The best smartphones for less than 200 euros
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Once we have crossed the border that takes us fully into the second half of the year, and while waiting for the new batch of devices to be deployed with which to face the rest of 2013, we can get an idea of how the current campus of mid-range and entry-level equipment within the smartphone category. We refer to this type of equipment that carries everything we can expect from a smart phone ”” touch screen, cameras, multimedia player, complete connectivity, etc ””, but for a price that, in free format, is understood as relatively affordable. On this occasion, we will focus on those devices that, at this time, can be obtained at a cost to the user that represents less than 200 euros.
Nokia Lumia 520
We won't beat around the bush. Today we understand it as the terminal with the best value for money if what we are looking for is a smartphone with a really adjusted cost. For 170 euros we can take this phone that does not lack anything. Its design is compact and casual, offering a very comfortable size. A four-inch multi-touch screen, as well as a five-megapixel still camera that records video in high definition. Its autonomy is close to ten hours in intensive use and with the connections in their most complete configuration "" that is to say, in 3G, which coexists with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB and GPS sensors "". Carry aDual-core processor at one GHz and an internal memory of eight GB expandable with up to an additional 64 GB if we use a microSD card. It is not the most powerful mobile or the most complete, but it is the most solvent phone "" at least, for a price like this "".
WIKO Cink Five
A little stranger who has earned our attention in his own right. It is at the limit of the category that interests us, although for the 200 euros that this equipment costs, it will undoubtedly push more than one user to try their luck with the proposal it entails. This mobile is, to put it in a way, an aspiration to high-end equipment, although lightening some points of its technical composition so that the price comes out to account. What we find is a smartphone with a high definition screen and five inches, equipped with an eight megapixel camera that shoots video in FullHD. It runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and has a quad-core processor.
Nokia Lumia 625
With this proposal, the Finn tightens her belt and proposes a really interesting team adjusted to the 200 euro barrier. It is a device that connects to high-speed mobile networks in 4G. It offers a 4.7-inch screen and has a five-megapixel camera with LED flash. Its autonomy is spectacular: more than fifteen hours in continuous use, even in 3G mode, something that is very remarkable considering that it has a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor "" the Snapdragon S4, which is already a classic in the family Lumia ””. Does not lackGPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Samsung Galaxy Trend
Waiting for the South Korean to put into circulation the Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo and Samsung Galaxy Star "" which will arrive during this month of August at really affordable prices "", the most recent equipment launched by the firm and which is below the 200 euros is this Samsung Galaxy Trend. For 160 euros it can be ours, offering as attractions the presence of a four-inch screen and a fairly complete connectivity. Technically it is relatively light, installing a single core processor of one GHz and an internal memory of four GB. The included camera allows you to take photos of up to five megapixels.
Sony Xperia E
For 180 euros the Japanese firm offers a compact and very light device in performance. It is, to put it in some way, the renewal of what we knew with the Sony Xperia Miro. We would thus have at hand a device with a 3.5 inch screen and camera 3.2 megapixel. It is the smallest phone on the market with Android 4.1, the first version known as Jelly Bean, it has four GB of internal memory and has Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, microUSB and GPS connectivity. Its autonomy is, in official terms, around 6.3 hours in intensive 3G use.
