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Also, I've found #Kimovil's website (https://www.kimovil.com/en/) and #GSMArena (https://gsmarena.com) quite useful when comparing phones, and finding phones that fit a customisable set of criteria (OS version, dual-SIM support, SD card slot, resolution, screen size, price range, etc).

#TechTablets.com has an informative #YouTube channel as well, and a playlist of mobile phone reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVJ5yuUCk8wCD57ZG3xh1vNddiLDBwvAb
AFAIK he buys all his devices himself, so he's prob fairly unbiased

@sungo #TechTablets recently did a video where he swapped out the dual-core Intel Pentium CPU on his Chinese Clevo-based laptop for an i5 9400 6-core LGA1151 CPU with fairly good results: https://youtu.be/6Py3jGWGGhA

So, there is hope, though you might need to start ordering your laptops straight from China. :)