Five inexpensive smartphones with long battery life

Nokia C30 is one of the few survival smartphones under the umbrella of accessibility to the widest possible audience. The model "lives" without recharging for 2-3 days. And this is by no means the only trump card she has up her sleeve.

The secret of the long battery life of the device lies in the increased battery capacity of 6000 mAh. Side-by-side with this factor, the lightweight Android 11 Go Edition system is delivered, which brightens up the insufficient strength of the “engine compartment filling”. In terms of hardware, the smartphone was equipped with a slow Unisoc SC9863A chipset and 2/32 GB of memory. Fortunately, the slot for a microSD expansion card was taken out separately from the two seats for SIM cards.

In terms of screen size, there are virtually no competitors to a smartphone in the price range “about $100”. The large-caliber IPS-panel of the gadget has a diagonal size of 6.82 inches - taking into account the proportions of 20:9, the image is displayed at a resolution of 1600x720 pixels. The “Nokia” logo flaunts on the “chin” part of the front panel of the smartphone.

The cameras on board the mobile device are present more for show than for practical purposes. The Nokia C30 rear module is based on 13 +2 MP sensors, self-portraits the device “clicks” on the 5 MP front camera lens. In addition, the smartphone has got a rear fingerprint scanner. But you will have to put up with the lack of an NFC module, dual-band Wi-Fi and fast battery charging - with an eye on the ultra-affordable cost of a smartphone, their lack is forgivable.

Poco appeared in 2018 as a subsidiary brand of the Chinese company Xiaomi. Smartphones of the brand immediately broke into the tops due to the fact that they offered the maximum for their money. The Poco M3 was no exception to the rule.

The smartphone in question was “charged” with balanced components and endowed with a non-trivial appearance. The plastic back of the device is textured “under the skin”, a huge decorative plate under the trio of lenses of the main camera almost the entire width of the case in the vertical plane stands out as a bright spot on it. On the opposite side of the “peephole” of the rear photomodule 48 + 2 + 2 MP, there is a “tattoo” of the “POCO” logo.

The Poco M3 is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 mid-range hardware platform and comes with 128GB UFS 2.2 storage. The smartphone has 4 GB of RAM (LPDDR4x). You can expand the amount of main memory using a microSD card without having to sacrifice one of the two available SIM cards - the slot here is triple. To match the hardware, a good screen is made with a diagonal size of 6.53 inches, Full HD + resolution (2400-2080 pixels), a drop-shaped “pattern” for an 8 MP selfie camera lens.

A separate reason for pride in the smartphone is a six-thousander battery (6000 mAh). With heavy loads, the gadget will definitely live the day offline, in the normal rhythm of use, the user will charge the “tube” once every 2-3 days. The model supports 18W fast charging, and a 22.5W power bank comes with the smartphone. The only thing that is unforgivable to the device is the lack of an NFC chip. With him, the model would instantly soar to new heights in popularity.

The fight for the palm in the low-cost segment of long-lived mobile devices is ready to be won by Realme C25s, a seasoned smartphone with a capacious battery of exactly 6000 mAh.

A full battery charge is enough for a smartphone for a couple of days of battery life with average loads. If the battery level still sags, and there are no outlets nearby, the Super Power Saving Mode mode provides the opportunity to stay afloat for about 2 hours of correspondence in instant messengers and 2.5 hours of telephone conversations. And that's at a 5 percent remaining battery tank. The energy core of the smartphone is charged at a moderately fast pace of 18 watts.

The smartphone received an energy-efficient MediaTek Helio G85 chipset, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage space. The hardware platform of the device pulls the popular game PUBG Mobile at medium graphic settings with a stable 45 fps. Concessions in the model were made only in terms of screen characteristics - it is large (6.5 inches diagonally) and has high-quality color reproduction, but the display resolution is low (1600x720 pixels).

The model has passed the German TÜV Rheinland Smartphone High Reliability certification. The square block of the main triple camera (48 + 2 + 2 MP) barely protrudes from the tightly built smartphone case, and a round area of the fingerprint scanner is also located on the “back” side. The 8 MP selfie module is inscribed here in the teardrop-shaped cutout of the screen. In our markets, the device comes with an NFC chip, but versions for other countries may not have one. It is advisable to clarify this point with the seller of the goods at the stage of order approval in order to avoid unpleasant surprises.

The cavalry of Redmi series smartphones has been setting the bar high in the low-cost mobile division for many years. At the turn of 2021-2022 equal to the long-playing model Redmi 9T. And that's why.

The success of the device consists of a number of positive qualities. Firstly, the smartphone is equipped with a moderately large screen of 6.53-inch dimensions diagonally with a resolution of Full HD + (2340x1080 pixels). Secondly, the model has a mid-range Snapdragon 662 processor with comfortable memory capacities (4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of ROM). And thirdly, Xiaomi Redmi 9T was equipped with a capacious battery as much as 6000 mAh. Once "refueled", the smartphone works quietly for 2-3 days.

On closer examination, the model “climbs out” only one joint - a low threshold for the peak brightness of the display, due to which the picture on it fades on bright sunny days. On all other fronts, Xiaomi Redmi 9T continues to delight: the model has an NFC chip, a proprietary infrared port, a side fingerprint scanner, and even loud stereo speakers. The icing on the cake is the slightly faster 18W battery charging.

Takes pictures of a smartphone quite tolerably. If you have enough “straight arms”, you can squeeze out good shots from the quad camera of the device. The rear photo module of the gadget itself is made up of a 48 MP main sensor, 8 MP ultra-wide, two 2 MP auxiliary sensors for macro photography and background blur. Without changing traditions, the frontal camera of the smartphone is located in the teardrop-shaped cutout of the screen. In the bottom line, the model offers very decent performance for its price.

A display of almost tablet caliber is an infrequent guest in equipping inexpensive mobile phones. The Tecno Pova 2 has a 6.9-inch diagonal screen, in addition, the picture is displayed in Full HD + resolution (2400x1080 pixels).

The huge IPS panel is great for consuming multimedia content and provides a fully immersive gaming experience. Fortunately, mobile games run on a smartphone with confident average graphics settings. This is facilitated by the eight-core MediaTek Helio G85 chipset, which is formally considered a gaming one, as well as the ET engine, which supports graphics with a high refresh rate and dynamic image display settings.

A powerful 7000 mAh battery was “packed” into the Tecno Pova 2 case. In the maximum brightness mode of the display when watching a Full HD video from YouTube, the battery lasts for 15-16 hours of continuous operation of the smartphone. The battery is charged from an 18 watt block. From prying eyes, the battery is hidden behind a plastic back with a textured surface and an iridescent strip that cuts the “back” of the model in half vertically.

The main camera of the device carries the “quad” prefix, but in fact you have to rely on one of the four photomodules - a 48 MP leading image sensor. The front camera with a resolution of 8 MP is located in the island hole of the screen. The smartphone was equipped with an NFC chip, a fingerprint scanner in the power button, a triple tray for two SIM cards and a microSD memory card. The device can be considered as a low-cost gaming smartphone and as an excellent multimedia device - with a gigantic display size, it superbly gets used to these roles.