Originally Posted by
SteveinMN
Tybee, the good thing is that many phones sold these days have bands for most of the carriers. Just to be "that guy", though, I will point out that CDMA is a technology that is fading into history. It has been replaced on the vast majority of previously-CDMA carriers with LTE and, in fact, many carriers will no longer activate a pure-CDMA phone. So I suggest being careful with the phone you buy. They'll note if they're compatible with the former-GSM carriers (AT&T [including Cricket] and T-Mobile) and/or with Verizon and other former-CDMA carriers or Sprint.
The one I would recommend you check out first is the Motorola Moto G7 Power. It's current hardware and a current version of Android, and has a 6+ inch screen at your price. Most screens at that price will be about half an inch smaller (measured diagonally). My experience with others owning Motos has been positive, too.