{"id":273157,"date":"2018-09-24T07:01:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T05:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=273157"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:01:14","slug":"6-awesome-smartphones-you-can-buy-for-less-than-r10000-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/273157\/6-awesome-smartphones-you-can-buy-for-less-than-r10000-in-south-africa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"6 awesome smartphones you can buy for less than R10,000 in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huawei has announced official pricing for its Mate 20 lite in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The Mate 20 lite’s stand-out feature is a massive 24+2 megapixel selfie camera packed with AI features to enhance every photo you capture.<\/p>\n

It also offers a larger display than its predecessors with a 6.3-inch FullView notched screen, with a Full HD+ resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio.<\/p>\n

Huawei said that Mate 20 lite users will also receive extended usage with its 3750mAh battery that rivals most smartphones available on the South African market.<\/p>\n

The phone will be available from 5 October at a Recommended Retail Price (RRP) of R8,999.<\/p>\n

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The competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the\u00a0 Huawei Mate 20 lite offers terrific value for money, there are a number of great smartphones on the market at a similar price point.<\/p>\n

As such it will likely face steep competition in a market where South African’s now expect flagship features as a given with their new phone purchases.<\/p>\n

BusinessTech looked at five\u00a0of these competitors below.<\/p>\n

Lenovo Moto Z – R9,999<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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LG G6 32GB – R8,999<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Xiaomi Mi8 128GB – R8,999<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sony Xperia XZ1 64GB LTE – R8,599<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Samsung Galaxy A8 32GB – R7,099<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0Here are the official iPhone Xs and Xs Max prices for South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Huawei has announced official pricing for its Mate 20 lite in South Africa. BusinessTech looks at the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":273181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-273157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273157"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273221,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273157\/revisions\/273221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}