The purchase and popularity of every smartphone and smartphone company depend on various factors, some of them include society’s progress, infusion of technology in the society and the purchasing power of the consumer. Pakistan, where half the population lives somewhere in-between the lines of the middle and lower-middle-class, people tend to assess their budget before buying anything.
Various credible global ranking criteria enables consumers to purchase the device best suited to them by providing reviews based on features, performance, and most importantly price range. In Pakistan, consumers are most interested in buying mid-ranged smartphones. We have prepared for you a list of best mid-range smartphones having powerful features.
Lets have a look at the list.
Huawei Y9S
If you’re looking for a great display amalgamated with stellar camera performance, then HUAWEI Y9s is for you. It offers the best display in its price segment with the 6.59” FHD+ Ultra FullView Display and 391 PPI that has been handpicked by people over others. Touting a powerful triple rear AI camera setup that includes a 48MP main shooter and an 8MP Ultra Wide-angle camera, it takes wide-angle shots and creates excellent bokeh effects thanks to its 2MP Depth Camera.
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The Auto Pop-up 16MP Selfie front camera makes for stunning selfies. It offers 128GB of storage (extendable to 512GB via SD card) with 6GB of RAM and has a long-lasting 4000 mAh battery. Moreover, powered by Kirin 710F & GPU Turbo 3.0 this smartphone offers high performance and great power efficiency.
HUAWEI Y9s takes the cake here with the best display, good camera quality, and a premium design & glass-build quality – in its price segment. Not only that, but it also has a side fingerprint scanner for easy and secure access to one’s phone.
Best Features
| Display | 6.59 inches screen |
| SIM | Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| CPU | Octa-core |
| Memory | 128GB 6GB RAM |
| Camera | Triple
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| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| Touch-Screen | LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Operating System | Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9.1 |
Huawei Y9S can be yours in just PKR 42,999.
Oppo A9 2020
This device features some great specs that have caught our attention – mainly thanks to its 8GB of RAM, Quad Rear camera setup and a large 5,000 mAh battery.
The device has a 6.5-inch HD+ IPS screen with a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection which is quite impressive, but the one 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 is a good mid-range smartphone that looks premium, has a large display, decent performance, large RAM and storage, good cameras, and long battery life.
Best Features
| Display | 6.5 inches screen |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Resolution | 720 x 1600 pixels |
| CPU | Octa-core |
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| Camera | Quad
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| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery |
| Touch-Screen | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Operating System | Android 9.0 (Pie); ColorOS 6.1 |
The price of Oppo A9 is PKR 42,999.
Samsung Galaxy A30s
The Samsung Galaxy A30s is a mid-range smartphone that 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 effect while the front-facing selfie camera is a 16 MP, f/2.0 camera.
It is equipped with Exynos 7904 Octa-core CPU with a Mali-G71 GPU and a 4,000 mAh battery and 4GB + 64GB storage.
Best Features
| Display | 6.4 inches |
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| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| CPU | Octa-core |
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| Camera | Dual
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| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| Touch-Screen | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen |
| Operating System | Android 9.0 (Pie), upgradable to Android 10.0; One UI 2.0 |
Samsung Galaxy A30 S comes with a price tag of PKR 39,999.
Redmi Note 8 Pro
Redmi Note 8 Pro is one of the best looking Redmi Note to date. The design aesthetics have significantly improved over the last year and so the Redmi Note 8 Pro has a truly luxurious appearance. Though the phone may be too large to hold, the curved back, especially from the Halo White variant, looks very classy.
The smartphone is packed with cameras that are pretty good for its category. The primary 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, with a large 4,500 mAh battery supported by fast charging, a quad-camera setup, 6GB + 128 GB storage, the Redmi Note 8 Pro ticks all the right boxes for being a tough contender in its category.
Best Features
| Display | 6.53 inches screen |
| SIM | Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| CPU | Octa-core |
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| Camera | Quad
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| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4500 mAh battery |
| Touch-Screen | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Operating System | Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10 |
You can buy Redmi Note 8 Pro in just PKR 39,999.