If you ignore Samsung and Apple, the main focus for a lot of other smartphone manufacturers has been to capitalize on the flourishing
budget handset market.
Not exact matches
This is why
markets such as China and India are home to many
budget handsets from all sorts of companies.
Digitimes suggests that chips designed in China and Taiwan will drive white box OEMs to create
budget - conscious
handsets that will be attractive in emerging
markets.
Samsung's domination is largely a result of making
handsets for all
market segments: smartphones for all
market segments, from
budget to premium, as well as featurephones, which until recently held the majority of the
market share.
Motorola's Moto G (2nd - gen)
handset is still considered to be one of the best
budget handsets you can buy out in the
market.
After months of wait, Nokia has finally returned to India's smartphone
market with a slew of
budget Android - powered
handsets.
Motorola's latest cheap but powerful phone is the company's third attempt at a
budget handset, and while there are no big differences over previous phones a few tweaks have improved this model, and it offers an impressive spec list for this end of the
market.
Fingerprint scanner behind, Into the
budget phone
market Rode the new
handset...»
Motorola was one of the first producing quality
budget handsets, and it has a strong hold on the
market.
It held the number one position in the immensely profitable Indian
market with a share of 26 %, which is double that of Xiaomi; the runner - up Chinese brand which is also enormously popular for its extremely high value
handsets in the
budget segment.
Some Moto G4 Plus owners were upset when the originally promised news of an upgrade to Android Oreo disappeared from Motorola's
marketing and it was suggested the
budget handset wouldn't ever be upgraded to Android 8.
Overall, if you're looking for a big
handset for a
budget price tag, the HTC Desire 820 is likely to cross your path but with so many large screen
handsets now flooding the
market there are many other options worth taking a look at instead.
After briefly appearing as a Flipkart exclusive in India and making an appearance in several other
markets, Honor's latest premium
budget handset is reportedly headed to Carphone Warehouse.
Asus is now bringing a new set of Intel - powered
budget handsets to the
market, under the new ZenPhone name.
The HTC U11 Life does suggest that the Taiwanese phone makers may continue making lower -
budget phones — in some
markets, it's an Android One device — but that still leaves the future of HTC's premium
handset business in question.
The
budget handset here is the Zenfone 5Q, and it's being
marketed as the «Zenfone 5 Lite.»
To see this sort of panel on a
budget handset indicates just how fast the technology
market moves; two years ago a panel like this wouldn't be out of place on a flagship device like the Samsung Galaxy S III.
It will certainly disrupt the
budget market, One that is being ruled by
handsets from Xiaomi with its Mi 4i, that comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor.
Meizu launched another
budget friendly
handset in the Chinese
markets, presenting the Meizu A5 that is using the MediaTek 6737 SOC, comes with 2 GB RAM, houses a 3060 mAh battery and its price in China is RMB 699 approx Rs. 6,600.
Nokia Lumia 1320 is a
budget (and only) alternative on the Windows Phone
market of 6 - inch
handsets and it could be a good option for all users who want to get a strong Windows Phone 8 experience at a reasonable price.
Despite its dominance in Asia and other
markets, Huawei hasn't made its mark in the U.S.. However, the company's products have been slowly making their way to the country, be it
budget handsets such as the Honor 6X or even high - end
handsets such as the Huawei Honor 8.
The OnePlus 3 is the best
budget Android phone you can buy, with a premium look and feel, and performance fast enough to go head - to - head with any high - end
handset on the
market.
This
handset is a
budget friendly device targeted at the entry - level
market and for the first time users.
Nevertheless, considering the entry - level specifications it packs, the
handset should come at the
budget segment of the smartphone
market.
But even though it's over a year old, this still remains one of the best
budget handsets in the sub-5-inch screen arena on the
market.
Now it has its sights set on the UK's
budget smartphone
market with four
handsets prepped to arrive over the next few months.
Far from the grandest
handset on the
market, the hardwearing HTC Explorer is a strong performer on the entry - level smartphone scene, replacing the
market - leading collection of multicore processors, minimalist form factors and high megapixel cameras with a first - time friendly interface, responsive touchscreen display and
budget phone price tag.
Interestingly, the
budget Zmax Pro was launched immediately after the manufacturer's foray into the high - end
market with its Axon 7
handset that was made available directly to its customers.
Huawei has launched a
budget friendly
handset the Huawei Ascend Y530 in the European
markets for 150 Euros.
Instead of
budget handsets being something a company dishes out to try and offer cheaper alternatives to their flagship devices, they are now being seen as a thriving and important
market.
The
budget smartphone
market is set to become a really fierce battleground in the coming months, so once you've broken the # 120 price barrier we're starting to see some really nice
handsets indeed for the cash.
Inspired from the success of Chinese
handset makers such as Xiaomi, Lenovo, LeEco in India, Transsion Holdings has forayed into the Indian
market with the launch of a feature and
budget smartphone under the itel branding.
Great looks, solid performance and an attractive price tag are what make the Lenovo ZUK Z1 the most sought after
budget smartphone in the
handset market at the moment.
If you'd looked at the smartphones available on the
market available 18 months ago, those with a minimal
budget would have had a limited choice consisting of the highly - commended original Motorola Moto G, or a range of low - spec Android
handsets from Huawei, Alcatel or Samsung.
One of the best
budget phones coming out of MWC 2017 this year is the Moto G5 series, and Lenovo's brand new Motorola
handset is about to launch in various
markets.
More recently, it's been knocked out the spotlight by its own replacement, the Samsung Galaxy S2, but Samsung clearly believes this is a popular
handset and it's now being
marketed as a higher mid-level phone to those who don't want to compromise on features and go for a
budget smartphone (such as the Galaxy Mini) but can't necessarily afford to go premium.
With the Nokia Lumia 520 now the world's top - selling Windows Phone 8
handset, it's no surprise that Nokia and Microsoft are concentrating on strengthening their low -
budget range as it tries to dominate an area of the
market.
The Samsung Galaxy Fame is another Galaxy
handset designed to sit towards the bottom of the range, competing in the challenging
budget smartphone
market.
The Moto E4 is
marketed as a
budget - friendly
handset that retains the smooth styling of Moto's other
handsets.
However, the more we think about it the more we see that there is reason behind the madness; when both new
handsets are compared directly, the edge Plus is most certainly the better phone and so Samsung UK would rather dedicate its efforts (and
marketing budget) on the more attractive of the two.
At $ 400, the OnePlus 3 is the best
budget Android phone you can buy, with a premium look and feel, and performance fast enough to go head - to - head with any high - end
handset on the
market.
Unfortunately, the potential buyers are the Chinese manufacturers who produce
handsets for the
budget or mid-range
market and prefer to stick to low - cost LCD displays.
It doesn't look like the best designed
handset on the
market from a visual perspective either, though it's certainly better than ZTE's previous efforts in the
budget smartphone space.
HTC represents a «true» manufacturing partner, one that has skill and experience in making
handsets to specification and one of the world's leading phone design departments - in short, a greater ability to offer premium
handsets, where Motorola offered the chance to enter the
budget smartphone
market.
The
budget phone
market is seriously heating up, and while there was once a time when buying a
budget phone meant settling for something that could barely handle Facebook, these days most
budget handsets are capable of almost all day - to - day tasks and may even have a decent camera.