Here are a few different phones and tablets that have been used by in projects we work on in South Africa that are on the cheaper side (it is possible you could find cheaper prices with more in depth searching or through vendors you have access to). These are all devices that have been used in a project or tested by a member of the Dimagi team in South Africa -
Samsung J1 (Note: the J1 mini is also an option, but we have not tested the mini internally. I suspect there would not be an issue, but would recommend trying CommCare on one before doing a large procurement of them)
Lenovo Tab 3 Essential (NOTE: This device did not perform great against applications with large quantities of cases and complex case management, but it could be suitable depending on your projects needs. I'd recommend trying this one as well before doing a larger procurement).
In general, Samsung devices are a pretty safe brand to go with. We have not run into many issues with them.
That is good to know! I do not know much about Tizen OS and was unaware Samsung was planning to release devices with it. In this instance, it is likely that CommCare is incompatible with the Tizen OS that is being used on the device.
Can you provide some more information regarding how you installed the application to the device and the behavior that occurred when you did?
I couldn't install CommCare on the phone. Tizen doesn't provide access to the Google Play Store. It has its own app store. I didn't try installing Android APKs on Tizen. Samsung said it won't be possible.