In the mobile phone market, there is a wide range of prices for different users. However, some mobile phones appear to perform better than others even if they are in the same price range. AnTuTu has now released the list of the most cost – effective Android mobile phones in different price categories for March 2023. Among them, Redmi and OnePlus are frantically grabbing the market below 4,000 yuan. In addition, the top three price lists of 0 – 1999 yuan ($291), 1999 – 2999 yuan ($436), and 2999 – 3999 yuan ($581) all have their presence.
0 – 1999 yuan ($291) price range
In the price range of 0-1999 yuan, Redmi dominates the Android mobile phone list with five devices. While the previous generation model, Redmi Note 11T Pro won the top spot, the new model Redmi Note 12 Turbo squeezed into the top three just after its release. This device completely kills the 0 – 1999 yuan price range. Redmi also has Note 11T Pro+, K60E, K40S and other models. The remaining spots are taken by Realme (2), OPPO (2) and the last spot is for iQOO. See the full list below
- Redmi Note 11T Pro
- OnePlus Ace Racing Edition
- Redmi Note 12 Turbo
- iQOO Neo7 SE
- Redmi Note 11T Pro+
- OPPO K10 5G
- Redmi K60E
- Realme GT Neo 3
- Realme 10 Pro+
- Redmi K40S
2000 – 2999 yuan ($436) price range
In the price range of 2000-2999 yuan, OnePlus Ace 2V successfully suppressed the Lenovo Legion Y70, which ranks first in this price range for many months. Three new models from OnePlus entered the list and became the biggest winners. Two generations of OnePlus Ace products make the list. See the full list below
- OnePlus Ace 2V
- Lenovo Legion Y70
- Redmi K60
- Redmi K50 Gaming Edition
- ZTE Nubia Z50
- Realme GT Neo5
- OnePlus Ace
- OnePlus Ace 2
- iQOO Neo 7 Special Edition
- iQOO Neo 7
3000 – 3999 yuan ($581) price range
In the price range of 3000 – 3999 yuan, although the K60 series was followed by OnePlus 11 and Realme GT Neo5, it still maintained first place in the price range of 3000-3999 by virtue of its excellent cost-effective performance. OnePlus 11 and iQOO11, which are ranked behind, are also very cost-effective products. See the full list in this price range
- Redmi K60
- iQOO 11
- OnePlus 11
- ZTE Nubia Z50 Ultra
- Xiaomi 13
- OnePlus Ace Pro
- iQOO Neo 6
- Vivo X90
- Honor 80 Pro
- Xiaomi 12S
4000 – 4999 yuan ($727) price range
In the price range of 4000-4999 yuan, the standard version of OPPO Find X6 claims the top spot. The product is equipped with MediaTek Dimensity 9200 flagship SoC, and can actually beat all the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 models in the price-performance ranking stage. This is absolutely unexpected.
- Oppo Find X6
- iQOO 11 Pro
- Xiaomi 13 Pro
- Xiaomi 12S Pro
- Oppo Find X5 Pro Special Edition
- Huawei Mate 50
- Honor Magic4 Pro
- Huawei P50 Pro
Above 5000 yuan ($872)
In the price range above 5,000 yuan, the Red Magic 8 Pro+ 12+256GB at 5,199 yuan won the first place. It is closely followed by Honor Magic5 Pro 8+256GB and OPPO Find X6 Pro 12+256GB. See the full list below
- Red Magic 8 Pro+
- Honor Magic5 Pro
- OPPO Find X6 Pro
- Vivo X90 Pro+
- Vivo X90 Pro
- Honor Magic5 Special Edition
- OPPO Find X5 Pro
- Xiaomi 12S Ultra
- Huawei Mate 50 Pro
- Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Conclusion
The AnTuTu cost – effective mobile phone list is quite elaborate and it reveals the dominance of Chinese brands in the mobile phone market. In all price ranges, the mobile phones are all from Chinese brands except in the above 5999 yuan price range where the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra managed to clinch the number 10 spot. Samsung has cheap mobile phones in the A-Series but none of these devices was able to break into the cheap range list. Huawei, with all its issues, was able to clinch two spots in different price categories all in the high-end mobile phone lists. It means that the company is still regarded as the flagship market, maybe only in China anyway.