Approaching the Spring Festival, in the face of new machines and promotional activities, many people will be eager to move, thinking that this is a good opportunity to change machines. However, when it is really time to start, some people will inevitably commit the difficulty of choosing and do not know how to pick it.
Here, Xiao Lei provides a little personal purchase idea, help everyone sort out and comb, and may have some reference value.
Clarify the needs and grasp the key points
The first thing to say is that it is difficult to have a perfect mobile phone product on the market, even if it is a flagship machine, it can pick out a lot of shortcomings. Moreover, everyone's needs may not be exactly the same, and the sensitivity to advantages and disadvantages is also different. Therefore, before changing the machine, it is important to clarify the requirements, look at the appearance, performance, or system, take pictures? The right medicine can avoid regrets to the greatest extent.
Second, of course, it is the budget. Five or six thousand mobile phones and two or three thousand products will certainly be very different, and the focus of the audience is also obviously different. And, the budget tends to be clearer than the demand, helping you to draw a list of products to choose from.
In addition, although the theory of excess performance was once very loud, Xiao Lei still believes that the chip is still the most core component of mobile phone products, and there is no one. Its performance directly determines the mobile phone user experience. In addition, chip performance is rapidly improving, third-party apps are also expanding, without excellent performance, it is difficult to ensure a long-term smooth experience.
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At present, the mobile phone chips on the market can be basically divided into flagship, sub-flagship, low-end, entry and other grades, corresponding to different user needs. Since the Tianji 9000 chip has not yet officially produced a model, the Android camp, the current real sense of the flagship chip for 2022 is only snapdragon 8 Gen 1. If the flagship chip is sub-flagship, last year's Snapdragon 888 can be positioned on this. The number of mid-range chips is quite large, such as the Snapdragon 870/865, which is called the God U, and the Balanced Performance Tianji 1200/1100. The lower-end market is basically Snapdragon 778G, Tianji 900/800 and so on.
To be honest, in terms of past experience and our own tests, if the pursuit of performance and power consumption is relatively perfect, the performance of the Snapdragon 870 model may be better. The peak performance of snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is very capable, and the GPU performance of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is extremely brutal. If you pursue the ultimate performance, naturally choose flagship products as well.
Recommended flagship model (more than 3000 yuan)
Xiaomi Mi 12
As a new flagship, the Xiaomi Mi 12 is a typical bucket-type product. Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 plus a heat dissipation device that has spent a lot of energy, the performance output will not be bad. 120Hz high-brush AMOLED screen and 50 million three-camera are highlights. 67W wired + 50W wireless fast charging, although not the industry's top, but also called strong. In addition, the weight of the mi 12's fuselage is controlled at about 180 grams, which is quite rare, and it is not necessary to carry a half-pound machine.
In terms of price, the official price of Xiaomi 12 is currently 3699 yuan, according to past experience, a sharp price reduction should wait until 618. As the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model, the pricing of xiaomi mi 12 is relatively normal.
Real Me GT2 Pro
The positioning and playing style of the realme brand is aimed at Xiaomi to a certain extent, whether overseas or domestic, many of the real me models have formed a competition with Xiaomi Redmi. As a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model, the configuration specifications are basically sandwiched between Xiaomi Mi 12 and Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro. Its core parameters are not as good as the higher positioning of the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, but compared to the Xiaomi Mi 12, the screen quality is higher, with 2K resolution and LTPO, and the battery capacity is also higher, to 5000mAh.
In addition, in terms of appearance, the real gt2 Pro uses bio-based materials, which is more fresh. Defiantly, this phone does not have wireless charging. The starting price of the True Self GT2 Pro (8+256GB) is 3999 yuan, which is consistent with the Xiaomi Mi 12 8+256GB version.
moto edge X30
No matter how the manufacturers fight a war of words, in the eyes of ordinary consumers, the debut of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is what Motorola grabbed. The moto edge X30 is not only the first new Snapdragon 8 phone to be sold, but also the lowest priced model at present. To be honest, in terms of configuration, the moto edge X30 is still a little worse than other competitors, such as the screen and camera specifications are slightly lower, and the use of side fingerprint recognition is still used. But this phone is still more in line with the appetite of pragmatists, flagship chips, large batteries and high-power fast charging, and more importantly, the price is very powerful.
iPhone 13
Compared to the A14, the performance improvement of the A15 is quite limited, but the power consumption increase is significant, resulting in a good improvement in the actual performance output and experience. Therefore, in the current Apple mobile phone, the iPhone 13 is quite a relatively easy to start. Moreover, compared to the iPhone 12, the initial capacity of the iPhone 13 has been upgraded to 128GB, which makes people have no reason to buy the iPhone 12.
If you pick a fault, the iPhone 13 naturally has many problems, such as heat dissipation, such as cameras, such as charging... However, the extreme performance and iOS ecology of the mobile terminal are the scarce features that the Android machine cannot provide, and the iPhone 13 has the value of starting.
In terms of price, the official price is clear to everyone, starting from 5999, but near the Spring Festival, many e-commerce platforms will have corresponding discounts, you can pay attention to it.
Mid-range machine recommended (2000 yuan price point)
Redmi K40
Redmi K40 is a snapdragon 870 model launched earlier, and the cost-effective advantage is more obvious after several rounds of price reduction. K40 12+256GB version of the current official price is 2199 yuan, some platforms are lower. In terms of performance, the 870+LPDDR5+UFS 3.1 combination has no shortcomings, and the screen is also 120Hz AMOLED. To say that it is insufficient, it is estimated that it is the camera and charging (33W), but at this price, it is not a big problem.
True Me GT Neo2
Realme this is also the main cost performance, more than 2000 can buy 870, 120Hz screen, 65W fast charge, 5000mAh large battery. And as a product for young people, its exterior design is more bold, and the color version of black mint is quite recognizable. True me GT Neo2 as a whole or take the route of the bucket model, there is no obvious shortcoming in all aspects, it is a ten-thousand-essential oil type mobile phone, and the suitable audience is relatively wide.
Meizu 18X
Meizu is one of the few non-head manufacturers that are still alive, although it is niche, but the product is still quite distinctive. The appearance design of Meizu 18X is very apple or hammer, the right angle border is quite recognizable, and there is not much flaw in configuration. The Flyme system needless to say, the level is naturally the first echelon. Of course, there are disadvantages, such as 30W fast charging power is not enough to see, and the subsequent update support may be worried.
Thousand yuan machine recommendation (thousand yuan price point)
Redmi Note 10 Pro
Compared with the chip-downgraded Redmi Note 11 Pro, Xiao Lei personally recommends the Redmi Note 10 Pro, and the game performance of the Tianji 1100 is inferior to that of the Snapdragon 870, but the CPU performance gap is not particularly large. For daily use, Tianji 1100 can meet the needs of most scenarios, including some games. In addition, the Redmi Note 10 Pro also has this relatively rare positioning of 67W fast charging, NFC chip, 120Hz high brush screen and so on.
The starting price of the Redmi Note 10 Pro is only 1499 yuan, which can be said to basically meet the standards of being able to use, enough and easy to use.
True Me GT Neo2T
This mobile phone can basically be seen as the 1200 version of the real ME GT Neo2, which has changed a chip, but the price has also been reduced a lot, breaking the price of 2000 yuan. In terms of performance, the Tianji 1200 and Snapdragon 870 are on a par, and the performance and power consumption are well balanced. Compared with the previous Redmi Note 10 Pro, the starting price of this phone has increased a little, but the overall performance, screen, camera, etc. are better, and the overall lighter and thinner. If the budget is a little more, Xiao Lei will recommend this one more.
Finally, a few more points
Looking at the recommended list list listed above, you should find that Xiaomi and Realme models are more, mainly because these two brands are more focused on the online market, and long-term implementation of cost-effective product strategies, competitive single products will naturally be more, the more sinking the market, the more advantageous their prices and configurations.
I believe that the small partners who pay attention to us generally have a certain understanding of mobile phone digital, but if it is to buy mobile phones for elders or other relatives and friends, some details should still be paid attention to. If the budget is sufficient, Xiao Lei will generally brainlessly recommend buying an iPhone for the elders. For Xiaobai users, although the iOS system has many shortcomings (no harassment interception, the App Store account system is relatively cumbersome, etc.), it can basically eliminate serious stuttering and malicious downloads of promoted software.
Even if you buy an Android machine, in fact, it is not recommended to buy a low-end entry machine for the elders, with the current mainstream application of the eating performance level, it is difficult for the low-end machine to get a smooth experience. In addition to the chip, it is recommended that the memory and storage capacity are also as high as possible, can 12GB do not 6GB, 8GB, can 256, 512GB do not want 128GB, on the one hand to ensure fluency, on the other hand to leave some redundancy, after all, whether it is to take pictures of video or chat applications of the increasing expansion, are quite eat space.
In addition, small partners who are more diligent in changing the machine can give priority to products that have been released for a period of time and have less moisture at the end of the year. As far as the situation in the past two years is concerned, it is rare that new products can persist in not diving for half a year, and the phenomenon of two or three price cuts is not uncommon. The above Xiaolei recommended several models, many are in a state close to suspension of production and clearance, the price moisture is very small, the possibility of continued diving in the future has been very small.
Of course, the above is Xiao Lei's personal year-end replacement ideas, and other small partners are welcome to share their ideas and exchange and discuss together.