5. Meizu MX3
Offered by a chinese company Meizu, MX3 is a yet another slick looking phone, reminding a bit of earlier Samsung Galaxy designs. It’s coming with a quad core 1.6 Ghz Cortex A15 and quad core 1.2 Ghz A7 for a total of 8 cores, which it calls a “Smart 8 core processor”, a PoverVR SGX 533 Mhz 3-core GPU, 5.1 inch 1800×1080 LCD display, 16 to 64 GB internal storage, and 2 GB of memory. On the rear it has an 8 megapixel HD camera, and on the front a 2 megapixel HD camera, both capable of 1080p video.
This interesting processor arrangement with two quad core CPUs is meant to reduce power consumption by up to 20% with the stronger A15 processor supporting performance, and the energy-efficient A7 one sustaining battery life.
For software it uses its own Flyme OS 3.0, which is based on Android 4.2, but contains its own user interface optimizations. The price is around $400, so not the cheapest in this selection, but still generally cheaper than the comparable top brands.
Murray Snudge
All very interesting but not one Windows phone?
veronm78
Have the iPhone 5s but being honest I don’t think there the best phone in the world… My friend has one of them hawai ones & its better quality picture then the iPhone I find..
annoyed
The cheapest phone on here is 333 EURO, that’s not cheaper, that’s ballpark for most smartphones
keltypack
I just got the OnePlus One. The Silk White version only has 16 GB of memory. The Sandstone Black version has 64 GB. That is the reason for the price difference. It is a beautiful (but large) phone. It is very nearly the same size as my Galaxy Note 3 (slightly narrower, but slightly taller). The CM software is a winner! The performance is great and smooth. It doesn’t have all of the redundant garbage software that Samsung puts on their phones. I think it is a winner. I just want some more invites so I can buy more of them.
josh.p
i bet everyone asks u this but u dont have any invites left to give out do u?
keltypack
I don’t have any invites yet, but one I do Getty them they are all promised. Sorry.
mar
what about xiaomi mi3?
downsouth
Yes they are a top phone