The Top Five Budget Smartphones

The ideal budget phone has to be a balance of features and good performance. Keeping yourself informed about the latest in technology is a good way to know what best for you.

Each year we see new smartphone models being released, each one has their own specifications set, so choosing Best Smart Phone in India that’s right for you will come only after you know what you want from your smartphone. Here are some of the best budget androids in the current market:

The LG G3:

The flagship phone from LG has new design elements that move it away from your standard Top Smart Phones. These new elements include the power button being put at the back under the camera. It has very slim bezels, so you get a stunning display. It houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC processor that has the smoothest performance.

The Asus Zenfone 4:

Small, stylish and very budget friendly, the ZenFone 4 is the Best Smart Phone in India that may have a 4” screen but it does have a 233 PPI density. The phone has 8 GB storage with micro SD. It does however run on Android Jelly Bean 4.3, with a future update for Android 4.4.

The Sony Xperia M:

It houses very standard features but is a very slim Top Smart Phones (9.3 mm) and light as well (115 g). The device houses a quad core processor that has a speed of only 1 GHz. You also have a 1 GB Ram and a 4” screen with a resolution of 854x 480.

The OPlus XonPhone 5:

The XonPhone 5 is new but its specifications and price have made it the Best Smart Phone in India. It has a 5” screen, 8 MP camera and 16 GB storage, which is pretty rare for a budget phone. The phone retails for Rs. 7999/- and can be bought online. You have many connectivity options, Micro SD lot and a front facing camera. The phone runs on Android 4.4.2 with updates coming soon.

The Motorola Moto G:

The phone comes with a very good processor, the quad core Snapdragon 400 processor; it has a smaller screen of 4.5” with a resolution of 1280x 720 with a PPI of 326. You can either buy an 8 GB or a 16 GB variant as the Top Smart Phones does not have Micro SD slot.

The Nokia Lumia 635:

The Windows 8.1 is the Best Smart Phone in India and a good start for those who want to change from the Android OS and we recommend the Lumia 635. This is a very thin handset (9.2 mm) with just 512 MB RAM but has the Snapdragon 400 as a processor. Among the connectivity options, you also have the LTE radio.

Check out the XonPhone 5 at www.oplustech.com, for reviews, specifications and special offers. I have the XonPhone 5 and feel that it is one of the Top Smart Phones the best budget handset yet.

XonPhone 5 Gaming Review

The XonPhone 5 was announced among a lot of media frenzy. In terms of overall gaming performance, here is the review.

This review is for the benchmarking test and for the performance in terms of game play across a number of games in the low graphic and the high end graphic games. The manufacturers, Oplus had packed in a number of good features in their first budget smart phone offering. So before we move on to the performance in the gaming section, we will take a quick look at the benchmark results:

•          Quadrant Standard:              6913

•          Antutu:                                   18625

•          Nenamark 2:                          48.8 FPS

Many android users feel that benchmark numbers are not true indicators of android performance. They assess the performance and software output of any budget device on a day to day basis. Coming down to the games, the apps that were tested were the most popular ones like Temple Run and Subway Surfers. These two low graphic games were used as game performance benchmarks as they are most popular games on the android platform.

Subway Surfers is a medium level graphics game that the device handled well without any drops in the frame rate. There was great color reproduction, graphics loaded very well and the audio quality was very good. 

Moving on opt Temple Run 2, which is also a medium level graphics game, played very well with no problem at all. Mid level games work perfectly on the 1280x 720p 5” display, the screen looks even better when increased to full brightness. This game also delivered very high results in terms of color reproduction, audio quality and graphics loaded very well.

So where low to mid graphic games are concerned, the performance was very good, and there were no issues at all in terms of graphics, frame rate drops etc.

Coming to the games that very graphics intensive, we had tried Riptide GT 2, Virtual Tennis, Asphalt 8 and Modern Combat 4. All these game apps are also very popular games; they are very heavy in terms of graphics and were tested on the XonPhone 5 on the full graphics settings.

Playing Riptide, you can easily see the reflections, the water splashes and other smaller effects in the game. The game play for this app was very smooth and lags free. The touch response was also very quick therefore enhancing game play. The gravity sensor also responded very well in these motion games. Then in virtual tennis, there was absolutely no lag at all. Both these games did very well in the color reproduction sections and the lack of any other graphics issues made the games more enjoyable.

In Asphalt 8, there were some very minor labs and frame drops when the game would switch between actual game to video intros and vice versa. This does not mean that the game in unplayable by any means. You simply have to adjust the graphics settings from high to medium and the game would be right on track with no lags and other issues. Here too the tough response and the colour reproduction were very good.

Then we have Modern Combat 4, this is a super heavy game and our favorite one. The XonPhone 5 had handled this game very well. The game was surprisingly fast, had delivered very strong colours and the sound was fantastic. The back portion of the phone especially towards the camera, had become slightly warm, but this is to be expected after heavy duty gaming.

In conclusion, the XonPhone 5 can manage all tasks and just about any game that is thrown at it. The device had played all the game test apps to perfection, with no frame rate drops.

Enjoy your favourite games on the best budget android smart phone device. Log on to www.oplustech.com to know more about it.

XonPhone 5 Tops the Smart Phone Market and Outdoes Competitors

OPlus has released their XonPhone 5 after the roaring success of the Xonpad 7, the smart phone has great features at an even greater price and when you buy it online through Snapdeal.com, you can be guaranteed of a quick delivery.

OPlus had announced recently that had released the XonPhone 5, a product that the company claims is a revolutionary one that can only be bought online through Snapdeal.com.

At the launch press conference, the OPlus India CEO, Soumitra Gupta had mentioned that the company was happy with the launch of their second product, following the success of their tablet, the XonPad 7.

The company promises consumers that the smart phone was innovative and was packed with a number of features that guarantee a never before, unique experience. They have even started an association with Snapdeal.com, India’s largest online retailer to market the smart phone as they had received a large number of responses for the XonPad 7.

The XonPad 7 was the company’s first offering and was also sold through Snapdeal.com. The XonPhone 5 is their second offering and the company has done a commendable job in the price to features ratio. 

Here is a closer look at their new XonPhone 7:

Performance:

The XonPhone 5 has a 1 GB RAM that has been partnered with a quad core MTK 6582 Cortex A7 processor that guarantees smooth interactivity. You also have a Mali 400 GPU graphics card that boosts gaming, dual cameras, 16 GB of internal space and a 2000 mAh battery.

Display:

The XonPhone 5 has a five inch multi touch IPS OGS screen that is very wide, flat and makes navigation easier. There is screen darkening, even when viewing from an angle. The UI is also smooth, panning in and out takes place easily and kinetic scrolling speed is very good as well. You can easily view content in HD 1280x 720 pixels with very sharp images in 320 PPI.

Camera:

There are two cameras that are equipped with LED flash, auto tap-to-focus and voice capture. At this price point, the cameras have a good speed. You can take photos in various modes like panorama, HD and record videos in 1088 X 1920 @ 30 FPS. The front facing camera can be used for video conferences, it is however very shaky, but you can still capture some great shots that are focused, even in low light conditions. Share your photos using Geo-tagging.

Additional Services:

The company also promises extra OTS updates and customer support. It is as simple as calling the number featured on their website and you can also get servicing done at your home.

If you want to buy the XonPhone 5, log on to www.oplustech.com to know more about the phone and where you can find it. You can also get it for Rs. 7999/- at: - http://www.snapdeal.com/product/oplus-xonphone-5/715588315