Don’t Buy Cheap Android Phones From Popular Brands Instead Buy Tecno (Here’s Why)

It’s another weekend, a time we pick up
an erring part in mobile tech and thrash
it out. This article was inspired by a
comment from Mobilista Surajudeen,
and we explore reasons why you
shouldn’t buy low-end smartphones
from popular phone brands.

There’s a general misconception
people have with mobile phone
makers. OK, for instance, If I asked,
“What are the best Android phone
brands?” The reply I expect to hear
would be answers like Samsung, LG,
Sony, and HTC. This is true. These
aforementioned brands make the best
Android phones you can see in the
market, but then, there’s a limit to
their greatness.

These popular brands make phones
people love, but the great experience
ends with their high end (and a few
mid-range) phones. When it comes to
low end devices, the likes of Samsung
, LG, HTC and Sony are useless. Yes,
you read it right. People buy them
with the inner belief they’re getting
something great, but trust me, the
reverse is the case here.

If you want to buy a cheap Android
device, look away from these popular
brands because their low end devices
are under specced and over priced.
An experience with it may leave a
bad taste in your mouth. If you must
buy any of these popular brands, then
save up and buy the very expensive
ones. That’s when you know you’ve
bought something worth celebrating.
There are many instances: Let’s pick
out the Samsung J1. This is a phone
released in 2015 but it comes with
measly 512 MB RAM, and the price
(at the time of writing this) is
N20,330. It’s funny when you know
you can get a 2 GB RAM Infinix Hot 2
for less or same price. Another case is
the Galaxy Star 2 Plus, which
Samsung used as a Hero deal during
the Jumia Mobile Megathon. The
phone has no 3G, carries just 512 MB
RAM, 4GB internal memory and was
priced at N17,000.

Outside Samsung, there’s a mid-range
Sony device, Xperia M4 Aqua . You
can imagine, the 8 GB version of this
phone has just 1.26 GB usable
memory. Even rooting and hacking
cannot save the situation. Imagine
shelling N40,000 and being faced
with this problem. LG, and HTC are
also culprits, when you look at their
low-end devices, you see that they’re
expensive compared to the offerings
of Chinese brands.

If your budget for a new smartphone
is at the region of N30,000, then stay
away from big name brands. Rather
look towards the likes of TECNO,
Gionee, Innjoo etc. They offer way
better value for money compared to
those popular brands you know.
Oya rant your own Happy Weekend
folks!!

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Source:- Mobility | Written by:- Elroy
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