High-end mobiles are the most powerful and avant-garde of each brand. These terminals are also the most expensive and where we see first, technologies that are quickly democratized for the mid-range, eager to receive them with open arms. It is precisely in the mid-range where the great sales pie is shared, and where the fight is fiercest between the different brands. Now and thanks once again to the famous AnTuTu list, we can see the most powerful mid-range terminals of the year.
It is a fact that to consider yourself a powerful mid-range mobile, you have to be compatible with 5G networks. We see several curious things in the new list of AntuTu, of the most powerful mid-range terminals of 2020. The first is that as we well know, Snapdragon leads indisputably as the most powerful high-end processor in Android, and even more so with the recent presentation of the new Snapdragon 888. However, in the mid-range , the Snapdragon are easily outperformed by the Dimensity from MediaTek or the Kirin from Huawei.
Powerful mid-range phones, but not available
But if something reveals the latest AnTuTu ranking, it is that the best of the mid-range of 2020 is not available on the European market. In some cases due to strategic decisions, sales, a gap in other markets or for whatever reason, we are left with the honey on the lips in most cases. We have no complaints about the mid-range offered in Europe, but we are behind and without being aware of where the real battle is.
The list is led by the Redmi 10X 5G, a terminal presented last May and that has the style of one of the Redmi Note 9 that have been marketed in Europe. Inside it integrates the Dimensity 820, which in addition to providing 5G to the mid-range, has managed to raise the performance level. His is the first position with 404,089 points. Not far away we find the Huawei Nova 7 Pro , a terminal that, if not for Huawei’s problems, could have landed in Europe (perhaps under another name) ready to fight. In this case it shows the power of the Kirin 985 with its 401,091 points. Interestingly, in third place is the Redmi 10X Pro 5G , which is a more expensive variant of the previous mobile, because it has more cameras, but exactly the same hardware configuration. His score was 398,227 points.
Huawei Nova 7 Pro
From positions 4 to 10, we find in the same way, powerful terminals with Kirin, MediaTek and Qualcomm processors that we cannot buy officially in Europe, such as the Huawei nova 7, Honor 30, Honor X10, Honor 30S, Huawei nova 7 SE , Redmi K30 5G Speed Edition and the realme Q2 Pro 5G. That does not mean that in some isolated case they do not end up making the leap, but it is always usually a few months after its launch in China.
Why is this happening?
As we say, only the brands hold the key to the international commercialization of these and other models. The Asian market is large enough that the demand leads to launch more models than in the old continent. Not all the portfolio of brands such as Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo or Huawei, is considered to be launched in other markets. Even when the popular clamor calls for a device that has been seen on the Asian borders, there is no effect. Recall that despite the requests of its community, Xiaomi has not sold the Mi 10 Ultra in Europe, while many terminals arrive with more modest memory variants (RAM or storage) when they land in Europe. The harsh reality is that we will continue to see very powerful terminal eyes that we will not be able to buy officially in our market.