I appreciate all of the continued advice. I am learning some things.
I wont refer to that link anymore. I'm not tech savvy and just googling it doesn't help me since there is so much info out there that can be confusing or unhelpful. So I appreciate what you are saying in your reply.
I will keep in mind what you said about the sd card not wearing out as quickly. I hope it will last a while. I just got it back a few months ago and was hoping it could last several years especially since it will be with light use.
Yes the basic issue is that I needed more storage space. I had a few dozen apps installed and only 16gb on the phone. The phone got a little buggy I noticed with less space so that is why I wanted more. I do have some photos and very little music on the phone. It's more apps than anything. I think I do need a larger space phone as you said since my samsung galaxy a11 does better with 32gb. Thanks for your help.
Sorry to bother you puppykickr and you have been helpful, but could you please give a couple actual links some real manufacturer unlocked phones in the $100 range so I can better see what you mean? I hope to read some specs and get an idea if these are phones I can purchase eventually. Thanks.
PS If anyone else has anymore more good advice please chime in on this thread. I hope to learn more to get a better phone.
My device was about $120.
I purchased it from Wal-Mart.
It is a Moto e.
It is not a really great device, but it is nicer that what I have had before.
Being manufacturer unlocked means that it can work with almost any carrier and all I would need to do is change the SIM card- which is provided by a carrier when you get service.
It is a couple years old now, and as do devices, prices will vary.
At the low end of devices, Wal-Mart may not have anything from Motorola for $100.
But, if something is going to be repkaced soon, whatever is left could be marked down a good amount.
That is how I got mine for that price.
Be sure to get any accessories you may want (screen protector, case, etc.) at the time of purchase, as these items usually run out before the devices do.
It sucks to get a device that you cannot find accessories for because they fit a device that has been replaced by a newer one.
Yes, you can get such things on-line, but the point is that these accessories have to fit perfect or else they are crap. The best way to get the best fitting accessories is to get the ones made exactly for the device at the place of purchase.
This is my own opinion based on my own experience.
I am sure that others have had different experiences.
Anyway, for a low cost device, Motorola seems to have very useable models in a decent price range.
If you dont need an unlocked phone, you can get a carrier locked version of the same phone for at least 66% less most of the time.
Just a rough guestimate.
I recently saw an unlocked device at Wal-Mart for about $150, and the locked version was about $50.
As for what
@svim says, I have not had a Samsung smartphone, so I have no knowlege of how storage works on them.
My experience and resarch into SD cards has shown a relatively (compared to what is normally expected) high failure rate that is markedly increased with using the cards as internal memory as well as with using high capacity cards.
My evidence is my own, along with the opinions of those that rely upon SD cards in their carriers- such as professional photographers.
That being said, the good news is that cards usually fail really early in their lives, or very late in their lives.
The thing that kills them from 'using' them is called Read/Write Cycles.
Reading a card seems to have little to no effect on them, but what does is writing to them.
All cards are made of memory blocks, and each memory block can be written to over and over until it gets corrupted.
Cards are supposed to be 'smart' enough to then ignore this 'dead' memory block.
Each block has a different number of cycles it can handle.
Theoretically, a modern card should be good for tens of thousands if not more write cycles.
