There are many quad core phones in the market with price starting from Rs 9,500 going up to Rs 41,000. But the dilemma is which one to choose? To make it easier we have listed 15 cheapest Android phones with quad core processor and have rated them based on their specification, price and our review.
Karbonn Titanium S1
Price: Rs 9,399
Karbonn Titanium S1 is a Dual-SIM phone that comes with a 4.5 Inch qHD multi touch capacitive screen. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad core processor and runs on Android 4.1(Jelly Bean) operating system.
Karbonn Titanium S1 has a 5 megapixel rear camera with flash light along with a digital front camera. Further, it is equipped with features like 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, G-Sensor, GPS Navigation, etc. It is also come pre loaded with various games and applications. The S1 has a battery life of 1600 mAh and it also supports a 1GB RAM.
Karbonn Titanium S1 gets the same kind of features as most budget quad core phones I but with a slightly smaller display.
Rating: 7.5/10
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Intex Aqua Wonder Quad Core
Price: Rs 9,590
Intex Aqua Wonder 2 comes with a 4.5 inch IPS panel display with qHD (960 x 540 pixel) resolution and an 8 megapixel rear camera, with features like Autofocus and dual LED flash. The phone also has a 2 megapixel front camera for video calling.
Intex Aqua Wonder is powered by a 1800 mAh battery and comes with 1.2 Ghz quad core processor coupled with 512MB RAM.
Intex is not the most popular mobile brand out there even though it is popular otherwise and therefore this product doesn’t get the same kind of limelight as a Karbonn or Micromax. Never the less it is the second most cheapest quad core phone and gets the same specs as some of the costlier phones.
Rating: 8/10
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Karbonn Titanium S2
Price: Rs 10,790
Karbonn Titanium S2 comes with 5 inch display with FWVGA (854×480) resolution and 1.2 GHz quad core processor. The Android 4.1 based phone is right now the cheapest 5 inch quad core phone in the market. Other features of the phone include 8 megapixel camera at the back and 2 megapixel camera in the front, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS access and 2100 mAH battery.
Karbonn has not mentioned the RAM and the display resolution is on the lower side for a quad core phone, but it is the cheapest 5 inch quad core phone.
Rating: 8/10
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Karbonn Titanium S5
Price: Rs 11,900
Karbonn Titanium S5 is a dual-SIM Android Jelly Bean phone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core 1.2GHz processor and 1GB RAM. The 5 inch display gets 960 x 540 resolution which is not the highest in the segment but decent. The phone has 8 megapixel autofocus rear camera, while a 2MP camera is given on front side for video chat.
The display resolution is not the best in Titanium S5 but is within acceptable limits. Also, Qualcomm Chipset used in the phone is also not as fast as the Mediatek chipset common in this range as per the benchmark scores.
Rating: 7/10
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Zen Ultrafone 701HD
Price: Rs 11,999
Zen Ultrafone 701HD is Android 4.2 Jelly Bean based which is the latest Android version and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor. The handset has a 5 inch IPS capacitive screen and as the name suggest, it comes with high definition (HD) resolution. The dual-SIM smartphone comes with a 2000mAh battery, 1 GB RAM and 4 GB of on board storage which is expandable upto 32 GB.
Zen Ultrafone 701HD has WiFi (a/b/g/n), Bluetooth, 3G, A-GPS and a Micro USB port for connectivity. Besides, the smartphone flaunts an 8 megapixel auto focus rear camera with BSI Sensor and LED flash while a 3.2 megapixel camera is in the front.
While Zen is a lesser known brand, the phone itself is one of the best equipped handsets out there with latest Android version and camera specs are also better than the rest. Only negative point is probably the brand that it comes from.
Rating: 8.5
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UMI S1
Price: Rs 11,999
UMI S1 is the latest product from UMI which has so far impressed us with its product quality. The phone is based on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system and has a 5 inch display with 1280x720p resolution.
The phone uses Mediatek MT6589 chipset with 1.2 GHz quad core processor and 1 GB RAM. The UMI S1 comes in 8 GB and 16 GB Internal Memory versions as well. The dual SIM phone also has an 8 megapixel autofocus rear camera and a 2 megapixel front camera.
For connectivity, the Android smartphone comes with 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS functionality. UMI S1 has G-sensor, light sensor, and proximity sensor.
The UMI S1 comes with a 2020 mAH lithium polymer battery with claimed 4 hours of talktime, which anyway is not exciting. The phone, comes with Hindi language support, is 9.7 mm thick and weighs 187 grams which is neither super thin nor lightweight but is just about all right.
Apart from the availability issues and lack of good battery backup, the phone is a good combination of features and price with latest Android version and ample storage.
Rating: 8.5/10
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Zopo ZP980
Price: Rs 12,500
Zopo ZP980 has a 5 inch Full HD screen with Corning Glass 2, 1920×1080 pixel display, powered by a Mediatek quad-core MT6589 processor, support 1GB of RAM, 4 GB ROM, 13-megapixel rear camera, 5-megapixel front camera and runns on Android 4.2 OS Jelly Bean. The phone is only available through Zopo’s India website.
The phone is a pretty good but the only issue is its mass availability.
Rating 9/10
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Celkon Signature HD A119Q
Price: Rs 12,499
Celkon 119Q Signature HD is based on latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system and runs on MTK 6589 1.2 GHz quad core processor and comes with 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM (2.56 GB user usable memory).
Signature HD has a 5 inch IPS display with 1280x720p resolution along with a 12 megapixel camera at the back and a 3 megapixel front facing camera.
Other regular bells and whistles of Android phone in this range are all present in the smartphone like sensors, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity and GPS.
Along with Celkon 119Q Signature HD company is also offering a free flip cover. The phone will compete with Micromax Canvas HD A116 and beats it in terms of price, camera resolution and Android version, rest of the specification are same.
Celkon is a well known brand, and we have tested the dual core version of the phone too, and we found it has one of the best smartphone camera’s from an Indian brands and rest of the specifications are the same as that of the Micromax Canvas HD. Combined with attractive price this phone looks like the best product in terms of specs, brand, price and quality.
Rating: 9.5/10
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Xolo Q800
Price: Rs 12,499
Xolo Q800 is based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and has a 4.5 inch IPS panel display with qHD (540 x 960 Pixels) resolution.
Xolo Q800 comes with a 1.2 GHz quad core Mediatek chipset and 1 GB RAM as Micromax Canvas HD. The Q800 has 4 GB ROM. It has an 8 megapixel autofocus camera with backside illumination CMOS sensor for better low light photography at the back and a 1.2 megapixel camera in the front.
Besides, the Xolo Q800 has 3G (up to 21 Mbps speed which is again much higher than almost all other phones from Indian brands), WiFi, Bluetooth, A-GPS, Proximity sensor, and Accelerometer. The Xolo smartphone has a 2,100 mAH battery with claimed 16 hours of talk time.
While the phone sounds like the same as Karbonn Titanium S1, it gets better camera, battery life and beefed up 3G speeds. Moreover Xolo has traditionally offered better quality than its Indian rivals. However still you have better products with larger display and better camera in the phones like Zopo and Celkon and therefore this phone makes sense only for those looking for a smaller display.
Ratings: 7.5/10
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Gionee Gpad 2
Price: Rs 13,999
The Gionee Gpad G2 features a 5.3 inch IPS display and is powered by a quad core processor.
The Gionee Gpad G2’s 5.3 inch LCD display comes with 960 x 540 pixel resolution. It has a Mediatek quad core processor running at 1.2 GHz on Google Android Jelly Bean operating system. The new phablet features 1 GB RAM and 4 GB of internal storage.
A 16 GB Memory card will be bundled with the tablet which has a micro SD card slot of upto 32 GB. Beside, Gionee Gpad G2 has dual SIM 3G and 2G connectivity, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, micro USB and a 3.5mm jack. There is an 8 megapixel auto focus camera at its back while a 2 megapixel camera is on front side of the handset.
The Gpad G2 also features Yamaha branded audio hardware that is known for its superior audio delivery.
Cons are that it is coming from a relatively unknown brand and with only slightly larger display means that it is not something that looks very attractive.
Ratings: 7.5/10
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UMI X2
Price Rs 14,000
UMI X2 is based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system but the company has promised to upgrade it to Android 4.2 in April.
The phone has high end features such as a 5 inch IPS panel display with full HD (1920x 1080) pixels) resolution. The display also comes with Gorilla Glass 2 coating that would provide it protection from scratches. The UMI X2 runs on a 1.2 GHz MTK MT6589 quad-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU, 2 GB RAM and 32 GB inbuilt memory. The smartphone also supports a micro SD card of up to 32 GB.
The UMI X2 also comes with a 13 megapixel camera at the back and a 2 megapixel camera in the front. The phone has dual SIM support and comes with large 2500 mAH battery.
The phone gets the best specification in terms of every aspect be it display, memory, RAM, camera and battery. We have used UMI phones earlier and quality is not an issue that we faced. Only issues is mass availability.
Ratings: 9.5/10
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Micromax Canvas HD A116
Price Rs 14,499
The Micromax Canvas HD has a 1.2 GHz quad core MediaTek MT6589 processor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and 1 GB of RAM. There is 4 GB of internal storage in the phone which can be expanded to up to 32 through a micro SD card.
Besides, 5 inch display with HD resolution Micromax Canvas HD has dual camera including an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 0.3 megapixel front unit. Moreover, it supports 3G, WiFi 802.11 (b/g/n), Bluetooth, and GPS/A-GPS. Further is a 2000 mAh battery.
Micromax looks like over priced given that there are phones with better specification at much lesser price from companies that are similar in size like the Celkon and Karbonn. However being the pioneers of this segment in India Micromax Canvas HD is the most popular quad core phone till now.
Rating: 7/10
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Spice Pinnacle Pro Mi 535
Price: Rs 14,490
Spice Stellar Pinnacle Pro comes with a 5.3 inch display with qHD (960 x 540) resolution. The dual SIM handset has a 1.2 GHz quad core Mediatek processor, 1 GB RAM and 16 GB built in memory, which can be expanded further to 32 GB through a micro SD card. The smartphone has Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Operating system for maximum application compatibility.
It comes with a new improved wide angle 5 megapixel front camera, making it the best front camera among low cost smartphones as of now. Spice Stellar Pinnacle Pro Mi-535 also boasts an 8 megapixel autofocus rear camera with dual-LED flash.
The Android smartphone has 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and a micro USB port for connectivity. It has also a Li-Polymer battery with 2550 mAh rating that claims to provide over four hours of talk time. Another unique thing with this phone is that both the SIM cards will support 3G connectivity which is not the case with most dual SIM phones.
This phone has its share of good things like the front camera, large display, latest Android version. It does however battery backup claim is a low 4 hours despite having a large battery and other specs are similar to other phones here. We have used Pinnacle (the dual core version) and that is impressive with its display and battery life and therefore we inclined to believe that this phone too will not disappoint.
Rating 8.5/10
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Gionee Dream D1
Price: Rs 16,500
Gionee Dream D1 is just 8.6 mm thick and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad core processor. It has a 4.65 inch HD Super AMOLED Plus display, which comes with a scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 2 coating. The display of Dream D1 has 316 ppi screen resolution.
The Android OS v4.1 Jelly Bean based smartphone has an 8 megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash. 
Gionee Dream D1 has a 1 megapixel front facing camera as well. The dual SIM, dual standby Dream-D1 is powered by a 2100 mAh battery and will be available in graphite black colour. It comes bundled with a 16 GB memory card along with 4 GB in-built memory.
The phone gets one of the best displays with Super Amoled technology being used, it is slim and fast with good build quality. But comes from a very new brand with sketchy availability (and service backup can also be an issue).
Ratings: 7.5/10.
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Samsung Galaxy Win
Price: Rs 17,900
Samsung’s entry level quad core smartphone, called Galaxy Win Duos, is now available in the market. The dual SIM phone is based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system.
The Samsung Galaxy Win features a quad core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 mobile processor, 8 GB internal memory and 1 GB RAM. The phone has a 4.7 inch display with 480 x 800 pixel resolution as the Galaxy Grand.
Samsung Galaxy Win Duos has a 0.3 megapixel camera in the front and 5 megapixel camera at the back. It has a 2000 mAh battery to make it run longer. This smartphone appears to be a cheaper version of the Galaxy S III smartphone.
The phone is based on Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 chipset with Adreno 203 GPU, which is slower than Mediatek chipset used in most phones here according to benchmarks.
The biggest plus point for this phone is that it comes from Samsung and therefore we expect a better user interface than the rest and also better integration and quality. However in terms of performance there are many phones here that will beat the phone. In terms of display also there are better phones in this list.
Rating: 7.5/10