t very good, fingerprint scanner bugged out if u had the tiniest bit of sweat on ur fingers
      This is not a very good phone, but if you’re on a tight bugdet I would recommend getting these along with some WIRED skullcandies, bluetooth skullcandies are good but they’re more expensive and have a noticeable delay

    • @dancollins4755
      @dancollins4755 27 днів тому +10

      I disagree Apple has to raise the bar on their products. They charge Cadillac price for Kia performance.

    • @dankweaboo1105
      @dankweaboo1105 27 днів тому +4

      The only phones they know exist are Iphones

  • @HRANCH
    @HRANCH Місяць тому +22

    Honestly perfect as a first phone or a gift for someone. Motorola too means the software shouldn’t be too laggy on the cheaper hardware. I bought my dad a Motorola g power 2021 model as a gift and he loved it up until he got a s23!

    • @OrlandoGarcia0322
      @OrlandoGarcia0322 Місяць тому +2

      Wrong. The Moto G Play 2023 is absolutely awful. I had to return it back after a month. It's the only phone I recommend anyone to stay away from.

    • @tunatuna511
      @tunatuna511 29 днів тому

      ​@@OrlandoGarcia0322It's literally my main phone it can't do everything but it gets the job done
      I've broken 3 phones in 1 year so having something cheap is preferable to only expensive. I am outdoors a lot :p. Actually broke my moto g Stylo on Friday but at least I got the trusty moto play to hold me on lol.

    • @brittvaldes-pages2619
      @brittvaldes-pages2619 29 днів тому

      This is the 2024 and no it's not​@@OrlandoGarcia0322

    • @vagamer522
      @vagamer522 27 днів тому +1

      No my Moto lagged so bad and was boot looping. Also most budget Androids are pure bloat and are awful. For the price you pay for you can get a good Iphone 11 with no lag what so ever.

    • @tunatuna511
      @tunatuna511 27 днів тому +1

      @@vagamer522 mine cost me 37 after tax. I uninstalled everything and don't install any heavy apps. I just carry a separate phone that I can't get service. An iPhone 11 unlocked is still like 250. I could go on eBay and get a flagship from 2019 open box for 200 lol. My bill is 25 a month and I have an easily replaceable phone. I have 2 gaming PCs at my house one I built myself and one I've upgrades. Fuck a phone I need maps and to send decent photos otherwise I would go back to a flip phone only 25 btw lol

  • @helterskelzer3883
    @helterskelzer3883 Місяць тому +17

    If you think thats bloat then you dont know what bloat is

  • @weslyfoster5721
    @weslyfoster5721 Місяць тому +9

    I always buy cheap phones from Walmart on straight talk. They’re not that bad.

  • @indvstrial
    @indvstrial Місяць тому +9

    I work for Cricket and honestly this is the only cheap phone I will recommend. We have the Cricket branded ones that are cheaper but outsourcing from god knows where is just a recipe for bloatware and shitty hardware. These are fairly solid for a low end phone.

  • @JRBowling1997
    @JRBowling1997 Місяць тому +8

    People that love the headphone jack be like. Holy shit. I'll buy this just for the headphone jack.

  • @venomousgators5261
    @venomousgators5261 Місяць тому +27

    Bloatware is not a downside because even flagship phones that 600 to 1k will have bloatware

    • @Cyber_Gas
      @Cyber_Gas Місяць тому +1

      It is down side but what you can do. Also pixel doesnt have bloatware

    • @WanderingCactus
      @WanderingCactus Місяць тому +1

      In Motorolas defense, they don't really customize their version of Android, much of these apps are for customizing it yourself, plus much of the bloatware on Moto phones, possibly all, is removable... Well, except for the required Google apps.

    • @Nieczytelny_official
      @Nieczytelny_official Місяць тому

      nah no bloatware but google just installs apps on its own​@@WanderingCactus

  • @briang9581
    @briang9581 26 днів тому +4

    Walmart also sells paper towels with perforated sheets and microwavable pizza.

  • @BodziuM
    @BodziuM Місяць тому +60

    those apps are not bloatware

    • @giovanigeorgis3848
      @giovanigeorgis3848 Місяць тому +8

      Yes they are, especially the Moto folder. Manufacturers modifying an OS to have their stuff preinstalled is by definition bloatware

    • @jonfreeman9682
      @jonfreeman9682 20 днів тому

      Only if you don't use it.

    • @soupboy5074
      @soupboy5074 9 днів тому +1

      Anything outside apple is bloatware for these idiots😂

  • @GINGER_KING_
    @GINGER_KING_ Місяць тому +14

    Reviewing android phone doesn’t believe it will have android lol is he new lol

  • @FanOfAlot
    @FanOfAlot Місяць тому +7

    For others to know, there is a special bar code that should be scanned by an employee (should be one that works in electronics) to be able to activate the phone

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Місяць тому

      yep, I use to work for Dollar General as a 2nd job, if they don't scan that barcode it won't even let you buy the phone in store.
      Also years back I was on Net10, and bought an LG 900G phone from Best Buy's website before Android phones where cheap, & Net10 allowed BYOD, but a slackoff at the warehouse forgot to scan that barcode before shipping it, so I called the Best Buy store in my area, and they said they could not help me because it was done online, & I could return it, but none were left in stock, so I ended up spending almost 8 hours on the phone, and having to borrow a fax machine to send proof to their indian office that I bought the damn thing, and did not steal it, along with putting in strings of really really long codes spoken by the indian dude to get it activated. So yeah always make sure they scan the damn barcode!!!

  • @Mike23405
    @Mike23405 29 днів тому +3

    As someone who works for that company there’s some phones that straight talk has that have more features for a few dollars more

  • @StarHope86
    @StarHope86 5 днів тому

    The selfie photo made me laugh 😆 It was a “I just woke up at 4am” type of expression.

  • @gamingguru2k6
    @gamingguru2k6 20 днів тому +2

    Drug dealers like $40 phones.

  • @bedtundy22
    @bedtundy22 Місяць тому +4

    I have an iPhone 15 but I wanted a back up phone that I can watch UA-cam and stuff on so I bought this exact same phone from Walmart lmao.

  • @emyliafoxy
    @emyliafoxy Місяць тому +12

    one of the $50 phones at walmart is the galaxy a03s and i used it for about a year and went through two of them cause i broke one
    i used it for watching videos and doordashing mostly and it was extremely slow even out of the box. i also played emulators on it.
    its not awful for running one app at a time. but trying to multitask / run doordash, spotify and gps tracking made it freeze most of the time. the camera and screen were both pretty bad but *usable*
    the cheap motorolas seem a lot nicer than the cheaper samsungs

    • @monkeyglory2905
      @monkeyglory2905 Місяць тому +4

      samsung is quite bloated, because features such as dual apps and samsung has its own app store. That's why it feel sluggish if you buy them cheap

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Місяць тому +2

      Samsung is bloatware central on their budget phones, and they also cheap out on the specs, if you have to go ultra cheap get a Motorola G, or G Play series, as it's closer to stock Android with 1/2 decent specs, just know generally don't support their phones with software updates beyond a year, or 2.

    • @donaldcatReal
      @donaldcatReal Місяць тому +1

      It's bc it maybe got an incompatible android update

    • @Joe-ey7cu
      @Joe-ey7cu Місяць тому

      @@emyliafoxy multitask? I hope you didn't multitask while driving.

    • @emyliafoxy
      @emyliafoxy Місяць тому +1

      @@Joe-ey7cu nooo i just meant doordashing while spotify and the tracking app are running in the background! i had a playlist so i wouldnt have to skip songs and stuff

  • @ELPCOTILLION-SD1970
    @ELPCOTILLION-SD1970 Місяць тому +3

    $40 And Has A 50MP Camera...That Alone Is Unbelievable...Quite Splendid

  • @TheWolfHowling
    @TheWolfHowling 25 днів тому +1

    7:50 I miss being able to activate the flashlight with a chop-chop from back a few years ago when I had a Moto.😢 I believe the feature is simply using the accelerometer and surprised than no other OEMs copied it

  • @TechBaffle
    @TechBaffle 13 днів тому

    4:03 I think that's really clever. Looks like a dual camera, but doesn't do the silly fake secondary camera or 0.3mp "depth" or "macro" camera.

  • @HypeXesk
    @HypeXesk Місяць тому +3

    I got the 2023 mode for free, it’s got amazing battery lasts like 9 hours and even longer with it not doing wireless being off, it’s also durable, shortcomings are definitely its camera and screen but the refresh rate is pretty nice and the camera design is I say better than apples, the flashlight placement is so nice and the gestures that use the gyroscope are unlike anything I seen, Lenovo knows what they are doing, if only they got updates

  • @Cryostal
    @Cryostal Місяць тому +7

    Just use ut as a WiFi phone 📱

  • @SaetronYT
    @SaetronYT Місяць тому +5

    Those phones are great. They’re only $130 unlocked. I’m always getting those for my parents. They can do WhatsApp and read the news with no issues, which is pretty much everything they do with a phone anyway. No need to waste a bunch of money on more expensive phones.

    • @Soundwaiv
      @Soundwaiv Місяць тому +1

      yea i was gonna say i didnt think they were usually $40

  • @DankBudsYT
    @DankBudsYT Місяць тому +6

    Where is jacob... WHERE IS JACOB, you kidnapped him?💀

  • @stormyday849
    @stormyday849 Місяць тому +3

    Lmfao that phone is better than the Samsung galaxy A11. I bought a few years back also from Walmart, straight talk, but I paid $100.

  • @EmmettXIV
    @EmmettXIV Місяць тому +1

    7:47 one of my favorite features with my Moto phone is the shaking motions to activate the flashlight and camera, it's really convenient.
    It's nice to see a Moto phone get some spotlight. I have the Moto G Stylus phone from Boost Mobile and I've enjoyed it for a couple years now, February 2022. I actually got it for free because my old Moto phone was running an outdated 4G network they were no longer supporting and I needed to upgrade to 5G and the Moto phone was one of the upgradable options.

    • @Phil_Jumaa
      @Phil_Jumaa 6 днів тому +1

      It's cool. Had to recreate a similar feature on a different phone with Macrodroid😅

  • @alexlugh
    @alexlugh 15 днів тому

    I GOT AN AD FOR WALMART WHEN I CLICKED THIS LOL! 😂😂

  • @nicholas4839
    @nicholas4839 Місяць тому +2

    I used that phone for the last few months as my daily driver it worked as a phone. Just like my 500 pixel now

  • @squirrelcovers6340
    @squirrelcovers6340 10 днів тому +2

    I have a $20 phone from Walmart. It does what I need it to. I'm not obsessed with phones.

  • @JSantana319
    @JSantana319 Місяць тому

    I remember the Moto E4 from Verizon Prepaid was $40 and they used to sell the unlock code on ebay for a few bucks, dont remember exactly how much. That was a hell of a phone and it had a removable battery.

  • @MrBojanglez576
    @MrBojanglez576 Місяць тому

    Prepaid plans are definitely better than carrier contracts....and straight talk plans are unlimited data for $25. It usually just throttles the data speeds if you pass a set amount. But even if that happens at 10gb, thats still a better deal considering the fact that carrier plans are sometimes triple that amount per month. Also, most people usually use wifi where its available anyway so i doubt that the 10gb threshold would get breached anyway.

  • @zippyftw
    @zippyftw 19 днів тому

    First time seeing you on here and loved it! Keep it up! Jacob doesn't reply to comments but do youuu?❤

  • @jamiecarranza8847
    @jamiecarranza8847 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the video, you convinced me to get one and use it as a dedicated music player on WiFi. Works great with Apple Music since it has an SD card and supports LDAC

  • @Rileygee0224
    @Rileygee0224 19 днів тому

    I have an elderly co worker who got her first "smart phone" it's a Walmart phone called Blu I think and she managed to get the text to speech guidance mode on so I, being the only tech savvy person there had to painstakingly disable it, didn't help it was cheap and ran so slow.

  • @JeremyPeeples
    @JeremyPeeples Місяць тому +1

    My first smartphone was an LG and it was only $40 thanks to a BF sale

  • @WanderingCactus
    @WanderingCactus Місяць тому +1

    When you pulled out a Motorola, I wasn't at all surprised, I'm currently using a G5 Power 2023 edition, and it's a phone. No really, Lenovo now owns the brand, and like their comptuters, the low end is nothing special, but often a really killer deal. I actually had a version of the phone you tested back in 2018 where it was offered by Cricket under a different name (all their Motos have unique names) as a free phone. Much of the savings comes from using the same parts and software everywhere, that power button fingerprint reader? Same as mine. The Android on that device? The same bone stock Android with Motorola software to customize it. Bodies are usually plastic, basic screens, memory, processor and battery size are basically all that changes from one phone to another.

  • @RideOnTimePH
    @RideOnTimePH Місяць тому +1

    A lot better than the welcome phone

  • @aymanrahman1737
    @aymanrahman1737 Місяць тому

    Well you can flash the the rom and unlock it or turn on your hotspot on your main device and use it as a internet only device and call using whatsapp or signal etc. That way youd have a 40$ beater thats perfect to use on the field. Do more of these videos. Maybe see how useable it is compared to an iphone or flagship device for day to day use(no benchmarks or hardcore gaming just gmail, maps texts etc)!

  • @cheasok3138
    @cheasok3138 10 днів тому

    You should play around with the phone and find out what other features are unique to Motorola. Like that 2 chops gesture thing you did turns the flashlight on and off

  • @FlintG
    @FlintG Місяць тому +1

    Not bad for the price, I went for the samsung a54 phone and I am pretty happy with it so far its been pretty good.

  • @anthonybush3134
    @anthonybush3134 Місяць тому +2

    I have a Motorola phone running android 12 and if you charge it and let it sit it will last longer than 2 weeks. I'm not kidding

  • @thatlolguy6799
    @thatlolguy6799 18 днів тому +2

    I got a 25 dollar nokia phone from dollar general

  • @pillow7306
    @pillow7306 24 дні тому

    I have had good experiences with budget phones, I had the a12 a few years ago and got the a14 most recently but for how cheap it is it has so many features that iphones don’t have, especially over the SE which is more than double the price 😂

  • @mcnielentertainment
    @mcnielentertainment Місяць тому +6

    I had the Moto G Play (2021) and it was an awesome phone. One of the best smartphones I've ever had.

    • @gabesmath105
      @gabesmath105 Місяць тому

      i had one (from at&t) it was unlocked when gifted to me, it absolutely hated T mobile towers, i tried 5 T-mo different sims (T-mo direct, red pocket on T, textnow on T) and it would lose service bars after several minutes or hours, no amount of rebooting or APN adjustments would bring the bars back, only putting the sim in another phone for the day and back to the moto, rinse and repeat(not to jerry-rig it as a daily driver, but experimentally). i never figured it out despite making multiple reddit posts, eventually i got someone who thought it was probably bands lacking, since it was for AT.
      it worked steady for a few months somehow, then i had to retire it.
      worst christmas gift i've ever gotten.

    • @Opethfeldt
      @Opethfeldt Місяць тому +2

      Motorola knows how to make good cheap phones for sure.

    • @mcnielentertainment
      @mcnielentertainment Місяць тому +1

      @@Opethfeldt yep. Had problems with some troublesome Samsungs, but never with the Motos

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Місяць тому

      I've owned several Motorola Android phones, and my only gripe with Motorola is software support, and updates, not updating them longer than a year, or 2, which is why I moved to a Pixel 6a, as I feel 5 years should be the minimum, even HDM aka Nokia does a better job at supporting their Android devices as I have a Nokia T20 tablet released in Oct 2021, & just a few days ago it got 2 major updates for security patches!!

  • @Zwaremusic
    @Zwaremusic Місяць тому +2

    That's the phone I use to watch these videos

  • @123RADIOactive
    @123RADIOactive День тому

    For $40, it’s definitely a good deal.
    You can basically pay $200~$300 for something that i reckon would have similar features & specs as this one. The only thing is to try and unlock it so you could use it with other networks.

  • @tlazohtlalia
    @tlazohtlalia Місяць тому +1

    I have a Moto G Play from 2021 as my only phone, and I can say that it's still good after about 4 years

  • @drsysop
    @drsysop 5 днів тому

    What sucks is it will not accept a sim card from Verizon or AT&T unless you buy a sim unlock code & costs the same as the phone. No wireless charging support & will not update to the next version of Android. No wireless Android Auto & it works only with the cord plugged in.

  • @TechBaffle
    @TechBaffle 13 днів тому

    I would say it's more of a $149 phone, but still a lot for your money. I'm guessing the phone network will make its money back with the sim card.

  • @5150crazyfun
    @5150crazyfun 20 днів тому

    I got this phone a few weeks ago and it's excellent for the price on everything except call quality. Often times I can't hear the person clearly and they can't hear me. Which is a huge shame because the design, performance, display, battery life and even the cameras for the price are surprisingly good. Since I need my phone to work as a phone first and foremost, that's a deal breaker for me.
    Side note, out of the box the reason the camera app likely crashed on you is it needed an update. Mine had one available during the setup process as soon as I opened the camera app.

  • @rangerdanger32
    @rangerdanger32 Місяць тому +1

    I have a 111$, phone that has four cameras, very good screen, it can not die for 2 days, fingerprint sensor, perfect speaker and it's a moto phone and a stylus

  • @consumercompute
    @consumercompute Місяць тому

    Just taking consideration that this phone I'm locked is $150 retail value so what's going on is that you need to activate the phone for a certain amount of time through straight talk I think straight talk. It takes about 6 to 12 months to be on service for them to unlock the phone so yes, the phone is $40 only if you activate it on a straight talk service plan.

    • @artdogg50
      @artdogg50 Місяць тому +1

      Well the good thing is that it looks like Verizon will unlock it after only 2 months of service. Has to be Verizon though. If you use T-Mobile or AT&T through Tracfone you're stuck for 12 months before they'll unlock it.

  • @royschultz1377
    @royschultz1377 3 дні тому

    I have the upgraded version of that phone. You have to remember that was released several years ago. Great phone,

  • @GadgetMan-rr3ik
    @GadgetMan-rr3ik Місяць тому +1

    I needed a device with a bit more cloud storage and 5g, I have the Samsung galaxy a25 5g and you can text your grocery stores like any store that has grocery pickup but you need a 5g phone for it to work. I think eventually America is going to see a big change in phone networks, they are going to faze out 4g and I have already heard 3g don't work unless it's basic text and call and no picture or video and I heard reception sucks.

  • @readywerx
    @readywerx Місяць тому +1

    Straight Talk is under the TracFone umbrella ( like Net 10 ). The service is outstanding and out-performs most all other carriers. Great video. Cheers!

    • @ELPCOTILLION-SD1970
      @ELPCOTILLION-SD1970 Місяць тому +2

      And Several Others...

    • @20NewJourney23
      @20NewJourney23 Місяць тому

      It is literally the same as the other carriers. TracFone is an MVNO, as is Net10. TracFone uses those towers (Verizon, Spring, T-Mobile, AT&T). Every time I've used Tracfone-based service the service has been crap. I have to stick to two carriers I know work well in my area, apparently the Tracfones in my area are Verizon and Sprint because of the terrible service.

    • @jessinq702
      @jessinq702 Місяць тому

      It users many of the same towers other carriers do + it is TERRIBLE in rural areas.

  • @aidanhelfrich4887
    @aidanhelfrich4887 Місяць тому +1

    having bought a pre-paid Motorola blackberry clone and used said phone for about 8 years from 2012 to 2020 it was a pretty good experience it wasn't very good online obviously due to only being 3G but it got the job done when I was growing up especially with its built in FM radio when I upgraded to my first smartphone a prepaid Samsung galaxy J7 crown it was a massive difference despite it being four years old in 2020 I still have that phone today funny enough I use it as a MP3 player although now I use a iPhone SE third gen on T-Mobile as my daily since straight talk keeps raising the price of their unlimited plans to the point of being higher then all three big wireless company's in short pre-paid is good for little kids and people who absolutely need a phone but otherwise always go for a carrier especially if you use a lot of mobile data

  • @phuongeric
    @phuongeric Місяць тому +1

    I would use this as a game emulator phone. Just games via wireless controller.

  • @CecilTheDarkKnight234
    @CecilTheDarkKnight234 Місяць тому

    I've been getting prepaid smartphones for years now and they've only gotten better. Tracfone is the carrier I use and for 50$ I got a cheap Samsung Galaxy A03s in 2021 with 32gb of storage and 4gb of ram.

  • @LeoFlipnotes
    @LeoFlipnotes Місяць тому +2

    The yardsaledale1 ps3 clock back there!!

  • @k9vendettathewolfofmordor529
    @k9vendettathewolfofmordor529 Місяць тому +3

    Ah. My first phone was one of these. Except mine was an lg rebel 4

    • @gabesmath105
      @gabesmath105 Місяць тому

      sadly that was likely one of the last ones to be trapped on VZW even after unlocking, cuz of limited bands

  • @dandesjardins2552
    @dandesjardins2552 Місяць тому

    Use it Ile a axe and chop for the light to go on and off ,not holding it flat

  • @Cantripping
    @Cantripping 19 днів тому

    These companies sell them at a loss, though locking them to a particular service. The continued use of the prepaid plan is supposed to pay it off and eventually turn a profit.
    That being said, it's a fairly low end device. Good enough for grandparents and people with low expectations, but not sufficient for any kind of power user.

  • @atc9000
    @atc9000 26 днів тому

    Go and enable developer options and then scroll down until you find the three settings for the animations and turn them all to 0. The phone should run a little bit quicker.

  • @Kmzhr
    @Kmzhr 27 днів тому

    I totally would buy this to use as a secondary phone.

  • @GaryHanlon-ee7xw
    @GaryHanlon-ee7xw 18 днів тому +1

    Yo Dude, Woodstock is history. Visit your Barber !

  • @marshallm4551
    @marshallm4551 Місяць тому +1

    That's a really good deal especially with a pinhole camera

  • @KoopaKid660
    @KoopaKid660 Місяць тому +1

    My phone cost $99 dollars (discounted) and serves me well even 3 years later.

  • @sharptoothtrex4486
    @sharptoothtrex4486 19 днів тому

    Lie or not, this also doubles a good enough UA-cam movie video maker and satellite phone upgrade option. Even using a 512GB to 1TB SD card makes good enough UA-cam movie options I suggest.

  • @user-hu7og6nv5j
    @user-hu7og6nv5j 20 днів тому

    i bought this phone but eith a different name (g04s) for 100$ in saudi arabia brand new in box and everything and i gotta say this is the best phone for the price, the best cpu, best gpu, best display, best camera and no bloatware (unlike the one in the video for some reasons). i use it as my main daily driver and i love it

  • @jamespringle9821
    @jamespringle9821 Місяць тому +1

    Good backup phone, or child's emergency phone.

  • @Nieczytelny_official
    @Nieczytelny_official Місяць тому +1

    try a little more expensive g13 one i have one and would totally recommemd

  • @yannick7230
    @yannick7230 Місяць тому

    It's unfortunate these budget phones are all 6,5 inches. The main reason I got a high end Samsung is because there are no small options under 600$. Even that S23 is bigger than I'd like, but the small bezels make it just about usable.

  • @Lardmotech
    @Lardmotech Місяць тому +1

    They can get unlocked after 2 months

  • @bryanobrien2726
    @bryanobrien2726 Місяць тому +1

    The worst thing is its all plastic shell and it's not easily serviced . If you need to replace the battery you have to heat the back and pry the cover off . It's really not made to be replaceable . I have the older model and the camera on it is pretty terrible . That said I got it for $35 and it's pretty good overall .

    • @bubba842
      @bubba842 Місяць тому

      But a repair will cost more than $40. So what's your point??
      Just buy a new one.

    • @bryanobrien2726
      @bryanobrien2726 29 днів тому +1

      @@bubba842 A battery is less than $20 .

  • @NotZachPlaysAN
    @NotZachPlaysAN 26 днів тому

    would you say this is a fine phone for a second phone for android games (with mods and stuff)

  • @ArtemisMemphis
    @ArtemisMemphis Місяць тому +2

    Motorola actually makes really good budget phones with no bloatware or anything sketchy, I owned a Motorola e40 for 4 years and it never disappointed me:)

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Місяць тому

      I've owned several Motorola Android phones over the years, and my biggest issues with them is the lack of updates, they should support their phones for longer than a year, or 2, they should support them for at least 5 years to reduce e-waste, and keep their customers happier.

    • @ArtemisMemphis
      @ArtemisMemphis Місяць тому

      @@CommodoreFan64 yeah I do agree but I guess that's one of the downsides of buying Motorola phones, they aren't made for games or other fun stuff.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 Місяць тому

      @@ArtemisMemphis This has nothing to do with gaming whatsoever, I'm talking basic things like Android OS, and security updates, Motorola is even bad about it on their flagship Razr series with those being expensive AF, and as I said it should be 5 years minimum from day of release across all their phones, & there should be no excuse when a company like HDM(Nokia) can do it with their phones, and tablets providing longer updates than Motorola does for around the same prices as Motorola when you buy an unlocked version, and Google does it on their Pixel phones with the newest ones getting 7 years of updates.

    • @ArtemisMemphis
      @ArtemisMemphis Місяць тому

      @@CommodoreFan64 I guess yeah but like if you get a Moto G31 or G82 your still getting a great budget friendly smartphone at an affordable price with good specs, that's how it works if you want longer support you need to get a high end device which has a big company such as google, apple or samsung behind it. You can't put everything you want in a budget friendly device it has downsides such as lower processor, less camera support, less security and software updates, which just sucks.

  • @capstone-sr4ok
    @capstone-sr4ok 14 днів тому +1

    That's a 2024 Moto g play ,,,and all moto phones have moto actions ,,,u double chop to activate the flashlight u can twist ur wrist to activate the camera ❤️😅

  • @davinp
    @davinp Місяць тому

    Notice that this phone shipped with Android 13, not Android 14. Motorola is slow to update

  • @jasperscornerrr
    @jasperscornerrr Місяць тому +1

    I’m pretty sure getting this phone new from anywhere else is way more than $40

  • @powder-my2fi
    @powder-my2fi 22 дні тому

    wow, if i hear 40.00 one more time, im going to rob my own wallet and make myself 40.00 😂

  • @anbatzabatzakis3226
    @anbatzabatzakis3226 Місяць тому

    2:48 have you ever bought a Motorola phone before or heard about it? I got one and it is excellent for me but 40 that's actually decent ! Plus moto app has all the exclusives for your phone like ex. shake for flashlight and more and it is not bloatware

  • @roadtripboy
    @roadtripboy 5 днів тому

    I have a LG smartphone tied to tracfone that I paid $30 for, it's a great phone. I'm still crushed that LG stopped making phones.

  • @WildcatFn394
    @WildcatFn394 21 день тому

    I'm actually watching this vid on that phone lol my first Walmart phone and it's sicm

  • @thekawaiicookie3267
    @thekawaiicookie3267 27 днів тому

    My android phone doesn't lag or slow down while setting up or updating the cheaper android phones will tho

  • @itzmewwingtime
    @itzmewwingtime Місяць тому +1

    Bro this is a phone that costs half the price of the first gen apple pencil

  • @jonfreeman9682
    @jonfreeman9682 20 днів тому

    For $40 that's friggin disposable. That's crazy.

  • @ejxd4447
    @ejxd4447 Місяць тому +1

    Thats a steal

  • @Alex_TR1713
    @Alex_TR1713 23 дні тому

    this phone is so cheap that i can afford it from my Moneybox money of 1 year :D