It's not so surprising to see a mobile these days with a full metal body, full HD display and even a finger print scanner and all this for just under 10k ! I'll try to make my list as relevant as possible. And mind you, this is only my opinion and yours may vary...
Note: Best prices may vary. It's better to buy when a sale is on.
#1. Xiaomi Redmi Note 3:
Sold over one million handsets in India, this is probably the best from Xiaomi so far.
Specs:
- 5.5 inch screen with 1920x1080 resolution(403ppi)
- Snapdragon 650 hexa core clocked at 1.8Ghz (the best in class for the price)
- Adreno 510 GPU.
- Two variants 16Gb with 2 Gb of ram & 32Gb with 3Gb of ram
- 16 Mp rear (f2.0) and 5Mp front (f2.0) cameras (No 4k recording though)
- Massive 4050 mah battery
- 4G with VoLte support
Pros:
- Snapdragon 650, best chip set you can get in this price range (xperia X with the same chip-set costs you around 40k!)
- Full metal aluminium body and a finger print scanner.
- Good camera with phase detection auto focus.
- Huge battery which'll last almost 2 days
Cons:
- Hybrid sim slot, which sometimes can be messy
- No Gorilla glass protection for large display
Price: Rs 9980 (16Gb/2Gb variant) and Rs 11980 (32Gb/3Gb variant)
#2. Moto G4 plus:
The phone which helped Moto for its revival, has now come to its 4th generation. And yes, it still impresses us with decent specs.
Specs:
- 5.5 inch screen with 1920x1080 resolution(401ppi)
- Snapdragon 617 octa core clocked at 1.5Ghz
- Adreno 405 GPU.
- Two variants 16Gb with 2 Gb of ram & 32Gb with 3Gb of ram
- 16mp rear(phase detection lazer auto focus) and 5mp front
- Battery 3000 mah
- 4G with VoLte support
- Gorilla glass 3
Pros:
- thin and easy to handle
- best camera in this price range
- decent battery and performance
Cons:
- no water resistance which was there in previous generations (wonder why?)
- chip-set could've been better
- nothing great about battery, lasts only a day
Price: Rs 13500 for 16/2 Gb. Rs 15000 for 32/3 Gb.
#3. Huawei honor 5C:
This came as a successor to the some what successful honor 5x And I would say a it's a decent upgrade. (not many of us know that Huawei is the 3rd most popular mobile brand globally!)
Specs:
- 5.2 inch 1080p display (424ppi)
- Android 6.0 out of the box
- 16GbROM & 2Gb RAM
- Hisilicon Kirin 650 chipset with octa core processor clocked at 2.0 Ghz
- 13 Mp rear and 8Mp front cameras
- Non removable 3000 Mah battery
- finger print sensor
Pros:
- Beautiful design with metal body
- Highly optimized Huawei's own kirin chip-set and performance is fluid
- Good cameras both rear and front.
Cons:
- No support for VoLte
- No gorilla glass protection
- No water resistance
Price: Rs 10999 (flipkart)
#4. Lenovo K6 power:
This is the latest installment by Lenovo in its K series. Came as a successor to Lenovo vibe k5 plus. And its a huge upgrade.
Specs:
- 5.0 inch full Hd display with 441 ppi
- full metal body with finger print sensor
- 13 Mp rear camera with phase detection auto focus & 8 Mp front cam.
- Qualcomm snapdragon 430 chip set with octa core processor clocked at 1.4 Ghz
- Adreno 505 Gpu
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box
- Battery 4000 mah, non removable
- 32 Gb ROM & 3 Gb RAM
Pros:
- Highly power efficient chip set
- 4G VoLte support
- Dolby Atmos dual speakers
- Huge battery which would easily last 2 days
- Good camera with Sony lens
Cons:
- No gorilla glass
- No water resistance
- Sold only through Flipkart flash sales. So availability might be an issue
Price: Rs 9980.
#5. Samsung Galaxy On8:
Samsung is struggling hard these days specially in the mid range segment where it used to rule over just until 2 or 3 years ago. It has been desperately releasing series of 'Js' and 'Ons' one after another almost to the confusion of the consumer. Anyways this particular mobile attracted me for its decent specs and pricing, well balanced. So let's see...
Specs:
- 5.5 inch super amoled display with res of 1080x1920 (401ppi)
- Android 6.0 marshmallow
- Samsung's own Exynos 7580 octa core CPU clocked at 1.6 Ghz
- Mali T720MP2 GPU
- 16 Gb storage and 3 Gb of RAM
- 13 Mp f1.9, 28 nm lens with auto focus & 5Mp f1.9 front camera
Pros:
- Highly optimized Exynos chip set for fluid performance
- Storage expandable up to 256 GB
- Good Cameras both rear and front
- front flash for selfies
- Vibrant Super Amoled display
Cons:
- Slightly overpriced in my opinion
- No fingerprint sensor, no gorilla glass
- 16 GB storage is not so cool for the price
Best price: Rs 15990/-
A few other good enough choices:
Letv Le eco 2; Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime; Lenovo vibe k5 plus; Moto G turbo edition etc
So that's a wrap... I'll keep updating. please follow my site.
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