While flagship phones are getting more powerful every year, their price is also rising along. Now, if your budget is limited to $500, you can still get some pretty amazing handsets and that is why we have made a list we the best smartphones currently on sale for less than $500; keep reading!<\/p>\n
Let’s start with the Motorola Moto G200 5G, which is basically the Global version of the Moto Edge S30. The smartphone is the past gen flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 888 chipset; along with a minimum of 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.<\/p>\n
This powerful hardware fuels a massive 6.8-inch display sporting Full HD+ resolution and a whopping 144Hz refresh rate. While for photography, we find a 108MP main shooter paired with a 13MP ultra wide lens and a 2MP macro lens on the back and a single 16MP snapper at the front.<\/p>\n
Finally, the handset encases a large 5000mAh capacity battery with support for 33W fast charging. There’s NFC and a 3.5mm audio jack.<\/p>\n
Next, we have the older Xiaomi Mi 10S which can now be found for around $400, making it a very interesting option in this price range. The smartphone packs the powerful Snapdragon 870; paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.<\/p>\n
The handset then features a large 6.67-inch AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution, a 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate.<\/p>\n
In the camera department, the Xiaomi Mi 10S features four cameras including a whopping 108MP main sensor, a 13MP ultra wide angle lens, a 2MP macro sensor and a 2MP depth sensor. While at the front there’s a single 20MP camera.<\/p>\n
Xiaomi’s phone equips a 4780mAh capacity battery with support for 33W fast charging, 30W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging.<\/p>\n
Also coming with the good Snapdragon 870 chipset we find the iQOO Neo5 SE. The great performing SoC is then coupled with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.<\/p>\n
The smartphone features a 6.67-inch FHD+ display with a refresh rate of 144Hz and a variable fresh rate of 1Hz to save energy.<\/p>\n
As for photography, the Neo5 SE brings a 48MP main sensor; along with an 8MP ultra wide lens and a 2MP macro camera. For selfies we find a 16MP snapper.<\/p>\n
The iQOO phone boasts a 4500mAh with support for 55W fast charging and it has a 3.5mm audio jack.<\/p>\n
Next, we have the Realme GT Neo 2 once again powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870; along with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.<\/p>\n
The Realme GT Neo 2 then features a 6.62-inch Samsung AMOLED E4 display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a super high 600Hz touch sampling rate.<\/p>\n
In the camera department, the handset packs a 64MP resolution main camera; paired with an 8MP ultra wide-angle lens and 2MP macro lens. While at the front there’s a 16MP selfie snapper.<\/p>\n
Finally, the Realme phone is fueled by a large 5000mAh battery, along with 65W fast charging and it features NFC.<\/p>\n
Last but not least, we have the Meizu 18X and yes, it’s also powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset which apparently dominates the under $500 price range.<\/p>\n
Other specs on the Meizu 18X include a large 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED E4 panel with a refresh rate of 120Hz, a touch sampling rate of 360Hz and a 13MP snapper in the punch-hole at the top.<\/p>\n
On the back, the smartphone packs a three cameras including a 64MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra wide lens and a 2MP macro camera.<\/p>\n
Finally, the Meizu 18X comes with a 4300mAh capacity battery with support for 30W fast charging and it features NFC.<\/p>\n
Check out our sub $300 list if you’re on a tighter budget!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While flagship phones are getting more powerful every year, their price is also rising along. Now, i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[149,150,151,152,2147,2211,2148,2149],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softpmedia.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}