The best mid-range mobiles

If you are thinking of renewing your old mobile phone and you are not willing to risk it by buying a phone that is too cheap, but you do not want to be left with your pocket bare, then the mid-range mobiles is the most suitable space to undertake the search and choice of your new terminal. However, I already venture you that this decision is not going to be easy, and the reasons begin in the Mid-Range concept itself.

The mid-range, as a concept, is a very subjective idea, and also widely used by manufacturers who, aware that they cannot classify their terminal as high-end, also avoid the connotations that talking about low-end can entail. Based on these considerations, today Androidsis We will try to shed some light to understand what the mid-range is in the world of the telephony, and we will take the opportunity to suggest the ten best mid-range mobiles that you can find in today's market.

The best mid-range mobiles

Let's see what they could be the best mid-range mobiles of the current market.

Huawei P9 Lite

We start with this "jewel" of the mid-range that is the Huawei P9 Lite, a smartphone that you can get for a few 200€ and that includes a 5,2-inch Full HD screen, eight-core processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, fingerprint sensor, 13 MP main camera with LED flash and autofocus, 8-inch front camera megapixels, 3.000 mAh battery and that it is made of metal.

Xiaomi Note 4 Redmire

We continue with one of my favorites among the best mid-range mobiles, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 that you can buy through different sellers in Spain for a price that is around 155-175 euros approximately for the 32 GB version, and between 195-220 euros approx. For the 64 GB version of storage. This Redmi Note 4 stands out for its 5,5-inch Full HD screen, Mediatek Helio X20 processor accompanied by 3 or 4 GB of RAM and 32 or 64 GB of storage and 13 megapixel main camera with f / 2.0 aperture and dual LED flash . However, best of all is its great autonomy thanks to 4.100 mAh battery.

Honor 8

Another of the most prominent is the Honor 8 from Huawei, a mid-range terminal very very close to the high-end, Or maybe really high-end? As I told you, the dividing line is very thin. It has a 5,2-inch Full HD screen, all-metal design, a quad-core Kirin 950 processor (self-made) accompanied by 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage and also incorporates a fingerprint reader and a main camera. 12 megapixel with laser focus that confers a above-average sharpness to images taken in low light.

5th Generation Moto G

In a list like this you can never miss a terminal from Motorola - Lenovo, and here we have it. Is he 5th Generation Moto G with 5-inch Full HD screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of ROM, 2.800 mAh battery, 13 megapixel camera and Android 7 Nougat as an operating system. In addition, it is made entirely of polished aluminum that gives it a pleasant texture. If you like it, you can have it for just 190 euros.

Honor 6C

We repeat brand because if your budget is tighter you can get this Honor 6C for about 200 euros roughly, a true mid-range with a 5-inch screen, eight-core processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 3.020mAH battery, 13 megapixel main camera and customized Ansdroid Marshmallow operating system under the firm's own EMUI layer.

BQ Aquaris U Plus

With Spanish flavor we have the BQ Aquarius U Plus, one of the best mid-range mobiles with which we can do for less than 200 euros. It has a 5-inch Full HD screen, Snapdragon 430 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, 3.080 mAh battery to last the whole day and operating system Android 7.1.1 Nougat that in few models you will find.

Elephone S7

Much less known is this Elephone S7, without a doubt one of the terminals that you should consider when choosing due to its 5,5-inch Full HD screen protected by Gorilla Glass 3, metal fabrication, Helio X20 deca-core processor accompanied by 3 or 4 GB of RAM and 32 or 64 GB of ROM, 13 megapixel camera, autofocus, fingerprint sensor, 3.000 mAh battery and some other nice hidden secret. Its price? You can find it On Amazon for less than 200 euros.

Samsung Galaxy J7

And we are going to put an end to this selection of the best mid-range mobiles with a model from the South Korean Samsung. Its about Galaxy J7, a terminal that comes to us with Super AMOLED display 5,5-inch Full HD, self-made EXYNOS 8890 processor accompanied by 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage, 13 megapixel main camera with LED flash and other features. Its weak point, the operating system, Android 5.1.

As you can imagine, there are many other terminals within the mid-range, and we will update this selection as new devices appear that we must include. In any case, don't forget that the best mobile is not the most expensive, nor the most popular, but the one that best meets your needs and expectations.

What is a mid-range smartphone

As we have already pointed out at the beginning of this post, before we can talk about the best mid-range mobiles, we must understand and know what the mid-range is. And as we have also advanced, the line that separates the mid-range is a very thin and subjective line.

The first thing to be aware of is that there is no normative corpus that establishes what the mid-range is (or the high-end, or the low-end) therefore, when classifying a terminal and placing it in one or another range, we will observe different aspects, including its power and performance, the quality of its materials and, of course, its price, among others. We are all clear that a smartphone made of plastic that is sold new for fifty euros is a low-end mobile. In the same way, no one doubts that a smartphone of 800 euros, built in glass and metal, with Leica lenses and 6 GB of RAM is a high-end mobile (very high or premium). But what elements and characteristics really define the devices that remain between each other.

Power and performance

Over the years, the processing capacity of the chips that make up our mobiles has been growing, therefore, the power level of a high-end chip a year or two ago, today it is considered as a mid-range. As an example we can point out that Qualcomm Processor 600 Series (Snapdragon 660 or 630, among others) would correspond to the current mid-range however, perhaps in 2018 or 2019 they will already be low-end processors. This situation is repeated with other processor manufacturers such as Mediatek (the most used in mid-range mobiles), Exynos (assembled by Samsung) or HiSilicon Kirin assembled by Huawei.

The quality of materials and components

Probably, anyone we ask will quickly answer us that a smartphone with a plastic casing is a poor quality smartphone, but this has not always been the case, nor is it the only factor that intervenes in this regard in terms of the quality of the materials. When combining some factors and others, we will find exceptions, but without a doubt it is the quality of the materials that makes the most difference between the low, medium and high ranges of the phones. In general, while high-end mobiles use metal and glass protected by Gorilla Glass almost without exception, in mid-range mobiles we should not be surprised if we find models with plastic housings and glass whose protection is weaker.

Something very similar happens with other components of mobile phones such as their degree or certification of resistance to dust and water (as a general rule, it appears and improves as we go up in the range), the quality of the cameras or the presence of sensors. of fingerprints, previously reserved for the high-end range and now present in a wide variety of mid-range mobiles.

Price

I have left for last the aspect in which almost all of us think first when establishing the range to which a phone belongs (or a tablet, or a laptop, or a television ...): the price. As we have to put a floor and a ceiling, we can affirm that Almost all mid-range mobiles have a starting price that is between 150 and 250 euros (although more complete configurations will have a higher price) although, of course, there are exceptions, both up and down. Without entering into exchange rates, or promotions or anything similar, each manufacturer can put their product at the price they want and therefore, that a mobile starts with a price of 300 euros for its most basic variant does not automatically imply that be high-end, just as a 100-euro smartphone does not have to be low-end just because of its price. To determine this point, we must examine aspects such as those mentioned above: quality of materials, components, power, etc.

Therefore, let's not lose sight of the fact that the mid-range is not defined by the above aspects observed separately, but rather we need to have an overview to determine that a mobile is part of the mid-range, or not.