What do large brands offer in the segment under 5,000 rubles? We watch and evaluate.
Hello! Sometimes, when we write reviews of flagship devices, some commentators swear: 'You don't think about the people at all! In the regions, the salary is 12 thousand, and here you are talking about the flagship for 60,000 rubles! ' Inspired by these indignations, I decided to make a small selection of budget smartphones under 5000 rubles from major brands. Go!
Samsung Galaxy J1 Mini
- Dimensions: 121.6 x 63.1 x 10.8 mm, weight 123 grams
- Screen: 4 inches, 800 x 480 pixels, TN-matrix
- Chipset: Spreadtrum SC8830, Quad Core, 1.2GHz
- Memory: 8 GB internal and 768 MB RAM
- Camera: 5 MP main and 0.3 MP front
- OS: Android 5.1.1
- Network: 2G / 3G, dual SIM
- Battery: 1500mAh
- Price: 5000 rubles
Samsung in the budget segment offers us a compact 4-inch smartphone with a simple TN-matrix and WVGA-resolution. The amount of memory is small, as is the capacity of the battery, however, all this pays off at a rather low price.
Moto C4
- Dimensions: 145 x 73.6 x 9mm, weight 154g
- Screen: 5 inches, 854x 480 pixels, TN-matrix
- Chipset: Mediatek MT6737M Quad Core 1.1GHz
- Memory: 16 GB internal and 1 GB RAM
- Camera: 5 MP main and 2 MP front
- OS: Android 7.0
- Network: 2G / 3G / 4G, dual SIM
- Battery: 2350mAh
- Price: 5000 rubles
Moto, for the same price, offers more RAM and internal memory, a larger screen size and battery capacity, a more recent version Android and 4G support.
Asus ZenFone Go
- Dimensions: 136.5x 66.7x 11.2mm, weight 135g
- Screen: 4.5 inches, 854x 480 pixels, TN-matrix
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Quad Core 1.2GHz
- Memory: 16 GB internal and 1 GB RAM
- Camera: 8 MP main and 2 MP front
- OS: Android 6.0
- Network: 2G / 3G / 4G, dual SIM
- Battery: 2070mAh
- Price: 5000 rubles
ZenFone Go is interesting primarily for its chipset, I know that among our readers there are many Qualcomm fans, so they will most likely choose it. Otherwise, it is very similar to Moto C, but has a slightly smaller diagonal and battery capacity, as well as an older version Android.
LG K3 LTE K100DS
- Dimensions: 133.9x 67.75x 9.4mm, weight 127g
- Screen: 4.5 inches, 854x 480 pixels, TN-matrix
- Chipset: MediaTek MT6737 Quad Core 1.1GHz
- Memory: 8GB internal and 1GB RAM
- Camera: 5 MP main and 0.3 MP front
- OS: Android 6.0
- Network: 2G / 3G / 4G, dual SIM
- Battery: 1940mAh
- Price: 5000-6000 rubles
LG offers plus or minus the same characteristics as competitors, but finding this model for 5000 rubles is quite problematic, retail chains offer it for about 6000 rubles.
Huawei Y5C
- Dimensions: 134.3x 66.7x 10mm, weight 141g
- Screen: 4.5 inches, 800x 480 pixels, TN-matrix
- Chipset: Spreadtrum SC7731, Quad Core, 1.1GHz
- Memory: 8GB internal and 1GB RAM
- Camera: 8 MP main and 2 MP front
- OS: Android 4.4.2
- Network: 2G / 3G, dual SIM
- Battery: 1730mAh
- Price: 5000 rubles
I'm used to the fact that Huawei usually sell their smartphones a little cheaper than other eminent brands, so I was unpleasantly surprised that in the segment up to 5,000 rubles they only had an old Y5C on Android 4.4 .2, released almost two years ago.
Conclusion
On the one hand, the budget segment looks depressing for large players, but on the other, let's remember that five years ago smartphones with such characteristics were considered flagship: 800 x 480 pixels, 4.3 inches, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory. they remained in the budget segment. Of all the smartphones described, only Moto C4 and ZenFone Go look more or less interesting.