Ten Great Sub PHP 15K Smartphones (Early 2017)

If you are looking for a brand new smartphone at the start of this year in the sub PHP 15K range, check out this list that we prepared for you. It consist of the top handsets in style, performance, battery life, and camera for that price range.

In no particular order

Note: We only included smartphones that's officially available in the country. Gray market devices are not included in this list.

Asus ZenFone Zoom

1. Asus ZenFone Zoom - Originally priced at around PHP 26,995 last year, the original Asus ZenFone Zoom is now a steal at just PHP at its new PHP 14,990 price tag!

Asus ZenFone 3 Max ZC553KL

2. Asus ZenFone 3 Max ZC553KL - Aside from its large 4,100 mAh of battery, this variant of the ZenFone 3 Max has bigger 5.5 inch FHD screen, better Snapdragon 430 chip, and larger 16 MP main camera for just PHP 10,995!

Lenovo PHAB2 Plus

3. Lenovo PHAB2 Plus - Solid build, dual cameras, big 6.4 inch FHD screen, and large battery capacity? This phablet has all of those traits at PHP 14,999!

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime

4. Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime - This device remains to be one of the top devices from a mainstream brand. We generally liked its beautiful aesthetics, prime performance, and decent cameras. It retails for PHP 13,990 only!

Oppo F1s

5. Oppo F1s - Also known as the "Selfie Expert", this handset changed and upgraded the Selfie game in the country with its 16 MP beautify ready front camera. It also has an underrated smooth sailing performance, good battery life, and highly capable point and shoot 13 MP main camera for PHP 12,990. Update, there's an F1s upgrade with 4 GB and and 64 GB ROM for PHP 13,990!

Vivo V5

6. Vivo V5 - The "Perfect Selfie" phone is the main challenger to the Oppo F1s. It highlights similar design, but with beefier 4 GB of RAM and larger 20 MP front facing camera w/ softlight flash. Like the F1s, this device is priced at PHP 12,990.

CloudFone Next

7. CloudFone Next - Even if it is the most affordable in this list, the CloudFone Next is no joke at PHP 9,999 or even cheaper at times at Lazada. This device flaunts a 5.2 inch FHD 2.5D screen, Snapdragon 430 chip, 4 GB of RAM, 32 GB storage, 3,000 mAh Quick Charge 3.0 battery, and 16 MP Samsung main camera. This is a very solid phone!

Motorola G4 Plus

8. Motorola G4 Plus - This handset mostly did everything right for its PHP 13,999 SRP. The performance is smooth due to its nearly stock software and its great 16 MP f/2.0 PDAF main camera.

Infinix Zero 4

9. Infinix Zero 4 - This device may not have the fastest processor at this segment, but its build quality is very solid and it has the highly capable main camera specs here with its 16 MP f/2.0 Sony IMX298 w/ laser AF, OIS, and dual tone LED flash. That camera sensor is also found with the highly regarded OnePlus 3. The Infinix Zero 4 is priced at PHP 11,990.

Huawei GR5 2017

10. Huawei GR5 2017 - Aside from bringing the dual camera experience on a phone priced at just PHP 13,990, the Huawei GR5 2017 is one of the best all around midrange phone in this list. The build quality is close to excellent, performance is snappy, battery life is great, and its fingerprint scanner is fast and accurate.

See also: Seven Of The Best Smartphones Today (Early 2017) / Three Snapdragon 430 Powered Smartphones Under PHP 8K (Early 2017) / Ten Value For Money Smartphones Under PHP 10K (Early 2017)

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