How to choose a good budget smartphone and which models are recognized as the best? Roskachestvo has updated the rating of budget smartphones and revealed the absolute leader, which in many respects is ahead of new smartphones costing from 60 thousand rubles.
Roskachestvo has updated the rating of budget smartphones, consisting of 132 models. The list includes 16 more models – new items for the summer-autumn 2021 season. Smartphone tests show that many continuation of budget lines surpass the flagship models of previous years.
What smartphones under 20 thousand rubles are recognized as the best?
A study by Roskachestvo revealed that smartphones costing up to 20 thousand rubles more and more often have characteristics that were previously found only in flagship devices. Among such functions are the availability of NFC for contactless payments, biometric authentication, eSIM support. There are more and more budget devices with a screen diagonal from 6 to 7 inches, a battery capacity of 4000 mAh, an internal memory of more than 128 GB and a front camera from 20 megapixels.
During the audit, it turned out that new budget smartphones in all basic characteristics, except for the quality of photos and videos, often turn out to be better than smartphones this year, which cost more than 60,000 rubles.
Researchers tested the new smartphones on 11 criteria, including camera, display and sound quality, performance, battery life and durability. Top 5 budget smartphones under 20 thousand rubles were:
1. Xiaomi Redmi Note 10s (128GB): 4 main camera modules, 6.4-inch display, 5000 mAh battery, NFC support, the average price of online stores is 19,500 rubles. – the final score is 3.77 (on a five-point scale);
2. TCL 20L (128GB): 4 main camera modules, 6.7-inch display, 5000 mAh battery, NFC support, the average price of online stores is 20,000 rubles. – final score 3.55;
3. Realme Narzo 30 5G (128GB): 3 main camera modules, 6.5-inch display, 5000 mAh battery, NFC support, the average price of online stores is 15,000 rubles. – final score 3.49;
4. Realme 8 5G (64 GB): 3 main camera modules, 6.5-inch display, 5000 mAh battery, NFC support, the average price of online stores is 19,000 rubles. – final score 3.45;
5. Samsung Galaxy M32 (128 GB): 4 main camera modules, 6.4-inch display, 5000 mAh battery, NFC support, the average price of online stores is 20,200 rubles. – final score 3.45;
Which inexpensive smartphones have a better camera?
Camera quality is the first thing that manufacturers sacrifice when releasing budget models. But there are inexpensive smartphones in which the camera works well. The five such devices, according to Roskachestvo, include:
The best photo and video quality according to the test results was found in Xiaomi Redmi Note 10s (128GB). However, the camera of this smartphone is still inferior to the cameras of smartphones from Apple and Samsung, as well as the flagships of Xiaomi.
Which budget smartphones hold the charge better?
Some budget smartphones are capable of working without recharging for more than two days. It's better than many flagships from Apple, Samsung and Sony.
The five best budget smartphones with a good battery included:
1. Xiaomi Redmi Note 10s (128GB) – 53 hours of battery life;
2. Samsung Galaxy A12 (128 GB) – 51 hours;
3. Nokia G10 – 46 hours;
4. Realme 8 5G (64 GB) – 45 hours;
5.Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G (128GB) – 44.5 hours.
Thus, Xiaomi Redmi Note 10s (128GB) became the absolute leader of the top. In the research results published on the Roskachestvo website, you can also see the lists of the best budget smartphones for games and inexpensive phones with large displays.
How to choose an inexpensive smartphone?
Experts of Roskachestvo note that when choosing a budget smartphone, as opposed to an expensive one, the operating system options are limited. You will have to choose either new models on Android or Harmony OS or Apple smartphones of past years.
The rest of the principles for choosing an inexpensive smartphone are the same as for the flagship. First you need to decide for what purposes you need a device: just for communication, for using the Internet, for taking photos and recording videos, for watching movies and TV series, for games, etc. Based on this, you should select the optimal device parameters: display size, number of cameras, sound quality, battery capacity, processor power, etc.
What are the characteristics of the best budget smartphones?
A good inexpensive smartphone has at least the following characteristics:
display with a diagonal of 6 inches and above; battery with a capacity of 5000 mAh and above; RAM 4 GB; support for NFC and the latest versions of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; three modules or higher of the main camera; the resolution of the main camera is 48 megapixels and higher.
