Enough talk about flagships. Let's scrape the bottom of the barrel and see what can be had for those on the tightest of budgets. Let's find the best sub-$100 phone available. Because the reality is that while you might be forgoing a super-high resolution screen and amounts of RAM that some manufacturers still can't take advantage of, ahem, there are a lot of really solid choices out there if you don't have much to spend on a new phone.

At the end of the series, we're going to crown the King of Sub-$100 Phones

Advances in technology (it's the future, didn't you know?) have brought component costs way down to the point where today's budget phones are yesterday's flagships.

Setting out, we had three qualifications for a phone to contend:

  1. Price, before taxing and shipping, is under $100
  2. Must run Android 5.0 or higher
  3. Include support for 4G
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Over the coming weeks, Jordan is going to be spending a lot of quality time with the devices below, to the point of using each as his daily driver for a period of days. Look for future videos where he'll be comparing performance, camera quality, and general pros and cons. At the end of the series, we're going to crown the "King of Sub-$100 phones". That'll be one for the record books.

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T-Mobile LG Leon ($90)

Full Unboxing Video

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  • Snapdragon 410
  • 4.5" 480x854 Display
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8GB Storage + microSD Expansion
  • 5MP Rear Camera
  • 1900mAh Battery
  • Android 5.0.1

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BLU Studio C ($100)

Full Unboxing Video

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  • Mediatek MT6582
  • 5" 720x1280 Display
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8G Storage + microSD Expansion
  • 8MP Rear Camera
  • 3000mAh Battery
  • Android 5.0

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Verizon Galaxy J1 ($80)

Full Unboxing Video

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  • Snapdragon 410
  • 4.3" 480x800 Display
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8GB Storage + microSD Expansion
  • 5MP Rear Camera
  • 1850mAh Battery
  • Android 5.0

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AT&T Moto E ($75)

Full Unboxing Video

  • Snapdragon 410
  • 4.5" 540x960 Display
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8GB Storage + microSD Expansion
  • 5MP Rear Camera
  • 2390 mAh Battery
  • Android 5.1

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