The $5 Smartphone - Is It Any Good?

Today we're gonna explore a smartphone that only costs $5. Well... at least for right now. Tracfone offers this TCL A1 Android phone for $5 if you purchase a minimum $15 service plan. Is it any good?

As of late 2023, the phone doesn't seem to be available from TracFone anymore.

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[ProfMannion]

It's okay, but for $5 I expect more Solitaire.

[Doxxy]

I always love it when the weaker a phone is, the more bloatware they preinstall

[MordecaiTheAwesomeBluejay]

Solitaire in 1995: Double click it and start playing

Solitaire in 2021: GIVE US YOUR DATA. LOCATION. AND PHONE NUMBER

[Zerbey]

I had an AT&T branded Alcatel that I paid about $15 for as an emergency phone, it was also network locked to AT&T but I was using it with a Cricket SIM and it activated just fine (since AT&T own Cricket). Ended up giving it to my kid and he used it for a year. Ran Android 5.1.1 and could run a few basic Apps like YouTube, perfectly fine for a kid's phone.

[rahulchandra]

Imagine your a 6th grader and your parents just got you this phone. You thank them and tell all of your friends you got a phone. Then you see this is in your

[junoperberry]

I love how this $5 phone comes with more extras than $1000+ phones do

[Techtype_]

*solitaire wants to know your location, play itself in the background and send messages every 10 seconds reminding you to play solitaire*

[brandon_kig]

Sooner or later, smartphones are gonna hit dollar stores.

Edit: A lot of people are telling me they already do. While I appreciate the replies, at the time, I was thinking of stores like Dollar Tree and 99 Cents Store, and the phones costing only $1.

[EverythingROBLOXProERP]

"Mom can I get an android phone?"
"You have a phone at home."

The phone:

[nategg]

This just goes to show how far things have come and how cheap the possibilities are.

if by some miracle this came out in 2011 or so, it would've been an absolute beast of a phone.

[deadchannellol]

The Weather app: *"Tap to configure"*

Wow, I've never expected that a cellphone can change the whole weather of the world just by a one click, with only 5 dollars! Damn the technology has improved too much...

[dakotajohnston]

I remember buying this model of phone like 2 years ago, there is a way of stopping the bloatware auto app install by force stopping a bunch of functions in the settings (I can't remember which ones you have to force stop though) once you do that and delete the bloatware It wasn't all that bad if you didn't care about taking photos.

[ashkyper]

“solitaire would like to access your social security number and credit card information”

[Carbine]

He opens the box at 3:32.
He turns on the phone at 7:28.
He watches YouTube at 11:50.

[nb]

You use to be able to just buy the phones a few years back. But people were using them for projects and buying them in bulk and never activating so they changed it.

[Thornskade]

Even at $20 this is still a lot cheaper than a Raspberry Pi. Kinda insane.

[Corrupted_Mind]

That was kinda fascinating to watch.
Today, we have smartphones that are more capable than the very 1st PC.
Their most expensive plan in today's standard is actually criminal, tbh.

[CEOable]

That is the cheapest cell phone deal I've ever seen!

[ManleyEvangelista]

I remember seeing this for $10 at a Rite Aid (during my US Trip two years ago). Knowing that I couldn't buy something like this in my country for that price. I decided to buy up all of their stocks. Then went to another store and did the same. Ended up with 8.

I gave them all to my nieces and little cousins back at home. Even for a Wifi only thing, it's still a bargain for $10. And if they break it, then it's not a huge loss.

[lucash]

i love how a 5 dollar phone has a more complete box than a 1k dollar phone