5 best camera phones with AliExpress

It is known that almost every customer has his own individual requirements for the purchased phone. One is important capacious battery, the other memory, others are focusing on a powerful and efficient processor. As a rule, when searching for a smartphone for specific tasks, most users pay attention to the quantitative characteristics (volumes of internal and RAM, the number of ampere hours per battery, etc.) and often this logic, although with some reservations, is quite entitled to a life. Of course, it is worth considering a number of other factors (optimization and software component), but if, for example, a very weak battery is installed on the device by default, then no tricks with energy saving will help here.

Choosing a phone with a good camera is a completely different case. Here one should not blindly trust the number of megapixels (the tiny matrices of the overwhelming majority of modern smartphones simply cannot fully unlock the potential of a huge number of MPs), but it is desirable to analyze a lot of different parameters, such as:

• Diaphragm Dimensions. The wider it is, the more light falls on the matrix, which positively affects the quality of images (denoted by the letter f and numbers, for example, f / 2.0);
• The size of the pixels. The larger each of the pixels, the better the photos are obtained, so before buying it will not be superfluous to make sure that their value reaches a value of 1.22 microns and above;
• Autofocus presence (allows the smartphone to independently adjust the sharpness) and optical stabilization (eliminates minor camera vibrations);
• Soft. Even top-end hardware can produce a disgusting result if it is controlled by poor-quality tools. However, to personally test the built-in software functionality before buying a phone is unlikely to work, so you have to rely only on the experience of other users.

In this article, we collected 5 of the best "camera phones" with AliExpress. The selection took into account both the technical component of the gadgets (according to the parameters described above) and the standard criteria for any products from online stores (seller's reputation, the number and content of reviews). An important aspect was the cost, as many users buy mobile devices on the Internet precisely because of the tempting price tags that are dazzling with the marketplaces there.

Top 5 smartphones with a good camera with AliExpress

5 Cubot Note Plus

The company CUBOT relatively recently appeared on the market of mobile devices, but has already managed to release a lot of interesting models. One of these is Note Plus, which offers users a fairly powerful processor, a high-resolution screen, and a number of other interesting chips for very little money. But the hallmark of this device is primarily the camera. This is a 13 megapixel Sony IMX135 module in the back and a 12 megapixel OmniVision in the front. Nominally, both sensors have a resolution of 16 Mp, but this is just an interpolation. And the described superfast focus in 0.1 seconds is nothing but a marketing ploy. Nevertheless, given the price range of the smartphone, it is difficult to make any complaints about the quality of the photo. They are quite decent and even more, especially in normal light conditions. The front camera can be easily recommended to all selfie lovers.

4 Huawei Honor 6X

Dual-camera smartphones are one of the main features of the Huawei Honor line. The presence of several sensors at once allows better capture of light, which gives a clear and juicy picture, and also makes it possible to simulate a wide aperture programmatically. However, the main module copes with its duties and alone, delighting users with deep detail, low noise, properly adjusted white balance, etc. In addition, the application offers a wide variety of different modes from “pros” (with a lot of manual settings) and night shots with a long shutter speed to timelapse (video format with acceleration 15-20 times). Why then need an additional matrix? Its main purpose in this model is background blur and post-focusing. By default, the result will be an amateur, but if you tinker a little, you can achieve quite an acceptable effect. In general, Honor 6X should be called a smartphone with a very decent camera, which has developed both hardware and software components.

3 Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A

Anyone who first draws attention to the characteristics of the phone, while scrolling through the parameters of Redmi Note 5A, will wonder: why do we need a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with f / 2.0 aperture, in addition, with an integrated flash? In fact, a moderate skepticism about this is justified - selfies are of good quality, but it’s definitely not worth waiting for any special revelations. On the other hand, in photos from the front it is necessary to note the correct color rendition even when shooting with artificial lighting. The bonus is a lot of filters and interesting features (skin smoothing, age recognition, etc.) in a pre-installed application. The previously mentioned frontal flash in Redmi Note 5A is implemented unusually (it does not blind the face, but shines softly and constantly), which allows you to immediately see how the final photo will turn out. At the same time, the main 13 megapixel camera takes good pictures both in daylight and at night (of course, there are noises, but for the budget model the result is more than worthy).

2 Huawei Honor 9 Lite

Apparently, having felt the taste of a kind of “arms race” among smartphones, Huawei decided that in order to finally do competitors, you need to install 4 cameras at once! This is not to say that such a technical idea is some kind of know-how, but in budget decisions such an abundance of cameras is really rare. However, additional modules can be regarded not only as part of a marketing company, but also as completely working elements - 2 Mp assistants as necessary are responsible for blurring the background. The main modules take off quite well, there is a hybrid zoom and autofocus, as well as traditionally the maximum number of various settings, modes, etc. for Huawei products. Among other things, Honor 9 Lite is the only camera phone from our top that can record video in 4K.

1 Letv LeEco Le S3 X626

LeEco Le S3 proves once again the fact that a powerful smartphone with a good camera is not necessarily very expensive. The main matrix used is a SONY IMX230 with 21 megapixels (and, unlike many competitors, all these megapixels are honest, without any interpolations) and an f / 2.0 aperture. In addition, the developers were not too lazy to write a separate application with individual settings (although there are practically no possibilities for manual adjustment). All this together as a result results in excellent photos, rather sharp and detailed. At night, the camera phone also does not quench and removes quite tolerably (the main thing is to hold it tightly, otherwise the picture will turn out to be too blurred). There are several interesting shooting modes, phase autofocus sensors and other useful things. And the high quality of the front-facing camera (8 megapixel OmniVision OV8865 sensor) confirms at least the fact that a couple of years ago it was used in many phones on the site of the main module and even in such a role it collected decent reviews.

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