{"id":25303,"date":"2019-08-15T12:52:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T10:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/blog\/?p=25303"},"modified":"2019-08-15T13:02:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T11:02:33","slug":"what-to-expect-from-cell-phone-prices-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/what-to-expect-from-cell-phone-prices-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect from Cell Phone Prices in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot can change in the smartphone industry from year to year. Looking back to as recent as 2017, Apple released the\u00a0iPhone X\u00a0and while it\u00a0was a fantastic device, it also raised the bar for smartphone prices, starting at above the R15,000 mark. After seeing flagship sales stagnate over the past year and a half, and with the introduction of more mid-tier phones that come jam-packed with flagship-like features, 2019 is the year that smartphone buyers reap the benefits of pricing and technology.<\/p>\n

As a result, smartphone prices in 2019 have balanced out \u2013 while there are still top-level devices which retail for more than R20,000 each, there are more mid-range phones<\/a> than ever before, delivering great experiences not far off from their upper-tier counterparts. With this increased quantity of accessible yet powerful devices, the popular purchasing spot in the pricing bracket for phones has slipped into the mid-to-high range smartphones, with phones between R4,000 and R10,000<\/a> being some of the most popular.<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)<\/h3>\n

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The A-series of Samsung\u2019s phones have done a really good job of offering mid-tier phones in terms of price, but often punching a little above their weight as far as specs are concerned. This model would be best for those who need a little more oomph from their phone than entry level models, but who don\u2019t need access to absolutely every gimmick and feature.\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSpecs:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 6-inch display 1080 x 2220 Full HD+ Super AMOLED Display
\n\u2022 TRIPLE 24 & 5MP & 8MP main camera array
\n\u2022\u00a024 MP selfie camera
\n\u2022\u00a02.2 \/ 1.6 GHz octa-core processor and 4 GB RAM
\n\u2022\u00a0Side-mounted fingerprint reader<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reviews:<\/strong> Trusted Reviews<\/a>: 4\/5 | TechRadar<\/a>: 4\/5<\/td>\nAvailable from:<\/strong> Connected Devices, Takealot
\nPrice:<\/strong> from R4,799
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Huawei P30 Lite<\/h3>\n

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Huawei’s P30 is one of the best phones on the market at the moment, but it’s Lite edition delivers a very-close experience (minus the high-end camera features) for a far lower price. That said, the P30 Lite has a vivid IPS touchscreen, finger-print scanner, and 6GB of RAM, giving you all the tools you’d need for streamlined day-to-day operations.<\/td>\nSpecs:
\n<\/strong>\u2022 6.15-inch IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
\n\u2022 48MP Camera
\n\u2022 128GB with 6GB RAM
\n\u2022 Android 9.0 Pie
\n\u2022 Hisilicon Kirin 710 Chipset
\n\u2022 Finger print sensor rear mounted
\n\u2022 Weight \u2013 159g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reviews:<\/strong> Expert Reviews<\/a>: 4\/5 | TechRadar<\/a>: 4\/5<\/td>\n\u00a0Available from:<\/strong> Bid or Buy, Sarang Telecoms, Phone Tradr
\nPrice:<\/strong> from R4,999
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iPhone XR \u2013 refurbished<\/h3>\n

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The\u00a0iPhone XR\u00a0delivers fast performance, great cameras and longer battery life than other flagship phones, all in a colourful and affordable package.It may be the cheaper of all the current iPhone models, but Apple tends to be on the more expensive scale, so with the XR, you’re still getting an extremely good device.<\/td>\nSpecs:
\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0Weight: 194g.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Dimensions: 150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3mm.
\n\u2022\u00a0 OS:\u00a0iOS\u00a012.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Screen size: 6.1-inch.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Resolution: 1792 x 828.
\n\u2022\u00a0 CPU: A12 Bionic.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Storage: 64\/128\/256.
\n\u2022\u00a0 Rear camera: 12MP.<\/p>\n
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Reviews:<\/strong>\u00a0Tom’s Guide<\/a>:\u00a04.5\/5 | Mashable<\/a>: 5\/5<\/td>\n\u00a0Available from:<\/strong> Power Bite, PC Link Computers, Phone Tradr
\nPrice:<\/strong> from R10,000
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You can find a wide selection of mid-range smartphones<\/a> on PriceCheck!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s the smartphone pricing landscape looking like in 2019? We take a closer-look to the most popular prices for smartphones this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2866,2850],"tags":[166,171,378,430,5085,452,3787,676,5086,708,1458],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/iPhone-Xr-header.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25303"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25303"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25310,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25303\/revisions\/25310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}