Expensive! That’s what I hear people say when you talk about a smartphone that sells above $400. Do you think these phones have everything you could ever dream of? No. for some of these mobile devices, they start good and end bad. What do I mean? I mean that the features such as display, camera, performance, but battery could be not what you want. We have seen $100 smartphones with much stronger batteries than $400 smartphones. The issue there is sometimes, those budget phones give everything they’ve got to only one feature while the rest is crap and that is just the gimmick of the manufacturers. For the phones listed here, it is not the same story, but some aspects will shock you. Check them out.
ZTE Nubia X
Release Date: October 2018
Price: $482
Special Attraction: the design and display features
This dual screen display phone with top chipset, no-bezel display, no selfie camera, got the heads of reviews and commentators spinning when it was announced back then. Was it just a passing experiment? No. This is a top mid-tier device that held attention of fans. How? It came in three variants but only the one that has 6GB of RAM, coupled with 64GB of ROM sells below $500. The other two variants come at a higher price. However, the battery is not so good at the 3800 mAh level. The manufacturer did more at the design to woo fans than at the features.
Vivo V15 Pro
Release Date: March 2019
Price: $407
Special Attraction: Android Pie; gaming monger
At the display, I find a Super AMOLED technology here, signifying how powerful that section is. There is the 5th gen. in-display fingerprint sensor in this device. This Vivo edition comes with Android v9.0 Pie with a spectacular user interface. It is especially large at the display but the battery also pales in expectation to what some people who pay attention to battery would love. It has 3700 mAh battery powering it.
Redmi Note 8
Release Date: August 2019
Price: $405
Special Attraction: Large display, good battery
Everything about this phone is acceptable. The display is 6.39 inches large, the battery is also a good one at 4000 mAh. But I marvel more at the network connectivity part. It seems to be complete here, crowning everything with a 5.0 version Bluetooth and other niceties.
Oppo R15X
Release Date: October 2018
Price: $450
Special Attraction: In-display fingerprint, Waterdrop display
This phone is not encouraging at the battery level, for it comes with 3600 mAh Li-Po battery. But the waterdrop display is very good. The metallic design in the phone is able to make anyone forget the negative side of this smartphone. But at the display there is 6.4 screen of AMOLED design. It comes with other good features as well.
Conclusion
All these phones are good. Though they have one two minuses, it is hard to relegate them to the background. More than that, there are many reasons why these phones are picked. One such reason is that they offer ample storage space for even those who hunger for it most. Please not that some of these prices are not exactly. These are approximate prices put up to prospective buyers as guides for making informed decisions.
