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SXX ◴[] No.45250676[source]
Talking of cheap and powerful devices one can also look at Chinese UZ801 4G LTE (Qualcomm MSM8916) dongles. They cost like only $4-5 and pack quite impressive HW: 4GB eMMC, 512MB RAM, actual 4G modem sometimes with 2 sim switching support. Since it's actually old Android SOC there is even GPU and GPS in there. And a lot of work was already done on supporting them:

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Zhihe_series_LTE_dongles_...

https://github.com/OpenStick/OpenStick

So yeah if you looking for hardware platform for weird homelab projects that's can be it.

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VladVladikoff ◴[] No.45252358[source]
Speaking of cheap and powerful, I’m looking for a dirt cheap android phone that has a decent camera. I used to ship out GoPros to my customers but I don’t actually need them to film in 4K, 1080p with a decent CCD would be fine. And lately new GoPro models have become a pain to setup, they require pairing with a modern mobile phone which my customers sometimes don’t have.
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1. ww520 ◴[] No.45256230[source]
Motorola Moto G is a very capable phone on the cheap. It's even cheaper if you don't mind older models or used.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=motorola+moto+g&qid=1757978993&rn...

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2. freedomben ◴[] No.45266721[source]
I've bought a lot of moto g and I concur. Camera is decent. It won't blow your skirt up, but it is roughly comparable to flagship phones from a couple of years ago. YMMV of course