As every individual in today’s world seeks perpetual digital connectivity, to engage with the global community, the demand for affordable smartphones is rising in every part of the world. Highly innovative enterprises are developing revolutionary technologies to meet the growing cellular needs of the consumers. Every year, increasingly powerful digital devices are being introduced, while technology experts evaluate their features to rank the performance of each device. Here’s a ranking of the top four smartphones from 2019 to consider.
HUAWEI Y9s (PKR 42,999/-)
Huawei’s Y Series has been a stellar performer each year, and this year was no different. After the bestselling HUAWEI Y9 Prime 2019, the company introduced another midrange offering – HUAWEI Y9s. Touting a 6.59” FHD+ Ultra FullView Display, this smartphone wins on the display front with 391 PPI, bringing one of the best displays in this price segment.
In the photography domain, the smartphone doesn’t leave any stone unturned with a real 48MP Triple AI rear camera that also sports an 8MP Ultra Wide Angle lens and a 2MP Depth sensor for Bokeh shots. The front, an automated 16MP Pop-up AI camera takes spectacular selfies.
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HUAWEI Y9s also gives a bump in RAM with 6GB and 128GB of storage while a 4,000 mAh battery powers it for more than a day. The smartphone is also power efficient with Huawei’s GPU Turbo 3.0 as it increases the power utilization by the Kirin 710F processor and gives high performance.
With a great display, outstanding camera quality and a premium design & glass-build quality, HUAWEI Y9s is an amazing smartphone to have in this price segment.
Redmi Note 8 Pro (PKR 42,999/-)
Xiaomi has created one of their best looking smartphones to date with the Redmi Note 8 Pro. The design aesthetics have significantly improved over last year and so the Redmi Note 8 Pro has a true luxurious appearance. A dot drop notch makes up for the lack of a pop-up camera, but the 20MP front shooter takes great selfies.
The smartphone comes loaded with cameras that are pretty good for its category. The primary Quad camera is equipped with 64MP plus 8MP Ultra Wide lens, 2MP Portrait lens, and a 2MP Macro shooter, allowing for great detailed still photos and even videos.
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Overall, a massive 4,500 mAh battery supported by fast charging, a back fingerprint scanner, a quad-camera setup, 6GB + 128 GB storage ticks all the right boxes for the Redmi Note 8 Pro to pose as a tough contender in its category.
Samsung Galaxy A30s (PKR 42,999/-)
The Samsung Galaxy A30s is a mid-range smartphone which covers all the basics quite well. While the display resolution of the AMOLED panel is somewhat a slight downgrade as compared to its predecessor, the triple camera setup, in-screen fingerprint scanner, and its beautiful back design is worthy of attention and thus makes it to our top Midrange smartphones list this year.
It sports a 25 MP, f/1.7 main camera, an 8 MP, f/2.2 Ultra Wide lens and an addition of 5 MP, f/2.2 depth sensor, allowing for beautiful portraits with Bokeh affect while the front-facing selfie camera is a 16 MP, f/2.0 camera. However, the camera pixels fall short of other competitors.
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It is equipped with Exynos 7904 Octa-core CPU and a Mali-G71 GPU. On the power front it has a 4,000mAh battery while it is powered by 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
Oppo A9 2020 (PKR 42,999/-)
A midranger from Oppo has some good features, while lacking on a few others. While it sports a massive 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, it also has a big 5,000 mAh battery. However, the 6.5-inch HD+ IPS screen display falls short of other competitors with 720x1600 Pixels and 269 PPI. The downside is that it only has 720p resolution which is slightly disappointing given that the competition for this category is high offering better resolution.
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The camera setup consists of a 48MP main shooter, 8MP Ultra Wide, 2MP Depth Sensor, and a 2MP Monochrome lens which provides decent quality images. Overall, the Oppo A9 2020 makes for a good midrange smartphone that looks premium, has a large display, decent performance, large RAM and storage, good cameras, and a long battery.
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