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What can you do with the cheapest Android smartphones? Why is 100 euros more well spent? What do the 300-euro smartphones do beyond that? What luxury is available from 500 euros, and how much more up to 1000 euros? What do the high-end devices over 1000 euros offer? And what do the foldable smartphones do? The c't smartphone experts Robin Brand and Steffen Herget answer these and other questions on their tour of the smartphone range from 100 to 2000 euros. We explain which technical finesse is important, for example in the camera and display, and which features are advisable. Many tips for specific smartphone models in all price ranges are dropped in between; this time our colleagues took a closer look at the 300-euro devices. In one respect, reality has overtaken us: a few hours after the recording of this c't Uplink episode, it was announced that Oppo and OnePlus are allowed to sell their smartphones in Germany again. 0:00 Intro 2:00 Smartphones from 100 euros 4:30 Short introduction to KaiOS and other feature phones 6:20 Smartphones from 200 euros 8:50 Smartphones from 300 euros: Motorola, Samsung, Sony, Xiaomi 13:40 Cameras of the 300-euro smartphones 15:15 Conclusion of the 300-euro test 17:50 Smartphones from 500 euros 20:40 EU rules for years of updates 26:30 Smartphones from 800 euros and high-end around 1500 32:00 Foldables, folding smartphones and their advantages 37:00 Folding smartphone or tablet 40:00 Real alternative: Fairphone 5 43:20 What would we buy? With: Robin Brand, Steffen Herget Moderation: Jörg Wirtgen Production: Ralf Taschke ► The c't article on the topic (Paywall): https://www.heise.de/select/ct/2024/3... https://www.heise.de/select/ct/2024/3... c't on EU rights to updates, repairability and energy labels: https://www.heise.de/news/Mit-Reparie... https://www.heise.de/news/Smartphones... ► c't Magazin: https://ct.de ► c't on Mastodon: https://social.heise.de/@ct_Magazin ► c't on Instagram: / ct_magazin ► c't on Facebook: / ctmagazin ► c't on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heisec.bsky.... ► c't on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ct_magazin ► c't on X/Twitter: / ctmagazin ► c't on paper: everywhere there are magazines! #smartphones #buyingadvice #smartphone-guide