The Chinese smartphones were, until some time ago, very cheap phones, imitations of the most famous phones, built with pieces and with poor material. By going to particular import sites, they were able to buy smartphones similar to the iPhone, in some cases absolutely clones, made with less valuable pieces but with the Android operating system, often with few features included. Today, however, Chinese smartphones are no longer low-level imitation pieces and some of the companies that produce them are capable of competing today also with world technology giants (American Apple and Korean Samsung in the first place), releasing truly high-quality models . In this article we will show you which are the best Chinese brands, drawing up a ranking in terms of sales and prestige (from the most famous manufacturer to the least known in the Italian market).
In this article several Italian models will be mentioned that it will be possible to buy on Amazon, currently one of the best sites where to buy this type of smartphone (if we encounter any problems, we can immediately return it or have it changed).
Best Chinese smartphone brands
In this special ranking we will show you all the most famous Chinese manufacturers in terms of sales volume and quality of the phones offered, so that we can immediately choose the manufacturer of our new smartphone. In the last chapter we have collected all the minor Chinese producers who sell and distribute their smartphones in the world (including Italy).Huawei
Huawei has long become one of the world's leading smartphone manufacturers, with an impressive sales volume especially among young and very young people. The good value for money, the refined design and the news in the photographic field (with some of the best camera sensors for smartphones) have made it one of the highest quality Chinese manufacturers for years.
The best Huawei smartphones we can buy at the moment are:
- Huawei Y6 2019 (€ 118)
- Huawei P Smart (150 €)
- Huawei P30 Lite (240 €)
- Huawei Mate 20 Lite (184 €)
- Huawei P30 (440 €)
Honor
Honor is a Chinese smartphone brand linked to Huawei, which produces extremely elegant, fast and well supported phones (we can say an elegant and economic version of the high-end Huawei).
The best Honor smartphones we can buy at the moment are:
- Honor 10 Lite (170 €)
- Honor View 20 (440 €)
On the manufacturer Huawei we have created a guide dedicated to the best Huawei and Honor smartphones by price range .
Xiaomi
Xiaomi has been for a long time a semi-unknown brand to most, but which has always produced excellent level phones with a balanced price. It is now one of the fastest growing Chinese producers in the world, with its own stores and service centers.
The best Xiaomi that we can buy at the moment are:
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 (€ 165)
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro (230 €)
- Xiaomi Mi A3 (160 €)
- Xiaomi Mi 9T (280 €)
- Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (380 €)
- Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (€ 449)
OnePlus
OnePlus is one of the Chinese brands most appreciated by advanced Android users, as the company releases updates with great speed and offers devices with top-of-the-range features, which can also outperform Samsung and Apple.
Currently the OnePlus series has reached 7 with two different models: OnePlus 7T and OnePlus 7t Pro, to be purchased, at the best price, only on the official Oneplus.com website.
Lenovo / Motorola
When it comes to Chinese smartphones, one thinks of who knows what unknown brands, forgetting that Lenovo is also Chinese and produces Motorola-branded cell phones.
Currently the best Motorola smartphones we can buy are:
- Motorola Moto G7 Power (173 €)
- Motorola One Action (€ 278)
- Motorola Moto G7 Plus (€ 284)
Other Chinese smartphone manufacturers
Those that we have listed so far are without a doubt the best Chinese smartphone manufacturers, but there are indeed many manufacturers that offer phones with low prices and interesting technical features. Below we have collected all the "minor" manufacturers, with less market volume but to whom we can always take a look if we are looking for cheap smartphones.- UMIDIGI: is a lesser known Chinese brand that currently sells several smartphone models with an affordable price and good technical characteristics;
- realme: it is an emerging company that is selling many high quality phones on Amazon, for 200 Euros.
- elephone: it is one of the largest Chinese brands that makes cheap and high technical specifications phones;
- Oppo: is another interesting Chinese brand, with cheap phones and discrete technical characteristics:
- Meizu: another fast growing producer, with innovative designs and really interesting technical data sheets, especially if compared to the sale price;
- BlackView: another fast growing manufacturer, with innovative designs that sells above all reinforced and ultra-resistant smartphones.
- ASUS: it is a large multinational company based in China, a world leader in computers and, with the ZenFone line, it also has a moderate success in the smartphone sector (in the past it was decidedly more famous, today less considering the huge competition).
Conclusions
We don't have to buy a Samsung phone or an iPhone to get fast and snappy phones! Today there are so many Chinese manufacturers, who churn out high quality smartphones, to be able to calmly choose the next smartphone that we will use, aware that now Chinese smartphones have high standards of quality and design.Always on the subject, we advise you to read our articles on the best Chinese smartphones .
If we want to save further on the prices of Chinese smartphones, it is worth reading our article on the most reliable Chinese store sites to buy electronics and technology, so that we can save up to 50-60% on the proposed models (with very long shipping times). longer and possible additional payments in terms of customs).
If we are looking for cheap smartphones, we can continue reading our article on Chinese smartphones to buy for less than 200 Euros .
