THE SMARTPHONE SHOPPER’S GUIDE
TOP 5 MIDRANGE SMARTPHONES
Progress within the smartphone industry is matching Usain Bolt for pace, with yesterday’s top tier
smartphones having to tap out to today’s midrange offerings in benchmark tests. Here are our top
5 midrange smartphone choices.
01
Huawei Ascend P6
Thanks to its eye catching design
and appealing spec muscles,
Chinese manufacturer Huawei’s P6,
uhm, Ascends to the top of our
mid-range list.
Our top pick’s claim to fame is not
just its super-thin 6.18 mm profile,
but also that it offers top-end specs
and design for a midrange (R5 000)
pricetag.
Super-thin 6.18 mm profile
Huawei K3V2 chipset that incorporates a quad-core processor
clocked at 1.5 GHz per core,
paired with a class-leading 2 GB
of RAM
Users navigate Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on a large
4.7" (720 x 1280 pixels; 312 ppi pixel density)
IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen
Top-end
specs & design
for a midrange
pricetag
R5 000
Dolby Digital Plus sound technology
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October 2013 | TechSmart