I have had the LG Aristo 3+ and Mint Mobile for about a week now. The phone serves my purpose. I paid about $ 80 for it. It was a Metro by T-mobile that was unlocked and brand new. It does have a t-mobile icon on the apps screen that I don't seem to be able to get rid of, but have not tried hard either.
The signal strength is fine around my house from the cell tower and from a few local trips seems to have good coverage. I did set it to go to wifi for calls when near a wifi system. However I do need it to work in the house as my regular land line is through the internet box so if the internet or power is down I can still make a call to get them restored. Funny in a way that a few weeks ago I was without power for a couple of hours. Fired up the generator and still had internet service. That hapened one time last year.
While rambling on , I must say that little 3.5 or so KW dual fuel generator worked fine. Ran it for about an hour and a half on the propane. Just turn on the bottle and turn it off when not in need. No need to worry about the gasoliene going bad if used only a short time, unlike the 5 kw gas only that I have had for many years.