In recent times, smartphones have become the main source of communication and info-tainment for the consumers, enabling them to access the outside world around them. As the human-race was primarily dependent on these smart-devices, the users needed more powerful features, with complete reliability to maximize their productivity and usability.
Therefore, the leading producers and brands of digital devices, continue to create feature-rich smartphones, to enable and empower the consumers to ease into this new and unconventional lifestyle, where everyone must protect their own and the public’s health through social-distancing and hygienic living post Covid-19. In these difficult times, innovative and resourceful telecommunication enterprises have provided the world with sustainable growth.
According to the evaluations of tech-analysts and experts, the most impressive smartphones with futuristic solutions that promise to fulfill the evolving needs and expectations of the masses, at affordable mid-range prices, include HUAWEI Y9a, Samsung Galaxy A51, OPPO Reno 3, Vivo S1 Pro, Realme 6 & the newly launched Xiaomi Poco X3.
Realme 6 (PKR 36,999/-)
Realme is another emerging brand, its smartphones are gradually gaining popularity in Pakistan. The Realme 6 is a great product featuring 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. It is the first smartphone in Pakistan to offer a higher refresh rate display in a Midrange device.
This decent quality smartphone line is equipped with a Penta Lens Camera Setup, with five different lenses and several other exciting features. It has a Quad Camera including: a 64MP and an 8MP lens, along with a 2MP depth camera and a 2MP B/W, and an LED Flash. Its front-facing camera also boasts a powerful 16MP lens.
Its performance is powered by the Mediatek Helio G90T chipset, an Octa-core CPU and a Mali G76 MC4 GPU. It has a 6.5 inch display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It runs on a 4300 mAh Li-Po Non removable battery that can be charged quickly due to the 30W Fast Charging feature.
Overall while the device offers high resolution, good performance and long battery life – the camera department can be bumped up on the quality with crisper results.
Vivo S1 Pro (PKR 39,999/-)
Vivo S1 Pro is another good contender in this category with a comparatively lower price. It offers an 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. It is a powerful handset with a good selfie camera. Vivo’s S1 Pro comes with Snapdragon 665 chipset, (Octa-Core CPU and Adreno 610 GPU) that is also used by global technology giants.

The device has a 6.38-inch Super AMOLED notch-less display screen, with 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution and slim bezels. On the back, it has a Quad-Camera setup, with a 48MP main sensor, an 8MP Ultra-wide angle lens and a 2MP third sensor along with a 2MP depth sensor, LED Flash and many other features. On the front, it has an impressive 32MP selfie-sensor with a pop-up feature along with a 4500 mAh Li Po non-removable battery.
While this device is priced the most attractively offering features like a vibrant AMOLED display and a premium looking design, the rear-camera is mediocre and doesn’t work well in low-light. Moreover, in a world of Type C ports, the MicroUSB 2.0 Charging Port also feels outdated.
Samsung Galaxy A51 (PKR 49,999/-)
Samsung Galaxy A51 is another popular smartphone packed with the latest Exynos 9611 chipset, a quad camera setup and a 6.5inch AMOLED display paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM (extendable).
The Galaxy A51 has a 48MP primary sensor with a 12MP wide-angle lens, a 5MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture along with a 5MP macro sensor and LED flash. The device runs on an Android 10 operating System out-of-the-box and is powered by a 4000 mAh battery. It has an Octa-core CPU and Mali-G72 MP3 GPU along with OneUI 2.0 User-Interface.

This smartphone also offers all the standard features found in this category of devices, to deliver quality info-tainment for the consumers of all ages. The design and display are the strongest features of this device, however, the camera can be weak in delivering sumptuous results. The in-screen fingerprint scanner also lags in unlocking faster and overall considering the competition in this price range that offer stronger features – the A51 could have stood out more if it was priced less.
Oppo Reno3: (PKR 46,999/-)
This midrange smart-device from OPPO does a pretty decent job when compared to the plethora of midrange devices currently available in the market. The Reno3 runs on an 8GB RAM along with a 128GB Internal memory capacity.

It boasts a powerful camera system featuring a 48MP Main Camera with a 13MP Telephoto Lens, 2x Optical Zoom and 8MP Ultra Wide-angle Lens and a 44MP camera on the front is the front.
Key features of this smartphone include full HD video recording, a 6.4inch AMOLED display with a super pixel density. Additionally, the 4025 mAh battery along with 30W charging makes it good for heavy usage.
While the big battery, excellent display and a decent camera performance makes this a wholesome device – the downside is that the performance lacks for this price range. Instead of the Mediatek Helio P90 chipset, using Mediatek Helio G80 would have been a better choice to provide faster gaming to compliment the battery power.
HUAWEI Y9a (PKR 43,999/-)
The world’s leading smartphone producer – Huawei has once again introducing a device in the mid-range segment. It is enriched with the most advanced applications to exceed performance and functionality of all the competing products. It comes pre-installed with the HUAWEI AppGallery – Huawei’s official app marketplace, where the users can simply browse and download a constantly growing list of apps that they need. As, no Google Mobile Services are permitted on it of any kind.
As a global technology leader – Huawei continues to create fascinating experiences for the consumers promising great value-for-money, along with blazing performance and a sleek Halo Ring design – the Y9a device brings Huawei’s trendsetting flagship specs like; 64MP Hi-Resolution Quad-Camera, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage with 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge.
The 64MP Quad-Camera also features Night Mode, a 120° Wide Angle Photo-lens, AI beautification and EIS anti-shake technology. It comes with a pop-up selfie camera of 16MP lens and a 6.63 inch HUAWEI Ultra FullView Display. The latest EMUI 10.1 software update as standard, allows the most convenient usage.
While the Huawei devices no longer come with pre-installed Google services which may be a problem for some however with the Petal Search Widget users have access to more than a million apps at convenience.
Moreover, the 4200mAh large battery with the 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge technology gets 70% charge-up with only a 30-minutes charging session which is another major plus point.
Xiaomi POCO X3: (PKR 41,999)
This is evidently, the best value for money device offered with flagship feature in display. Poco X3 comes with 120Hz refresh rate support in the FHD+ HDR 10 LCD Display. Moreover, this display also has 240Hz touch response which feels absolutely phenomenal while gaming as this is equipped with the latest Snapdragon 732G chip. A lot of other cool features are there too just take a look at the video below.
