As the title says, the purpose of Tony writing this article today is to help you take a look at what new machines equipped with Snapdragon 870 and second-hand mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 865 are worth buying.
What, you ask me why I did this topic?
The harm is not because the release of several new machines equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 released this year is somewhat undesirable to change the machine.
On the one hand, it is because in order to tame this Snapdragon 8, manufacturers generally use one or more of the four-piece set of dragon training (frequency reduction, frame locking, image quality reduction, brightness reduction) on mobile phones to achieve the purpose of temperature control.
This has led to some new machines equipped with Snapdragon 8, and their gaming experience may not be as good as those equipped with Snapdragon 870 and 865 mobile phones.
On the other hand, it is also because of the new flagship released this year, the hard quality performance is largely not as good as last year, such as IP68 waterproof, super macro and freeform lenses have been secretly castrated by some manufacturers.
For 5G+, WiFi 6E, LTPO 2.0 screen and other technologies, let me spend four or five thousand to buy a flagship whose overall upgrade range is not very large, I don't know what you think, anyway, I am definitely not happy.
Therefore, on the whole, spending about two thousand to buy a snapdragon 870 new machine that is more balanced in all aspects, or buying a Snapdragon 865 second-hand flagship that can fight for another three years is not a rational choice.
Without further ado, let's go directly to the specific model recommendations.
First of all, let's talk about two that are cost-effective.
If you want to ask which mobile phone is the most cost-effective or the most fragrant mobile phone in those new machines equipped with Snapdragon 870 and has been listed, Redmi's annual flagship K40 is second, and it is estimated that no other mobile phone dares to say first.
Samsung E4 AMOLED 120Hz high brush straight screen, with LPDDR 5 + UFS 3.1 + WiFi 6 golden triangle combination, coupled with stereo dual speakers, these configurations of the K40 are very easy to play even now.
And it can also achieve a total weight of 196g and a body thickness of 7.8mm under the case of 4520mAh battery, which can be described as both endurance and feel.
The most important thing is that the K40 12GB + 256GB version is now only available on the Xiaomi official website 2049, the third-party channel is as low as 1749, more than two thousand you can buy a top mobile phone, it is simply delicious.
The biggest shortcoming of this mobile phone is that its maximum charging power is only 33W, fingerprint recognition is sideways rather than under the screen, and its rear triple camera configuration is also very general, and the main camera of IMX582 is not enough to see.
Of course, if you don't care much about the camera ability of your phone, then the Redmi K40 is definitely worth considering.
Also very good value for money is the realme GT Neo2.
The main difference between GT Neo2 and K40 is that its battery is larger, with 5000mAh; and it supports 65W fast charging; fingerprint recognition or off-screen; and the quality of the rear triple camera is also passable.
It can be said that in addition to the GT Neo2's lack of infrared function, the shortcomings on the K40 are almost all made up by it, and the weight and thickness of the GT Neo2 are even consistent with the K40.
However, it is clear that the GT Neo2, which is more in terms of configuration, is also slightly more expensive than the K40 in terms of price.
12GB + 256GB top version of the official website 2599, third-party channels 2319 price, if your budget is sufficient, then I still recommend you add a few hundred dollars to start GT Neo2.
After all, it only takes 36 minutes to fill a 5000mAh mobile phone experience is simply cool to fly, just fast charging and large batteries are worth the fare, you know that the GT2 Pro that sells more expensive than it is also this configuration.
Speaking of the same price point as realme GT Neo2, there is actually iQOO Neo5, 12GB + 256GB top version of the price on the official website is also 2599, third-party channels are 2249.
In addition to the basic configuration of the Snapdragon 870 + LPDDR4X + UFS 3.1, the iQOO Neo5 also has a unique display chip that can be used to increase the frame rate of the game, reduce the power consumption of the game, and a 66W fast charge.
However, its battery capacity is only 4400mAh, AMOLED high brush screen uses Samsung E3 instead of E4, and the thickness of the fuselage has reached 8.43mm, so I personally prefer to start GT Neo2~
After talking about the cost-effective model earlier, Tony recommends two Snapdragon 870s in the few machines with a sense of design and texture.
They are the Xiaomi Mi 10s and realme GT Master Discovery Edition, which use curved screens, respectively.
Although the practicality of the curved screen is not strong, sometimes you must admit that the curved screen looks more advanced than the straight screen, so we can see that it is often used in those mobile phones that are positioned more high-end.
The front of the Xiaomi Mi 10s uses a 6.67-inch, 90Hz refresh rate hyperboloid screen, this screen comes from Huaxing Optoelectronics, the overall quality is OK, that is, there is no 120Hz refresh rate is really a bit of a pity.
Xiaomi Mi 10s other configurations are OK, in addition to the LPDDR 5 + UFS 3.0 + Wi-Fi 6 these conventional configurations, it also supports 33W wired + 30W wireless + 10W reverse charging, there are all.
At the same time, it also has a 100 million pixel main camera + 13 million pixel ultra-wide angle + depth of field + macro combination of rear quad camera, although two of the lenses have the suspicion of making up a number, but it is definitely enough to put it in the daily life.
The biggest highlight of this phone is not in the front of these, aside from its use of the classic design of the Xiaomi 10 Extreme Edition, the Xiaomi 10s is actually a "music phone" with super top sound quality.
Symmetrical dual speakers, HARMAN Caton audio tuning, equivalent 1.2cc large sound cavity, 7 magnetic phone sound unit, amplitude up to 0.7mm, Xiaomi 10s external sound stereo and shocking, can play with it few.
Other functions such as infrared remote control and multi-function NFC are basically standard for Xiaomi, and the 4700mAh battery is not big or small.
It is its 208g weight and 8.96mm thickness that is a bit discouraged.
If you can accept its weight and thickness, you may wish to consider xiaomi 10s, the top version of the official website price of 3099, it can be won in the third-party channel around 2500, the price is still quite fragrant.
Otherwise, you can also take a look at the unique realme GT Master Exploration Edition created by Naoto Fukasawa.
Realme GT Master Exploration Edition uses a 6.55-inch Samsung AMOLED 120Hz curved screen on the front, although this screen is E3 material, but the quality is still better than the one on the Xiaomi Mi 10s.
The back of the phone is the use of a suitcase-style grille design, very unique and creative, relying on this design it also won the Red Dot Design Award, plus the back shell material is plain leather, so the feel is also first-class.
The most critical thing is that in terms of configuration, realme GT Master Exploration Edition also has almost no obvious shortcomings.
For example, its rear main camera sensor uses the same Sony IMX766 on the OnePlus 9 Pro and find X3 Pro, which has been polished by manufacturers to be very mature, and the imaging quality is very stable.
65W flash charge, stereo dual speaker, multi-function NFC, linear motor and other flagship machines should have the configuration of this phone is also available, that is, its 4500mAh battery is relatively less prominent...
The weight of the mobile phone 185g is very light, the thickness of the plain leather version of 8.8mm, the glass version of 8.0mm is quite a bit of a good design and the slim fuselage can not be combined, because only the former is the suitcase design ~
realme GT Master Exploration Edition 12GB + 256GB official website 2899, third-party channels around the price of 2659, you buy me recommended, I buy I have already bought, who called me is the face value party!
At the end of the article, Tony will introduce you to two second-hand mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 865.
Poor friends can not look down on the Snapdragon 865, Snapdragon 870 is strictly speaking, it is actually an overclocked version of the Snapdragon 865, so the performance difference between the two is not very large.
And because the Snapdragon 870 is still a chip used on the sub-flagship in the end, the Snapdragon 888 is the official orthodox flagship chip in 2021, and the positioning of the Snapdragon 870 is certainly not as high as the original Snapdragon 865.
Because of this, those Snapdragon 865 flagships that once sold for five or six thousand may be higher than the new machines equipped with Snapdragon 870 in some aspects, plus they are second-hand, so the price is also cheap.
If you don't mind that your phone is used, then consider collecting a Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro or OPPO Find X2 Pro on a used platform.
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro in terms of taking photos, charging, screen almost beat the Xiaomi 10s, 12GB + 256GB version of the second-hand price of about two thousand is not expensive, collect a main machine in 2022 can be.
And OPPO Find X2 Pro this mobile phone, its value is almost the ceiling of the mobile phone industry in 2020, the screen quality is also top-notch, 12GB + 256GB version in the sale of about two thousand three very fragrant.
OK, the above is Tony from a personal point of view to give the Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 865 mobile phone recommendation, subject to the length of reasons, for the time being only give these models, if you have other recommendations, welcome to leave a message to share.
Thank you all for watching!
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