best low priced temporary replacement?

[np6s4x]

My EVO V recently died on me, and I'm looking to get a low priced temporary device. It'll be just until I can save up the money to buy a high end gsm device so I can switch t-mobile's $30 plan.

What I'm currently thinking about getting is the zte awe. While the screen is a bit smaller, and lower res. it has a better processor (s4 rather then s3, same speed), bluetooth 4.0 vs 3.0, and android 4.1, vs 4.0.

Any other devices I should be looking at? I want something at least on the same level as the EVO, and cheap (walmart has the awe for less then $50 currently)

Another option might be to skip the switch and temporary phone and get something like the LG Volt. I just haven't tested out sprint's LTE here yet.

 

[Dejmeister]

Get the volt. You wont regret it

 

[mikeca]

I agree on the Volt. Battery life is incredible!

 

[kate]

For a temp phone the Awe should work fine.

If you decide to stay with Virgin Mobile the Volt or Galaxy S3 are both good options at decent prices.

 

[np6s4x]

Ended up going for the lg volt, love all the customization options it has. Kinda think it's what a lite version of pacman rom might be like, with the many home screen and lock screen changes that can be made. It seems to have everything i want: an sd card slot, fm radio, removeable battery, nfc, and so on. The only down side so far is the network; sprint still sucks, lol, from the little i've used it, even though i'm getting lte on and off at home, it's speed isn't that great so far. i haven't tested it away from home much yet though.

How does t-mobile prepaid's L90 compare to this? Seem to be a bit conflicting whether this is a L90, or F90. Also one thing being that t-mobile's L90 doesn't seem to have LTE, though doesn't really matter since their basic 4g is around 11-15mb+ here.

 

[np6s4x]

so it's just that sprint's sucks at home, considering i was able to get up to 20mb on the hwy to/from work, nice. pretty sure i know which tower is the culprit, when I drove by it I dropped to 3g, though very strong 3g, but still.