5 Affordable Smartphones With NFC Chip

Huawei Y6 Prime 2018 is an interesting low-cost employee with an 18:9 screen. Having a homeland in the Middle Kingdom, the device does not belong to the genus of all sorts of Chinese "nounames", since the Huawei brand has established itself as one of the most significant players in the modern field of smartphone construction.

The main actor in the design of the mobile gadget is a 5.7-inch FullView screen with HD+ resolution (1440x720 pixels). The display is sharpened in the frame of a pretty big frame, but if you consider the device in the context of the "tubes" of the initial segment, it is difficult to call them huge. Performance was sacrificed to the big screen: the 425th Snapdragon in tandem with 2 GB of RAM is not the strongest "iron" combination for running resource-intensive applications. Nevertheless, with classic tasks in the manner of watching videos online or gatherings on the Internet, the electronic hardware handles "once or twice."

Huawei's Chinese engineers regretted the memory — the device's internal storage has a volume of 16 GB. As a moral compensation, the smartphone got a long tray for two SIM cards and a microSD card. There are also some limitations associated with the NFC chip: it seems to be there, but at the same time it does not seem to be there. The NFC chip is found only in the smartphone version with the service index ATU-L11, so its availability must be checked with the seller of the goods at the stage of the order.

Authentication of the owner of Huawei Y6 Prime 2018 is performed by fingerprint and by face. The second method of unlocking involves the use of an 8 MP selfie camera, which has its own flash at its disposal, and at the software level, facial skin butifiers are embedded in it. You should not expect a supernatural result from the main camera of the device — a 13 MP module with one "eye" gives a decent result except during the day. The metal edging of the case and the 3000 mAh battery strengthen the smartphone's position in the low-cost arena. On one charge of the latter, the gadget "lives" during the day with moderately active loads.

The number "1" after the dot in the Nokia 3.1 name is confusing — yet we have the second generation of the "three", addressed to those users who are in search of a compact solution with a sane price tag and a balanced "filling".

At the head of the front panel of the "mobile phone" is an IPS screen, stretched diagonally by 5.2". Having the proportions of 18:9, the picture is displayed in HD+ resolution (1440x720 pixels). The pixel density with a modest screen size is 310 ppi — this is more than enough so that the eye does not focus on the individual points from which the image is built. The smartphone would have turned out to be even more compact if not for the empty massive "chin".

The "iron" heart of the device was an 8-core MediaTek MT6750 chip with an operating frequency of up to 1.5 GHz. 2 GB of RAM and ARM Mali-T860 MP2 graphics were kindly provided to help him. Nokia 3.1 does not claim to have a high speed of "flight" of games and applications with such data, but standard programs run on a smartphone without the slightest lags and brakes. The merit of the smart responsiveness of the gadget is the "clean" Android Oreo system. The "operating system" looks exactly as it was conceived in Google's "open spaces".

The parade of good news about the model continues with the NFC chip put into service — a rare "bird" in the arsenal of state employees. Also, the smartphone "sings" well through headphones and is ready to take on board 2 SIM along with a memory expansion card in one sitting. The ability to install an external drive will be very useful due to the modest amount of memory in the standard data storage (only 16 GB).

The smartphone takes photos of a 13 MP rear camera with f/2.0 optics, and the device makes portraits of "selfies" on an 8 MP front camera. The model's cameras turned out to be quite ordinary — you can't call them the best or the worst in the class. But you will have to unlock the gadget the old-fashioned way (with a graphic key or password), because for some reason there was no place for a fingerprint scanner in the case. Finally, it is worth noting that the smartphone is "fed" from a 2990 mAh battery. Taking into account the not particularly "voracious" hardware, the energy reserves in its tanks are enough to ensure 1.5-2 days of full-fledged activity of the mobile device.

The "plus" version of the popular smartphone Sony Xperia XA1 Dual 32 GB / 3 GB is a striking example of a balanced middle—class device with a decent hardware base and pretentious appearance.

Thanks to the characteristic squared forms, the model is recognizable among thousands of peers of the same type. Only large upper and lower overhangs slightly spoil the picture in appearance, which does not look the best in the era of framelessness. Between the "forehead" and "chin" on the front panel of the gadget, a FullHD screen with classic proportions of 16:9 and a diagonal of 5.5" is clamped. Traditionally for Sony, the image on it is slightly "cold" by default. However, the colour temperature of the display can be easily changed in the settings.

At the heart of the Sony Xperia XA1 Plus hardware platform, an 8-core MediaTek Helio P20 chip is installed, not the first freshness. "Gaining" in the synthetic AnTuTu test over 62K. points, a trio consisting of a central processor, 3/4 GB of RAM and graphics ARM Mali-T880 MP2 demonstrates an acceptable reaction rate of the device to user actions, if they are not aimed at turning applications of a serious level of "gravity". By the way, only the version of the device with 4 GB of RAM has a side fingerprint scanner. In the younger configuration of the model with 3 GB of RAM, its place is taken by the most ordinary unlock key.

A separate plus in the smartphone's karma is for the strong main camera, which uses an image sensor with a physical size of 1/2.3" and has a resolution of 23 MP. In contrast, an 8 MP selfie camera can be found on the front panel. Also, the model bothers to praise for the presence of an NFC chip and a USB C port . Through this interface, the gadget's battery is charged, the capacity of which is 3430 mAh. Taking into account the effective energy-saving algorithms of Sony smartphones, the device stays "afloat" for up to 2 days in a row without recharging.

Smartphones under the sign of the South Korean brand Samsung are not cheap, but they take their worthy equipment even in the low-cost segment. Take, for example, the Galaxy J6 Plus 2018 model: here you have a widescreen screen with proportions of 18.5:9, and a trendy paired camera at the back, and an NFC chip for contactless payments.

If you look closely, you can see that you have saved money on the screen after all. Instead of the proprietary Super AMOLED matrix, like the classic Samsung Galaxy J6 2018 32 GB / 2 GB , the smartphone uses an IPS solution, besides, with a 6-inch diagonal, the display resolution was, to put it mildly, modest — 1440x720 pixels. The screen is rescued by an excellent brightness reserve, its auto-adjustment sensor and rich colour reproduction.

"Under the plastic" hood of the Samsung Galaxy J6 Plus 2018 with a stylized glass back cover hides the 425th "dragon" from Qualcomm. It is complemented by the Adreno 308 graphics, and the amount of RAM on board the device is 3 GB. Gaming hardware cannot be considered, but with simple tasks that do not require a lot of computing power, the hardware of the gadget handles with a solid "five". Separate praise is given to the independent "seating" of two SIM cards and a microSD carrier to expand the capacity of a standard 32 GB drive.

A notable feature of the model's image is the side fingerprint scanner. As an alternative to the sensor, you can use face unlock. However, the 8 MP front panel is demanding on the quality of external lighting. The main camera module in the assets of the device is represented by a 13 MP sensor with high-power optics f/1.9 in conjunction with a 5 MP auxiliary camera to obtain a bokeh effect on portrait shots. The audience of the model is users who do not have requirements for sky—high performance, but are eager to get a high-quality device with balanced equipment for little money.

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Doogee has got its hands on "off-road" gadgets with protection from all kinds of adversity. The Doogee S60 Lite, a niche smartphone with a claimed degree of IP68 protection for active users, is ranked among those.

In addition to the lack of fear of water, the model does not mind falling from a height of human growth. The reason for this is a strong case, assembled from aluminium in combination with polycarbonate inserts. It is packed with a non-gaming hardware, at the head of which is the processor of the pre-retirement age MediaTek MT6750T. Not the latest version of the chipset is compensated by the presence of 4 GB of RAM on board, due to which the smartphone works very smartly.

Adherents of taking photos on a Doogee S60 Lite smartphone are unlikely to like it. The 16 MP rear camera at his disposal is good during the day, but with the deterioration of illumination, the quality of the footage is rapidly falling. The same can be said about the front-end. Also, the tricky DoogeeOS shell on top of Android 7 raises questions — some elements in it are certainly not in their usual places.

All the disadvantages of the model are not so significant in order to refuse to buy the device. Moreover, in contrast to them, an NFC chip and a capacious 5580 mAh battery with support for fast and wireless charging technologies are supplied. Without "refueling" the energy tanks, the smartphone works hard for 2-3 full days, giving out over 9 hours of screen time. The model will be of interest to those users who are looking for a reliable and unpretentious device in operation, and even with the possibility of contactless payment for purchases.