Re: [PLUG] Suggestions for replacement of android phone: small, privacy-respecting, T-Mobile?

["Eric H. Johnson" <ejohnson@camalytics.com>]

Greg,

I bought a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime for my father a little over a year ago. At the time it was about $150 through T-mobile. I see you can get the unlocked version on Amazon for just over $100 now. It has 8GB storage. Not much, but may well work for you as it did for my dad.

The advantage of using an unlocked phone is that T-mobile usually locks down tethering on the branded phones, however the branded phones support wifi calling. 

As a basic phone, it is quite adequate, and does fit in a shirt pocket. From a security standpoint, it really does not have enough storage to support drive encryption, otherwise it supports all of the security features of any Android device. 

Not sure if a later model has come out to replace it.

HTH,
Eric

On June 8, 2017 9:09:05 PM EDT, Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com> wrote:

Today I dropped my phone.  Half the screen doesn't work at all and the 
other half displays dimly in a few colors.  It is a Samsung Galaxy S 
Blaze 4G. 
https://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-galaxy-s-blaze-4g-t-mobile/review/

This is a very old phone (released in 2012). I chose it because it was 
small (4" screen) and because there was a Cyanogenmod ROM available for 
it--I flashed it immediately on purchase.

The only real limitation I ran into over 4 years of use was a lack of 
onboard storage (1 GB).  I have to confess I haven't kept up with the 
state of Android since then--specifically how much it siphons off your 
personal data, and how much control it gives you over what apps do on 
your phone.

What's a good current choice for a phone that:
1.  Is a good privacy choice
2.  Isn't too large (fits in a pants pocket easily)
3.  Isn't super expensive--having the latest is not important to me
4.  Has to be a SIM model, fully-compatible with T-Mobile

I know this isn't really a "linux" topic, so maybe just email me 
directly if you think that's more appropriate.

Thanks,

-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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