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The Rise of the R500 Smartphone

Techpoint SA

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1.2M views · 2 weeks ago · #computers

R500 buys a surprising amount of phone in 2026. We tested five budget devices for a month — calls, WhatsApp, banking apps and battery life.

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    @kzn_local 7 hours ago

    Durban representation at last. Sharing with the whole family group.

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    @thandi_k 5 hours ago

    The part at 4:12 is the whole story. Nobody is talking about it.

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    @sibusiso.m 9 hours ago

    Watched this twice. The editing is clean and there is no filler — thank you.

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    @naledi_dlamini 14 hours ago

    As someone who went through this, the numbers are accurate. Painful, but accurate.

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