1Vivo Y15
Vivo Y15 smartphone was launched in India earlier this year at a price tag of Rs 13,990. However, after the recent price cut, the smartphone is now retailing at the Rs 12,990 on Amazon India. The smartphone comes with 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage and comes equipped with massive 5000mAh lithium-ion non-removable battery. It has a 6.35-inch waterdrop notch HD+ (1544 x 720 pixels) display, an octa-core MediaTek P22 (MT 6762) SoC processor, storage can be expanded up to 256GB via microSD card, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and runs on Android 9.0 based on Funtouch OS 9.
On the camera front, Vivo Y15 carries a triple rear camera setup with 13-megapixel as a primary camera with an f/2.2 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens with 120-degree field of view, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. There a 16-megapixel shooter with an f/2.0 Aperture for selfies. Connectivity options include Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS + GLONASS, micro USB port and 3.5mm Headphone jack.
2Oppo A9 2020
Oppo A9 2020 smartphone was launched in India month back with a price tag of Rs 16,990 for 4GB RAM with 128GB storage variant. It has a 6.5-inch Nano waterdrop display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and comes equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor coupled with Adreno 612 GPU. The phone also comes with an option to expand the storage up to 128GB via microSD card slot and gets its juices from 5000mAh lithium-polymer battery with reverse charging support.
Oppo A9 2020 comes packed with quad rear camera setup with 48-megapixel primary lens, an 8-megapixel 119-degree ultra-wide lens, a 2-megapixel mono lens and a 2-megapixel portrait sensor. For the front, it has 16-megapixel shooter for selfies. The phone runs on Android 9.0 Pie based on ColorOS 6.0.1, equipped with Dolby Atmos Sound Effects, support face unlock, has rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, Type-C port and Game Boost 2.0 accelerator technology for improved Frame Boost and Touch Boost. Further, the phone comes with all standard connectivity options.
3Redmi 8
Redmi 8 smartphone is the latest offering from the house of Xiaomi, launched in India a couple of days back at a price tag of Rs 8,999 for the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant. There is one more variant, which is priced at Rs 7,999 for the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage. The phone comes backed with 5000mAh battery with 18W Fast charging support and runs on Android 9 Pie based on MIUI 10.0.1.3. It features a 6.22-inch HD+ 2.5D curved glass dot-notch (1520 x 720 pixels) display and comes equipped with 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 439 processor. The phone also comes with splash-proof nano-coating by P2i and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection at the front. There is also an option to expand the storage of up to 512GB with a microSD card and comes loaded with a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner as well as face unlock feature.
Of the optics, Redmi 8 carries an AI dual rear camera setup having 12-megapixel as primary Sony IMX 363 sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, Dual-phase detection and a 2-megapixel depth sensor alongside LED Flash. On the front, it offers an 8-megapixel AI selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture, Connectivity options include Dual SIM, VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS and a USB Type C port. The phone measures 156.3 x 75.4 x 9.4mm and weighs 190 grams.
4Samsung Galaxy M30s (6000mAh battery)
Samsung Galaxy M30s bearing massive 6000mAh battery was launched in India a couple of weeks back at a price tag of Rs 13,999 for 4GB RAM + 64GB storage option. There is one more variant which has a price tag of Rs 16,999 for 6GB RAM with 128GB storage. The phone comes packed with huge 6,000mAh battery and comes bundled with a 15W fast charger. It features a 6.4-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U (of 2340 x 1080 pixels) display with 91 per cent screen-to-body ratio, 420 nits brightness and comes powered by a 2.3GHz octa-core Samsung Exynos 9611 processor coupled with ARM Mali G72 MP3 GPU. The phone also comes with an option to expand the storage up to 512GB via microSD card.
For the camera department, it has a triple rear camera setup having the 48-megapixel primary lens with f/2.0 aperture, an 8-megapixel Wide-Angle lens with 123-degree FOV and a 5-megapixel depth sensor. On the front, it comes loaded with a 16-megapixel selfie shooter and also features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The device runs on Android Pie, which is based on OneUI and supports the face unlock feature as well. On the connectivity front, it supports Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C and dual-SIM.
5Vivo Y17
Vivo Y17 was launched in India earlier this year at a price tag of Rs 17,990 and now after a series of price cuts over a period, the phone is now retailing at just Rs 13,990. The device comes packed non-removable Li-Ion 5000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support and has 4GB of RAM with good 128GB of internal storage. The phone also comes with an option to expand the storage up to 256GB via microSD card. The Vivo Y17 features a 6.35-inch HD+ display (720×1544 pixels), Octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 SoC (4×2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) along with PowerVR GE8320 GPU, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and runs on Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
The device employs an AI triple rear camera setup with 13MP as a primary sensor with f/2.2, 8MP wide-angle secondary sensor and 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4. For the front, it carries a 20-megapixels selfies shooter. Connectivity options include VoLTE support, Dual Nano SIM, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot Bluetooth 5.0, and a MicroUSB 2.0.
6Vivo Z1 Pro
Vivo Z1 Pro was launched in India in the month of July this year and can be purchased at the discounted price of Rs 12,990 (4GB RAM with 64GB storage) from Oct 11th till Oct 15th via Vivo’s official website. The original price of this variant is Rs 14,990. The Vivo Z1 Pro comes packed with powerful 5,000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support and features a 6.52-inch Full HD+ (2280 x 1080 pixels). The smartphone comes equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 processor with Adreno 616 GPU and runs on Android 9.0 Pie based on FunTouch OS 9.0. It employs a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and also has face unlock feature.
Moreover, it has a triple rear camera setup with 16-megapixel as the primary sensor, an 8-megapixel wide-angle sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. On the front, it has 32-megapixel selfie camera placed inside the punch-hole display. Connectivity options include VoLTE, Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi, GPS, GLONASS, Dual-SIM and micro USB port.
7Motorola One Power
Motorola One Power was launched in the month of September this year at a price tag of Rs 15,999 and after price cuts, the phone is now available at a discounted price of Rs 12,999. As the name suggests, the USP of this phone is its battery performance, having the capacity of 5000mAh, that can run for up to 2 days on a single full charge and the company claims that users can get up to 6 hours of battery life in about 15 minutes with the help of TurboPower charger. Further, the phone has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, with an option to expand the storage up to 256GB via microSD card.
The Motorola one power has a 6.28-inch Full HD+ Max Vision display (2246 x 1080 pixels) and comes powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor coupled with an Adreno 509 GPU. On the camera front, it has a dual rear camera setup with 16-megapixel as the primary lens and a 5-megapixel as the secondary lens. On the front, it carries a 12-megapixel shooter for selfies and video calling. The runs on Android 9.0 Pie operating system and comes with all standard connectivity options.
8OPPO A5 2020
OPPO A5 2020 was launched alongside A9 2020 smartphone last month with a price tag of Rs 13,990 for 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage variant. It features a 6.5-inch Nano waterdrop display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and comes powered by 2.0GHz SM6125 Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 610 GPU. It has huge 5000mAh battery lithium-polymer battery with reverse charging support and runs on Android 9.0 Pie based on ColorOS 6.0.1. The storage can be further expanded up to 128GB through microSD card.
It comes packed with quad rear camera setup with a 12-megapixel primary lens, an 8-megapixel 119-degree ultra-wide lens, a 2-megapixel mono lens and a 2-megapixel portrait lens. For the front, it has an 8-megapixel shooter for selfies and video calling. Other features include a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, face unlock feature, equipped with Dolby Atmos Sound Effects and Game Boost 2.0 accelerator technology for improved Frame Boost and Touch Boost. On the connectivity front, the device comes with VoLTE, Dual SIM (nano+nano) dual-standby (4G+4G), WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0 and Type-c port.
9Vivo U10
Vivo U10 is the first U-series smartphone launched in India last week and priced at Rs 10,990 for 4GB RAM with 64GB storage variant. There are two more variants- 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, 3GB RAM with 64GB storage priced at Rs 8990 and Rs 9990 respectively. The phone comes packed with 5000mAh battery with 18W dual-engine fast charging support and under the hood, it employs a 2.0Ghz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor along with Adreno 610 GPU. The storage of the phone can be further expanded to up to 256GB via microSD card and comes equipped with a fingerprint sensor at the back as well as face unlock feature. The device features a 6.35-inch HD+ (1544 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 9.0 Pie, which is based on FunTouch OS 9.1.
On the camera front, it offers a triple rear camera setup having 13-megapixel as the primary lens with f/2.2 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with f/2.2 aperture and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture. For the front, the phone comes with an 8-megapixel selfie shooter. Connectivity features include dual 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi, GPS, GLONASS, dual-SIM and micro USB port. The device weighs 190.5 grams and measures 159×43 x 76.77 x 8.92 mm.
10Infinix Hot 8
Infinix Hot 8 was launched in India last month with a price tag of just Rs 6,999. The USP of this phone is its 5000mAh battery capacity along with AI smart power management and AI Triple Rear Camera setup alongside a Quad-LED flash. For the battery, the company claims that the device can offer 22.5 hrs 4G Talk-time, 22.5 hrs Music Playback, 14 hrs Video Playback, 18.6 hrs Web Surfing, 11.4 hrs Gaming, 25.4 days of Standby time. On the camera front, it offers triple-camera setup having a 13-megapixel as a primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture, 2-megapixel depth sensor and a low light sensor. On the front, it has an AI 8-megapixel shooter with f/2.0 aperture, 81-degree field of view, 4P lens for selfies and video calling along with a front flash. It has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, with an option to expand the storage up to 256GB via microSD card.
The Hot 8 has a 6.52-inch HD+ (1600 x 720 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display with 20:9 aspect ratio and 90.3 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The device comes equipped with 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P22 processor coupled with IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU. The phone runs on Android 9.0 Pie based on XOS 5.0 and also features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. On the connectivity front, it offers VoLTE, Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi, GPS and micro USB port. The phone measures 165 x 76.3 x 8.7 mm and weighs 179 grams.
11Realme 5
Realme 5 smartphone was launched in India last month in three variants – 3GB+32GB, 4GB+64GB, 4GB+128GB priced at Rs 9,999, Rs 10,999 and Rs 11,999 respectively. The phone has a powerful 5000mAh battery and comes equipped the AI Quad rear camera setup having 12MP as a primary sensor with PDAF, f/1.8 aperture, a 119-degree 8-megapixel wide-angle lens, a 2-megapixel Macro lens with f/2.4 aperture and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture. On the front, it has a 13-megapixel shooter with AI beautification mode for selfies.
The phone comes packed with 6.5-inch HD+ (720 x 1600) display and Corning Gorilla Glass 3+ protection. Further, the device powered by a 2.0GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor and has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner for security. The phone also comes with an option to expand the storage up to 256GB via microSD card. The Realme 5 runs on Android 9 Pie operating system based on ColorOS 6.0 UI and measures 164.4 x 75.6 x 9.3mm. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi, GPS, GLONASS, micro USB port and dual-SIM support.