Roskachestvo has updated the rating of the best smartphones of this year.
Roskachestvo experts conducted a fan study among 167 models and named the best smartphone in terms of price / quality ratio. The leader of the rating was the Sony Xperia 5 II. However, due to the price of 52,000 rubles, this smartphone cannot be considered a budget model. What is the advantage of this model, and how to choose the best budget phone – in the material of AiF.ru
What are the advantages of the Sony Xperia 5 II?
The smartphone has a more powerful battery and an advanced chipset. Its 4000mAh battery provides 45 hours of operation on a single charge with reduced display brightness. And the Snapdragon 865 chipset is only slightly inferior in performance to the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G and Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max. In addition, the Sony Xperia 5 II is also a very durable gadget: the smartphone passed the 100-drop test without damage.
The display of the smartphone supports a refresh rate of 120 Hz, it has good brightness and rich colors. The Xperia 5 II has a triple main camera with wide, ultra-wide and telephoto lenses, but in daylight, the photo shows a slight blur in the photo, and in low light there is noise and a little blackout.
The disadvantage of the smartphone in Roskachestvo called the size. The Xperia 5 II has become more elongated – 158 mm in length, which, according to experts, can cause inconvenience when carrying the gadget in your pocket.
How to choose a budget smartphone?
When choosing a budget smartphone, experts from Roskachestvo advise you to pay attention to the following parameters:
processor power display size number of cameras battery sound capacity.
You also need to decide for what purposes you need a smartphone:
to be connected to play games to watch movies and TV series to surf the Internet to record videos or take photos.
Experts note that budget models can lose in terms of the number and quality of cameras and have less powerful chipsets, but with the right choice, even inexpensive smartphones will not yield to more expensive competitors, and in terms of battery power, they can even outstrip flagship models.
Which smartphones were the best in terms of price-quality ratio?
The best smartphone worth up to 30,000 rubles was Xiaomi Poco F3. The gadget is equipped with a 6.57-inch OLED display, and the Snapdragon 870 chipset allows it to cope with complex tasks. In addition, the smartphone has a fairly long battery life (35 hours at maximum brightness) and increased durability: after 100 drops during the drum test, the smartphone escaped with barely noticeable scratches.
Among the disadvantages of the phone are cameras. In total, the smartphone has three of them: wide, ultra-wide and telephoto lenses, all of them shoot in high resolution and have support for hybrid zoom. But in low light, the camera produces unnatural, too bright colors with a lot of noise. Tests revealed flaws in the front camera as well. There is noise in the photo and the colors are too pale. Also, according to experts, the smartphone records high-quality video with fairly smooth transitions, but cold colors prevail on it.
Experts also named the best in the category of budget phones:
Xiaomi Poco X3 ProXiaomi Redmi Note 10 ProRealme 8 ProXiaomi Redmi 9T.
Which budget smartphones have a good camera?
Experts from Roskachestvo say that among the inexpensive models of 2021, you can find a gadget with a good camera. One of these models is Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (128GB). The smartphone camera consists of four modules: wide, ultra-wide, macro and depth, which shoot at high resolution, they want there are tangible disadvantages when shooting video: unnatural colors, uneven transitions in brightness and a too sharp picture. Also, the main and front cameras have noise, and the colors are too bright and unnatural. But in general, the gadget has a solid camera, contrast display, high performance and a capacious battery.
What budget smartphones hold a charge for a long time?
According to the research results, budget smartphones are equipped with powerful batteries and can work autonomously for more than two days. In this case, the price does not affect the battery capacity in any way. The experts named the best budget phones with a good battery:
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro – 49.5 hours Realme 8 Pro (128GB) – 49.5 hours Samsung Galaxy M12 – 48.5 hours Realmi C21 – 48.5 hours Samsung A02s (32GB) – 46.5 hours
What are the best budget smartphones for gaming?
Among the inexpensive smartphones we tested, the leaders in performance were the models from Xiaomi and Realme. These models have very high quality displays and touchscreen.
In the category of the best budget phones for gaming, experts named:
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (256 GB) Xiaomi Poco F3 (128GB) Realme 8 Pro (128GB) Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (128 GB) Xiaomi Redmi 9T (128 GB).
Which inexpensive models have a large display?
Almost all budget models are equipped with displays with a diagonal of over 6 inches. According to experts, when choosing a smartphone, it is important to pay attention to how the display displays colors, what is readability at angles and how contrasting details are in low light. Sometimes the model can have a large diagonal, but the display itself and the image quality on it are average or even slightly below average.
The experts named the best smartphones with a large display:
Xiaomi Poco F3 (128GB) Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (128 GB) Realme 8 Pro (128GB) Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (256 GB) TCL 20 SE.
