[...] with Snapdragon 820 devices coming in the form of phones like the Xiaomi Mi5 and the OnePlus 3.
For as little as $200, you can now find devices with enough horsepower to satisfy the casual user, and many of them also come in a premium design.
[...] they are quickly getting there via phones like the
Honor 5X and
Honor 8,
ZenFone 3, and various
Xiaomi smartphones.
If you start at
$200, you get devices like the
base-level Moto G4 [...]
[...] like the excellent
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with a more-than-modest hardware setup and insane battery life, or the
Honor 5X which sports a surprising design for its
$200 price-tag.
For
$250, you can start off with the
Moto G4 Plus, which builds up on the Moto G4 with a fingerprint scanner and a better camera setup.
[...]
Honor 8 up at
$300 which are set to arrive shortly in markets — this one in particular packs a Kirin 950 in an exquisite-looking glass body.
The
Moto X Pure Edition with its starting price of
$299 these days offers a much more value-oriented package than back when it launched [...]
The
Nexus 5X is another value addition, with its purest of pure Android experiences and developer friendliness [...]
Phones like the
Alcatel Idol 4 are stand-outs in this category, as they offer a lot of features for fewer dollars than its competition.
[...] the
HTC One A9 offers a stylish proposition.
But if specs are what you seek but you can’t really reach out for flagship prices, then devices like the,
ZUK Z2 Pro,
Xiaomi Mi 5, the
OnePlus 3 and the
ZTE Axon 7 are devices that you should look out for.
But now, if
$200 (or even less) is all that you’ve got, you could snag yourself a
Moto E from last year which makes for a good starter device.
[...] with the
ZTE Max Pro, launched recently for a super astonishing price tag of just
$99 for a device that certainly does not appear this cheap on the spec sheet.