What Does Entry-Level Smartphone Mean?
An entry-level smartphone is a low-cost smartphone with few advanced features or a scaled-down version of a mid- or high-end phone. These are usually marketed toward consumers who have fairly basic mobile communication and computing needs.
Techopedia Explains Entry-Level Smartphone
An entry-level smartphone is usually intended for average users. From a technical perspective, it uses less powerful hardware, with smaller memory and lower storage capacity, and thus runs also on a less powerful operating system, which may be free or open source.