Here are our pick of top cheap smartphones you can buy this February.
iNew V3
We have just finished reviewing the iNew V3 Android smartphone. The device packs a great feature set including a wonderful 5-inch display, 1.3Ghz Quadcore processor, 13 megapixel camera and NFC in to a very stylish looking body.
The iNew V3 is quickly becoming one of the most popular cheap smartphones from Chinese to date and it’s easy to see why when you can pick one us for just $178.99 now with international availability.
Orient N9500
The Orient 9500 first showed up last year as one of the earliest Samsung Galaxy S4 wannabe phones. The N9500’s Galaxy S4 body houses some interesting hardware including a 1.2Ghz Quadcore MT6589 processor, 1GB RAM, 13 megapixel rear camera and 5-inch 720p HD display.
Obviously the Orient N9500 is a great looking device too, with dual SIM support, Micro SD card and removable battery! Pricing is keen to at just $17.86.
- Orient N9500
iOcean X7 HD
The iOcean X7 rose to fame in 2013 as a fantastic looking flagship smartphone with the outward appearance of the Oppo Find 5. The iOcean X7 HD takes that original body but replaces some of the parts with lower cost, but still high performing new hardware.
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The iOcean X7 HD costs just $156.99 with a 5-inch 1280 x 720 display, 1.3Ghz MT6582 processor, 8 mega-pixel rear camera and a choice of either a 2000-3000mAh aftermarket battery.
GooPhone N3
If you are in the market for something a little more powerful, with a larger display and higher resolution then you can’t really go wrong with the GooPhone N3.
The GooPhone N3 is a 5.7-inch, FHD 1920 x 1080 phablet with a 1.7Ghz octacore MT6592 processor, 2GB RAM, 13 mega-pixel rear camera, 5 mega-pixel front and removable battery. The GooPhone N3 is on sale in either black or white for just $269.99.
- GooPhone N3
Nubia Z5S Mini
The Nubia Z5S Mini isn’t the most affordable on this list but looking over its specifications it is a certainly a cheap smartphone with some great specifications.
ZTE created the Mini with a 1.7Ghz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB memory and amazingly a SD card slot which will accept 32GB cards.
Other details include a 4.7-inch 720p display, 5 mega-pixel front camera and 13 mega-pixel rear.
Top Cheap Smartphones
What cheap smartphones would you like to see listed? Are the phones we have written about the type of device you would buy?
What about Jiayu? I think the Jiayu G4 Advanced brings a lot to the table. Extremely good battery. GPS is a small issue of course but still for $185 a good buy I think.
I hope it gets updated to new MTK or Qualcomm chipset to fix its GPS problems (which I personally don’t find that small, it’s actually a big issue). Other than that it’s really good, I agree.
It is rumoured to get an octacore MTK update
No WCDMA 900Mhz. Same thing with UMI and a bunch of other brands
Why not show the iOcean X7S? The price is a little bit higher but then you have got 2GB Memory, 1080P display and an 8-core.
https://www.gizchina.com/2014/01/27/iocean-lists-octacore-iocean-x7s-official-website/
I only posted phones which are easily available outside of China for now
Its not very popular, but the utime x1 is a great find with a good 5 inch hd screen and quad core cpu for only 135$.
Sounds interesting I will have to have a look at that thanks!
I think that ZTE v975 GEEK is very hot now. Under 200usd offer up to 22000+ in Antutu, wireless charging, fast GPS with GLONASS, 2 GB RAM and SD Card slot.
Thanks must take a look at this one
Huawei 3c ,xiaomi red rice,thl t5s,lenovo s650,Doogee 2014,lenovo a889 etc…
I wanted to post phones that can be easily bought internationall this is why the Huawei 3C isnt on the list yet. Xiaomi Hongmi has been written about many times already, the last Doogee we reviewed was terrible, Lenovo could be a good, THL T5 seems over priced to be honest.
The Z5s mini is a silly phone, at least name wise.
Spec wise it truly is the small brother of Z5s but as far as its actual footprint goes it is barely any smaller and it manages to cram a smaller screen and quite less hardware in almost the same frame.
It’s a bit silly to call mini a phone that will probably have hard time fitting in certain pockets, more so considering that it is not a “mini” of anything (given that the “other phone” is almost as “small”). ZTE dropped the ball here…
“Pricing is keen to at just $17.86.” for the Orient N9500?
$17.86??? Could you please correct?
I’ll take 10!
Where’s Tronsmart ?!
I just want a Huawei Honor 3C with 2GB RAM , nuff said..
A list of “best cheap smartphones” and not even mentioning the (Star) HD5000? common…
With MT6582, 5″ at 1280×800, 8GB ROM, 1GB RAM, 2500mAh Battery, OTG, backlight Softbuttons and a price tag of only 140 USD (for example at geekbuying) it easily beats any quad core smartphone in your list when it comes to price/value…
You should really consider putting it on the list and a review would be nice, too!
none of these appeal to me.
Cool! Keep them coming Andy!!!
Will do 🙂
And the Honor 3x ??
Do an article on top 10 phone tablets available in Febuary, 6″+. Thanks.
change goophone 239$
What About Inew v3 ? IS it good for the average time?