Mid-range smartphones have come a long way in the last few years, with a couple of the best options currently available around the $400 mark featuring , and/or , but when it comes to the sub-$200 bracket, things are significantly less impressive.

If you're looking to spend, say, 150 bucks on a brand-new handset, you either need to be ready to make some serious compromises as far as the aforementioned specs are concerned or jump through various hoops at various carriers or retailers to score a substantial discount. For an extremely limited time, that changes with a killer new ...