I know people here used to keep an eye out for cheap deals on smartphones for use as media players, etc., usually in the Black Friday thread. I don't know if anyone's still interested but I found one that may be what somebody is looking for.
Tracfone Wireless via eBay has a
Motorola Moto e5 with a 1-Year 1500 Talk/Text/MB Plan for $40 and Free Shipping. That's 1500 minutes and 1500 text messages and 1500MB for the entire year (avg. 125 min/text/MB per month), which is okay for someone who mostly uses wifi, but you don't want to try to use mobile data all of the time. Google's Play Store updates will eat that up in no time.
The phone has 2GB RAM & 16GB storage and runs Android 8.1 Oreo. The phone comes locked to Tracfone, but you can unlock it after 1 year of service.
Also, Ebay has a
targeted coupon for
some users: HAPPY25 for $25 off of a purchase over $25. Expires 9/10/2020.
If the coupon works for you (add it at check-out), that knocks the price down to $15 (plus tax). Otherwise, at least you get a phone & a year of budget service for $40.