This year the budget segment in India got a host of budget smartphone addition. The Chinese smartphone companies such as Xiaomi, Redmi, Poco and Motorola have introduced lots of budget smartphones in the country and Samsung too came up with interesting additions to this category. So if you are planning to buy a device with all the features without burning a hole in your pocket. To help you out we have done some research for you and here are the top 10 Budget smartphones of the year 2020.
Nokia 5.3
This smartphone was launched in India a few months back which features a 6.55-inch HD+ display. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC with up to 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage option. The smartphone runs on Android 10. The device comes with a quad rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary lens, a 5-megapixel secondary camera, a 2-megapixel depth sensor, and a 2-megapixel macro lens. Upfront there is an 8-megapixel selfie camera.
Price: The price of the Nokia 5.3 starts at Rs 13,999 for the base 4GB RAM with 64GB storage and 6GB of RAM with 64GB is priced at Rs 15,499.
Redmi 9 Prime
Redmi 9 Prime is the Chinese smartphone company’s affordable smartphone that is powered by MediaTek Helio G80 SoC with Mali-G52 GPU. This device has a 6.53-inch full-HD+ display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. There is a quad rear camera setup on the phone which includes a 13-megapixel primary sensor with f/2.2 aperture. Further assisted by a secondary 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera with 118-degree field of view and f/2.2 aperture, a 5-megapixel macro lens with f/2.4 aperture and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. For selfies, there is an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with a 77.8-degree field of view and f/2.0 aperture. The Redmi 9 Prime packs a 5,020mAh battery supported by an 18W Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging support.
Price: Redmi 9 Prime comes in two variants of GB RAM with 64GB storage variant has been priced at Rs 9,999 while the 128GB storage model comes at Rs 11,999.
Poco M2 Pro
Poco M2 comes with a MediaTek Helio G80 octa-core processor, packed with a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging. It has a 6.53-inch full-HD+ display with a quad rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary sensor, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, a 5-megapixel macro lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. On the front, there is an 8-megapixel selfie camera.
Price: Poco M2 Pro is available in 4GB of RAM with 64GB of storage at Rs 13,999, 6GB RAM with 64GB storage at Rs 14,999 whereas the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage variant price has been set at Rs 16,999.
Samsung Galaxy M21
This budget smartphone comes with a 6.4-inch full-HD+ Infinity-U Super AMOLED display with a layering of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on top. It runs on One UI 2.0 on top of Android 10. Samsung Galaxy M21 is powered by an octa-core Exynos 9611 processor along with a Mali-G72 MP3 GPU for graphics. There is a triple rear camera set up on the phone that comprises a 48-megapixel primary sensor. The camera set up is further aided by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with 123-degrees of Field of View and a 5-megapixel depth sensor for portraits. For selfies and video calling it features a 20-megapixel selfie camera on the front. It houses a massive 6,000mAh battery with 15W fast charging support.
Price: The 4GB with 64GB storage model is priced at Rs 13,199 and the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage variant comes at Rs 15,499.
Redmi Note 9 Pro Max
This smartphone runs on MIUI 11 based on top of Android 10 out of the box. It comes with a 6.67-inch FHD+ Dot Display protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Under the hood, there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor with Adreno 618 GPU for graphics. It houses a 5,020mAh battery that supports a 33W fast charger. Redmi Note 9 Pro Max features a quad rear camera set up that includes a 64-megapixel primary sensor. Further aided by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens offering 119-degree field-of-view (FoV), 5-megapixel macro lens and a 5-megapixel depth sensor. The camera set up also supports RAW photography. On the front, you will get a 32-megapixel selfie camera.
Motorola Moto G9
This Motorola smartphone features a 6.5-inch Max Vision HD+ display. The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SoC. The triple rear camera includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a 2-megapixel sensor with a macro lens. There is an 8-megapixel camera sensor at the front. It has a 5,000mAh battery that supports 20W fast charging.
Price: Moto G9 price in India is set at Rs 11,499 for the lone, 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variant.
Poco X3
Poco X3 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G processor with Adreno 618 GPU for graphics. The device also runs on Android 10 based MIUI 12 for Poco. It features a 6.67-inch full-HD+ display supported by a 120Hz refresh rate with a 240Hz touch sampling rate. The smartphone includes a 64-megapixel Sony IMX682 primary sensor with a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens offering a 119-degree of Field of View with f/2.2 aperture, a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture for taking portrait shots and lastly a 2-megapixel macro lens with f/2.4 aperture. There is a 20-megapixel selfie camera sensor with f/2.2 aperture on the phone.
Price: The device is available in three different configurations of 6GB of RAM with 64GB of storage, 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM with 128GB of storage models. All the variants are priced at Rs 16,999, Rs 18,499 and Rs 19,999 respectively.
Oppo A53 2020
Oppo A53, which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 processor and a 5,000mAh battery supported by an 18W fast charger. It has a 6.5-inch HD+ display with 1,600×720 pixels of resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The triple rear camera setup includes a 16-megapixel primary sensor, a 2-megapixel secondary lens and another 2-megapixel tertiary sensor. While on the front there is a 16-megapixel selfie camera placed inside a hole-punch display.
Price: The 4GB of RAM with 64GB of internal storage priced at Rs 12,990. While the 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage option carries a price tag of Rs 15,490.
Motorola Moto E7 Plus
This smartphone has a 6.5-inch HD+ Max Vision display Under the hood, there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 SoC with Adreno 610 GPU. There is a dual rear camera set up which includes a 48-megapixel primary camera with f/1.7 aperture and a secondary 2-megapixel depth sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. Moto E7 Plus packs a 5,000mAh battery with 10W charging support.
Price: Moto E7 Plus comes in a single 4GB of RAM with 64GB of storage priced at Rs 9,499.
Vivo Y20
This device runs FunTouch OS 10.5, based on Android 10. The smartphone comes with a 6.51-inch HD+ (720×1,600 pixels) IPS display. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 processor. Vivo Y20 features a triple rear camera setup that has a 13-megapixel primary sensor with an f/2.2 lens and two 2-megapixel shooters with f/2.4 aperture. On the front, there is an 8-megapixel selfie camera with f/1.8 aperture. The smartphone is backed by a large 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.
Price: The smartphone comes with a 64GB variant priced at Rs 12,990 and the 6GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at Rs 13,990.
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