Which Xiaomi are worth the money and which are not. What good can others offer in inexpensive models?
Table of contents
- Why are there no really cheap smartphones at “popular” prices in the article?
- Cheaper than 8 thousand rubles
- 8-10 thousand rubles
- 10-13 thousand rubles
- 13-15 thousand rubles
- 15-18 thousand rubles
Recently, I have noticed that articles aboutWhen choosing budget smartphones, I start with whining, "I've got some dreary assortment, but what to do - we choose from what's left." And this article will be no exception! Because Motherland always exceeds expectations - no matter how bad it was with the options for buying mobile phones earlier, it gets even worse over time!
This time, however, not everything is to blameHomeland - yes, the ruble failed once again, and they began to give 71 rubles instead of 65 for the US dollar (which should have led to an 8.5% rise in the price of smartphones, because the Chinese trade with us in dollars, not yuan). But dealers in mobile phones, as they say, "laid the risks", and in simple terms - rewrote the price tags upward with a margin in order to more effectively "weld" on the situation. Moreover, the quarantine was lifted in most regions, people went to work and are already mentally ready to apply for installment loans again.
Why am I saying all this? Besides, now, guys and girls, we have a new reality. You may not have followed the prices of mobile phones until you decided to buy a new one, so I am explaining to you the differences in prices of the era of "dollar at 65" and "dollar at 72":
- Smartphones, whichcost 5.5 thousandrubles,Noware worth7-7.5 thousand rubles.
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Smartphone modelsworth 7-7.5 thousandrubles rubleshave grownin priceup to 9-10 thousandrubles
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Optimal state employeesworth 10-12 thousandrublesNowgrew up to13-15 thousand.
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Models cost13-15 thousand rose to 17-19 thousand.
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And for smartphones, whichused to cost from 15 to 18 thousand,Nowthey are asking completely crazy and inadequate22-25 thousandrubles (we won’t point fingers at Realme 6 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro).
Now what? But nothing - we buy the same, but “not fashionable and not trendy, last season” smartphones with similar characteristics, but cheaper; Chinese phones. But first, a little more lyrics:
Why are there no really cheap smartphones at “popular” prices in the article?
Sooner or later a period comes in our lifewhen you have to buy things in second-hand stores, drive "tired" Soviet small cars (if you drive at all), eat Maspo spreads and buy smartphones from "junk" manufacturers of dubious quality. In no case am I going to condemn people who hardly make their way in life - not so long ago I myself bought all kinds of junk like teXet, Ritmix, IconBit, Irbis, Turbo and similar horror. And not only for myself, and sometimes even in a state of "a little used" (the so-called "refurbished" smartphones with a short warranty in electronics stores).
Why do we not open our recommendations exactlywith such extremely cheap smartphones? Because, firstly, there is little information about them (the resolution and size of the display in the table do not guarantee that it will be bright and not “dull in response to pressing, the capacity of the battery does not guarantee that the smartphone will not be discharged due to the firmware curve "), But to avoid them, they are not given for the test. Secondly, because smartphones capable of running Android without freezing (2 GB of RAM, 6-8 cores) even of dubious brands cost 6-6.8 thousand rubles. And "thoroughbred" Huawei, Xiaomi and, sometimes even Samsung, start at exactly 7 thousand - they don't cost 500-700 rubles to save the absence of covers, spare parts, batteries, protective glasses + assemblies of the "as lucky" level on sale.
Thirdly, a good restored (defective,which the buyer returned to the store, the smartphone was repaired and sold cheaper) the copy is a piece story, and the guys interested in discounts will buy it out within a day, because they are on duty on the relevant sites in search of savings almost around the clock. "Dead Souls", which are on sale only in theory, are not needed by anyone in the article.
As long as we live in Russia (or in the CIS, which is fewbetter, don’t flatter yourself), you can’t renounce a situation where you buy the cheapest possible goods, but make your chest look like a wheel and declare “I’m so filled with it in my mind that I’m buying a sour cream product for 39 rubles, and you freaks are charging sour cream 15% for 49 rubles, I despise!” no need. Everyone has different goals, here we are trying to findthe bestcheap smartphones, and not make a theoretical list of what you can buy for 4-7 thousand rubles.
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