Budget class
Wileyfox Swift
“Let’s toast to the fact that in spite of everything”. Nobody believed that the Fly will be able to build the “bones” wishy-washy brand with Taiwanese-Chinese iron something noteworthy. But you know what, Wileyfox Swift is the best thing that happened with the “public sector” in 2015. to Take and easily outdo an experienced Chinese from Xiaomi Redmi 2 with them, not to mention the Russian consumer goods, and terribly slow brand the models should be able to.
The most pleasant thing in all this history is that Wileyfox kept the price within reason on this day, because abroad this smartphone selling for 12500 rubles, which is almost 2 times higher than the current $89 for the Russian market.
In principle, with Swift in a short time proved the theory of the import of smartphones with a “double registration” — overseas manufacturing, Internet sales, but two hundred of Fly service centers in Russia. And even the infamous desire to “feel” the smartphone before purchasing savvy Chinese from JD plan to implement in the Russian Post will showcase a technique, which can be ordered in the online store.
First bargain the price of the Swift was like a temporary pre-sale action, but the passage of time we are convinced of the opposite and with a pure heart budget Wileyfox awarded the title of best budget smartphone of the year.
Wileyfox Swift
For what merits?
- first on the Russian market smartphone cheaper than 100$, which is not ashamed to use
- 4G and “adult”, 2 gigabytes of RAM
- very high quality display
- lightweight version of Android with regular updates
How much is it?
$89-109 (~ 6200-7600 rubles)
Details:
Get them while they’re hot! Review smartphone Wileyfox Swift
Deficiencies in “Fly-that-not-Fly” enough: in the dark the camera is terrible, speakers (and speaking, and hands-free) does not sound expensive, and the Micro-USB made unique. But this quality of the screen, similar capacity in the range of $100 to the Russian market to look unreal, and foreign — only occasionally, as part of promotions for Chinese smartphones.
Huawei Honor 4C
If Wileyfox reached the Russian market in the autumn, the budget Huawei burst onto the shelves in the first half of the year. 4C Honor was and remains sturdy and functional smartphone in the range of 10 thousand rubles. He is unprepossessing in appearance, but pleasantly surprised by the number of system modifications, the speed and quality of camera for your money. Look to this model is definitely worth.
Huawei Honor 4C
For what merits?
- 5 inches is not bad by the standards of the public sector display
- fast OCTA core processor
- quality camera
How much is it?
10 000 rubles
Details:
The Chinese are dumping. Review of smartphone Huawei Honor 4C
The flaws in the Duo’s Honor 4C/4X everyone has long known — budget materials (“oak plastic” rear) and not woodusually autonomy, as if one should “enrage” OCTA-core processor of cool games. But as a universal recipe for “affordable and quality” budget Huawei are very good.
Meizu M2 Note
In the first half of the year laurels for the best budget phablets have fought ZE550ML ASUS ZenFone 2 and the Huawei Honor 4X. ASUS, unfortunately, made many repetitive modifications of their ZenFone 2, it seems to have removed a powerful variant of the smartphone with HD display with conveyor. Now for 12-13 thousand a buyer offers much less powerful and balanced ZenFone Laser.
But Huawei Honor 4X by itself is not bad, but for 13 thousands (and that’s in so much it is assessed without taking into account new year’s discounts) there is a reason to desire little more than a cool cell phone and not Honor referred to above 4C with a different display size.
Meizu M2 Note
For what merits?
- amazingly bright and clear Full HD display of 5.5 inches
- the fastest CPU in the class “up to 15 thousand rubles”
- great endurance
How much is it?
13 000 rubles
Details:
The generosity of the Chinese. Review Meizu Note M2 — smartphone with big screen
About quality in General not to worry — Meizu, though not familiar in the Russian market, as a fairly experienced producer of mobile phones with the scale of production level Microsoft Lumia or all the same ASUS with its ZenFone. “Chip” Note M2 — magnificent screen, the duration of the battery life and “iphonetoday” the design of the system and the body itself.
Among the flaws — the troublesome shooting in rear camera, speakerphone quiet (pardon the pun) and a tall housing temperature in operation under load. If the photo and video quality is more important than the quality of the display — it makes sense to look at the Honor 4X, in other cases, budget Meizu will not disappoint you.
The middle class
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)
A sure way to piss off buyers of Chinese smartphones — not to mention flagship Samsung as a contender for the purchase. Because the Koreans a few years has taught us to be appallingly slow and wildly overpriced models outside of the Galaxy S/Note. However, for the youngest member of A-series is no “inferiority” we didn’t notice, so feel free to recommend it to buy for 19 thousand rubles.
And Yes, in conditions when for 10 thousand rubles today sell piece of crap waste of a normal smartphone (except models mentioned above), we tend to classify the employees of the mobile phones in the price range to 10-13 thousand rubles. From 13 to 25 de facto, today is the middle class of devices, and the cries of our compatriots that for the money sold in 2013 the situation will not change.
Samsung Galaxy A3 2016
For what merits?
- glass-metal case looks luxurious
- the most beautiful smartphone “shovel” with a bright and colorful display less than 5 inches
- long time battery life
- quality sound in speaker and headphones
How much is it?
19 000 rubles
Details:
Fashion became practical. Review smartphone Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5 (2016)
Samsung, of course, did not become less “greedy” manufacturer — astronomical advertising costs to recoup. But at the expense of own factories screens and, now, their own processors in smartphones Galaxy the Koreans managed to keep the price tag almost on the level as spectacular, but far less prestigious and non-metallic Huawei P8 Lite. RAM in the smartphone, of course, is not enough: if you like coolest games on Android around this model side.
The rest of the smartphone is quite good — the display is a little “rough”, as is the case with modern matrix Super AMOLED, but a wonderful viewing angles, brightness, and, in principle, of the color range. A little better than it was on the Galaxy S3. The sound is very good, the shell is almost identical to its variation in the Galaxy S6, and the CPU with its four cores almost catches up with the budget fosmidomycin, such as in budget Huawei. In short, this time the stylish and affordable Samsung is worth the money.
Highscreen Power Five
And now it’s your turn to be indignant already not liking the Russian manufacturers of smartphones. Not even let’s be honest — the only reason I have is a Chinese Gionee Marathon M4 with a different name. But, given that the progenitor is difficult to buy even in China (for some reason it was released for the Indian market), and in the end the prices will be comparable to the Russian — to purchase Five Power in that light that comes out is not shameful. While buying it there for that, because, not counting the ugly square monsters with an oversized battery that is the coolest smartphone-survivor 2015.
Highscreen Power Five
For what merits?
- a luxurious level of autonomy
- HD display Super AMOLED screens like in the Samsung
- compact dimensions (the thickness, more like a 5.5-inch smartphone)
- sparing the resources of the Android system “is nothing without”
How much is it?
16 000 rubles basic version, 16500 version Pro with 2 GB of RAM
Details:
Review of the smartphone Highscreen Power Five with a very large battery
There are also more luxurious smartphones-centenarians (the thing connected Lenovo and less known Chinese brands), only evaluate them in 19 thousand and more, and endurance, that’s funny, obviously lose. And even in the corporate hierarchy Highscreen more expensive and fancy Boost 3 with 6000 mAh battery is inferior to our hero in the duration of the operation.
In Power Five all made for endurance, with the smartphone came out, not too thick, and the camera work is a cross between the previously mentioned Wileyfox and Meizu. A very successful model.
Sublimely and flagships
Huawei P8
Frankly, P8 is not the most rational choice from the point of view of the price/bloat. Cheapened up to 32 thousand rubles, “flat” Samsung Galaxy S6 generally puts resonnate buy other flagships in question. But this Huawei forgiven much, because he’s devilishly handsome (did I say that about Chinese smartphone?) and to this day remains the most powerful thin — thin of the most powerful smartphones of 2015.
Huawei P8
For what merits?
- faceted, thin, metallic
- timeless classic design
- easy to handle camera with “smart” automation
- performance — the average between the flagships of 2014 and 2015
How much is it?
30 000 – 35 000 rubles
Details:
The thinnest flagship. Review Of Huawei P8
Pack “full stuffing” in a slim case not solved even bigwigs of telefonstroi, so compromises in the Huawei P8 missing. The smartphone, of course, inferior to the autonomy of most flagships, but in games is heated over the entire area of its metal casing. But a smartphone camera is quite competitive (and not sticking out from the case, how do you know which companies), power is sufficient for all tasks (only the video not the game), but the weight and compactness P8 is very pleasing on the background of constantly growing in size competitors flagships.
Many readers will be outraged that for the title of “Huawei Executive” answerable not raspiarenny Honor 7, but he has too many problems to detail. If Tolyan from across the street to dress up in great clothes “Stylish mens luxury slim fit business formal suit pants” — after that he will not be Jason Statham. Here’s the flagship, and Honor is more like a “man in tuxedo”, rather than initially on the premium model. And as for lovers “steep characteristics at cost” there are more interesting options in China, the face of Huawei in the premium 2015, we still believe P8.
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact
Simply because can’t get them anymore. If “just” Xperia Z5 came out pretty, but quite ordinary by the standards of the flagship 2015, and Z5 Premium disgraced with his “sometimes 4K display”, to the development of the compact version we low questions.
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact
For what merits?
- cosmedent the Snapdragon 810 itself is not a masterpiece, but when you display 1280×720 “the land of rowing”, as a racing motor in the small car
- unique androidfan-flagship
- cool 23 MP Sony camera on the rear panel
- good autonomy
How much is it?
30 000 – 35 000 rubles
Details:
Banana-lemon phone. Review Sony Xperia Z5 Compact
Smartphones with powerful hardware and a reasonable display size of today there are only two iPhone and Xperia Z Compact all generations. And though wretched PADELIA Qualcomm prevents the Japanese flagship to realize their potential, and the sidewall plastic is too much plastic, by itself, the new CD is very good — a kind of pocket gun Uzi among modern mobiles.
LG G4
Sorry for unrecognized geniuses in movies? Get exactly the same in smartphones! It’s amazing how stylish to look at and, basically, rather heaped G4 fell into disgrace with the buyers and failure in sales. Perhaps the problem is in LG annual attempt to drive up the price on their flagship to the level of the “alpinistic iPhones”. After this initiative Koreans every year waiting for a bit, offended that the market chose between a smartphone and the Apple G-series cupertinos model and reduce the price of their flagship to an adequate level. A similar picture is observed and in 2015.
LG G4
For what merits?
- big and burly phablet (curved case to blame), but it looks cool
- super-clear display 2560×1440 pixels (and these computers are still a rarity)
- very good, nearly the best camera smartphones in 2015
- high quality speaker and good sounding headphones
- the memory card slot, removable battery — a rarity in the flagships
How much is it?
30 000 – 35 000 rubles
Details:
The flagship in the flesh. Review of the smartphone LG G4
“Flagship failure” G4 still there — six-core processor is not that iPhone, and even with Chinese flagships competing with varying degrees of success. And eat the whale — the first versions of firmware top LG discharged too quickly even if you just read the book. But more than half of all G4 is for sale, valued at 32 thousand rubles, or even cheaper (the official price is 40 thousand, feel the difference), so “grey” the flagship LG — great “pedigree” of the Korean smartphone at the price of Chinese nowhere.
Samsung Galaxy S6
Can accuse us of excessive commitment to the Galaxy, but the pricing of Koreans does not just allow to pass by the flagship S-series in 2015. Indeed, despite the debut of the model in March of 2015, according to the power and quantity of bells and whistles competitors have surpassed it in December. Unlike other flagships on the market (except Huawei), Samsung has manufactured for yourself, a loved one, a very fast CPU, a fast internal memory and “RAM” — fast and all stock power for the future of the smartphone is very good.
But the most amazing thing — the price of “flat” version. If futuristic edge and, especially, edge+ still remain inadequate price tags, the average price of the underlying S6 is 34 thousand rubles! Cheaper only old 2014 release and “purebred Chinese”. One can argue whether a baseline version of the Korean flagship prestigious purchase, but for the money you can’t even buy a new iPhone 5S with 32 GB of memory — only killed and resurrected under warranty (culturally referred to as “restored”), but the Galaxy S6 is no doubt technically superior to the last generation of Apple smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy S6
For what merits?
- clear, bright and economical display Super AMOLED
- the most powerful processor, in smartphones based on Android
- quick (write and read) internal memory
- the body is made of glass and metal
- quality camera
How much is it?
34 000 rubles
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(not flat, but is technically almost identical version of) a Screen with three sides. Review smartphone Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
“Flat” Galaxy S6 looks not too pretentious — the new smartphones A-series, and those look much more spectacular. A bit cringe and the fact that the voracity of the original shell TouchWiz is growing, and the appropriate stock in the form of 4 GB of RAM no. But right now, winter 2015-year comparable competitors “the sixth galaxy” look much more dull.
Apple iPhone 6s
He just has to be here — and due to the traditional argument “ATG iPhone!”, and just as an example of successful modernization of the already popular flagship.
“Just the sixth iPhone” at the time, went to the laurels of the discoverer, has been criticized for its unusual design and was trying to bend the gifted buyers. The novelty was greeted much more warmly, because she was extremely thoroughly upgraded and got the long-awaited 3D feature Touch — a breath of fresh air after numerous obveshivanie “whistles” of iOS.
Apple iPhone 6s
For what merits?
- traditionally one of the fastest (if not the most) and stable smartphone of the year
- new dual core CPU, which “gives light” to most Quad core androidofony
- display, responsive to force applied and processed under this feature system
- more durable materials
- front camera with a flash — point to make it selfie-phones after that, there is almost no
How much is it?
63 000 rubles
Details:
The first acquaintance with iPhone 6s: what surprised Apple
Dear (in price and feeling of use), fast and easy to work, even against Packed recent innovations of the iPhone in Russia was and still is a status thing and a “good smartphone” for those who need that “it just worked”, and had to fight the most enemies in toys and not associated to flaws in the system.