Smartphone under 20k INR (Q1-2017)

Smartphone Buying Guide: My Smartphone Picks from budget smartphones to mid-range smartphones under Rs 20,000 these are some of the smartphones that I would recommend based on my experience. Before starting I would like to inform that these phones will be available online.

Some of the Phones are: -

1) Xiaomi Redmi 3S (or 3S prime)

I will suggest to go with 3S prime due to 1GB more ram, 32GB internal storage and has a finger print scanner also.

Pros: -

Performance is very good in its price range.

Fingerprint sensor is very responsive.

Battery life for both the phones I very good.

Cons: -

Body is little fragile (So you will need a good case for it).
Flipkart Redmi 3S (2GB Ram, 16GB)
Flipkart Redmi 3S Prime (3GB Ram, 32GB)

2) Lenovo K6 Power

Pros: -

Camera performance is little better than Redmi 3S and comes with same processor that of Xiaomi 3S.

Battery performance is also good.
Flipkart Lenovo K6 Power (3GB Ram)
Flipkart Lenovo K6 Power (4GB ram)

3) Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

I will suggest to go with 3GB or 4GB variant which would cost around 11,000/- for 3GB and 13,000/- for 4GB.

Pros: -

Battery life is amazing due to Snapdragon 625.

Has a good camera as compared it to Redmi Note 3.

Can recommend for heavy gamming.
Flipkart Redmi Note 4(64GB)
Flipkart Redmi Note 4(32GB)

4) Honor 6X

It is Camera centric phone as it has dual camera setup. Would not recommend if you are a heavy gamer.

Pros: -

Camera performance is very good on this phone and has the best camera in this budget range.

Video and Audio Pick-up Is also good.

Cons: -

Can’t recommend for heavy gamming.
Amazon Honor 6X (32GB)

Amazon Honor 6X (64GB)

5) Lenovo Z2 Plus

It is a very fast phone as it contains Snapdragon 820 and Nougat update would be rolled out soon buy this or next month. This is the most power full phone as this price point.

Cons: -

Rear Facing camera performance in artificial lighting and indoor lighting conditions is not that great but front facing camera is better than rear facing camera.
Flipkart Lenovo Z2 Plus (32GB)
Flipkart Lenovo Z2 Plus (64GB)
Amazon Lenovo Z2 Plus (32GB)

Amazon Lenovo Z2 Plus (64GB)

6) Lenovo P2

It for those who wants more Battery life. As it contains 5100mAh battery and aslo have Snapdragon 625 chipset.

Pros: -

Good gamming performance

Have super AMOLED screen

Cons: -

Camera is not to great.
Flipkart Lenovo P2 (3Gb Ram, 32GB)

7) Xiaomi Mi 5

It contains Snapdragon 820 hence is power full phone.

Cons: -

Avg. battery life

Phone is Fragile not recommend for rough users.
Flipkart Xiaomi Mi 5 (32GB)
Amazon Xiaomi Mi 5 (32GB)

8) Samsung Galaxy On Nxt (or Galaxy J7 prime)

If you are looking for Samsung phone in this price range I will suggest you these.

The problem with Samsung is that they skip some of the basic sensors like Auto-Brightness, Gyroscope (Used for 360º Videos or Pokémon Go like Games).

Cons: -

Don’t expect great performance if you are a gamer.
Flipkart Samsung Galaxy On Nxt (32GB)
Flipkart Samsung Galaxy J7 prime (32GB)
Amazon Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime SM-G610F (Black, 16GB)


I hope this helps. Hope to see you again in my next post. Comments are most welcome.