Not exact matches
The
phone's metal, glass and rubber aesthetic allows the Motion to compete favourably with other
mid-range devices from Asus, Huawei, Alcatel or Motorola, but there's no way that the device can compete in the same
space as
phones like the Samsung Galaxy S7 or the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 7 — devices that are admittedly costlier than the Motion and older than the current generation of flagships, but that are nonetheless the devices that most people will settle on for brand reasons, performance reasons or both.
In a tight market where a slew of other brands are filling the
space with
mid-range phones like Acer liquid, Asus Zenfone, Micromax Canvas Xpress or Lenovo K3, this
phone fails to leave a mark.
Business Insider says the
phone will fall into the «
mid-range space,» while CNET has some theories about where Samsung might want the price point to be for the Galaxy Alpha:
While the bloated UI may be enough to turn some off of the
phone, the steady capability of this well - designed device makes it a great contender in the
mid-range space.
And while its new
phone, the View 10, sits in the
mid-range space occupied by OnePlus at $ 499, it shares a lot in common with the more expensive Mate 10 Pro.
Huawei's sub-brand Honor has been among the biggest manufacturers pushing this notion along, in both the super-budget
space but also the
mid-range segment with
phones like the Honor 8.
«The
mid-range Android smartphone
space is probably the toughest of the mobile
phone markets in existence... This is their challenge, and HMD needs to quickly move the market forward,» said Wood.
We should also see more OLED panels in
mid-range phones, courtesy of a range of Chinese manufacturers getting into the
space, though they probably won't offer the performance seen in Samsung's products for at least 18 - 24 months.