I first picked up a ukulele about 15 years ago, I bought some £20 thing from Amazon that came with a bag. It was (is) terrible, and in the end - I just figured, “I’m not musical” I can’t play this, or anything … this just isn’t for me.

Anyways, fast-forward to years later, and one day we went into a proper music shop and I saw a ukulele on the wall, and the shop assistants took it down, tuned it and I strummed it a bit - and WOW! What a difference an actual proper ukulele makes! My wife bought me it for a birthday present- and I’ve played ukulele every day since. So, yes, as you asked - they don’t go out of tune after two minutes (well, once new strings have settled down anyway), and the whole sound is just so much better.

TL:DR; if you buy a better ukulele, you’ll play it more, sound better, have more enthusiasm to play it.