While handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, iPhone 7, LG G5 and the HTC 10 are stealing headlines in the market there's a lot of intriguing yet cheap stuff going on in the world of affordable phones.
Sadly smartphone innovation isn't cheap and most of it is reserved for the high-end contract units There is, however, such a thing as a good budget smartphone, and ever so gently all those amazing features from the flagship devices are slowly trickling down to the cheaper phones.
You don't need to spend a lot of cash on mobile phones anymore. The technology that powers them, chips from Qualcomm, for some instance, are so advanced these days that even budget-friendly chipsets or older chipsets like the Snapdragon 810 are more than powerful enough for most users. New handsets are powerful and exciting and all that but most people never truly tap the full potential of their smartphones. These are the Powerful yet cheap phones your money can buy - even on a budget.
The Honor 8
Display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels at a PPI of 423 pixels per inch. Powered by 1.8GHz octa-core Kirin 950 processor and comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone has 32GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card. As for the cameras the Huawei Honor 8 sports a 12-megapixel primary camera on the rear and an 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies. The Huawei Honor 8 runs Android 6.0. Under the hood is a 3000mAh nonremovable battery.The BlackBerry DTEK50
The BlackBerry DTEK50
A phone features a 5.2-inch full-HD 1080x1920 pixels display. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 SoC. Packs with a 3GB of RAM. For the camera, the phone sports a 13-megapixel rear camera. Comes with a 16GB of inbuilt storage, 4G LTE. Under the hood is 2610mAh non-removable battery.
The ZTE Axon 7
ZTE Axon will sport an aluminum unibody. For the OS, run by Android 6.0 Marshmallow with MiFavor UI 4.0 on top. It also supports hybrid dual-SIM. The phone features a 5.5-inch QHD Super AMOLED display. Powered by the 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and quad-core SoC with Adreno 530 GPU. Equipped with 4GB RAM. For the camera, the ZTE Axon 7 has a 20-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash. The selfie camera sports an 8-megapixel. Packs with 64GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). Under the hood is a 3250mAh battery.