Rating of the best budget( up to 8000 rubles) smartphones in 2016.Top 10

9 place.

BQ Mobile BQ-5022 Bond

Average price - 5 990 rubles. The novelty of the Russian brand, which produces its products in China, which appeared in late December 2016, today received 57% of fives in reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: IPS-screen 5 inches resolution 1280x720, operating system Android 6.0, 8 GB permanent and 1 GB of RAM, there is support for external memory card up to 128 GB, main camera 8 mp, front 5 mp, support for two SIM cards. Battery capacity 2300 mAh.4-core processor MediaTek MT6580.There is a fingerprint scanner .

8th place.

Digma Vox S502 3G

Average price - 5 190 rubles. This model, which was on sale in the summer of 2016, scored 68% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Producer Digma de jure is British, and de facto - one of the cohort of Russian companies, whose production is in China. Specifications Digma Vox S502 3G: IPS-screen 5.5 inches resolution 1280x720, operating system Android 5.1, 8 GB permanent and 1 GB of RAM, there is support for external card memory up to 128 GB, the main camera 8 mp, the front 2 mp, support for two SIM cards. Support for 3G.The capacity of the battery is 2700 mAh. The battery life in talk mode is 27 hours, in the mode of listening to music is also 27 hours, in standby mode - 450 hours.4-core processor MediaTek MT6580 .

7 place.

bb-mobile Spark 5.0

The average price is 4 590 rubles. Already by the name of this smartphone you can guess that this is a Russian manufacturer( although it produces products in China).This model, which was on sale in October 2016, scored 67% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: 5 inch screen with 1280x720 resolution, Android 5.1 operating system, 8 GB permanent and 1 GB RAM, support external memory card up to 32 GB, main camera 8 mp, front 5 mp, support for two SIM cards. Support for 3G.Battery capacity 2500 mAh.4-core processor MediaTek MT6580 .

6 place.

Prestigio Grace R7

Average price - 7 860 rubles. Smartphone in November 2016 from the Russian brand, which produces its products in China, scored 80% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1280x720, Android 6.0 operating system, 16 GB built-in and 2 GB RAM, support for two SIMs, there is a slot for a memory card up to 32 GB, the main camera is 13 mp, the front 2 mp. Support 3G.Battery capacity 2500 mAh. There is a fingerprint scanner .

5 place.

Ark Impulse P2

Average price - 5 600 rubles. The model from the Chinese brand, which was on sale in July 2016, received 61% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 16 GB permanent and 2 GB of RAM, there is a slot for an external memory card up to 32 GB.Support for two SIM cards. The main camera is 8 mp, the front camera is 5 mp. Support 4G LTE.The capacity of the battery is 2100 mAh. Battery life in talk mode is 5 hours.4-core processor MediaTek MT6735 .

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4 place.

Fly Cirrus 7 FS511

The average price is 6 800 rubles. Appeared on sale in November 2016, the smartphone scored 60% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Technical characteristics: the screen is 5.2 inches with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, the operating system is Android 6.0, 16 GB of constant and 2 GB of RAM, with two SIM cards, there is a slot for an external memory card up to 32 GB.Support 4G LTE.The capacity of the battery is 2600 mAh;battery life in talk mode - 10 hours, standby time - 240 hours, in music listening mode - 50 hours.4-core processor MediaTek MT6737.

The main 13-mp camera with Samsung BSI-sensor, autofocus optics and LED flash. The front camera is 5 mp with a fixed focal length.

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3 place.

OUKITEL U7 Plus

Average price in Russia - 5 720 rubles. Buy OUKITEL U7 Plus on Aliexpress can be for 4,7 thousand rubles( shipping to Russia is free).The model from the Chinese brand, which was on sale in August 2016, received 56% of fives according to reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: 5.5 inch screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 16 GB of permanent and 2 GB of RAM, there is a slot for an external memory card. Support for two SIM cards. Support 4G LTE. The main camera is 8 mp, the front camera is 2 mp. Battery capacity - 2500 mAh. There is a fingerprint scanner.4-core processor MediaTek MT6737 .

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2 place.

Xiaomi Redmi 4A 16Gb - the cheapest phone in the catalog Xiaomi

The average price in Russia is 7 000 rubles. Buy Redmi 4A 16Gb on AliExpress can be for 5,5 thousand rubles( shipping to Russia is free).The cheapest model in the catalog of the popular Chinese brand Xiaomi, which appeared in November 2016, scored 73% of fives according to reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: 5-inch screen with 1280x720 resolution, Android 6.0 operating system, 16 GB built-in and 2 GB of RAM, there is a memory card slot up to 128 GB( combined with a slot for the second SIM card). Support for 4G LTE . The main camera is 13 mp with LED flash, autofocus and optical stabilization. Front camera 5 mp. The capacity of the battery is 3120 mAh.4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor MSM8917.Plastic housing.

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1 place.

HOMTOM HT17 Pro

Average price in Russia - 5 500 rubles. Buy HOMTOM HT17 Pro on Aliexpress can be for 4,5 thousand rubles. Inexpensive model from the Chinese manufacturer, released in September 2016, scored 53% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specification: 5.5 inch screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, Android 6.0 operating system, 16 GB permanent and 2 GB RAM, there is a memory card slot up to 128 GB, support for two SIMs. Support for 4G LTE . Main camera 13 mp with LED flash and autofocus, front 5 mp. Battery capacity - 3000 mAh. The operating time without charging in the talk mode is 15 hours, in standby mode - 280 hours.4-core processor MediaTek MT6737.There is a fingerprint scanner.

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What does "budget smartphone" mean? Currently, the average price of a smartphone in Russia is 12.5 thousand rubles. Budget smartphones can be considered those models that are not less than 1/3 cheaper than the average price, i.e.in the price range up to 8000 rubles. The validity of this point of view is confirmed by the fact that a large online store "Svyaznoy" in one of the reviews of budget smartphones put the upper price bar precisely in 8000 rubles.
This rating of the best budget smartphones is made according to reviews in the Yandex market( in the top 10, only those smartphone models that scored at least half of the fives).Also taken into account the technical characteristics of the smartphone( the amount of built-in and memory, the quality of the main and front camera, the quality of the display) and the ratio of price and quality.

10 place.

Samsung Galaxy J1( 2016)

The average price is 6 690 rubles. Updated in 2016 version of Samsung Galaxy J1 from the leader in smartphone sales in the world received 62% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: 4.5 inch screen with a resolution of 800x480 pixels, Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system, 8 GB permanent and 1 GB of RAM, support for two sim cards. The main camera is 5 mp, the front camera is 2 mp. Battery capacity - 2050 mAh, battery life in talk mode - 12 hours, in music listening mode - 39 hours. Support 4G LTE. One of the owners of this model wrote in a review on the Yandex Market: "I reviewed a lot of options before buying, but eventually I came to the conclusion that it's definitely not worth to leave Samsung, it's a quality guarantee." The characteristics of the phone correspond to the more expensive modelsUp to 10 thousand rubles there is no better option. "

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