I&#x27;m incredibly torn on this subject. I had a $60 phone which was very much &quot;good enough&quot;. I lent it to a friend and bought a $600 phone.<p>I pick up the old phone and wonder why I bought the new phone. Then as I am using it I remember how slow it is. How bad the camera is. How I struggled to keep good battery life. How it was abandoned for updates.<p>One can absolutely get by fine with a cheap phone. But they are not quite &quot;just as good&quot;, in a mildly pernicious fashion.<p>I do miss the small size though.