Previously, when choosing a mobile phone, we chose between Sony-Ericsson, Nokia, BenQ-Siemens, Motorola, Asus and, for example, Alcatel, and the Chinese
Table of contents
- If you haven't picked up a new smartphone for a long time
- If you have recently chosen a smartphone
- The best cheap smartphones
- With fast processor and NFC, inexpensive
- Smartphone for 12 thousand from China, analogue of smartphones for 17 thousand in Russia
- The coolest smartphone for 15 thousand rubles
- Especially for the ideological haters of the "Chinese"
It just so happens that we are read like newbies,who open the text, do not see the magic words "Nokia", "LG" or "used iPhone" in the list, declare the author a corrupt freak and flee in horror. Or they don’t run away, but they don’t understand who all these people are Chinese manufacturers, and how the world came to life like this.
And at the same time, all of us are read by "nerds" whoare smeared with news about mobile phones every hour, they catch rare discount coupons on AliExpress more thoroughly than the State Duma catches foreign agents. For them, the explanations are a mockery of the level "guys, the water is wet, and the fire is hot, the duck say quack-quack, the kitten says mur-meow." Right now, let's deduce the middle denominator and briefly ("inclusions", as it is now fashionable to write) we will introduce both categories into the essence of the matter.
If you haven't picked up a new smartphone for a long time
If you are distracted and do not understand where the Sony and LG smartphones have disappeared, I have a lot of news for you.
So, if you have been using the old one for a long timesmartphone on Android or not very old, but iPhone, and now woke up and decided to upgrade, welcome to the new world. In this new world, smartphone manufacturers:
- LG,Htc,Fly,Philips,Highscreen,Prestigio- died completely
- Sony,Huawei,Honor,Asus,Apple (iPhone), alive, but budget smartphones (up to 17 thousandrubles) in a new form is not released, and used is a separate song, and here you are not cars in which a three-year model is more profitable than a new one on all fronts. A three-year-old smartphone is like a sausage after 6 months in the refrigerator, most often rotten. And if not rancid, then this is a very special and initially expensive sausage.
- Xiaomi,Realme,Oppo,Vivo,Oneplus,TCL- Chinese smartphones with good qualityperformance (at this point in the comments I invite those who like to crow about the proximity sensors in Redmi). When choosing between them, you should focus not on the brand name, but on the ratio of price and level of technical equipment in each individual model.
- Nokia,Zte,Lenovo,MotorolaAndMeizu— nominees for the “no longer the same” award.Compared to the previous category, they consistently look weaker and not particularly profitable; sometimes one or two models of these brands drop sharply in price when they are sold out, and become an interesting offer. But such a coincidence happens once a year, so “before using, consult with a specialist” to make sure that this is “the same discount” and not a bucket with a slow processor and a stupid camera, and even with an overpayment.
- Samsung- it’s like a dictator who is not overthrown from the throne.Once he accomplished a universal feat (he made Android smartphones viable and popular), in 2020 he worked for the benefit of the common people and released good budget smartphones (Galaxy M21, for example, or even M30s in 2019…), in 2021 he removed releasing good budget smartphones and replacing them with “so-so budget smartphones, but more expensive.” And, as in the case of the dictator, there is almost nothing to objectively love him for people with modest incomes (there is something, but with a stretch), but they love him, and forgive him for his more expensive life (a good Samsung costs much more than a good Chinese smartphone ).
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Balance of power among smartphone manufacturers in different regions of the world (Q2 2021)…
Photo: Counterpoint
If you have recently chosen a smartphone
...but look at the prices in the tables and think:“What the fuck? Why is it so expensive?”, then keep in mind that since the spring of 2021, traders (both domestic and those delivering from China) began to smoothly rewrite prices upward. So smoothly that from March to November the same mobile phone began to cost 2000-3500 rubles more than it did before.
True, the gain affected mainly smartphones,which previously cost 10+ thousand. Now this means that where previously the territory of models with Full HD+ displays began, today sometimes you have to eat HD+, and where previously there were 128 GB models on the shelves, they now offer 64 GB and that’s it.
This did not happen with all smartphones in general, butsomewhere with 75% of them, just do not be surprised at the current prices, I myself am not delighted with these prices and collected the minimum (you will find it cheaper - throw links in the comments, readers will be grateful).
And now, after all this graphomania, let's move on to specific recommendations:
The best cheap smartphones
Xiaomi Redmi 9A or Realme C11
I myself did not believe in it before, but there arewomen who choose a husband according to the criteria “if he doesn’t hit, he isn’t a walker or a drunk, then it’s suitable - and thanks for that”. Smartphones with a minimum budget will have to be chosen in a similar way: the autonomy is good, the screen is of normal, not "addictive" quality, the processor is more or less "dragging" - and okay. And these your fingerprint scanners, payment via NFC and excess RAM so that something other than VK and WhatsApp is kept in touch - for other money.
Xiaomi Redmi 9A
By the way, the minimum budget today is 7-9 thousand rubles, cheaper than 7 thousand they sell not "a little worse", but concentrated rubbish in the hope that some fool will bite and buy.
Now I'll hurt everyone who understandssmartphones: against all logic and technical progress, smartphones costing 8 thousand in 2021 are worse than smartphones in 2018-2019, which cost 5 thousand at that time (LeEco Cool1, for example). At a minimum, it is worse in terms of processor speed, RAM capacity and the quality of case materials. And if you remember that in the same 2019, the Meizu M6 Note was sold for 7,600 rubles, albeit in the basic version…
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Xiaomi Redmi 9A
It's just that in today's realities, as Spleen sings,"There is no way out", and there are no options to grab a smartphone with outstanding characteristics for 7-8 thousand even on Aliexpress. Because competitors either sculpt a similarity to the models from this paragraph, but more expensive, or at a similar price, but worse. Xiaomi and Rilmi themselves released these budget smartphones of theirs in June 2020. In a normal situation, in June 2021 a new generation of these models with cooler characteristics would have been released. But with a shortage of chips, the Chinese decided to "score" and leave everything as it is - and so they will buy.
Realme C11
Okay, this is just the whining of a sniffy surveyor -Xiaomi Redmi 9A and Realme C11, even a year after the release, are steeper than all competitors in terms of the combination of "battery life + screen quality + quality of the main camera + speed". They would ideally have 3 GB of RAM instead of 2 GB, but such smartphones up to 9 thousand are sold only with the Unisoc SC9863 processor. If you see the phrase “Unisoc SC” in the “Processor” column, such a smartphone will be a slow and prone to overheating scrap metal, and it will feel like an old “tired” smartphone even in a new state. Better than 2 GB and all other good characteristics, they are not looking for good. As they are not looking for progress in the characteristics of cheap smartphones in our stagnant times, alas.
How much are7-8.5 thousand rubles (2/32 GB)What are good– Fast (considering the price) processor - Normal quality cameras - Excellent battery life - Normal color and brightness displaysThan bad– Low RAM (you startswitch between applications - they launch from scratch, and not “on the fly”) - No NFC (you won’t be able to pay from your smartphone at the checkout) - Games, except the most primitive ones, will either “slow down” or won’t even startAll the details– Specifications of Xiaomi Redmi 9A - Specifications of Realme C11Where can you buy inexpensively (at the time of publication)Xiaomi - Playback - 7190 rublesXiaomi - Chatterbox - 7250 rublesRealme - Empire Techno - 7480 rublesXiaomi - AliExpress - 7600 rublesRealme - AppMiStore - 7800 rubles
With fast processor and NFC, inexpensive
Realme C21Y
American Qualcomm Snapdragon processors have historically been considered “thoroughbred”; they were installed in your LG, Sony and other good-level HTCs.
Taiwanese MediaTek, aka MTK, until 2019were in the rank of “God forbid you get so hungry!”, that is, like the VAZ-2107 at the beginning of the 2000s - it’s better than walking, you can drive, but it’s a shame (if there is someone around you who understands the topic and will explain to you what types of alternatives)…
In 2020, when MediaTek MT6xxx andHelio P came MediaTek Diversity Dimensity and Helio G, these are already full-fledged civilized processors of the Qualcomm level. To find fault with them can only be "mothers igruny", whose shooters sometimes with slightly worse graphics are, or the camera "could reveal its potential better" (or might not).
Realme C21Y
Chinese Unisoc (nee Spreadtrum) keptthe level is the longest - it has been steadily released for ten years in a row, from 2011 to June 2021. And at first the processors were so uncompromisingly bad (terrible overheating due to the old process technology, "brakes and freezes" due to the outdated core architecture) that smartphones It was dangerous to sculpt their base - they would light up yet, not even an hour. Therefore, they were installed only in tablets, and only the cheapest ones. Most often, little-known brands (Intex, Senseit, Micromax, Gionee), but sometimes the lust for profit consumed Samsung, and he put these impotent processors in his cheapest tablets. If you or your relatives had a Samsung tablet of the "your mother, it's frozen again!" Level, most likely it worked on the basis of the Unisoc SC-series.
But!After the United States "democratically soaked" the release of Huawei (Hisilicon) Kirin processors, and Huawei also produced these processors for third-party Chinese companies, Unisoc did not miss the moment, attracted "dough" (investments to produce processors in normal factories) and began to make already good budget processors Unisoc Tiger T-series.
Brief conclusions of the educational program:
- Unisoc SC- it’s just terrible to go around the tenth road
- Unisoc T- normal budget processors, if a smartphone with them is cheaper than competitors, you can take it
So, there was a Realme C21 smartphone -budget model based on Helio G35. And then MediaTek said "oh, the next batch of processors will be xs when there are so many willing, so many willing ...". Realme did not want to stand in line, they installed a new Unisoc T610 processor in the smartphone instead of the old processor and called the model C21Y.
Realme C21
And guys, this is the first in the history of mankinda Unisoc-powered smartphone worth the purchase. Due to the fact that Unisoc's self-esteem has not yet had time to inflate, as with other processor manufacturers, and also due to the fact that Realme will sacrifice super-profits for some time to become more popular than Xiaomi, we received the most coolly packaged smartphone for 9-11 thousand today.
For reference:for 10 thousand rubles Samsung sells Galaxy M21 3/32 GB, in which the processor is 25% slower, and comparable in terms of processor power, camera quality, autonomy and memory capacity (4/64 GB) Xiaomi Redmi 9 at a price starts from 11 thousand rubles , and most often it costs 12 thousand - at the level where the price of Realme C21Y is already ending. It's ridiculous to talk about a smartphone costing 9 thousand rubles "full stuffing", just de facto other smartphones of the same level cost 12 thousand, and the options that are even slightly better are even more expensive. There is no point in overpaying - this is not the iPhone 13, with which you can pout your lips and take pictures in front of the mirror in the toilet. All budget smartphones are equally not prestigious, so be mercantile and buy the ones that are more profitable.
How much is9.2-11 thousand rubles (4/64 GB)What is good– There is already enough memory for a smartphone“breathed freely” and did not freeze - The processor is “out of the box”, but the speed is like that of a Samsung for 20 thousand rubles - One of the most durable smartphones in the world with a 5000 mAh batteryWhat is bad– Playing online games heats up and reduces screen brightness. You can play, but it’s unpleasant - The camera takes terrible photos in the dark, takes poor quality video at nightAll the detailsRealme C21Y reviewWhere can you buy inexpensively (at the time of publication)Intellect - 9,200 rubles Aliexpress Narzo Store - 9,250 rubles; Aliexpress Realme Globals - 9,250 rubles; Aliexpress Realme Outlet - 9,260 rubles; Aliexpress Realme Global Direct - 9,380 rubles
Smartphone for 12 thousand from China, analogue of smartphones for 17 thousand in Russia
Realme Narzo 50A
As I warned at the beginning of this heftyarticles, smartphones in the budget from 10 to 15 thousand rubles fell victim to the mercantile "yes, we are crazy, and what will you do to us?" You can poke your finger at random into any of these smartphones, say "wait, he recently cost 3 thousand less!", And you won't be mistaken.
Can someone explain to me why the absolutely “wooden” (processor like in Realme for 9 thousand, dim screen, dull camera) Xiaomi Poco M3 4/64 GB, a year-old smartphone, is worthminimum12.6 thousand rubles, and more often - 13-13.5 thousand? For the reissue of Redmi Note 8 they are also asking a lot - 13-13.5 thousand rubles on average. A good processor and nostalgia are understandable, but for such money you get 4000 mAh instead of the already ubiquitous 5000 mAh and a two-year-old camera (budgetarycamera from two years ago) does not smile.
And even for 12-13 thousand individual gifted individualstrying to sell you a Samsung Galaxy A12 4/64 GB (the same one with a smartphone-level processor for 7-8 thousand) and ... in general, a clinical case - Honor 9C without Google services and with 64 GB for 11-12 thousand in many stores.
What can I add here, except:
Against this background, the characteristics of Realme Narzo (notconfused with “Narzan”) 50A is pleasing in almost everything: it has a 6000 mAh battery (one of the most durable smartphones in the world in a budget of up to 15 thousand rubles), and a new high-quality 50 MP camera (the same one is in the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11), and 128 GB of permanent memory.
The processor, of course, is almostthe same as the Kirin 710 in the same Honor 9C, or the Snapdragon 662 in the Xiaomi Poco M3, and absolutely the same as in the Redmi Note 8 2021. In short, almost all good smartphones for 12 thousand will be the same in speed, but not one will not be faster, and 128 GB and you will not get such a camera for less than 15 thousand from competitors.
Realme Narzo 50A
And a display from cheaper models:although bright, and with an HD-display + 6000 mAh, all this will work super-long, but if you are under 30 years old and everything is cool with vision, there is a chance that you want a clearer picture. "Is there the same one, but with a better screen?" There is - Xiaomi Redmi 10. The same processor, the same camera, the same amount of memory, but not 6000 mAh, but 5000 mAh, and it all costs from 15 thousand rubles.
How much is12-12.5 thousand rubles (4/128 GB)What is good– Powerful processor, like in mid-range smartphones - 6000 mAh battery - Bright display (brightness will be enough even in summer) - High-quality cameraWhat is bad– HD display instead of Full HD for 12 thousand -It’s not very clear anymore - The smartphone has just started to be sold, if you order in November, it’s not a fact that it will arrive before the New Year - It comes with a slow charger (but this is not certain), with which the smartphone takes forever to charge. If you want it faster, stock up on a normal 18 W. If you break it, you’ll have to wait a month for spare parts from China. And not every workshop will accept it for repairs.All the detailsCharacteristics Realme Narzo 50AWhere can you buy inexpensively (at the time of publication)Aliexpress RTDC - 11,700 rubles; Aliexpress Realme Authorized - 11,750 rubles; Aliexpress Realme Direct - 11,850 rubles; Aliexpress Realme Outlet - 12,000 rubles; Aliexpress Realme Globals - 12,000 rubles
The coolest smartphone for 15 thousand rubles
Realme Narzo 30 5G
I wish I could see Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC here,because in terms of the ability to "drag" the quality of the photo uphill, this is still the best budget smartphone. Or Poco X3 GT, because it has a huge amount of processor power in terms of the spent ruble. Well, okay, at least Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (just a good budget "senior" smartphone without flaws) or Samsung Galaxy M31 (slow, but hardy and with a cool screen).
On the left is a cheaper model Narzo 30A (it differs from 50A with an older camera and 64 GB instead of 128 GB, but the price is lower), on the right is Narzo 30 5G. The more expensive a Realme smartphone is, the more gloss it has
But ... All listed Xiaomi with 128 GB cost 17-18thousand rubles. I can still understand why the Poco X3 GT has risen in price - the processor is complex, scarce and expensive, but why did the rest of the buckets add 3 thousand rubles out of the blue? And with 64 GB Poco X3 NFC is not a fighter at all, even for 15 thousand rubles, which the impudent Chinese ask for him on Ali. Well, the Samsung M31 is simply not for sale, because, as you remember, by a strong-willed decision in 2021, Samsung decided to stop producing good M-series smartphones and start "a little shitty" so that life does not seem like honey.
Therefore, you will still laugh, but “again you,goat, you push these Realme here. " If the sellers had not imagined that Xiaomi is "luxury" and that "they will not go anywhere, and they will buy with raised prices," the X3 NFC would have looked much more appropriate here. Because Snapdragon (in this budget, you can already take into account the performance in games), a good 64 megapixel sensor and the ability to additionally tune the camera by installing GCam, so that “Wah! Harasho, listen! "
The elevator-going-down color scheme appeared in the Honor View 20 in 2018, but it still hasn't become boring.
But ... Realme offers about the same,only less "for games" and with less potential to pick the camera algorithms - and I don’t care, because they pick them, let's face it, one and a half fanatic from the forums w3bsit3-dns.com and XDA, and not ordinary people-buyers.
In short, this is the smartphone that you can point to when they ask you what to buy for 15 thousand, but “so that he has everything at the level of all points”. This is good.
How much is14-16 thousand rubles (4/128 GB)What is good– The most powerful processor among smartphonesup to 15 thousand rubles - Full of memory - Full slot for three places (2x SIM and separately for a microSD memory card) - High-quality camera - Good battery life - Good for games - Very high-quality display with a frequency of 90 HzWhat is bad– By photo quality Xiaomi Poco X3 NFCalways a little better (both “from the factory” and, especially, in Google Camera) - For that kind of money, I would like a fingerprint scanner in the screen, and not on the side. Or fast charging (here it is standard at 18 W)All the detailsSpecifications Realme Narzo 30 5GWhere can you buy inexpensively (at the time of publication)Aliexpress Realme EU - 14,000 rubles Aliexpress Realme Narzo Store - 14,150 rubles Aliexpress Narzo Global Store - 14,270 rubles Aliexpress SZ YKT - 14,360 rubles Unotechno - 14,610 rubles
Especially for the ideological haters of the "Chinese"
Samsung Galaxy A22 / Samsung Galaxy M22
Yes, yes, I know that you, supporters of "racialthe superiority of the Korean smartphone industry over the Chinese "will bring here in huge quantities. I would like to please even such guests with something. Some ultra-cheap Samsung Galaxy A52 (with a very cool camera), for example. That would cost such a smartphone 18 or even 19 thousand rubles, and it could be forgiven for 4500 mAh instead of 5000 mAh from competitors, and miserable 4 GB of RAM (for 19, the Chinese can search for 6 GB or 8 GB) - the camera is great and it will redeem.
Samsung Galaxy A22
But to hell - for the A52 today they ask for at least 26 thousand rubles. What immediately puts him in the position "and why is he needed then?" against the background of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Realme 8 Pro for 20 thousand.
And what do we get in Samsung that are under18 thousand de facto? In short, these are two twin smartphones, which are similar in level to the Realme 50A (higher in the text), only 6 thousand rubles more. Because the display is AMOLED, not IPS, and because Samsung, the boys in the early days will respect it.
Expensive?But you yourself asked for "not Chinese", and if you answer the question "at what price and what models the budget Samsungs are no longer flawed, but competitive smartphones" - this is the answer. With 16-18 thousand and Galaxy A22 / Galaxy M22. You can take it if you clearly understand the level of overpayment against the background of Chinese mobile phones, and this difference suits you.
Samsung Galaxy M22
Because objectively speaking, in terms of the quality of the photos, theseSamsung is able to compete with Realme 30 5G, in terms of the quality of software video stabilization, no mobile phones from China were cheaper than 20 thousand at all. And, although the Helio G80 processor, taking into account the heaviness of the Samsung shell in Android, is very small for fast work (everything will toss and turn, but without a spark), with autonomy everything is very, very good here, because against 5000 mAh + economical AMOLED there is no reception, except 6000 mAh + AMOLED.
How much is16-18 thousand rubles (4/64 or 4/128 GB GB for Galaxy A22, 4/128 GB for Galaxy M22)What is good– The display is bright and readable under direct sunlightthe sun is better than competitors who have IPS - In 1080p video shooting, protection against shaking (stabilization) is better than in Chinese smartphones - Photo quality is not bad (considering the price) - Autonomy is excellentWhat is bad– Weak processor - Screen clarity as insmartphones for 7-9 thousand rubles - You have to choose between a beautiful case (A22) and normal charging speed (M22), because marketers decided to “price up” your purchaseAll the detailsSamsung Galaxy M22 specificationsWhere can you buy inexpensively (at the time of publication)A22 64 GB - Unihof - 14,500 rubles A22 64 GB - Store77 - 14,750 rubles M22 128 GB - Gsm10 - 16,140 rubles A22 128 GB - Unotechno - 16,350 rubles M22 128 GB - Addroid - 16,150 rubles
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