"Buy the new, not buy the old" seems to have become an unwritten iron law in electronic products. However, there are exceptions to everything, in the face of the latest products are inflated in price, out of stock, limited upgrades and other factors, blindly chasing new may only make it difficult for them to get the equivalent product experience in the case of investing larger costs.
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, I made this list of "rational consumption recommendations" so that everyone can spend as little money as possible and get a hands-on experience comparable to flagships.
Sony PlayStation 4 Pro:
The youngster is in the limelight, but the veteran is still strong
Fast forward 9 years have passed since the release of the Sony PS4 Pro. Since the official launch of the Sony PS5 in 2020, the Sony PS4 Pro seems to have ceased to be in the limelight, but this does not mean that the performance of the past has become worthless, but it has become more eye-catching in the case of the shortage of Sony PS5 supplies.
According to past experience, the next era of game consoles in the process of updating iterations, often need a transition period between new and old machines, after all, the old models still have a huge user base, and most game developers will naturally take this into account, so Sony PS4 Pro can theoretically still enjoy the support of various new games in the next 3 years.
As for performance performance, Sony PS4 Pro naturally can not be compared with PS5, whether it is the frame rate performance under 4K games, picture quality, and game reading time, etc., there is a large performance gap between the two models, but under the highest support for 4K + HDR features, Sony PS4 Pro will not give people a sense of over-generation separation, unless you have the ultimate pursuit of image quality and game frame count (PC users: on image quality, our PC is the most extreme ah).
Of course, there are so many preparations, in fact, the most fragrant part of sony PS4 Pro is naturally its starting price. At present, the Sony PS4 Pro is almost difficult to buy a new machine, but it is generally priced below 2000 yuan on a treasure and a fish, unless the price of individual limited edition models will be slightly higher. Anyway, it is not recommended to start with more than 2000 yuan, after all, our theme this time is "rational consumption". If you successfully start with the Sony PS4 Pro at a price of less than 2000 yuan, then remember to find the right time to start a half-price PS Plus member (about 125 yuan / year after discount), you can get about 3 members free games per month.
Of course, if you are relatively rejecting second-hand products, then the Microsoft Xbox Series S of about 2500 yuan is also a good choice, with Xbox Game Pass or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership services, you can enjoy more than 100 member games.
Redmi K40：
A mid-range model that is "cool" enough and affordable
The performance of 2021 as a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile platform can be described as forcing the major Android camp mobile phone manufacturers to become "dragon trainers", but fortunately the advent of the Snapdragon 870 allows consumers to enjoy a number of high-performance mid-range machines that are not inferior to flagship models. Among them, including the double harvest Redmi K40, which has won market reputation and sales.
There are many Snapdragon 870 models on the market, and the reason for recommending Redmi K40 is very simple, as a model that dominates the e-commerce platform for many years, it can still get 95% of the praise in the case of sales exceeding one million in an east, which is enough to see that this model does stand the test of the market.
In terms of configuration materials, in addition to the Snapdragon 870, Redmi K40 also adopts the flagship LPDDR5 + UFS 3.1 storage specifications, coupled with the 6.67-inch Samsung E4 material 120Hz refresh rate AMOLED screen, so that the whole machine has obtained a relatively solid hardware stack. The most valuable thing is that the current 6GB + 128GB combination version of this model is priced at 1799 yuan, and the top 12GB + 256GB storage combination version is only priced at 2049 yuan.
In addition, if you are looking for a model with under-screen fingerprints, higher battery capacity, and higher specifications of fast charging needs, then the realme GT Neo2 and iQOO Neo5, which are Competitors of the Redmi K40, are also good choices, after all, the current price of the three models is already very affordable.
Of course, if you want to get higher-end processor computing power, then the realme GT and iQOO Neo5S equipped with the Snapdragon 888 mobile platform are not ideal, and the current 8GB + 128GB combination version of the realme GT is priced down to 1999 yuan.
Dell Cruiser G15 :
A "little alien" that the public can consume
Dell magazine G15, which has always been known as "little aliens", has finally reduced the price, and the current Ryzen version of the Dell magazine G15 (5515) can reach 6592 yuan after a lot of subsidies, and the Price of the Intel version of the Dell magazine G15 (5510) after subsidies is as low as 6394 yuan, which is a very attractive promotional price.
In terms of configuration, the Dell CruiseR G15 (5515) is equipped with an R7-5800H / 16GB / 512GB / RTX3060 / 165H hardware combination, while the Dell CruiseR G15 (5510) uses a Core i7-10870H / 16GB / 512GB / RTX3060 / 165Hz hardware combination.
It is worth mentioning that the Dell Magazine G15 (5515) with the BIOS update, has now added a unique direct connection function, so that the performance of the NVIDIA RTX3060 can be better released. The fly in the ointment is that the effective screen resolution of the Dell magazine G15 (5515) is only 1920 ×1080, and many users report that the heat dissipation performance of this notebook is relatively average.
If you are not interested in the Dell magazine G15, then in fact, the price of the RedmiG game book has dropped to 6499 yuan after a lot of subsidies, in fact, this notebook in the middle of this month, its special price has dropped to 6299 yuan, but unfortunately the current price has risen by 200 yuan. In the face of the menacing twelfth generation Core lineup, the current Dell magazine G15 2021 model and RedmiG have basically reached the lowest price, and the next game will usher in a new round of replacement, followed by the reshuffle of the game in pricing.
Two true wireless headphones with flagship specifications but affordable pricing
Today's wireless headphone products have swept the world, after all, in 2020, the sales of true wireless stereo Bluetooth headphones exceeded 300 million, an increase of nearly 90%. However, it seems that it is not a relatively easy thing to choose the right headphones for yourself among the many true wireless headphone products. Since the pricing of true wireless headphones is generally not too high, especially the pricing of domestic true wireless headphone products will not be too high premium, I recommend that you put it in place in one step and directly choose some flagship true wireless headphone products, so as not to treat your ears badly.
The first flagship true wireless headphone product to be recommended first is the Xiaomi True Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphone 3 Pro, which is a true wireless headphone product that supports adaptive noise reduction and a maximum noise reduction depth of 40dB, which has obtained the official certification of the China Metrology Institute. At the same time, it is also Xiaomi's first true wireless headphone product for spatial audio, and the world's first LHDC 4.0, which can achieve 96kHz HD audio transmission.
The second flagship true wireless headset to recommend is actually oppo Enco X released in 2020, although it has been a while since the release time, but with relatively good workmanship and comprehensive performance, it still has a certain competitiveness, for example, it has the blessing of The Danna flagship speaker tuner, through the coaxial dual-unit design, it can bring good tri-frequency expression. In addition, the dual-core dual noise reduction feature makes it possible to bring a good noise reduction effect. However, there is news that OPPO Enco X2 will be officially released in February this year, if you are less sensitive to price, then you can continue to wait for the new version to come out before considering whether to start OPPO Enco X.
At present, the xiaomi true wireless noise cancellation headphones 3 Pro and OPPO Enco X are priced at 555 yuan and 498 yuan after a multi-subsidy, respectively, and there may be a certain difference between different colors, but it is still much more affordable than the original price.
This article lists a number of products that I think are relatively "rational", they all have excellent product power, can give users a quasi-flagship or flagship experience, basically there will be no experience of stepping on the pit phenomenon, after all, I have entered the mine sweep for everyone in advance, acting as an electronic product "deminer".
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