It is more akin to a slightly dated flagship than it is to
a traditional budget device.
Not exact matches
And we, like many if not all schools, were also constrained by
budgets, so a
traditional 1:1, where each student receives the same
device, was also out of reach.
Our favorite
budget option is the Amazon Echo Dot ($ 49); while not a hub in the
traditional sense, you can link lots of smart home
devices in the Alexa app, and then trigger them using the Dot.