Direct competitor to iphone 6. Samsung has unveiled the long-awaited premium smartphone. Display that's ok
iPhone 6s or Android? What to take for 25 thousand rubles Last week we determined the winner in the battle "the best cheap Apple smartphone in 2018". The victory was won by the iPhone 6s. But is it really worth taking a three-year-old iPhone when the market is full of interesting modern Android smartphones?
On sale you can find a 32 gigabyte iPhone 6s (like new) for a nice price tag of 24 thousand rubles. But what if you “change your faith” and turn your face to the “robot”?
Dealing with the strengths and weaknesses of competitors.
1. The ugly duckling
Unfortunately, almost all smartphones have looked the same for a long time. The devil is in the details. One has more pleasant materials, the other has a conveniently located fingerprint sensor, the third can please with pleasant colors.
I can't call the iPhone 6s beautiful. "Disabled" antenna strips, slippery body, wretched design of the camera. Covers save.
Against its background, the Nokia 8, which our editor-in-chief Nikita Goryainov recently talked about, and the incredibly effective Xiaomi Mi Mix with a limitless display, stand out pleasantly. Next to them, the iPhone 6s looks ugly.
2. A display that's ok In terms of display quality, the iPhone is undoubtedly a fighter. Bright, contrasting. And that's all.
You look at the shelf with competitors - every second smartphone has a large diagonal with thin frames and a gorgeous resolution. The beauty!
There are no such problems with iPhones.
3. Memory, which is still enough
Most opponents of the iPhone 6s have 3 or more gigabytes of RAM.
It would seem that everything is obvious, and the apple smartphone (with its 2 gigs) loses noticeably. But then you remember the keyword "optimization", and the choice of the winner at this point is no longer so obvious.
4. Two sim cards that everyone is waiting for
Rumor has it that the next generation of iPhones will finally get a slot for a second SIM card. Doesn't even sound funny. Most manufacturers have had models with similar functionality for a long time.
Almost all competitors to the iPhone 6s boast dual SIM support. Nokia 8 Dual Sim, LG G6, Motorola Moto Z2 Play, Samsung Galaxy A7 and, of course, a ton of Xiaomi models.
Shame on you, Apple.
Considering that the iPhone 6s is viewed by many buyers as a workhorse, its direct telephone duties are "so-so".
Why iPhone doesn't have a dual SIM slot
There was a concept of iPhone X Plus with two SIM-cards
5. Water resistance, which is not declared
You can recall the tests that tested the water resistance of Apple smartphones in 2015. Looks convincing, but the iPhone 6s specification doesn't claim splash, water and dust resistance.
In this regard, Android devices are again stronger than the American fighter. For example, the LG G6, which became the company's first IP68 waterproof flagship.
Are you used to lying in the bath with your smartphone? The iPhone 6s option doesn't look optimal.
6. The camera loses to competitors
Apple smartphones are rightfully considered one of the most popular camera phones in the world. But, the iPhone 6s is not such a strong player in the market today.
Firstly, there are many smartphones with two cameras - one has a second module in black and white, the other has a telephoto lens, and so on. Secondly, some devices in some cases put an iPhone on both shoulder blades.
For example, the compact Xperia XZ1 Compact is equipped with a Motion Eye camera and can record video fragments at frame rates up to 960 fps. What they boasted about at the presentation of the Samsung S9. The Sony smartphone also has a convenient dedicated key for shooting.
Nokia 8 has an interesting format, Bothie, which we talked about in a separate article.
In other words, in a head-to-head comparison, the iPhone 6s camera is noticeably inferior to the competition.
7. Innovative technologies that everyone has
IPhone 6s has a second-generation Touch ID fingerprint scanner. There is a proprietary technology 3D Touch and Taptic Engine. Actually, that's all.
At the same time, you won't surprise anyone with a scanner today, but a lot has been written about the controversy of 3D Touch (as a technology).
In Android, this feature is solved at the software level, in the form of a long press on the icon. Someone went even further. For example, the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC has added sensitive side edges to HTC Edge Sense, which you can use to take quick actions.
IPhones are certainly not the "godlike" technique that Apple fans imagine they are, but there are features to be found. only in the iPhone. For example, it's impossible to find anything on Android with a good camera and 4-inch display. And even for the 4.7-inch iPhone, truly compact replacements have not been released for a long time.
You can, of course, get out and say that there are rare Japanese smartphones like Sharp in nature, but let's be realistic - almost no one needs adventures and attempts to order a Japanese mobile phone “untethered” from the operator, then to have problems with its flashing, not to find covers and throw the smartphone away after the first breakdown. Because neither batteries nor screens are sold for it on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Taking into account all of the above, today we are "dancing" from all the diversity that official retail + Chinese stores, led by Aliexpress, offer us.
iPhone 5s - when you're old and frail, but still a rock star
There is a cure for love at first sight - to look a second time. And more often than not, the objects of adoration will disappoint you. Films that were masterpieces, as it seemed in childhood, seem naive and idiotic, it is a shame to look at fashionable clothes of old years, and the "pop" music of the past makes you sick even before you hear the chorus. What can we say about old mobile phones then?
And with them, everything is not so bad as one might expect from the height of 2018. For example, the last of the viable iPhones, which lives out its days in the hands of thrifty Russians, the iPhone 5s, is now being sold for 10-12 thousand. And, you'll laugh, Apple's five-year-old flagship still shoots better than most smartphones for the same money.
Firstly, because in 2013 it was a “cooler” class cameraphone, as well as the Samsung Galaxy S4. Secondly, manufacturers of cheap mobile phones did not care about the quality of the cameras and are busy replacing smartphones with 18: 9 screens or glass cases instead of useful activities. And "anti-crisis Chinese" like Xiaomi and Meizu have always installed cameras in cheap smartphones "for delivery" from powerful processors.
So it turns out that the iPhone 5s is not outdated either externally (the most beautiful compact smartphone and the "gold standard" for the appearance of iPhones, which the iPhone 6 and subsequent ones can only be considered "squeaky"), or the quality of the camera for 10-12 thousand.
But it is completely outdated in terms of autonomy, speed and quality of the selfie camera. Therefore, even though the iPhone 5s photographs better than Xiaomi Redmi 4X / 5A, Meizu M6, Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 and Sony Xperia L2, for 10 thousand on Aliexpress or 15-17 thousand in Russia, you can buy smartphones that will be better in everything.
Reviewer's choice - Motorola Z for 14 thousand on Aliexpress. Autonomy is a problem, but the camera and speed are amazing
Focus on the camera of the modern inexpensive premium "Chinese" in the person of Xiaomi Redmi 5 / Redmi 5 Plus, if you want to get about the same (sometimes a little better, sometimes a little worse) camera at a minimal price.
iPhone 6/6 Plus - very bad iPhones, but quite good cameras
I feel very uncomfortable when I have to pass the iPhone 6 verdict. Where are his peers now - LG G3, Sony Xperia Z3, Xiaomi Mi4i, ASUS ZenFone 5, Honor 6, Meizu MX4 Pro, HTC One M8 and Huawei Mate 7? In a coffin!
Among the smartphones of those years, a small number of shabby Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 remained, which, after replacing the battery and flashing it, can still be used with the same convenience as the older iPhone 6 without flashing.
And it's even more fun to pick up iPhone replacement 6 among mobile phones in official retail. Because to find an alternative that would take good pictures at night for 22 thousand, cheaper than 28-30 thousand in cellular stores is almost unrealistic. Moreover, the quality of the video iPhone 6 is also better than almost all comparable prices in the official retail of alternatives, while it "merges" in the quality of shooting competitors except in selfies.
Don't think the iPhone 6's camera is overwhelming. On a sunny day, you can take more colorful and clearer pictures with Honor 9 / ASUS ZenFone 4. But in terms of the ability to "pull" colors to a plausible level and the refinement of the automation, the old iPhone is better than most mid-range smartphones.
But do not forget that the iPhone 6 is a very slow and very “dead” smartphone in terms of battery life. And for a not a little more hardy iPhone 6 Plus, they ask for an inadequate 28-32 thousand rubles. Inadequate because the trio of Samsung Galaxy S7 / LG G6 / HTC U Ultra in the same budget are better on all fronts. And even mid-range smartphones of the 2018 model year, such as the ASUS ZenFone 5 and Nokia 7 Plus, almost always shoot better photos and videos, have longer battery life and are much faster on their own.
Reviewer's choice - Samsung Galaxy S7. Equally bad autonomy, but water resistance and much better camera
Output? Looking for a smartphone at the price of iPhone 6 (20-24 thousand rubles) with a cooler camera in the Russian Federation - waste your time. Because the "next level" today starts from 27-28 thousand rubles and above.
Looking for a replacement for the iPhone 6 with about the same camera, but normal autonomy and operating speed - cook at least 20 thousand, for example, on ASUS ZenFone 4 ZE554KL, while they are still on sale. Or on the Samsung Galaxy S7 to get an analogue of the iPhone 6s in terms of speed / analogue of the iPhone 7 in terms of camera quality.
It's not even worth talking about "gray" retail and your "aliexpress" - Xiaomi Mi Note 3 for 19-20 thousand rubles, of course, sometimes disgraces in night photography due to the idiocy of Chinese algorithms for shooting in a camera, but after the shortcomings of an elderly iPhone it will seem cosmically cool model.
iPhone SE - out of competition, wherever you look
The only iPhone respected by even the most ferocious Android fanatics is the iPhone SE. Because no one else re-released the old flagship with a new, improved filling.
And also the iPhone SE is a miraculous monument to all compact mobile phones and, suddenly, one of the best "budget" (more precisely, at the junction of budget models and middle class) cameraphones!
Such luck did not come to SE immediately, but a year and a half after its debut, when the stocks of the iPhone 5s sharply decreased, and Apple "demoted" SE from an expensive toy for retro fans to "just a budget iPhone." And here the giblets from the iPhone 6s with its best (one of) camera of 2015 came in handy! In case you suddenly forgot, the camera and processor in the iPhone SE, for a minute, are close to the level of Samsung Galaxy S6, Huawei Nexus 6P, LG G4, HTC One M9 and other "giants"! And no matter how annoying we are, the best budget smartphones(the notorious Redmi Note 5) only in the middle of 2018 began to approach this quality of shooting.
And all the other inexpensive alternatives are divided into "try and find on sale" Huawei P9 and "cameras we have the coolest, but hands grow a little out of place" ASUS ZenFone 3 and ZenFone 4.
Reviewer's choice - Xiaomi Mi Note 3. For the best combination of design, camera quality and speed up to 20 thousand rubles
For all its shortcomings, SE is not a "museum goner", but a completely combat smartphone with a still good processor and a camera that will "light up" almost all competitors for less than 20 thousand rubles. There are no contraindications to buying the iPhone SE, except for horrible selfies, so you can safely buy it if you want an iPhone. And if you don't want to, Xiaomi Mi Note 3 or ASUS ZenFone 4 ZE554KL will easily replace the coolest cheap iPhone for you.
iPhone 6s / 6s Plus - Too Good To Sell too bad to buy
| ASUS ZenFone 5 ZE620KL, Honor View 10, LG G6, Moto Z, Nokia 7 Plus, OnePlus 3 / 3T, Xiaomi Mi6, Xiaomi Mi Note 3 | |
| The camera is slightly worse | ASUS ZenFone 4 ZE554KL, Honor 10, Meizu 15 Plus, Moto Z Play, Nokia 8, Xiaomi Mi5s |
| HTC U11, Huawei P10, Huawei P20, Huawei Mate 10, LG V30, OnePlus 5 / 5T, Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge, Samsung Galaxy S8, Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, Xiaomi Mi 8 | |
| How much iPhone 6s / 6s Plus cost today | 32-42 thousand rubles |
| iPhone 6s / 6s Plus vs. Android Competitors? | If you already have an iPhone 6s / 6s Plus, it’s worth selling them just for the sake of switching to cooler mobile phones that cost 40 thousand rubles or more. If you buy a smartphone from scratch, about the same in camera and steeper in terms of speed / autonomy, a smartphone on Android will cost 20-25 thousand rubles. |
If you don't keep track of what has changed in mobile phones since you bought your previous smartphone, just remember that the camera in the iPhone 6s is about the same as in smartphones, for which they now ask for 27-30 thousand rubles in official retail. But, if you have any guidelines for the "coolness" of smartphone cameras, remember that the iPhone 6s / 6s Plus cameras are "like the Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge, only a little worse."
It is with this definition that it is most convenient to select a smartphone with the same or more high quality shooting.
The crowd of competitors on the table above will confuse many, but the point is that each of the competitors in some shooting scenarios turns out to be better, and in some worse. For example, almost all models “about the same” in terms of shooting quality, except for the LG G6 and OnePlus 3 / 3T, shoot better during the day than the iPhone 6s, photograph the same at night, or a little worse, and shoot video always less quality. And nothing can be done about it, because Mi6 / Mi Note 3 and ZenFone 5 are smartphones with good cameras and idiotic shooting algorithms, Moto Z has good optics and more or less reasonable "brains", but a cheap sensor, and Honor View 10 sometimes "Lame" because it did not receive optical stabilization.
Smartphones with a "better" camera also crowd in one cell of the table, although they differ markedly from each other. The closest rivals to the iPhone 6s / 6s Plus in terms of photo quality are Samsung Galaxy S7, LG V30 and OnePlus 5. All of them take a little better pictures in any shooting conditions. The Samsung S7 and S8 also have the coolest selfie camera of any iPhone 6s competitor.
HTC U11 is half a level steeper, and Huawei P10 is sometimes equal to iPhone in shooting quality, but in rare cases it jumps over its head and competes on an equal footing with Galaxy S7.
Reviewer's choice - Xiaomi Mi8. The coolest "Chinese" in terms of camera quality, processor power and price
What follows from all this? The iPhone 6s is not too old to be rushed to sell it.
Cheaper than 40 thousand rubles in office retail in the summer of 2018, you either get a mobile phone that takes pictures much better, but takes less video. Or a model that takes pictures a little better and also shoots videos, but also slows down about the same as your old iPhone. And yet it is worth splurging on one of the four Chinese "kings" of high-quality shooting (Xiaomi Mi8, Mi Mix 2s, Huawei P20, Mate 10) instead of buying a brand new iPhone 6s / 6s Plus.
iPhone 7/7 Plus - Honorary Winner of the 2018 No Fish, No Meat Award
Best the enemy of the good. I still don't quite understand why Apple fans greeted the all-round good iPhone 7 / iPhone 7 Plus with such hatred at the end of 2016. Dual camera (albeit only for the older "shovel", but history has shown that Samsung has done the same trick with the Galaxy S9 / S9 Plus), water protection, stereo speakers, cool processor, black, damn it, matte body - or do you think that Galaxy Has the S7 been updated more thoroughly than the Galaxy S6? Or maybe Google Pixel, the “flagship from HTC's production,” was better than the camera? Yes, the iPhone 7 had a separate headphone jack amputated, but Apple made cool AirPods. At the same time, the iPhone 7 after amputation did not get fat in comparison with the iPhone 6 without apparent reasons like the Xperia XZ2 versus the XZ1.
The main reason for the hatred was not in the "bells and whistles", but in the fact that they were "greeted by their clothes", and the clothes remained the same - the multi-tuned body of the old iPhone 6 model of 2014, but with a new sauce.
And the gain in camera quality was also symbolic. Remember when we put the "slightly worse than Galaxy S7" label on the iPhone 6s camera? So, in the iPhone 7 the camera is "slightly better than in the Galaxy S7" ... And that's it!
It is much more scary that at the same time it is "marginally better than in the previous iPhone", and such impudence is only permissible for the "S-version" when moving from iPhone 5 to 5s or from 6 to 6s. But not for a "numbered" iPhone.
As a result, we get a smartphone that is close to the price of the iPhone 8, and the quality of the camera is not that far from the iPhone 6s. And now it is difficult to find at least one good reason to buy an iPhone-7, and not something radically cooler with delivery from abroad or a good Chinese flagship at the prices of Russian officials.
Reviewer's choice - Huawei Mate 10. Reliable Chinese "armored train" with a powerful processor, ultra-clear screen and excellent cameras
The iPhone 7 turned out to be a "nedoplagman", which was bought by inertia. And even now there is no special sense in spending money on "seventh iPhones", because much cooler iPhone 8 will cost only a little more. Unless you are a principled fan of maximum savings ("where are you, sir, to hell, skidded? Can't you afford Android? "), Or hate smartphones with glass cases.
iPhone 8/8 Plus are the best new iPhones ... you don't want to pay extra for
| Camera of about the same quality | Huawei P20, Huawei Mate 10, LG G7, OnePlus 6, Sony Xperia XZ2, Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, Xiaomi Mi 8 |
| The camera is slightly worse | HTC U11, LG V30, OnePlus 5 / 5T, Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 edge, Samsung Galaxy S8 |
| Better camera for the same money | Google Pixel 2, HTC U12 +, Huawei P20 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S9 / S9 Plus |
| How much are the iPhone 8/8 Plus today | 46-60 thousand rubles |
| iPhone 7/7 Plus vs. Android Competitors? | If you need a cool iPhone here and now - iPhone 8 64 GB for 46 thousand + Power bank for a small surcharge. And we are waiting for the second generation iPhone X. If you have an iPhone 7 in your hands, keep calm and wait for the new model. iPhone 6s - change to "eight" only if the smartphone is already in a "half-dead" state. If Android does not bother you - for 45 thousand rubles you can get the best cameras made by Samsung. Or even 38 if you don't need lossless zoom and background blur. |
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
The iPhone 8 was written to be the second-class iPhone - mobile phones that came out at the same time as the revolutionary iPhone X, which was released only as a consolation prize. Like, if you do not have enough money, then at least shell out for such half measures.
Marketers calculated everything correctly - the audience of buyers was divided into those who are ready to pay extra for framelessness and prestige (laugh, laugh, but Vertu has long been in the grave, and there are no other options to show off a cool smartphone, except for the iPhone X), and those who “ and I have a new processor and almost the same cameras, but 24 thousand rubles cheaper! "
If you really want to get "all the stuffing" of the iPhone at the lowest price, take the iPhone 8 for 46 thousand and be happy. No sarcasm - a very fast smartphone with a power reserve, autonomy for a day and cameras in the top four smartphones in the world. Yes, yes, in the top three - after the universally good Samsung Galaxy S9 / S9 Plus, Huawei P20 Pro, HTC U12 + and iPhone X. Not a very romantic title? But 24 thousand rubles of savings!
And against the background of these 24 thousand everything in the "white" retail fades. Why do you need a Huawei P20 for 40 thousand, if the iPhone 8 beats the "Chinese" in the quality of the screen, the detail of the video filming and, what is there, the speed of work too?
An innovation that has appeared in a smartphone. Prior to that, Samsung used aluminum only in smart watch Galaxy Gear and Gear Neo. Of smartphones, we can only recall the Symbian-slider Samsung i8510 Innov8, released back in 2008. The entire Galaxy line was made in plastic cases, including the protected Active smartphones. It is for this "love" of plastics that the company has often been criticized.
Thus, everyone expected that the semi-mythical smartphone of the company, in which metal will appear, will be premium.
To some extent, this is what happened: the company says that the device sets new standard design for the entire Galaxy line, this is the new flagship of Samsung. Designer smartphones in the company have already been created several times, but usually these were variations of already conventional devices, for example, the women's La Fleur line (it differed from the company's ordinary smartphones only in coloring and pattern) or Black Edition devices - variations in charcoal black.
According to the characteristics of the smartphone, everything is not so bad: an eight-core Samsung Exynos 5 Octa processor (4 + 4 cores), 2 GB of RAM and a 4.7-inch display. The company probably decided to use such a small display by modern standards in order to keep the case as compact as possible. Its resolution is 1280x720 pixels, and this is actually lower than that of modern flagships, the display resolution of which is at least Full HD (1920x1080 pixels). To some extent, a lower resolution can even be called a plus - the smartphone's hardware will have to spend less resources on rendering a picture. And the image itself with such a diagonal, although it will be worse, but not much.
Judging by the characteristics, the weak point of the device will be the battery - its capacity is only 1860 mAh.
For comparison: in the same Samsung Galaxy S5 this value is equal to 2800 mAh, and it cannot be said that it demonstrates outstanding battery life. So the operating time of the future flagship is questionable.
Another drawback is the lack of a memory card slot. The smartphone comes with 32GB of storage and users will have to live with this limited storage. Of course, few users need more memory, but still the lack of choice is not good.
The start of sales of the smartphone is scheduled for September 12 at a price of 24,990 rubles. Obviously, the Galaxy Alpha will compete with the iPhone 6, which will be unveiled on September 9th.
It is curious that the two devices will be similar in size: according to the available information, the new smartphone will also be equipped with a 4.7-inch display. Thus, they will compete even in the aspect of the display diagonal.
And in this regard, a natural question arises: what are the prospects for a smartphone? Experts differ in their opinions. So, the editor-in-chief of the DGL.ru portal, Sergei Vilyanov, believes that Galaxy Alpha will not be successful. According to him,
“From a technical point of view, despite the bouncy name, it looks more like the Galaxy SIII than modern flagships. The times when the presence of metal in the case made it possible to sell it as "premium" are also, unfortunately, in the past. The smartphone market is oversaturated, and people are forced to count their money, ”the expert said. Villanov also recalled that the Galaxy Alpha and iPhone 6 release dates are close, and those who need a premium device are more likely to choose a device from Apple. Another competitor of the new Samsung smartphone the expert calls the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, “which, when best performance and moisture resistance is cheaper. "
Maria, the representative, fundamentally disagrees with him. According to her,
Like other devices from the company, the Galaxy Alpha will be popular as it has all the options and features of a flagship model and an innovative design.
“In addition, another important advantage of a smartphone is its cost in the Russian market. The device is sold for 25 thousand rubles, which allows the buyer to get a "flagship" set of characteristics at a fairly affordable price for this segment, "added Zaikina. According to her, this will allow the model to compete not only with models from the business segment, but also with the top devices of any of the A-brands.
The appearance of the device was more restrained in the M.Video trade network. Its representative Anton told Gazeta.Ru that it is not worth waiting for the instant success of the device among buyers, largely due to the fact that the current flagship of the company - Samsung Galaxy S5 - is being sold with might and main. “Everything will very much depend on the positioning of the new device, since they strongly overlap in price,” Panteleev specified. At the same time, he added that the company has really been waiting for a smartphone that will be able to compete with solutions from other manufacturers not only due to technical characteristics.
“It is difficult to call it a flagship in the classical sense; rather, it is a full-fledged first experience,” he said.
Either way, it's clear that Samsung is betting heavily on the new lineup. It is she who will now have to demonstrate to users the capabilities of the company's design department, which was often criticized for the lack of ideas.
The world's most popular smartphone Apple iPhone 6 and its improved version Apple iPhone 6s are very expensive. The minimum price in Russian retail for the 16 GB version is 33,990 rubles. It's time to pick up a replacement ..
Due to the depreciation of the ruble against the US dollar, Apple sells all its products in the Russian market at a much higher price than in the United States or, for example, in Hong Kong. So, the version of the iPhone 6 with 16 GB of internal memory now costs 33,990 rubles, and the iPhone 6s - 39,990 rubles. Price for 32 GB iPhone version 6s is 43,990 rubles, for the 64GB version of the iPhone 6 - 37,990 rubles, for the 64GB version of the iPhone 6s - 47,990 rubles. A complete set of iPhone 6s with 128 GB - from 56,000 rubles. An Apple phablet with a 5.5-inch screen will cost a potential buyer 35,000 rubles for the minimum memory version and 65,000 rubles for the maximum. Needless to say, this is very expensive!
After talking with Internet users, the site found out that no one is going to buy Apple smartphones at high prices. Of the 250 people surveyed in recent days, 95% said so. Another 5% noted that the cost of Apple smartphones and phablets is very high and they are unlikely to dare to buy. The most common answer among interlocutors also became: "why should I overpay if the stores have a bunch of analogues and substitutes at prices half as much?"
Indeed, the light did not converge on Apple! After a little reflection and evaluating alternative devices, we have compiled our rating of smartphones-substitutes for the apple corporation. Here are our recommendations ...
1. Xiaomi Mi5
id = "sub0">Xiaomi Mi5 is one of the most stylish smartphones of 2016 and 2017. The device looks amazing. No flimsy, no plastic - just metal and glass. This gives the user a sense of security.
The body is a solid sheet of aluminum. This is a rarity in modern models, so each such model looks fresh against the background of faceless plastic "twins". The aluminum used here has a polished finish. It is smooth and slippery.
In the main characteristics of the model: a larger screen (5.15 inches), a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with a frequency of 2.3 GHz and integrated support for the 4G LTE network, the use of nano-SIM, support for microSD cards.
2. Huawei Honor 8
id = "sub1">A serious competitor to the iPhone 6/7 is the Huawei Honor 8 smartphone, which went on sale in 2016. The device combines the design of apple products. It looks and feels great in the hand. It feels like a flagship device.
Aluminum body and safety glass with a 2.5D effect are perceived very well. The device has a productive hardware, a sufficient amount of RAM and takes very high-quality photos. The screen is bright, the picture on it is very lively and contrasting.
The pluses include LTE support for all Russian bands, the presence of two radio modules for SIM cards. The battery life here is comparable to the iPhone 6s.
The Honor 8 has few shortcomings. First of all, it is the low quality of the video received from the main camera. The second point is a relatively weak external speaker in terms of volume. I will also note the tendency to scratches on the glass of the back surface of the device. It's time to buy a protective case here right away.
The features of this model also include the use of a USB Type C port for charging. This standard is still very rare. Therefore, you have to carry a cable with you. This is something to keep in mind.
3. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
id = "sub2">In addition to the flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones, Samsung has the Galaxy A line, which offers gadgets with an excellent price-performance ratio. Our rating of iPhone 6 replacement smartphones includes two models at once. The first is the Galaxy A5 2017 lineup.
The smartphone is lightweight (159 grams), compact (146.1x71.4x7.9 mm, display diagonal - 5.2 inches), with a good camera (16 MP with proprietary optics), productive (Exynos 7880, 8 cores, 1.9 GHz, 3 GB RAM, 32 GB ROM, microSD slot up to 128 GB) with a long battery life (3000 mAh battery), and even moisture and dust resistant (IP65 and IP68 standard). Among all the available alternatives, and the iPhone 6 also does not have such happiness, this is the only smartphone that can not drown in the sea, and also take many beautiful photographs. It turns out that the replacement is more than complete.
4. Meizu M6 Note
id = "sub3">Price: from 19,990 rubles for the 16 GB version.
Samsung Galaxy A5 came out with an extremely nice and neat smartphone, which only benefited from the shine of real metal on the sides. The most important thing is that in the hands the device feels exactly the same as /: reliable, monolithic, expensive and rich. Among the advantages, it is worth noting the fairly high performance of the hardware filling, a very decent camera, display, and unexpectedly long battery life for such a thin case.
Lack of expandable memory (built-in memory is 32 GB), low screen resolution - these are certainly drawbacks, but the same drawbacks are present in Apple iPhone 6, which is snapped up by millions. Another thing is how it will be perceived in the market if it is Samsung?
6. Huawei Nova
id = "sub5">This phone, as well as those presented above, uses aluminum and glass in the manufacture of the case, the combination of which makes the appearance of the device more stylish and expensive. Externally, Huawei Nova is very similar to Huawei Honor 8, although the thickness of the device has increased slightly - up to 7.5 mm. But the processor can please with a very nimble work, there is an eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor with a frequency of 1.7 GHz.
Like many Chinese flagship smartphones, the Huawei Nova has 3GB of RAM and a 12MP camera with 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels) video recording. All this works on the operating system from Android version 6 with its own UI Emotion shell, thereby adding a certain individuality and usability of the device.
A high-quality 5 ″ screen with an oleophobic coating, a stylish body made of natural materials, the ability to use microSD cards up to 64 GB and a 3020mAh battery make this phone a very attractive proposition.
7.Xiaomi Redmi 4 Pro
id = "sub6">Despite the fact that Xiaomi Redmi 4 Pro is a typical mid-range smartphone, it has a very interesting design. It is completely different from the standard devices of Asian brands. It is also worth taking into account the quality of the materials from which the device is assembled. Even the battery life here, despite all the diminutiveness, is decent.
Of the minuses, we note only the absence of LTE 800. As for the rest, the shortcomings are not so critical and are quite appropriate for a model of the middle price category.
To some extent, Xiaomi Redmi 4 Pro is an excellent replacement for iPhones and Samsung, which our youth are chasing after. In our opinion, the white version of the Xiaomi Redmi 4 Pro can be perfect for female students and young girls. The black version is more of a masculine theme.
8. Apple iPhone 5s
id = "sub7">Despite the time that has passed since the announcement, the iPhone 5s remains the best-selling Apple smartphone in Russia. We simply could not fail to include it in our rating. The phone is available in 16GB and 64GB versions. The device works quickly, the go-kart on the 4-inch screen is super clear and bright. The iPhone 5s camera does an excellent job of taking high-quality photos with both the main and front cameras.
In terms of communication, the device has everything you need: support for LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. Operating time in continuous telephone conversations 3.5 hours. Under standard load, the smartphone works from 1 to 1.5 days.
9.Xiaomi Redmi 5A
id = "sub8">Price: 8,500 rubles (16 GB), 12,990 rubles (32 GB version).
Many people call this model especially cool among Chinese second-tier smartphones. The device lies comfortably in the hand, the diagonal of the 5-inch display is not embarrassing at all, and it is quite possible to operate it with one hand.
The main and almost the only bug of the device is the glossy back cover, although it's also not for everybody. It is easy to replace it with another branded one or cover it with a more tenacious cover. But under this cover hides a productive unit - Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 MSM8917 with a frequency of 1.4 GHz and graphics Adreno 308. Built-in memory to choose from 16 or 64 GB, RAM - 2 GB. There is also a 3000 mAh battery. The smartphone has to be charged every two days. And as a bonus, the main camera is 13 megapixels and the front camera is already 5 megapixels.
10.Xiaomi Redmi 5A
id = "sub9">Xiaomi Redmi 5A is the cheapest analogue and replacement for iPhone 6. The smartphone received a striking industrial design, which makes it stand out among others on store shelves with a kind of novelty. In addition, the flagship of 2016 and 2017 received the most recent version. operating system- Android 7.1, where we tried to bring to mind most of the interfaces and functions.
In terms of hardware, the Xiaomi Redmi 5A is not the most advanced gadget, but the specs are impressive. Here is an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 1.4 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal memory, support for LTE, NFC, GLONASS / GPS, an excellent camera with pure view ZEISS optics, a large 5-inch screen with FullHD resolution and a capacious battery.
Of the obvious and indisputable advantages of the model, we note a long battery life, a very high-quality camera, an excellent screen and an extremely attractive appearance.
Conclusion
id = "sub10">As you can see, there is a rather big choice. Today there are a sufficient number of highly competitive manufacturers, the number of which is growing every day. Judging by the characteristics of many devices, most of them are even more powerful than the new smartphones from Apple, and the design and materials are no worse. We have presented only the most interesting options, the price of which is even lower than the one stated for the iPhone 6. Note that almost all smartphones presented have fairly good batteries and screens with a diagonal of at least 4.7 inches.
Which phone would you buy? Share your opinions in the comments.
