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I have just acquired an inexpensive Chinese-made dual-SIM Android phone. It has a miniscule amount of internal storage (2GB), so I am impatiently awaiting the arrival of the 32GB microSD card I've ordered. Until then I'm just charging the phone.

Suggestions on what apps I should download and (even more importantly, avoid) from the Google Play store are welcome. I think I'm going to start with transit apps like NextBus and HyperDia, but also possibly messaging apps like WhatsApp.

Thanks in advance!

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For any particular purposes? (Is this your first Android device?)

Yes to both questions. This is my first smartphone of any type. I got it largely because I need a phone which will work in Japan and South Korea and my current feature phone does not. I found that out the hard way when my phone battery discharged as the phone searched for a nonexistent roaming partner in Tokyo during an overnight layover. As I was depending on it for my morning alarm it was a bit of a bad surprise. Fortunately I still made it out of the hotel in time to catch my flight.

The phone is inexpensive and has two SIM slots. Those were both pluses. Minuses include lousy battery life and minimal internal storage. This probably won't be my permanent phone but I hope it'll be useful on my next trip.

I have the Play Store and have already downloaded Google Maps. I've also been downloading lots of transit apps to check them out.

Thanks for the suggestions!