@q
It kinda depends on whether you need the latest Android version being stock or are fine with updating via a custom rom (e.g. LineageOs) but if it's just for testing and maybe the version doesn't even matter I recommend just getting a used one which released in the last 5 years or so.

(I personally never bought a new Android phone even as my main one but I always run custom roms to get updates after the manifacturers stopped support. The modell I'm using right now is 6 years old)

@q i think the Nothing cfm phones are pretty decent in terms of pricing and modern-ness. With PlayStore and Google Services but without other bloat. use one of these for testing purposes myself.

@q Moto G has always been my go to Android test device. Not utterly unusable, but crap enough you get the true £30/month including the phone Android user experience.

@q I have a Samsung galaxy a40 with a cracked screen or a nexus 6 both are probably not running the latest android officially. I'd give them away for free. Interested?

@alg0r1th do they have working google pay?

@q Do we have to order a NFC reader to accept contactless Q-Pay vouchers at Mega-Knowledgecamp? 🙃

@q the a40 should support it. The e fuse is intact

@alg0r1th sure! I'll take them.

@q commencing wipe. It's just one tho

@jm_rtr only if you want to

@q I mean… it definitely would have style, and I bet no one would notice if one or two 2log-thingies leave H'eck for a few days

@jm_rtr I'm not sure those support Apple VAS (with appropriate ECP frames)/Google Smart Tap

@jm_rtr actually, 2log dot is based on a PN532, which is exactly the chip I've already been testing with in my laptop