I compared [0] the Galaxy S9+ to the Google Pixel 6a, the first Google result I got for "budget Android phone 2023" on [1]. Obviously you can go further downmarket.
As far as I can tell, they're comparable in features and specs. The Galaxy has better screen resolution, the Pixel has better networking... The only thing I could identify as a feature missing in the Galaxy is "dual LED flash" which was obviously technically possible in 2018.
So yeah, I was being a bit facetious. Considering the lifetime of phones, it probably takes 10 years rather than 5 for a farmer in Kenya to have a more powerful phone than a Bay Area programmer does today.
At present that means ~2/4GB RAM, 4G, slow CPU, 50mpix, very laggy camera processing (because pixels are a metric buyers don't understand), slow storage I/O, no fancy comms like SOS beacons, UWB, limited security (no separate security enclave chip), and of course, old android and slow patching that stops quickly.
But you can at least get a headphone jack on the E7.
As far as I can tell, they're comparable in features and specs. The Galaxy has better screen resolution, the Pixel has better networking... The only thing I could identify as a feature missing in the Galaxy is "dual LED flash" which was obviously technically possible in 2018.
So yeah, I was being a bit facetious. Considering the lifetime of phones, it probably takes 10 years rather than 5 for a farmer in Kenya to have a more powerful phone than a Bay Area programmer does today.
[0] https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8967&idPhone2=1...
[1] https://www.androidpolice.com/best-budget-android-phones/