Need New Phones - $100-$150 Budget

hondaf17

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The wife and I need new phones. Budget I'd like to keep around $100-$150 per phone. We are off contract with ATT which is the way I like it. Both need to be android. I haven't bought a phone since I bought the original Moto X in 2013. Been very happy with it but have dropped it too many times and the lock screen button no longer works.

My phone is used much more extensively than my wifes. My wife primarily cares about something reliable and a good camera. I want something smallish (max 5 inch screen). I do not care about screen, or really specs, just want something that can be a phone and not stutter/lag.

I can get an original Moto X for about $100.
Was also looking at the Moto G for about the same price.

Haven't bought a phone in a long time so any options/ideas would be appreciated.

TYIA,
 

hondaf17

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I have a new warranty replacement Moto G 2nd gen I would sell for 90

Unlocked, ATT? Is the 2nd gen from 2015 or earlier?

How do we go about this?

EDIT: Does the Moto G have LTE? I did some quick searching looks like there is an LTE and non-LTE version of the Moto G?
 

SAWYER

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It is the 2nd gen factory unlocked gsm version(2014, the newest is the 3rd gen), it does not have lte
 

paperwastage

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Out of curiosity, why is LTE a req?
I see no difference when browsing. Maybe I'm exception?

on sprint/verizon, CDMA/3G is very slow...

on att/t-mobile, their 3G is much better (can even get real-world ~30mbps on t-mobile's 42mbps DC-HSDPA network)

LTE offers better latency too (~20ms versus 50-300ms on 3G), so webpages load up quicker


for low-usage users, using a non-VoLTE headset, not really any difference... att is decommissioning their 2G network in 2017, 3G some time after that... and you can get a cheaper+better LTE+VoLTe device by that point