I’ve tested more ultra-cheap Android phones than I’d like to admit, and the pattern is usually the same: great headline feature, painful compromises everywhere else. The Redmi A5 looked like it might finally break that cycle. On paper, a Rp 1.5–1.6 million phone with a 120 Hz display and IP52 splash resistance sounds like a […]
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HMD Luma: Budget Android with 120Hz Screen and Old-School Extras
The HMD Luma might quietly become one of the more sensible budget Android phones this year—if HMD doesn’t mess up the pricing. Not a Lumia Revival, But a Different Budget Play The name is doing a lot of work here. “Luma” instantly triggers nostalgia for Nokia’s Lumia era, but this isn’t a Windows Phone comeback […]
Poco C81 Pro Indonesia Launch: Big Screen, Bigger Compromises
I’ve been daily-driving cheap Android phones this year just to see how far “1 jutaan” devices have really come. After a week swapping between a handful of sub-Rp 2 million phones, I was hoping Poco’s new C81 Pro would be the one that finally nails the basics without weird compromises. Instead, it feels like another […]
Samsung Galaxy F70e Brings 120Hz to Budget Android
Samsung just dropped another budget phone in India, and the headline stat is simple: you almost never see a 120 Hz display in the roughly Rp 2 jutaan price bracket. Most phones in this entry-level space still limp along at 60 Hz, maybe 90 Hz if you’re lucky. The Galaxy F70e 5G shows Samsung is […]