If sticking to a budget is important, there are plenty of worthwhile phones for less than $300. And these phones will likely take a new spotlight as holiday deals discount them even more, but there’s a big tradeoff to phones in this price range. A phone with modern specs like an eye-catching design, improved multitasking and wireless charging might still only receive one major software update and three years of security patches. Some sub-$300 phones have a longer timeline of four years for software updates and five years of security…
