MID-RANGE SMARTPHONE TYRANT

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Apr 30, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Jul 16, 2022

Smartphones in the price band of 20,000 - 30,000 Rs are called Mid-range. These are the ones that seem to tick all the boxes without compromising. They offer all that is required and are neither compromised nor overkill. This cream and fiercely competitive race is one that is divided between IOS and Android.

While more than 50% of Android phones are concentrated in this range, Apple has only one gallant warrior in the bloodbath battlefield, the iPhone SE. While Android offers the watered-down displays, processors, cameras and batteries of the top-notch flagships, the iPhone takes a controversial approach by packing the latest and greatest hardware and software in a body from 5 years ago.

The Android experience is not cohesive or polished but it offers great value for money. My personal experience has been brilliant. As a student, the big battery saves the day. The displays are vibrant and striking and the cameras get the job done but without any kind of finesse. But the daily task of navigating through the phone is full of hiccups and the animations are passable to say the most. Pushing the phone too hard will result in a vexatious experience.

The iPhone SE looks tuxedo-ready to put android phones to bed when seeing that you basically get almost all hardware from the then-flagship iPhone 13 Pro. But spend a little time with it and you briskly comprehend the conspicuous limitations. The iPhone SE is like a gas-guzzling V12 Lambo with a 20L tank.

It has the competence to eat android phones for dinner in performance and camera but the last-gen tiny battery and screen are unworkable to turn a blind eye to. It is one amazing phone for 44,000Rs, the only one that would get an ovation in 2016. The small battery and screen are a sore eye in an otherwise impressive package. It is effortless to kill the phone within a day. If you text and watch videos a lot, the small screen size is going to be tormenting for your eyes and fingers.

I would only recommend the iPhone SE for people who hardly use their phones and only want a device that is not extravagant and does the fundamentals bulls-eye-right. For the average Joe, the android space is a cesspool of fine options. The technology there is constantly enhancing and this is the best time to venture into this space. There is something for everyone here. Apple should make a device that is feasible today, innovating an inferior product just to have a foot in the room taints the prestige we associate with Apple.

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