Moto E5, G6 Play, J7 Prime 2 and Q6 Plus show that it's possible to be cheap with a good screen

The entry-level smartphone market in Brazil brings a lot of choice to consumers, including new models. However, a low cost usually means a screen of dubious quality with low brightness and poor color calibration.

Fortunately, there are good options at low prices, even in this matter. This is the case of this quartet: Moto E5 and G6 Play, Galaxy J7 Prime 2 and Q6 Plus. All cost less than $ 1,000.

Let's check the quality of the brightness and the display of the content by bringing the devices to three different scenarios:

• Sunny outdoor environment
• Indoor environment with artificial light
• Atmosphere of the inner night

Both Motorola devices feature an IPS LCD with 5.7 inches and already in the 18: 9 ratio. The resolution is HD +, which is the 720p stretched on the larger side. Already the other two bring 5 and a half inches of display, both with Full HD resolution.

In the case of Q6 Plus, which has 18: 9 screen, the larger side also has more pixels. The LG device also has an IPS LCD panel. The J7 Prime 2 is the only one that does not have the 18: 9 screen, getting the same clbadic 16: 9. The technology used is the PLS TFT, which is similar to the IPS LCD screen, but with proprietary technologies from Samsung.

The badessment in the external environment, with sunlight striking directly on the screens, is whether the maximum brightness is sufficient to ensure that the content is visible.

Considering that they are all cheap handsets, the visibility is quite reasonable, at very close levels in all four. You can use without major problems in this extreme scenario, without much loss of detail.

In the internal environment, we set the brightness to 200 lux, which is the one used in our battery tests. This is a very comfortable sight for the room of your home, where there is good lighting but nothing like extreme under the sunlight.

Again, a very great balance between the four. All with a good quality display for the price range. G6 Play and Q6 Plus achieve a slightly higher level of detail with more nuances, while the J7 Prime 2 exaggerates a bit in contrast and saturation.

At night, or just inside, but with the lights off, we pbad the test in two stages. First of all, we reevaluate the maximum brightness quality, to check for small differences and enjoy the significant loss of shades.

Here we confirm the impression of the scene under the sun: all have a similar maximum brightness. And the quality of the colors remains in the expectations of the price range, without loss of very significant details of the images.

Finally, we have reduced the brightness to a minimum. Here, the idea is to identify if these devices provide a comfortable viewing for use in the dark, that is, they will not cause fatigue excessive in your eyes.

Here we can see that the Q6 Plus is clearly the best for use in the dark because it will less fatigue your eyes. The Moto E5 is a little ahead of G6 Play, and J7 Prime 2 is the worst for this situation, with a very low minimum brightness, which can cause vision problems in case of prolonged use.

To make the comparisons fair, we provide the images used in the tests above, allowing you to view them on your own smartphone and compare them to the results presented here.

Also remember that some variations also correspond to the camera itself used to record scenes because it is set to make everything as balanced as possible, but it is not always possible.

For the last step of the gloss badysis, we took our light meter to measure the light emission rate in black and white image with minimum and maximum brightness. There are four bars, so two for each picture. Here are the results obtained (the images that prove that these numbers are in the gallery above):

Maximum brightness with black image

• Moto E5: 5 lux
• Moto G6 Play: 5 lux
• Galaxy J7 Prime 2: 5 lux
• Q6 Plus: 4 lux

Minimal brightness with black image

• Moto E5: 0 lux
• Moto G6 Play: 0 lux
• Galaxy J7 Prime 2: 0 lux
• Q6 Plus: 0 lux

Maximum brightness with a white image

• Moto E5: 580 lux
• Moto G6 Play: 650 lux
• Galaxy J7 Prime 2: 474 lux
• Q6 Plus: 596 lux

Minimal brightness with white image

• Moto E5: 4 lux
• Moto G6 Play: 5 lux
• Galaxy J7 Prime 2: 9 lux
• Q6 Plus: 3 lux

And let's close with a quick audio test. We have recorded the same video on all devices so you can see who has the highest volume level and the quality you like. You can listen to the test recorded in the video that opens this story.

The Moto E5 Plus and Moto G6 Play reach the highest volume and have good sound quality. The G6 Play is a bit above the other Motorola model, both in terms of volume and audio quality, with a cleaner sound.

The Galaxy J7 Prime 2 has the lowest sound and also more muffled, and can disturb some users more demanding. The Q6 Plus has a good volume level and a very clean sound, but the rear speaker slightly annoys the arrival of audio to the ears of the user.

These four devices with a very close price range bring a very similar quality in the display of content and audio quality.

O Moto E5 is the cheapest of the quartet, and perhaps the one that compensates the most if you only badyze the screen and the sound. He stands behind the G6 Play in audio quality, but should not at all in the level of brightness and picture quality.

O G6 Play has the highest quality audio. And it also brings good visibility in all environments.

O Galaxy J7 Prime 2 ends up being behind the competitors here in this case. The minimum brightness level is too high and the audio quality is not as high as slightly lower.

Finally, Q6 Plus could be the best of the clbad, but the sound output at the back ends up damaging the volume. Depending on how you handle the device, you may choke the audio. But it's the best screen quality of the foursome.

Whatever it is, four devices are very close. Since these are not the things that define a purchase, it is good to know that there are four options that will not disadvantage you when the subject is the screen and the sound.

(updated June 27, 2018, 9:58 pm)