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The best smartphones

It is dif­fi­cult to imag­ine a mod­ern per­son with­out a mobile phone. How­ev­er, not every­one can afford an expen­sive mod­el. There­fore, Kom­so­mol­skaya Prav­da ranked the best smart­phones up to 10 thou­sand rubles in 2022
The best smartphones under 10,000 rubles in 2022
The best smart­phones under 10,000 rubles. Pho­to: pexels/freestocks

In 2022, due to fluc­tu­a­tions in exchange rates, it became dif­fi­cult to find a good smart­phone in the cat­e­go­ry under 10,000 rubles. You have to be con­tent with either mod­els of past years, or delve into the ultra-bud­get class itself. And this means mak­ing com­pro­mis­es for your cri­te­ria by which you choose a smart­phone.

We’ve round­ed up the best smart­phones under Rs 10,000 in 2022 to help read­ers make their choice. In our rat­ing, we talk about the pros and cons of the mod­els and give a brief overview of the mod­els.

 

Editor’s Choice

Infinix SMART 6PLUS

SMART 6 Plus. Photo: infinixmobility.com
SMART 6 Plus. Pho­to: infinixmobility.com

Infinix SMART 6PLUS — high-per­for­mance entry-lev­el smart­phone with a large bat­tery and mem­o­ry. At a more than demo­c­ra­t­ic price, its capa­bil­i­ties are tru­ly impres­sive.

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At the heart of SMART 6 PLUS is an 8‑core Medi­aTek Helio G25 proces­sor (4 cores at 2000 MHz, 4 cores at 1500 MHz). Pre-installed oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 12 (Go Edi­tion).

The device has a 6.82-inch screen with HD + res­o­lu­tion and a sam­pling rate of 120 Hz. The sam­pling rate is the rate at which user touch­es are read. Sun­light Dis­play tech­nol­o­gy auto­mat­i­cal­ly adjusts the bright­ness of the screen accord­ing to the inten­si­ty of the sur­round­ing light, so the image is clear even in bright sun­light.

Also, the image is fur­ther opti­mized using AVSYNC tech­nol­o­gy, which is espe­cial­ly rel­e­vant in video games. There are three modes:

  • Soft: High bright­ness and sharp shad­ow detail,
  • clas­sic: Increased col­or sat­u­ra­tion, increased real­ism of the pic­ture,
  • Vibrant: Max­i­mum con­trast pic­ture, improved dis­play of fine details

The audio sig­nal is also intel­li­gent­ly processed by Dar-Link 2.0 tech­nol­o­gy, which pre­cise­ly posi­tions the sig­nal in space. This fea­ture will be appre­ci­at­ed by gamers, who will be bet­ter able to nav­i­gate the game space.

The cam­eras are quite sim­ple, but ful­ly func­tion­al: if you do not expect pro­fes­sion­al qual­i­ty from the pic­tures, then they are more than enough. The main unit is rep­re­sent­ed by an 8 MP lens with a flash, the front one is a 5 MP cam­era.

SMART 6 PLUS is equipped with a 5000 mAh bat­tery, it lasts an aver­age of 31 hours of talk time and 64 days of stand­by time. There is no fast charg­ing, but there is an Ultra Pow­er Mode in which the device will work an addi­tion­al two and a half hours with a bat­tery lev­el of 5%. Built-in hard­ware pro­tec­tion cuts off mains pow­er when the bat­tery is 100% charged.

The smart­phone is avail­able in two ver­sions: with 2 and 3 GB of RAM. RAM can be expand­ed up to 4 and 6 GB, respec­tive­ly, by using part of the per­sis­tent stor­age. The amount of per­ma­nent mem­o­ry in both options is the same — 64 GB. It can also be expand­ed using an SD card up to 512 GB, for which there is a sep­a­rate slot. Vir­tu­al mem­o­ry allows you to run mul­ti­ple appli­ca­tions at the same time with­out freez­ing. Face and fin­ger­print recog­ni­tion sen­sors pro­tect against unau­tho­rized access, they work accu­rate­ly and quick­ly. The mod­el is avail­able in three col­ors: “mag­ic black”, “calm blue”, “pur­ple crys­tal”. The case is addi­tion­al­ly coat­ed with sil­ver ions, which pro­vides addi­tion­al pro­tec­tion against microbes.

Edi­tor’s Choice
Infinix SMART 6PLUS
Large screen and opti­mal per­for­mance
Infinix SMART 6PLUS — per­for­mance smart­phone entry lev­el with a large bat­tery and mem­o­ry
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Main characteristics

Screen 6.82″ IPS, 1640*720
CPU Medi­aTek Helio G25
Main cam­era 8 MP, AI mod­ule, LED flash with 2 diodes
Front-cam­era 5 MP with LED flash with 2 diodes
Video film­ing 1080p 60FPS
Per­ma­nent / RAM 64+2/3 (expand­able to 4/6) GB
Bat­tery 5000 mAh
Charg­er 10 W
Fin­ger­print unlock Yes
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 12 (Go Edi­tion)
Col­ors “mag­ic black”, “calm blue”, “pur­ple crys­tal”

Pros and cons

Large screen, opti­mal per­for­mance, Medi­aTek Helio G25 gam­ing proces­sor, Sun­light Dis­play tech­nol­o­gy auto­mat­i­cal­ly adjusts image bright­ness, Ultra Pow­er Mode to save pow­er when the bat­tery is low, RAM expan­sion using part of the per­ma­nent stor­age, Micro SD card sup­port up to 512 GB
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Top 14 best smartphones under 10,000 rubles in 2022 according to KP

1. realme C21Y

Realme C21Y. Photo: market.yandex.ru
Realme C21Y. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

A good state employ­ee with rel­e­vant char­ac­ter­is­tics for 2022. True, only the younger ver­sion with 3 gigs of RAM and 32 GB of mem­o­ry falls into the cat­e­go­ry up to 10,000 rubles. If the inter­nal mem­o­ry can be fin­ished off with a flash card (up to 256 GB), then noth­ing can be improved with the RAM. But 3 GB for nor­mal work and every­day tasks will be beyond your eyes.

On sale mod­els in strict black and azure-blue col­ors. Embossed pat­tern on the back to make the hand­set less slip­pery in your hand. The mobile phone has a triple cam­era, which gives a very wor­thy result for its mon­ey.

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But you should not count on a super-beau­ti­ful pic­ture. The grain­i­ness is notice­able. Praise is worth and for the proces­sor. The Unisoc T610 chip is on board — in this price seg­ment, this is, one might say, the top lev­el.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.5 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 11 with R Edi­tion skin
Mem­o­ry size RAM 3 or 4 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32 or 64 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras triple 13 + 2 + 2 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 5000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 163.6×75.7×8.4 mm, 200 grams

Pros and cons

The qual­i­ty of the cam­eras. The most pro­duc­tive proces­sor in its class. Sol­id body assem­bly, noth­ing cracks or creaks
In the reviews there are com­plaints about the qual­i­ty of GPS — the satel­lite is los­ing. The smart­phone is new, but uses an out­dat­ed micro-USB charg­ing inter­face. When buy­ing it, too many “extra” appli­ca­tions are installed on it — they either do not work in Rus­sia or dupli­cate basic pro­grams from Google

Smart­phones up to 20,000 rubles

Choos­ing a bud­get smart­phone is like assem­bling a con­struc­tion set that lacks details.

2. Itel A48

Itel A48. Photo: market.yandex.ru

Itel A48. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Anoth­er mar­ket leader in ultra-state employ­ees. It has a fea­ture that is quite rare for smart­phones in 2022 — here the back cov­er is removed and the bat­tery is tak­en out. Oth­er brands have long moved to mono­lith­ic cas­es, but this one is still hold­ing on. Prob­a­bly because Itel has been pro­duc­ing push-but­ton dialers for a long time. Iron­i­cal­ly, this can actu­al­ly be con­sid­ered a plus for peo­ple who, for some rea­son, need to have a spare bat­tery. You can buy it on Chi­nese mar­ket­places.

Exter­nal­ly, the phone is con­cise and sim­ple. Works on pure Android with­out any exter­nal shells. This means that even with its mod­est sup­ply of RAM, it will per­form a lit­tle bet­ter in nor­mal tasks: appli­ca­tions open faster, etc. Pow­ered by UNISOC SC9832E proces­sor — the most bud­get solu­tion.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.11 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 10 (upgrad­able to ver­sion 11)
Mem­o­ry size RAM 2 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras dual 5 + 5 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 3000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 157x75x10 mm, 185 grams

Pros and cons

You can remove the back cov­er and remove the bat­tery. Good screen. Clean oper­at­ing sys­tem
Small bat­tery capac­i­ty. There are user com­plaints about the sound qual­i­ty. The cam­era shoots bad­ly: the only way out is to hold your breath and shoot with­out mov­ing

3.HUAWEI Y5p

HUAWEI Y5p. Photo: HUAWEI
HUAWEI Y5p. Pho­to: HUAWEI

The smart­phone is equipped with a large amount of mem­o­ry and a triple card slot that can accom­mo­date two nano-SIM cards and an SD mem­o­ry card up to 512 GB, which pro­vides more space for appli­ca­tions, pho­tos and videos. All the data you need is stored in the com­pact body of your smart­phone and is always avail­able, wher­ev­er you are.

The bat­tery pro­vides 17 hours of video play­back and allows you to per­form dai­ly oper­a­tions on the device with­out being dis­tract­ed every few hours by an addi­tion­al charge.

The Smart Pow­er Sav­ing fea­ture opti­mizes bat­tery pow­er con­sump­tion so you can per­form dai­ly tasks with­out wor­ry­ing about the bat­tery lev­el. Thanks to the intel­li­gent face recog­ni­tion func­tion, you can quick­ly unlock the screen of your smart­phone. The device has a sig­nif­i­cant draw­back — the lack of Google ser­vices, so it is unlike­ly to suit mod­ern users.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 5.45″
Num­ber of main cam­eras one
Built-in mem­o­ry 32 GB
RAM 3 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 3020 mAh

Pros and cons

Light­weight, loud speak­er, long bat­tery life
Weak cam­era, no Google ser­vices

4. ZTE Blade A71

ZTE Blade A71. Photo: market.yandex.ru
ZTE Blade A71. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The mod­el is avail­able in three col­ors: aqua­ma­rine, metal­lic and ice gray. The col­ors are har­mo­nious, calm. The plas­tic is cov­ered with a ribbed pat­tern to make the tube more secure in the hand. Inside there is a weak Unisoc SC9863A proces­sor: the devel­op­ers saved the most on it. True, they did not stint on three giga­bytes of “RAM”. There­fore, if you imme­di­ate­ly remove unnec­es­sary appli­ca­tions and do not launch a crowd of five appli­ca­tions, every­thing will be fine in every­day tasks.

The cam­era in the smart­phone is ade­quate. The main thing is not to shoot with an approx­i­ma­tion — all its short­com­ings are imme­di­ate­ly vis­i­ble here: rip­ples, a fuzzy pic­ture, noise and oth­er trou­bles. But the wide-angle mod­ule is accept­able. The front cam­era can be used to rec­og­nize the face of the own­er and unlock the phone.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.52 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 11 with MiFa­vor skin
Mem­o­ry size RAM 3 GB, inter­nal stor­age 64 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras triple 16 + 8 + 2 MP
Front-cam­era 8 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 166×75.2×8.2 mm, 180 grams

Pros and cons

Smooth oper­a­tion in every­day tasks. The stock of built-in mem­o­ry is 64 GB. Wide cam­era
When you zoom in on a pho­to while tak­ing a pic­ture, the qual­i­ty of the pic­ture is seri­ous­ly degrad­ed. Long charge — about three hours. You can’t put two SIM cards and a “flash dri­ve” at once — one of the slots is dual

5. TECNO Spark 7

TECNO Spark 7. Photo: market.yandex.ru
TECNO Spark 7. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Comes in green, black and blue. Green is a swampy, trendy col­or in 2022. Nice screen with thin bezels. Only the “chin” let us down — the frame is too thick. The phone was made with a clear eye on par­ty-goers and youth. It can be con­nect­ed via blue­tooth to six devices at the same time!

The Helio P22 proces­sor is a wor­thy choice in its class up to 10,000 rubles. It copes well with 3D games, and mes­sen­gers and YouTube are launch­ing in flight. Prob­a­bly, it’s still a good opti­miza­tion of the pro­pri­etary shell on the oper­at­ing sys­tem and fast RAM.

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All cam­eras here are 16 megapix­els — they know their busi­ness well. If you take the ver­sion with 4 GB of “RAM” (it can be a lit­tle more expen­sive than 10,000), then you will also get a built-in artis­tic back­ground blur func­tion in the video.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.52 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 11 with HiOS shell
Mem­o­ry size RAM 2 or 4 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32, 64 or 128 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras dual 16 + 16 MP
Front-cam­era 16 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 5000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 164.8×76.1×9.5 mm, 205 grams

Pros and cons

Event LED indi­ca­tor. Sys­tem speed. The screen is cov­ered with an oleo­pho­bic lay­er to pro­tect against greasy prints
Long charg­ing (over 4 hours). There are com­plaints about the oper­a­tion of the fin­ger­print sen­sor — it does not work the first time. Com­mon speak­er for music and con­ver­sa­tion — affects sound qual­i­ty

6. Xiaomi Redmi 9A

Xiaomi Redmi 9A. Photo: market.yandex.ru

Xiao­mi Red­mi 9A. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Ref­er­ence state employ­ee from Xiao­mi. Find­ing some­thing even cheap­er and at the same time new from them for 2022 is dif­fi­cult. Recall that the Red­mi series was once declared as a sam­ple of a phone on which the com­pa­ny earns a min­i­mum: the buy­er got it almost at the cost of com­po­nents and assem­bly. The com­pa­ny from Chi­na made a name for itself on them and allowed to change the con­cept.

Right now Red­mi is just a bud­get phone. They are will­ing­ly tak­en to chil­dren, the elder­ly and as a sec­ond tube for work needs. They serve faith­ful­ly for years. If you’re going to play 3D games, get the 3GB ver­sion. On low qual­i­ty set­tings, every­thing will work with­out prob­lems.

Inside the Helio G25 proces­sor, although the pre­vi­ous ver­sions of the line were on more pro­duc­tive Snap­drag­on, but the busi­ness, as you know, is striv­ing to opti­mize costs and max­i­mize prof­its.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.53 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 10 with MIUI skin
Mem­o­ry size RAM 2 or 3 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras sin­gle 13 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 5000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 164x77x9 mm, 194 grams

Pros and cons

Holds a charge well — enough for two days of aver­age use. The self­ie cam­era is decent. Has face unlock
The cam­era gives a soapy pic­ture. Longer than today’s com­peti­tors launch appli­ca­tions. Reg­u­lar Xiao­mi appli­ca­tions are replete with ads

7. DOOGEE X95 Pro

DOOGEE X95 Pro. Photo: market.yandex.ru

DOOGEE X95 Pro. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The brand began with the release of “armored” smart­phones for hunters and fish­er­men. This mod­el is “civil­ian”, but it’s nice that they still added a par­ti­cle of their cor­po­rate iden­ti­ty here. Out of the box, the phone is past­ed over with all kinds of pro­tec­tive films, and the dis­play is imme­di­ate­ly pro­tect­ed by addi­tion­al glass. Comes in blue, green and black. Blue and green are slight­ly “nuclear”, I want a lit­tle more calm shades.

There is no fin­ger­print sen­sor. But the front cam­era can rec­og­nize the own­er. There is an inter­est­ing fold­er on the phone called “Tool Bag”. It has a sound lev­el meter, a pro­trac­tor, a mag­ni­fy­ing glass — the cam­era mag­ni­fies the image for easy view­ing — an elec­tron­ic lev­el and a vir­tu­al plumb line. Pumped up the proces­sor — only a quad-core. Although oth­ers are not stingy to install eight-core. But thanks to 4 GB of RAM, the work is very com­fort­able.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.52 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 10
Mem­o­ry size RAM 4 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras triple 16 + 2 + 2 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4300 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 167×77.4×8.9 mm, 178 grams

Pros and cons

There is a fast charg­ing option — about 1.5 hours. Includ­ed is not only a case, but also a pro­tec­tive glass. Rich screen col­ors
The cam­era blurs the image around the edges. Too sat­u­rat­ed col­or of the plas­tic case. Out­dat­ed proces­sor

8. TCL 20E

TCL 20E. Photo: market.yandex.ru
TCL 20E. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The bud­get mod­els of this brand start­ed a rapid expan­sion a cou­ple of years ago in order to occu­py a part of the bud­get smart­phone mar­ket. In 2022, this is one of the com­pa­ny’s top mod­els. In fact, this is a rebrand­ing of the pop­u­lar Alca­tel 1S gad­get with a pro­pri­etary shell. Inside, the spec­i­fi­ca­tions are iden­ti­cal.

You don’t have to wait for super speeds from it, but it works sta­bly. It is often tak­en as a sec­ond gad­get for work tasks, chat­ting with col­leagues. The advan­tage is also in a very good bat­tery. Although 4000 mil­liamps / hour is by no means a record now, thanks to the eco­nom­i­cal proces­sor it works for two days with­out recharg­ing.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.52 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 11 with TCL UI skin
Mem­o­ry size RAM 3 GB, inter­nal stor­age 64 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras triple 13 + 2 + 2 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 165.6×75.5×8.8 mm, 190 grams

Pros and cons

The bat­tery holds a charge well. There is a wide-angle cam­era mod­ule. Lacon­ic brand­ed shell
Ter­ri­ble cam­era qual­i­ty in low light. Before open­ing appli­ca­tions, he thinks for a cou­ple of sec­onds. There are com­plaints that, due to the size, not every user is com­fort­able plac­ing a fin­ger on the fin­ger­print scan­ner on the rear pan­el.

Smart­phones up to 15,000 rubles

15,000 rubles is a small price for a smart­phone, but it is quite a tan­gi­ble amount.

9.vivo Y1s

vivo Y1s. Photo: market.yandex.ru
vivo Y1s. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Out of the box, along with the smart­phone, we get a cool pro­tec­tive case. He is thick, armor-pierc­ing. The edges pro­trude slight­ly above the dis­play and thus give it addi­tion­al pro­tec­tion in the event of a fall. One caveat: with such a case, the smart­phone turns out more. But over­all, this is a fair­ly com­pact mod­el by 2022 stan­dards. And if you don’t like the stan­dard pro­tec­tion option, then order a thin­ner “bumper” from Chi­na.

The gad­get has a curi­ous func­tion of assign­ing a task to the vol­ume down but­ton. For exam­ple, turn on the cam­era or run some pro­gram. And you can make it so that when you shake your phone, the flash­light turns on. The idea is sim­ple and use­ful, but for some rea­son oth­er man­u­fac­tur­ers of the best smart­phones ignore it. There is a motor­cy­cle con­trol mode: with­out incom­ing calls and with the func­tion of quick respons­es via SMS to calls.

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The mobile phone is pow­ered by a Medi­aTek Helio P35 chip — in com­bi­na­tion with 2 GB of mem­o­ry, a thought­ful and unhur­ried smart­phone in terms of speed is obtained.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.22 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 10 with Fun­touch OS 10.5 shell
Mem­o­ry size RAM 2 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras 13 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4030 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 155×75.0.9×8.28 mm, 161 grams

Pros and cons

Nice com­plete case. The func­tion of assign­ing a task to the vol­ume but­ton. Quadru­ple cam­era zoom gives an ade­quate pic­ture
Wi-Fi only in the 2.4 GHz band — it is slow­er than the cur­rent 5 GHz stan­dard. Low per­for­mance. Mark Corps

10. BQ 6353L Joy

BQ 6353L Joy. Photo: market.yandex.ru

BQ 6353L Joy. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

The most rel­e­vant nov­el­ty for 2022 from a domes­tic brand. It comes in four inter­est­ing col­ors: graphite black, olive, pur­ple and navy blue. Runs on a weak Unisoc SC9863A proces­sor. But if you are only for cor­re­spon­dence and social net­works, it will be enough. Games, pho­to edi­tors will open slow­ly. Com­plex mod­ern 3D shoot­ing games will slow you down.

Despite the mod­est fill­ing, thanks to the price and attrac­tive design, the mobile phone pleas­es with the build qual­i­ty. Good plas­tic used. Such a sim­ple device should ide­al­ly suit the old­er gen­er­a­tion of users, for whom the main thing is a large screen, loud sound and the abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate with loved ones.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.26 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 10 (upgrad­able to ver­sion 11)
Mem­o­ry size RAM 2 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras 13 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 3000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 162.2 x 76.8 x 9.8 mm, 191 grams

Pros and cons

Bright design. The low-per­for­mance proces­sor con­sumes the bat­tery eco­nom­i­cal­ly: it will def­i­nite­ly last for the whole day. Con­ve­nient rear fin­ger­print sen­sor
Thick bot­tom bezel. Appli­ca­tions open after a notice­able pause — a con­se­quence of a weak proces­sor and a small sup­ply of RAM. Dual slot for SIM and flash card: either put two “SIM” or “SIM” + flash card

11 Nokia C01 Plus

Nokia C01 Plus. Photo: market.yandex.ru

Nokia C01 Plus. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

Avail­able in blue and dark pur­ple case. The assem­bly is excel­lent: the old push-but­ton Nokias imme­di­ate­ly come to mind. The only con­cern is the qual­i­ty of the plas­tic. So it seems that its sur­face will begin to wear off after a year of wear­ing it in a purse or trouser pock­et. For­tu­nate­ly, a sil­i­cone case is avail­able from the box, the thick walls of which can be con­sid­ered real armor.

The slot for the sec­ond SIM card and “flash dri­ve” is com­bined. That is, either you use two SIM cards, or expand the mem­o­ry (there is some­thing to expand, the stan­dard stock is only 16 GB) and are con­tent with only one num­ber. You can for­get about 3D games. Even if some­thing starts up, the phone will get very hot and rapid­ly dis­charge. But you can shoot at the balls and dri­ve the snake. Mes­sen­gers and the Inter­net — no prob­lem. The smart­phone has a com­pact form fac­tor by the stan­dards of 2022.

Main characteristics

Screen 5.45 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 11
Mem­o­ry size RAM 1 GB, inter­nal stor­age 16 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras sin­gle 5 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 3000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 148×71.8×9.3 mm, 157 grams

Pros and cons

Build qual­i­ty. Runs on pure Android. face unlock
Dual slot for flash card and SIM. Thick dis­play bezels. It gets very hot when play­ing for a long time or using an appli­ca­tion for pro­cess­ing pho­tos, videos. There are com­plaints about the wash­able plas­tic coat­ing of the case

12. Samsung Galaxy A02

Samsung Galaxy A02. Photo: market.yandex.ru
Sam­sung Galaxy A02. Pho­to: market.yandex.ru

This phone is a rare excep­tion in the Kore­an com­pa­ny’s line­up. The thing is that it was cre­at­ed and assem­bled by order of the com­pa­ny by con­trac­tors from Chi­na. This is such a way to reduce the cost of the mod­el.

Hous­ing made of high qual­i­ty plas­tic. Unless the side faces are a weak point. After a year they will start to wear off. The Medi­aTek MT6739W proces­sor, cou­pled with mod­est RAM, is pre­dictably slow. All pro­grams open very slow­ly.

Mod­els of three col­ors are on sale: red, turquoise and black — they have already become basic for bud­get Sam­sung mod­els.

Main characteristics

Screen 6.5 inch­es
Oper­at­ing sys­tem Android 10 with OneUI 2.0 shell
Mem­o­ry size RAM 2 or 3 GB, inter­nal stor­age 32 or 64 GB
Main (rear) cam­eras dual 13 + 2 MP
Front-cam­era 5 MP
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 5000 mA
Dimen­sions and weight 164×75.9×9.1 mm, 206 grams

Pros and cons

The bat­tery sup­ports fast charg­ing (6–8% in 15 min­utes). You can record radio. Beau­ti­ful shell design on the oper­at­ing sys­tem
The auto-bright­ness mode does not work well: the smart­phone does not rely on the light sen­sor (it is not here), but takes a pic­ture with the front cam­era. No fin­ger­print scan­ner, no face recog­ni­tion. When look­ing at the dis­play from the side, the bright­ness drops very much

13. DOOGEE X95

DOOGEE X95. Photo: DOOGEE
DOOGEE X95. Pho­to: DOOGEE

A smart­phone with a large screen will be an excel­lent choice for every­day use. The device guar­an­tees a con­sis­tent­ly high lev­el of mobile com­mu­ni­ca­tion thanks to the sup­port of the six most pop­u­lar LTE fre­quen­cy bands. The pres­ence of a pro­tec­tive coat­ing on the screen will pre­vent scratch­es and scuffs from appear­ing on it.

You can run most appli­ca­tions with­out slow­downs in mul­ti­task­ing mode. The rear cam­era will allow you to cre­ate high-qual­i­ty pic­tures. The face scan­ner pre­vents unau­tho­rized access to data stored on the smart­phone.

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Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 6.52″
Num­ber of main cam­eras 3
Built-in mem­o­ry 16 GB
RAM 2 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4350 mAh

Pros and cons

Big screen, good bat­tery, good build qual­i­ty
Some­times freezes, does not always “see” the net­work

Phones for the elder­ly

For peo­ple of respectable age of the 21st cen­tu­ry, both push-but­ton phones and smart­phones are suit­able

14 Realme C11

Realme C11. Photo: Realme

Realme C11. Pho­to: Realme

The smart­phone is ide­al for the elder­ly, as it is equipped with a widescreen dis­play, thanks to which the image will be detailed and clear. The pow­er­ful proces­sor ensures smooth gam­ing and com­fort­able work with most of the appli­ca­tions you need in your dai­ly life. Thanks to a capa­cious bat­tery, the device can work with­out recharg­ing up to 40 days in stand­by mode (if you play con­tin­u­ous­ly, you need to charge after 12 hours).

The smart­phone sup­ports reverse charg­ing tech­nol­o­gy and, using an OTG cable, allows you to share the charge with oth­er gad­gets. The qual­i­ty of the pic­tures is not the best, besides, the phone will not han­dle “heavy” games.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 6.5″
Image size 1600x720 pix.
Num­ber of main cam­eras one
Built-in mem­o­ry 32 GB
RAM 2 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 5000 mAh

Pros and cons

Good bat­tery, bright screen, durable to
Weak cam­era, unable to install some appli­ca­tions

 

Leaders of the Past

1.OUKITEL C21

OUKITEL C21. Photo: OUKITEL

OUKITEL C21. Pho­to: OUKITEL

The bud­get smart­phone has a styl­ish appear­ance, a large amount of mem­o­ry, and a good bat­tery. The device will please with sev­er­al main cam­eras, as well as a high res­o­lu­tion front. The phone fea­tures high per­for­mance and a large screen. Thanks to the bat­tery capac­i­ty, the smart­phone can work with­out recharg­ing for sev­er­al days. The proces­sor pro­vides sup­port for most games and appli­ca­tions.

Users con­sid­er the lack of a stan­dard head­phone jack to be the main dis­ad­van­tage of the smart­phone. There­fore, fans of using them will need to pur­chase a wire­less head­set.

The edi­tors con­sid­er the smart­phone to be the best due to the pres­ence of sev­er­al cam­eras, the pos­si­bil­i­ty of high-qual­i­ty self­ie shoot­ing and a good bat­tery. I would also like to note a clear and loud sound and a large amount of mem­o­ry.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 6.4″
Num­ber of main cam­eras four
Built-in mem­o­ry 64 GB
RAM 4 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4000 mAh

Pros and cons

Clear sound, long bat­tery life, good pic­ture qual­i­ty, strong front cam­era
Long charg­ing time, no stan­dard head­phone input

2. HTC Wildfire E

HTC Wildfire E. Photo: HTC
HTC Wild­fire E. Pho­to: HTC

This bud­get smart­phone is ide­al for pho­to lovers. The thin frame will not inter­fere with the review, and the small dis­play will allow you to con­trol the gad­get with one hand. There is voice con­trol and voice dial­ing. Added a lot of sen­sors that respond to approach, illu­mi­na­tion (this allows you to auto-adjust the bright­ness). The gad­get has a built-in com­pass.

The face recog­ni­tion func­tion is quite well imple­ment­ed, which allows you to quick­ly unlock the phone. It is note­wor­thy that it works in two vari­a­tions — with­out blink­ing eyes and with blink­ing. You can also unlock your phone with your fin­ger­print. Thanks to its light weight, the smart­phone will be con­ve­nient even for chil­dren. How­ev­er, keep in mind that the qual­i­ty of the front cam­era is not the best.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 5.45″
Num­ber of main cam­eras 2
Built-in mem­o­ry 32 GB
RAM 2 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 3000 mAh

Pros and cons

Light weight, easy to use, fast work­ing
Weak front cam­era, some­times does not rec­og­nize a fin­ger­print

3 Nokia 3.4

Nokia 3.4. Photo: Nokia
Nokia 3.4. Pho­to: Nokia

A smart­phone with a good cam­era will please you with high qual­i­ty pic­tures, and thanks to the large screen, it will suit the elder­ly and peo­ple with low vision. They will also appre­ci­ate the loud sound and good call qual­i­ty. Large bat­tery capac­i­ty will allow you to stay in touch for a long time. The man­u­fac­tur­er promis­es two days of oper­a­tion of this mod­el with­out addi­tion­al recharg­ing.

Self­ie lovers should take into account that the front cam­era shoots in poor qual­i­ty, so the smart­phone is unlike­ly to suit them. In addi­tion, the smart­phone has per­for­mance prob­lems, even when per­form­ing basic tasks, there are delays, appli­ca­tions can freeze and crash.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 6.39″
Num­ber of main cam­eras 3
Built-in mem­o­ry 64 GB
RAM 3 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4000 mAh

Pros and cons

Loud speak­er, good call qual­i­ty
Per­for­mance issues, weak front cam­era

4. Samsung Galaxy A01 Core

Samsung Galaxy A01 Core. Photo: Samsung
Sam­sung Galaxy A01 Core. Pho­to: Sam­sung

The device is small in size, which makes it con­ve­nient for any user. The mod­el shows good results in terms of per­for­mance, but you should not expect any spe­cial gam­ing fea­tures. This smart­phone is designed to meet the basic needs — unin­ter­rupt­ed oper­a­tion of calls, send­ing mes­sages and social net­work­ing.

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Despite the small bat­tery capac­i­ty, the mod­el can hold a charge for up to two days. This is ensured by an ener­gy-effi­cient screen and a mod­ern proces­sor. The device will not live up to the expec­ta­tions of peo­ple who reg­u­lar­ly shoot a lot of pho­tos and videos. The stor­age is small, which makes the phone suit­able for kids and users who don’t care about cam­eras.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 5.3″
Image size 1480x720px
Num­ber of main cam­eras one
Built-in mem­o­ry 16 GB
RAM 1 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 3000 mAh

Pros and cons

Stur­dy body, small size, loud sound
Low mem­o­ry, slow, weak bat­tery

5. Xiaomi Redmi 9C

Xiaomi Redmi 9C. Photo: Xiaomi

Xiao­mi Red­mi 9C. Pho­to: Xiao­mi

A smart­phone can be called uni­ver­sal for each user — it has every­thing you need. The large screen dis­plays the pic­ture in detail, the Google Pay mod­ule pro­vides the abil­i­ty to pay every­where by phone, and NFC — for instant file and data exchange. The mod­el has a pow­er­ful bat­tery. In call mode, the phone can be used for 32 hours. The aspect ratio of the screen is a so-called cin­e­mat­ic aspect ratio.

This will be appre­ci­at­ed by those who often watch movies and videos on their smart­phone. In addi­tion, so that your eyes do not get tired, you can adjust the col­or tem­per­a­ture — from the cold­est to com­fort­able warm, as well as choose day or night modes. It should be borne in mind that the qual­i­ty of shoot­ing is not the best, so the device is hard­ly suit­able for pho­tog­ra­phy. In addi­tion, some mod­els may have prob­lems with NFC一 freezes or com­plete lack of work.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 6.53″
Num­ber of main cam­eras 2
Built-in mem­o­ry 32 GB
RAM 2 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 5000 mAh

Pros and cons

Large screen, good for watch­ing movies, good bat­tery life
Often freezes, weak cam­era, pos­si­ble prob­lems with NFC

6. Ulefone Armor X6

Ulefone Armor X6. Photo: Ulefone

Ule­fone Armor X6. Pho­to: Ule­fone

Inex­pen­sive smart­phone in an armored case. Great option for trav­el­ers. There is a mode of oper­a­tion in “gloves”, so you can use the gad­get with com­fort even in severe frosts. Thanks to the bat­tery, you will always be in touch, and the cam­era will allow you to cre­ate good pic­tures. In addi­tion, there is the pos­si­bil­i­ty of under­wa­ter shoot­ing.

The smart­phone is shock­proof, has a high degree of pro­tec­tion against dust and mois­ture. Please note that the amount of mem­o­ry is small, so the gad­get is not suit­able for gamers.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 5″
Image size 1280x720 pix­els
Num­ber of main cam­eras one
Built-in mem­o­ry 16 GB
RAM 2 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 4000 mAh

Pros and cons

Good bat­tery, water resis­tant
Very slow, small amount of mem­o­ry

7. ZTE Blade A3

ZTE Blade A3. Photo: ZTE
ZTE Blade A3. Pho­to: ZTE

The remov­able bat­tery of the smart­phone is equipped with an intel­li­gent pow­er sav­ing mode that learns the user’s habits and fre­quen­cy of inter­ac­tion with appli­ca­tions to ensure the best per­for­mance. Appli­ca­tions that con­sume exces­sive pow­er will be auto­mat­i­cal­ly closed by the device. The mod­el is equipped with an NFC mod­ule that allows you to exchange data between smart­phones, tablets and lap­tops, as well as make pur­chas­es using your smart­phone with one touch.

The proces­sor guar­an­tees high per­for­mance, fast and smooth oper­a­tion. The pres­ence of 4G LTE tech­nol­o­gy in a smart­phone sig­nif­i­cant­ly increas­es the speed and qual­i­ty of mobile Inter­net, allow­ing you to always stay online and com­fort­ably inter­act with Inter­net resources.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 5.45″
Num­ber of main cam­eras one
Built-in mem­o­ry 32 GB
RAM 1 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 2600 mAh

Pros and cons

Con­ve­nient, large screen, sim­ple inter­face, inex­pen­sive
Weak bat­tery, low mem­o­ry, bad cam­era

8. Itel A25

Itel A25. Photo: Itel
Itel A25. Pho­to: Itel

The device will please the elder­ly, as it is equipped with a large and bright screen and sim­ple con­trols. A good amount of bat­tery will allow you to use the device for quite a long time, but only in the mode of calls and SMS. The phone is dressed in a fair­ly durable case, so it is not afraid of falls.

The cam­eras on the smart­phone are weak, so you should not expect pro­fes­sion­al pho­tos and videos from it. Gamers will also not appre­ci­ate this mod­el due to the small amount of RAM.

Main characteristics

Num­ber of sim cards 2
Screen diag­o­nal 5″
Num­ber of main cam­eras one
Built-in mem­o­ry 16 GB
RAM 1 GB
Bat­tery capac­i­ty 3020 mAh

Pros and cons

Con­ve­nient, large screen, sim­ple inter­face, inex­pen­sive
Weak bat­tery, low mem­o­ry, bad cam­era

 

How to choose a smartphone under 10,000 rubles

The price cat­e­go­ry of smart­phones up to 10 thou­sand rubles is of inter­est to many users. Here, brands are look­ing for a bal­ance between price and fea­tures. A bud­get gad­get, along with more expen­sive ones, can serve for a long time and answer most of the requests of its own­ers. How­ev­er, when buy­ing, it is worth con­sid­er­ing the main points:

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  • Bat­tery capac­i­ty. This is what is respon­si­ble for the long-term use of the phone from one charge to anoth­er.
  • Cam­era. This aspect is very impor­tant for lovers of pho­to and video shoot­ing, as well as self­ies. A smart­phone with a bad cam­era is just not suit­able for those who love pic­tures, but the elder­ly will almost cer­tain­ly like it.
  • The size. Here, rather, we are talk­ing about the elder­ly and peo­ple with poor eye­sight. You should not choose a phone with a small screen or small print for them.
  • RAM. The smart­phone must have at least 1 GB of RAM. With a small­er amount, the gad­get may freeze.
  • Built-in mem­o­ry. If the select­ed mod­el sup­ports the instal­la­tion of mem­o­ry cards, then 4 GB “native” will be enough for the user. Oth­er­wise, we rec­om­mend pur­chas­ing a smart­phone with at least 16 GB of inter­nal mem­o­ry. This will allow you to use the gad­get with vir­tu­al­ly no restric­tions: take pic­tures, watch videos, play games, and so on.

To help choose a smart­phone worth up to 10,000 rubles, the edi­tors of the KP asked Lyud­mi­la Sergeev­na Medi­anaya, mar­keter of the online hyper­mar­ket kotofoto.ru

Lyud­mi­la Medi­anaya claims that the seg­ment of bud­get smart­phones up to 10,000 rubles is quite exten­sive. The line is rep­re­sent­ed by both famous brands and smart­phones, which were defined as non­ame yes­ter­day. As before, most of the client audi­ence first of all pays atten­tion to the pop­u­lar name, mean­while, it is rec­om­mend­ed to focus on the char­ac­ter­is­tics of mobile phones.

If you are look­ing for a stu­dent option, the expert advis­es, the first smart­phone for a child, then choose the cheap­est option. The child will learn to charge it. Most like­ly, it will quick­ly break the charg­ing con­nec­tor, but from bit­ter expe­ri­ence it will under­stand that this is a sen­si­tive place on the phone and you should be care­ful. Get acquaint­ed with the basic options of a smart­phone: learn how to receive calls, take the first pic­tures, watch an edu­ca­tion­al car­toon on the phone, play the first sim­ple toys.

If you are giv­ing a gift to a mature per­son who uses mail, social net­works, YouTube, who loves trav­el and pho­tog­ra­phy, choose a more expen­sive smart­phone with a larg­er screen and bet­ter fea­tures.

 

Popular questions and answers

What pri­mar­i­ly affects the speed of a smart­phone?
First of all, the speed of the gad­get is affect­ed by RAM, proces­sor fre­quen­cy and the num­ber of cores. The diag­o­nal of the screen indi­cates the size of the smart­phone, and a larg­er screen res­o­lu­tion guar­an­tees a clear image. Built-in mem­o­ry deter­mines the size of the file stor­age, and the num­ber of megapix­els empha­sizes the qual­i­ty of the built-in cam­era.

At the same time, it is imme­di­ate­ly worth men­tion­ing that 2 GB of RAM by mod­ern stan­dards is not enough for full-fledged work. Smart­phones of this type should be clas­si­fied as slow action. Devices more expen­sive than 7,000 rubles already have a larg­er num­ber of cores. More megapix­els. New options may appear. For exam­ple, a fin­ger­print scan­ner.

What is the first thing smart­phone man­u­fac­tur­ers save on?
Usu­al­ly this Bat­tery capac­i­ty: the same HTC is anoth­er 3,000 mAh, and Sam­sung Galaxy already has 5,000 mAh, which means you can walk longer with­out recharg­ing or a pow­er bank.

It is also tonum­ber of cores and RAM: They affect the speed of the machine. Also, they are not up to par with the qual­i­ty of the stan­dard and front cam­eraswhich deter­mine the clar­i­ty of the images, as well as the size screen.

For what tasks is a smart­phone under 10,000 rubles best suit­ed?
Such a device should be cho­sen as the first smart­phone, as a learn­ing gad­get. It can also be con­sid­ered a good gift for an elder­ly per­son who watch­es videos on Youtube and Tik­Tok, and active­ly calls up with loved ones.

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