Rating of the best cheap smartphones of 2022

Opens our ranking of the best smartphones under 5000 rubles ZTE Blade L9. This smartphone will be a good choice for primary school students and as a backup means of communication for all other categories of users. Actually, the predecessor Blade L9 proved itself to be such. We can say that ZTE has found a successful «formula» of a cheap compact communicator and is not going to abandon it. Judge for yourself — the new model is fundamentally different from the Blade L8 only with a more «fresh» version of Android. There is information on the network about an allegedly improved camera and a worsened display, but it hardly corresponds to reality. Most likely, the matter is in the random quality of the components. The main advantage of the ZTE Blade L9 is its compactness. Even among smartphones with a screen diagonal of 5 «it is now difficult to find a model with dimensions of 137.5 x 67.5 x 10 mm.

In the Top 10 best smartphones in 2021 worth up to 5000 rubles, the BQ 6030G Practic model should be included. Such a convenient unlocking method in cheap smartphones is extremely rare. Meanwhile, the presence of a fingerprint scanner frees users from having to remember a PIN code or a pattern and reduces the risk of being out of touch at the right time for the most forgetful of them. In addition to the fingerprint, the 6030G boasts a screen with relatively normal viewing angles and a dual rear camera. Interestingly, the previous version of Practic (6010G) had a simpler one, while the front camera, on the contrary, was cooler. At the same time, the predecessor was equipped with a miserable 8 GB of internal memory, while the new company under consideration has four times more non-volatile storage. The smartphone works on an ancient weak chip MT6580M, which has no idea about 4G networks.

As a rule, cheap smartphones rarely boast a complete set of up-to-date interfaces. And even more so with their latest versions. In this regard, BQ 5045L Wallet is a pleasant exception, albeit with reservations. On the one hand, the recommended phone supports contactless payment technology, is ready to exchange data in LTE networks, can work on both Wi-Fi bands and understands version 5.1 of the Bluetooth protocol. On the other hand, this smartphone does not even “see” 3G through the second SIM card. Also, the presence of an indicator of missed events can be mentioned from the advantages, and from the disadvantages — far from the best software implementation of the proximity sensor. Finally, food. The 5045L has a removable battery, which is good. Charging is frustratingly slow, which is bad.

Our rating of the best cheap smartphones under 5000 rubles is continued by the phone from Transsion Holdings, whose products in our country are better known by the brands Infinix and Tecno. What are the advantages of the recommended device? Firstly, a normal IPS screen with acceptable picture clarity. Budgetary, with deviations, its brightness decreases, but complete discoloration does not occur. Secondly, a vigorous battery. Not prohibitively capacious, since it is removable, but the energy stored in it is enough for two or three days of work with a light load. Or seven hours of continuous video viewing. By the way, the Itel A25 battery does not block inserted cards. Thirdly, this smartphone supports all current LTE frequencies. True, in the reviews, some owners complain about too slow speed. On the well-known forum they write that the matter is in the strange algorithms of the download manager. If the latter is periodically restarted, the download speed rises. Given the price, a single speaker (but it is very loud) and modest amounts of memory can be attributed to serious shortcomings.

Blade L210 is a classic simple smartphone with a 6-inch screen on a relatively «fresh» lightweight version of Android, with a sought-after set of features. In particular, with a light indication of missed events, which is often lacking in more expensive devices. We did not like the lack of a multimedia speaker and the quality of the screen. It would be nice to have a TN+Film panel with its microscopic viewing angles. The fact is that not all popular applications are optimized for 960×480 resolution. There is also no auto brightness.

By today’s standards, even when a smartphone is running a lightweight version of the operating system, it is highly desirable to have at least 2 GB of RAM “on board” the phone. By the way, last year’s recommendations of Google corporation stipulate this moment unambiguously. The novelty under consideration from BQ is good because it boasts the specified amount of RAM to guarantee the appetite of not the most complex toys, as well as the resource needs of multi-page browsing and other tasks that its intended owners will load it with. In our understanding, these are younger schoolchildren or all those who use a smartphone mainly for calls. In principle, in this case, complain only about the low screen resolution. For those who are dissatisfied, we advise you to pay attention to the BQ 5031G Fun model, but its memory is much worse.