Ask HN: Mobile phone for pragmatists

[styeco]

My Samsung S4 LTE recently died, I'm looking for a new phone and find it hard to cut through all the marketing speak.

All I really need is a phone for light to medium use. I'm a developer, so it's sitting on my desk most of the day, no heavy duty features needed. I don't play games, I don't do anything special with it, mostly messaging and taking the occasional picture.

So what I'm looking for is an affordable, just all around solid phone without bells and whistles and without a 200 € markup for a brand name.

If you could point me in any direction, thanks.

[howlett]

I have an S5 mini which I use for pretty much the same stuff (some browsing, music and messaging). I think you can get one for less than €200 online (I got mine for €250 about 2 years ago).

Pros: Waterproof, good size, replaceable battery, SD card.

Cons: Haven't found any supported custom ROMs.

[itamarst]

Moto E. Perfectly fine phone, pretty vanilla Android, costs $80 max.