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My idea to compare some cheap phones!

Jan 6, 2016 10:00AM PST

Hi everyone, I had compared Galaxy J5, J7; Oppo R7 lite, Mirror 5 and Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML. Please let me know that was it right?

J5 and J7 are nearly same, J7 is the upgrade of J5
Galaxy J5:
- Both 2 sims can be chosen 3G network. if one chosen, the other will become 2G.
- The back cover is soft, finger-repellent, sweat-repellent but easy to be scratched.
- Because of having less remain ram, sometimes phone don’t run smoothly
- Main camera doesn’t have HDR feature
- Front camera without Flash make the color of human not be true.
- Internal memory’s just 8GB but application can’t be installed on external memory.
- The device’s not too hot after working for long time.

Galaxy J7
- Main camera had HDR feature but the image taken in lack of brightness environment is not good.
- Back camera is better than J5’s.
- Internal memory’s 16GB but application can’t be installed on external memory.
- We can easily switch users.
- J7 devices don’t support multitasking, their resolution is same as J5 so the display isn’t sharp.

Oppo R7 Lite
- R7 Lite are felt luxurious, their thickness fit hands.
- Their screen display well when outdoor.
- R7 Lite’s camera hard take picture if too much brightness. When users take picture in over-brightness environment, they have to focus many times to have a good image. Camera supports Raw feature, it’s seldom seen on cheap-price smartphone.

Oppo Mirror 5
- I was impressed by the back of phone; it’s still plastic, not mirror as it’s seen.
- The screen’s just qHD resolution so it’s not as sharp as the others.
- The camera had a lot of effect features to help edit images.
- The price of Mirror 5 is acceptable to compare with opponents.

Asus Zenfone 2
- The first impression is the back of phone, it’s plastic too, not metal.
- Users can double tap to turn on the phone
- The camera had lot of effect feature like Oppo’s, it just takes good pictures in enough brightness environment
- Users can double tap home sensor to minimize the screen to easily use by one-hand
- Users can easily switch accounts.

Sorry for my bad English, if I had mistakes, please let me know to correct. Thank you for reading my post!

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(NT) Oppo?
Jan 6, 2016 10:32AM PST
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There are now so many cheap phones.
Jan 6, 2016 10:39AM PST

Last month I got another simple 18 dollar BLU Tank II and service from Ting.com.

That GSM SIM can be slipped into any number of 99 buck to 199 buck GSM smart phones. I tend to put a floor on Android memory like this. 1GB RAM and 8GB storage.

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It's great
Jan 6, 2016 9:47PM PST

Now we have a lot of choices!