Dominance of Android OS based smartphones continues to stay strong in the Indian market. However, Nokia’s Windows Phone has certainly challenged those devices with a couple of models. With several budget and mid-range smartphones launched in the last couple of months, smartphone prices have been slowly dipping.
Both Nexus devices are available officially in the Indian market, a very sizable group of folks are actually buying the device. Meanwhile, there are several devices being offered online at attractive discounts. Check out some of the best deals spotted online this week.
Launch Price: Rs 18,490
Deal Price: Rs 15,021
Discount Code: AFFMOB10
Karbonn’s freshly announced Titanium X is almost 10 mm thick. Titanium X features a 5 inch IPS LCD display with full 1080p HD resolution. Karbonn has housed a quad core 1.5 GHz mobile processor with 1 GB RAM to run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean smoothly. Titanium X packs 16 GB on-board storage and a memory card slot to hold up to 32 GB. Karbonn has promised to push Android 4.4 KitKat in February 2014 for this device. It happens to be one unique smartphone with flash for the front facing 5 megapixel camera. 
At the back, it sports a 13 megapixel camera to click good quality images and record HD quality videos. Karbonn has packed a single SIM slot to support 3G. The smartphone even supports Near Field Communication connectivity with passive tags. The Titanium X’s 2300 mAh battery ensures longer run times. Buy the Titanium X smartphone for Rs 15,021 after applying the discount code at the Tradus website.
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Launch Price: Rs 44,990
Deal Price: Rs 34,065
Sony Xperia Z1 is water and dust proof smartphone that comes decorated with IP55 & IP58 certification. The smartphone features a 5 inch display with full HD (1920×1080 pixels) resolution. The Xperia Z1 has a 2.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8974 quad core processor, 2 GB RAM, and 16 GB onboard storage. You can further expand its storage to up to 64 GB using a micro SD card. 
Sony Xperia Z1 features Sony’s award-winning “G Lens” with a 27mm wide angle and F2.0 aperture. There is a 1/2.3 inch CMOS Exmor RS image sensor for mobile with 20.7 megapixel resolution and a BIONZ for mobile image processing engine. It has a 2 megapixel front camera as well. PlayStation certified Sony Xperia Z1 also comes with DLNA, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, MHL, micro USB port, GLONASS, A-GPS, WiFi, and 3G connectivity options. This deal is available for Rs 34,065 with Shopclues website.
Launch Price: Rs 49,900
Deal Price: Rs 41,917
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 features a 5.7 inch full HD Super AMOLED Display and a 1.9 GHz Samsung Exynos 5 Octa processor. The processor has four Cortex-A15 processing cores clocked at 1.9 GHz to take care of heavy processing while the other four Cortex-A7 cores are clocked at 1.3 GHz to take care of low end computing, offering battery savings and performance at the same time. Galaxy Note 3 comes packed with 3 GB RAM and 32 GB internal storage. It also features a memory card slot to support up to a 64 GB micro SD card. 
At the back it has stereo speakers and a 13 megapixel BSI sensor based camera with auto focus and LED flash. Samsung has layered the Nature UX over Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update to run smoothly over the powerful hardware. Samsung has introduced the enhanced S Pen experience with Note 3 and offers better functionality integration with the user interface. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 offers WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac), Near Field Communication, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, IR LED blaster, MHL 2.0 and GPS with GLONASS support. The Galaxy Note 3 can be purchased for Rs 41,917 from eBay India.
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Launch Price: Rs 31,490
Deal Price: Rs 25,200
Discount Code: AFFMOB10
Samsung had launched the large screen phablet Galaxy Mega 6.3 earlier this year. Galaxy Mega 6.3 has a 6.3 inch LCD display with 720p HD native resolution. Powered by a dual core 1.7 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, Galaxy Mega 6.3 features 1.5 GB RAM to run Android 4.x Jelly Bean smoothly. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 is available in 8 GB and 16 GB internal storage versions-both models offer memory card slots capable of holding up to a 32 GB micro SD card. 
At the rear, this smartphone has an 8 megapixel camera with auto focus, LED flash and the capability to record full 1080p HD video. In the front there is a 1.9 megapixel camera for video calls. Samsung has packed a massive 3200 mAh battery in this smartphone to make it run longer. Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 can now be purchased for Rs 25,200 after applying a Discount Code at the Tradus website.
Launch Price: Rs 49,990
Deal Price: Rs 38,899
Nokia’s imaging flagship Lumia 1020 runs Windows Phone 8 mobile platform easily. Lumia 1020 has a 4.5 inch Amoled display with 720p HD native resolution and it is made using Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for strength. Nokia has used its PureView imaging technology to power the 41 megapixel image sensor at the back. It packs Carl Zeiss optics, and Xenon as well as LED flash. The image sensor offers up to 4x lossless zoom and amazing re-cropping technology with the new Nokia Camera app. 
The smartphone is capable of upgrading to the Lumia Black update expected early next year. This smartphone is powered by a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus mobile processor with 2 GB RAM and 32 GB on-board storage without any memory slot. Packing top level Windows Phone 8 experience, this is the best mobile camera smartphone with a 2000 mAh battery. Purchase Lumia 1020 for Rs 38,899 from the Indiatimes Shopping website.