Description and characteristics of the BQ Mobile BQ-5016G Choice phone

The mobile device market is growing at such a fast pace that it is very difficult to keep track of which players are emerging and which are disappearing. If we all know about companies such as Nokia, Samsung or Lenovo, then people most often have not heard of lesser-known brands from China or, especially, from small European countries.

Therefore, within the framework of this article I would like to mention the BQ brand. Phones whose country of origin is Spain are not so widely advertised on the mobile device market. If you believe sales statistics, this company’s devices account for only 3 percent of all smartphones in their country. Despite this, the company has a turnover of more than $200 million a year.

About company

Devices known under the BQ brand are phones whose manufacturer is called Mundo Reader. This is a Spanish company that began its activities back in 2009. The start of the success of this group was the import of cheap electronics from China, mainly e-books, the first mobile phones and some accessories. There weren’t really any smartphones at that time, other than the Apple iPhone.

Having seen the success, those who are now producing BQ phones (the manufacturing country, as already noted, is Spain) have opened their own development. A design line was formed (the phones, however, look typical of many touch devices) and a brand, under which production began. As time has shown, this decision was quite successful. This made it possible, to some extent, to attract buyers to BQ phones, the manufacturing country of which is the homeland for most of them.

BQ-5500L Advance Spartak Edition

• Processor : 4-core MediaTek MT6753H, 1300 MHz
• Screen : 5.45 inches, HD+ resolution (1440x720)
• Cameras (main / front) : 13 MP / 8 MP
• Memory (RAM / built-in) : 2 GB / 16 GB
• Battery capacity : 2500 mAh
  Price: from 9,490 rubles

The partnership between BQ and the Spartak football club is no secret; Since the 2017/2018 season, the mobile equipment manufacturer has been a sponsor of the red-whites. The company's emblem appears on the T-shirts of the Spartak team.

However, apparently, the business cooperation between BQ and Spartak is developing into some kind of warmer and more frank feeling. At the beginning of February 2020, the electronics manufacturer introduced the Advance Spartak Edition model. The gadget is distinguished by the fact that it is made in the style of the club - on its back side there is a diamond, beloved by many, and an image of the famous Roman gladiator, which, by the way, is applied using Ultraviolet Rays Printing technology and is in relief. The pleasant surprises for the Spartak fan do not end with the design - the gadget contains several pre-installed club themes for the desktop, as well as the official Spartak anthem, which can be set to a ringtone.

Advantages

:

• A special Spartak package, which includes themes, the anthem of the football club, as well as its official mobile application.
• Bright IPS screen with a trendy 18:9 aspect ratio.
• A wonderful 8-megapixel selfie camera with the ONE TOUCH SHOT function - you can release the shutter by tapping on the fingerprint scanner.
• OTG support – the “Spartak” gadget from BQ can be used as a power bank.

Flaws:

• Low performance - the device is equipped with a mediocre processor from MTK and a relatively small amount of RAM.

Buy BQ Advance Spartak Edition

BQ Products

You can see what the company's products are on its official website. A catalog is open here, which presents mobile phones, tablet computers, as well as 3D printers. Of course, there are phones in the BQ catalog. It’s not hard to guess who their manufacturer is.

All prices for goods are indicated in euros; only residents of Spain can order from the official website. Of course, the customer pays for shipping. Each of the lots on the portal has a description, a short review, and a section that shows the accessories available for order. The last feature is very useful for those who buy BQ (phones). The country of origin of these cases and films is Spain, so you should not expect any pitfalls in terms of quality. Of course, because of this, the price of accessories here is higher than, say, at an Aliexpress auction. Quality, as you understand, too.

Device Features

If you carefully study BQ (phones whose country of manufacture is also Spain), the difference with Chinese gadgets will actually not be easy to identify. These are ordinary Android or Ubuntu touch smartphones, equipped with the same processors and graphics engines as Chinese products from little-known manufacturers. As a rule, this is MediaTek MT6592. If we talk about screens, we won’t find anything new here either - the models come with displays equipped with an IPS matrix.

Smartphone BQ BQ-5057 Strike 2

Characteristics

Reviews (advantages and problems)

Advantages:

1. price.
2. design.
3. camera.
4. metal case.

Flaws:

1. not enough RAM.
2. Variable operation of SIM cards.
3. headphones suck.

Video review

Reviews

As shown by the few characteristics that we were able to find on the Internet from those who have already purchased a model from this company, what distinguishes BQ (phones) from Chinese ones is the country of origin. This is Spain, where labor is paid higher, but its quality meets world standards. If the phone had arrived to us from somewhere in a factory in Guan-Zhou province, it would most likely have had some play in the lid and it would have been possible to determine the budget nature of such a model by touch.

BQ phones, whose country of origin is not famous for such a large number of counterfeits and various production “blunders” as China, are somewhat different in this regard: the panels fit tightly, and the phone is quite pleasant to the touch.

Prices

True, the buyer pays for this too. On the official website, as already noted, the price is set for the models that are on sale. It can be determined for each of the smartphones and thus compare what the company offers and at what price. Thus, the cheapest BQ model can be purchased for only 169 euros. For this price, the buyer receives a device running on an MT6735 processor with a clock frequency of 1 GHz and with the Android 5.1 operating system. There are also two cameras - with a resolution of 8 and 5 megapixels, as well as options such as Wi-Fi, 4G, Bluetooth, GPS.

The other (the most expensive device in the BQ line) is offered at a price of 310 euros with an MT6592 processor (2 GHz frequency) in a metal case with Android 4.4.4 OS. Other characteristics are not much different from the previous, cheaper model.

Smartphone BQ BQ-5201 Space

Characteristics

Reviews (advantages and problems)

Advantages:

1. not a bad camera.
2. price.
3. Fingerprint's scanner.
4. loud speaker in conversation.

Flaws:

1. Hybrid SD card slot.
2. non-removable battery.

Video review

Characteristics of BQ Mobile

True, to understand why this is so, some descriptions of models from BQM should be given. Firstly, they are all push-button. That is, there is no need to talk about the introduction of smartphones with a touch screen, as can be seen in the model line of the Spanish company BQ. Secondly, each of the devices claims to have its own unique design and some special image. For example, there is a machine with a device for opening beer; a mobile phone with 3 SIM cards the size of a lighter and some other cool models.

They are inexpensive - about 2 thousand rubles. At the same time, it is difficult to say how reliable these phones are - the country of origin of the brand is China. But Russian representatives are quite actively promoting it on the device market - there is a website on the Internet where they sell such models. Here you can find incredibly tempting descriptions, photographs and, of course, excellent product reviews. True, if you read reviews on the Internet, no one takes this company’s moves seriously.

By installing a mechanism for opening beer, for example, not a single major brand will conquer the market except Russian distributors. The phones themselves, marked on the case as representatives of the BQ line, are most likely made to order with that name in order to play on the misconception of the buyer, who may have previously heard about the high quality of BQ products. At the same time, of course, expecting that such a phone will serve for a long time and reliably will most likely be too naive.

Brand BQ – made in Russia for Russians

Today we want to tell you more about the company BQ, whose devices have been tested many times, and we would like to introduce you closer to this brand.

The largest Russian smartphone manufacturer BQ, founded in 2013, offers a wide range of affordable devices on the domestic market, including reliable, stylish smartphones with high functionality despite the affordable price, budget mobile phones and convenient tablet computers.

In just a few years, the BQ brand has gained a strong position in the Russian market. Its devices are widely represented throughout Russia and the CIS in retail outlets of more than 2 thousand partners, including the largest federal chains. BQ products are sold in electronics stores M.Video, Svyaznoy, Eldorado, DNS, MegaFon, Beeline, Tele2, KNOW-HOW, etc., as in offline retail , and online stores.

In 2020, BQ entered the top 5 most popular smartphone manufacturers by sales volume according to the Counter Point Analytics rating. In 2020, the brand, maintaining its achieved positions, occupies 7% of the smartphone market, competing only with large international competitors. The audience of fans of the BQ brand is also growing. According to studies, 60% of BQ smartphone owners have been using one model for more than two years, without wanting to change it to another.

The steady growth in demand for BQ smartphones is primarily due to a number of features of the company that distinguish it from its competitors.

• Affordable prices

The company strives to offer the most attractive price for the buyer - the cost of the gadgets it produces ranges from 3 to 16 thousand rubles. A wide range of products allows you to choose a device to suit every taste. Currently, consumers prefer not to overpay for expensive brands. In BQ smartphones it will have the same high functionality and high quality, but at a lower price.

In the fall, the brand released its flagship smartphone BQ-6200L Aurora with the 3D Face Unlock function based on artificial intelligence, a powerful eight-core MediaTek Helio P60 processor, a large frameless screen and smart cameras. Despite the top-end characteristics, the cost of the smartphone is only 15,990 rubles.

• High quality

BQ products are distinguished by one of the highest levels of quality on the market.

Before entering the Russian market, each BQ device from a new batch undergoes strict multi-level quality control. In addition, the components used in BQ devices are of the same quality as those produced by leading industry manufacturers, and the manufacturing process complies with ISO-9001 standards.

• Localization

Another significant point is that BQ products are completely localized for the Russian market, which is especially appreciated by domestic consumers.

Conducting in-depth marketing research allows the company to always know what the Russian buyer needs. BQ devices are developed specifically for the Russian market, while other vendors supply the same products to all regions of the world. The company strives to equip smartphones not only with the most necessary technical functionality, but also installs the most popular applications in them, such as, for example, Sberbank Online, Yandex, Avto.ru. Moreover, mostly “pure” Android is installed on BQ smartphones, which ensures more stable and faster operation of the devices.

During the localization process, BQ engineers correct translation errors in the Android OS, which improves the comfort of working with BQ smartphones.

• Hi-tech

BQ closely monitors market trends, so only the most advanced and current technologies are used in its products. A bright frameless screen with increased impact resistance, a high-capacity battery, a face unlock function, dual cameras, support for contactless payments - Russian buyers can already find all these modern technologies in BQ smartphones today and, importantly, at a very affordable price.

It should be noted that BQ’s partners include three of the largest chipset manufacturers - Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum. This also allows BQ smartphones to provide high performance and reliability.

• Service

The service policy of the brand, which considers the quality of service for BQ smartphone owners one of the main priorities in its work, deserves special attention.

A wide network of authorized BQ service centers covers all regions where the brand operates. The work of the centers is aimed at ensuring that their service brings only positive emotions to customers.

And if for some reason the broken device cannot be repaired, a similar model is issued in its place.

Here, the possibility of inflated costs for repair services and spare parts during the period of post-warranty service or in non-warranty cases is excluded, since BQ tracks the cost of repairs and spare parts throughout the entire life of the devices.

A guarantee of the high quality of services provided is also the fact that all authorized BQ service centers periodically undergo mandatory certification.

A well-thought-out marketing strategy ensures a steady increase in BQ brand awareness. Currently, BQ has two large projects in work - a partnership with FC Spartak-Moscow and a large-scale federal project with the group “Hands Up!” called BQ Tour.

It should be added that for about five years BQ has been cooperating with the Gift of Life charity foundation, providing active financial assistance to children with oncohematological and other serious diseases and transferring a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each device to the foundation.

BQ's activities have been awarded various prestigious awards. For example, BQ won an award for the first ever smartphone for fans of FC Spartak, BQ Advance Spartak Edition. The brand also has an award in the “Smartphones” category of the “Consumer Rights and Quality of Service” award.

We will continue to monitor the developments of BQ and expect new interesting devices from it.