Cheap phones are the standard these days
When mobile phones first hit the market they were horribly expensive, and even if you could afford to purchase the mobile phone you had to contend with ridiculously expensive service that charged you not only very every call but roaming fees because phone satellites were not as easily accessible as they are today. As mobile phone service changed and became less expensive, so did the mobile phones. In fact, these days cheap phones are the norm, and it is difficult to find phones that are very expensive unless you are looking for a satellite phone that will make calls no matter where you are in the world.