Welcome to the affordable smartphone boom. A combination of factors — whether it’s the slowing pace of innovation in phones and how we’re holding on to older models longer or the economic uncertainties of now and the near-future — has meant companies are chasing hypothetical new phone budgets with keenly priced devices.
That’s not an entirely new phenomenon, but since Google’s Pixel 3a (and the new iPhone SE), compromises are shrinking. This week alone, OnePlus announced its return to the sub-$500 smartphone world, with the Nord: A phone it still hasn’t officially shown off or detailed. Oppo, beating it to the punch a few hours earlier, revealed its A72 phone that offers a 48-megapixel camera and a substantial 5,000mAh battery for a sub-$300 price tag. Somehow.
The trickier decision (one we’ve tried to help with in the past) is figuring out when is the best time to downsize from your flagship phone to something that does the job at possibly half the price.
— Mat
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