Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch - Idiosyncratic Creation

The veteran console manufacturer, creator of smash-hit games machines since the original Nintendo Entertainment System in 1983, suffered an ignoble commercial failure with its Wii U console. Announced last year and revealed in full on Friday, the new Nintendo Switch machine has a lot to prove.

It’s a typically idiosyncratic creation. Described as a hybrid system, it works as a traditional home console, plugging into your TV, but it can also be slid out of its dock and played on the go, via a built in screen. The concept is fascinating, merging the portable and home experiences into one product, but what about the practice?

First Impressions

The Nintendo Switch, the convertible console formally known as the NX. The product walks the line between a home and portable console, courtesy of a docking tablet and a pair of detachable controllers that work in a number of different configurations. It also features out-of-the-box multiplayer functionality, connecting up to eight devices via Wi-Fi.

Immediate first impressions. It’s small. The central tablet-shaped unit is smaller than a Wii U GamePad and has the same size screen - 6.2 inches, which is smaller than an iPad Mini. The dock through which you connect the device to your television is just a little bulkier. The Joy-Con controllers, which can be connected to the sides of the Switch to turn it into a handheld console, are tiny. Wrap your fingers around them, perhaps for a motion-controlled game of boxing, and they almost feel like they could disappear. You might want to actually wear your wrist strap for these, and don’t let your children run off with them or you’ll never find them again.

Still, with their curved edges and soft finish the Joy-Con are surprisingly comfortable in every possible configuration. The grip that turns a pair of Joy-Con into something that resembles a standard controller might look a bit silly - and canine - but it nestles snugly in the hand. It was difficult, however, to get a proper feel for the weight of both the grip and the handheld mode with Joy-Con attached to either side of the screen, because they were all attached to their stands with thick security cables.

Price Tag

Nintendo Switch costs you at $299 which fairly high price point for a company like Nintendo that has found a lot of success undercutting the competition.

Box Contents

• 1 Nintendo Switch Console (i.e. the tablet)
• 2 Joy-Con controllers (left and right)
• 1 Adapter
• 1 Joy-Con Grip
• 1 HDMI cable
• 1 Dock
• 2 Joy-Con straps

Specifications of Nintendo switch

• The console/tablet has a 6.2-inch 720p touchscreen. The resolution gets better when docked, outputting at 1080p on a screen through an HDMI connection.
• 32GB of storage augmented via microSD cards and a custom NVIDIA Tegra processor.
• All these are juiced up between 2.5 and six hours as a portable console with its given battery pack.
• Zelda, the lower end of the spectrum at around three hours. The Joy-Con controllers should last considerably longer as a standalone — at around 20 hours a piece. The system charges while docked or via the USB-C port on the go.

Games Included

• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Has Been Heroes
• I Am Setsuna
• Sonic Mania
• Lego City Undercover
• Arms
• Super Bomberman R
• Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together.

LeEco Cool 1 Dual

Cool 1 Dual -  Collaboration of LeEco and Coolpad product

The growing trend among companies these days is to push the limits of what a smartphone camera can do. With obvious space constraints, one of the solutions was to opt for two camera lenses instead of one. What started off as a feature restricted to flagship-level smartphones, has since percolated down to more affordable smartphones. Coolpad and LeEco's joint effort, called the Cool 1 Dual, has made its way to India. The phone was announced back in August, soon after LeEco's CEO Jia Yueting took over as Chairman of Coolpad. 

Specifications of Cool 1 Dual

• LeEco Cool 1 comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels at a pixel density of 401 pixels per inch. 
• The Cool 1 Dual is powered by the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 SoC, with two additional ARM Cortex-A72 cores and Adreno 510. It is available in two variants - 3GB RAM/32GB storage and 4GB RAM/32GB storage.
• The Cool 1  Dual has a dual 13 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash camera on the back. One has a color sensor while the other is used for monochrome data, which when used in tandem, should offer better image quality and less noise in low-light pictures. Focusing speed is good and images are saved rather quickly, with little delay. Among the shooting modes, SLR mode attempts to simulate greater bokeh levels The front of the device sports an 8MP, f/2.2, 1.4 µm pixel size for selfie shooter. 
• Other specifications include Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, USB-OTG, FM radio, and GPS. The phone also supports 4G LTE on both SIM slots, and there's a toggle in the Settings app to enable voice calls using VoLTE. 
• The Coolpad Cool 1 Dual runs Android 6.0 and is powered by a 4000mAh non-removable battery. It measures 152.00 x 74.80 x 8.20 (height x width x thickness) and weighs 173.00 grams.

The Cool 1 Dual offers good performance for its price as well as better camera performance. It’s built well, and it has a sharp display, very good battery life plus sufficient power for most tasks. Given a choice, you should buy this phone online as you get more RAM at the same price.

Coolpad Cool 1 is priced at Rs 13,999 and will be an Amazon exclusive, with the open sale starting January 5. The 4GB RAM/32GB storage version will be available online, but the 3GB RAM/32GB ROM version will only available through offline stores.

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HTC U Ultra and U Play

HTC U Ultra and U Play - Premium series

HTC has unveiled two new smartphones - HTC U Ultra and HTC U-Play - powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The new launch also marks the debut of the new HTC U series, with the HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play as the first devices. The new HTC U series smartphones are premium offerings that appear to be positioned just below the HTC One series flagship. With the AI-powered Sense Companion, the new HTC U Ultra and HTC U-Play is said to learn from and adapt to the users' behavior in order to make the experience unique to each user.

HTC U Ultra, HTC U Play's Sense Companion AI

With the new HTC U Ultra and HTC U-Play, the company is betting big on it’s new AI assistant called Sense Companion, which it claims will learn your usage behavior over time in order to present you with priority notifications and alerts based on people you contact the most. On the HTC U Ultra, the second ‘ticker-style’ display, called the Priority Screen, is where Sense Companion will display important alerts and notifications. The implementation of the display is very similar to LG’s approach with its X Screen (Review) and V20 (Review) smartphones.

In fact, the U Ultra's exterior is unlike anything else in recent memory. Some of HTC's usual design flourishes, such as the pill-shaped fingerprint sensor and the centered UltraPixel camera, are still here, but the company's designers traded the usual aluminum look for a finish that seems almost liquid. The frame is still made of metal, but the back is covered with a beautiful curved glass that looks almost pearlescent under the right light. It's a gorgeous effect born from HTC's obsession with material science that plays well on all four of the U Ultra's colors (black, white, blue and pink) and beyond all that, it feels pretty great in-hand too, in part thanks to a sleek profile measuring just under 8mm at its thickest point.

Specifications of HTC U Series 

• The HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play mark HTC's move away from metal unibodies for its premium offerings. The phones now feature a 3D contoured glass design, which HTC refer to as “liquid surface”. 
• The HTC U Ultra features a 5.7-inch Quad HD display and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 SoC, with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage which is expandable by up to 2TB. HTC will also offer a premium version of the HTC U Ultra which will have sapphire glass and 128GB of storage. 
• On the other hand, the HTC U-Play has a more palm-friendly 5.2-inch full-HD display and an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 SoC, plus either 3GB or 4GB of RAM and either 32GB or 64GB of inbuilt storage.
• There’s a single speaker grille and a USB Type-C port at the bottom, while the SIM tray is placed on the top. Both phones ditch 3.5mm audio sockets, a trend HTC seems to be embracing. The HTC U Ultra and HTC U Play feel incredibly well crafted and premium in every respect. The HTC U-Play is a lot more manageable when it comes to single-handed use, but the HTC U Ultra should have its share of takers too.
• These phones' cameras are also going to be important selling points. The HTC U Ultra features a 12-megapixel UltraPixel 2 rear camera with support for OIS, PDAF, laser autofocus, and Auto-HDR. On the front, there’s a 16-megapixel sensor which has the ability to switch to ‘UltraPixel mode’, which according to HTC, is about four times more sensitive to light compared to the standard mode. 
• The HTC U Play also offers the same trickery for the front camera, but its rear camera has a 16-megapixel sensor with similar features as the HTC U Ultra, minus the laser autofocus.

Only the HTC U Ultra runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. The U Play is going to ship with Android 6.0 Marshmallow – not too big of a deal, actually, as both phones run HTC's custom Sense interface, meaning that in terms of core features, both phones should be on the same page. Still, we suppose that an update to Nougat is going to come eventually to the U Play.

The HTC U-Play and HTC U Ultra look like very interesting propositions, and in a way, give us a glimpse into what we can expect from rivals at the upcoming Mobile World Congress. AI assistants will most likely be a common feature across this year’s Android flagships so it’s ultimately down to who has the most compelling solution. It’s heavily rumored that Samsung is also betting big on an AI assistant for the upcoming Galaxy S8, and we expect the same from other key smartphone makers as well. The HTC U Ultra is clearly the bigger phone. That comes as no surprise, as it has to accommodate both a bigger battery and a secondary ticker display. It is also noticeably heavier.

As for HTC’s offering, we’re eager to test out the new Sense Companion to see just how smart it really is in the real world, and if having an AI assistant actually has any significant impact on our daily routine in the long run.

Nokia 8

Nokia 8 Android Flagship 

The Nokia 6 was announced at the end of CES this month to the delight of many in the smartphone world – the Finnish name has been absent for a long time – but that handset may not have been the only Android-powered Nokia handset on display in Las Vegas.

A couple of videos gave us an extensive look at the Nokia 8. The company is expected to debut its next flagship at MWC, but apparently, Qualcomm reportedly showed off a new smartphone prototype codenamed Supreme, which could be introduced as Nokia 8 at the MWC in Barcelona next month. First of all, the physical shape of the device matches that of the Nokia 6. When it was launched HMD’s announcement leaned heavily on the design that was fashioned from a single block of metal for a luxury feel. That is present once more. The addition of physical buttons suggests a model higher up the portfolio.

Nokia 8 rumored specifications

• Nokia 8 flaunts 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) 518ppi Super AMOLED display protected with corning gorilla glass 5.
• Powered by Octa-Core Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) Snapdragon 835 processor with Adreno 540 GPU alongside having a 6GB / 4GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal memory supporting expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
• It is believed to feature Carl Zeiss optics of 24MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash, OIS, EIS 3.0, 4K Video recording. At the front of the device, you’ll get a 12MP secondary camera and dual front firing stereo speakers. 
• Other features include Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass notification LED, Fast battery charging, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (MIMO), Bluetooth 4.2 LE and an HRM sticker further suggests that there might be heart-rate monitor functionality available with the phone.

Even if Nokia 8 doesn’t end up being the Nokia Supreme’s official name, it’s still a pretty big hint because some of the most memorable past Nokia flagships sported “eight” in its name -- Nokia 808 Pureview, Nokia N82, and Nokia N8 -- to name a few. Nokia is also rumored to launch another flavor of the same device with Snapdragon 821 and 4GB of RAM.

HMD Global is expected to introduce the Nokia 8 at MWC Barcelona on 26 February 2017

Nokia 6

Nokia 6 - Finally Launched

After acquiring rights to the Nokia brand name last year, HDM Global has finally launched the first Android-powered smartphone bearing Nokia’s name. Called the Nokia 6, the phone is launched in China and is priced at CNY 1699, which is approximately Rs. 16,700. The company notes that it plans to launch more phones in the first half of 2017.

Specifications of Nokia 6

• The Nokia 6 boasts an aluminum unibody design and features a 5.5-inch in-cell full HD display at 403ppi with 2.5D Gorilla Glass on top.
• It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor with X6 LTE modem and paired with 4GB of RAM and 64 GB on internal storage which can be further expanded via microSD card and graphics are boosted by Adreno 505 GPU.
• It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with phase detection autofocus (PDAF), 1.0um sensor,  f/2.0 aperture, dual-tone LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, 1.12um sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 84˚ wide-angle lens.
• It is backed by a 3,000 mAh battery. The home button in Nokia 6 doubles up as a fingerprint sensor. Nokia 6 is a 4G-enabled smartphone that supports Bluetooth v4.1, Wi-Fi, GPS and USB-OTG. The Nokia 6 is a dual SIM (GSM + CDMA and GSM + CDMA) smartphone that accepts 3G and 4G band. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
• It has dual speakers, one on the top and other on the bottom, smart dual amplifier chips (TFA9891) offering 6dB louder sound and Dolby Atmos. 
• The Nokia 6 runs Android 7.0 and is powered by a 3000mAh non-removable battery. It measures 154.00 x 75.80 x 7.85 (height x width x thickness).

Nokia phones are known for their build quality and it seems like HMD has done its bit to ensure this holds true with the Nokia 6. The device features an aluminum build and the company says that it takes  55 minutes to machine the device from a block of aluminum. It then receives two separate anodizing processes, which take over 10 hours to complete and each phone is polished at least five times.

HMD Global is a Finnish firm that owns the rights to sell Nokia-branded smartphones. It is said to working on four new smartphones having display sizes ranging from 5.0 to 5.7-inches. An earlier report suggested all these phones will be launched sometime in the second and third quarter of 2017. The firm has surprised us all by making its first Nokia smartphone available in the first quarter itself.

The Asus Zenfone AR

Asus Unveils Google’s Project Tango Enabled Zenfone AR at CES 2017

With the launch of the world’s first #ProjectTango supported smartphone dubbed the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, another Asian OEM is all set to launch its take on Google’s ambitious AR plans. Asus CEO, Jerry Shen has now revealed that the company aims to launch its AR supported smartphone dubbed the Zenfone AR early next year at the CES 2017 that’s set to be held in Las Vegas.

A quick recap, Google’s Project Tango is based on machine vision that uses a camera and a bunch of sensors to provide motion tracking, depth perception, and area learning. With this AR apps can fully utilize and make use of indoor navigation, gaming and more.

Earlier this month, the world's first Tango smartphone - the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro - finally went on sale priced at $499 (roughly Rs. 33,300). It is the first commercial product from Google's Project Tango team that was working on machine vision in mobile devices.

What's so special about Google's Project Tango phones?

Project Tango is an advanced mobile technology from Google that enables augmented reality (AR) gaming and utilities in a smartphone. It is specifically used provide enhanced 3D-based GPS navigation system and AR gaming experience, wherein users will be able to play character games using their own house as the gaming arena. Another interesting aspect of AR-phone is that AR-phone has the ability to provide immersive e-shopping experience.

For instance, Wayfair's in-house AR app now compatible with Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro, allows shoppers to visualise furniture and décor in their homes at scale before making a purchase, tackling one of the largest barriers to online shopping -- the inability to get a good sense for a product's aesthetic, and how large or small the item is. Besides that, it is believed to be a boon to visually-challenged people, as it can be used to give accurate navigation guidance when blind people find themselves in an uncharted place or a building premise. For instance, while shopping for groceries, the smartphone can take you directly to the shelf containing the product you are looking for.

Besides Zenfone AR, Asus also plans to launch the Zenfone 4 series and VR (Virtual Reality) head gears with built-in cameras, sensors, and controllers in the second and third quarter of 2017, respectively, DigiTimes reported.

Specifications, the ZenFone AR 

• The Asus Zenfone AR is a sleek phone that does not look like the tanky Tango devices of before. It features a 5.7" Quad HD (1440 x 2560 pixels) Super AMOLED display, with an impressive 79% screen-to-body ratio, which is a great fit for Daydream. Indeed, the phone is Daydream-ready as well.
• Powered by Quad Core 2.0 GHz & Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 SoC processor.
• It's also packing a whopping 8GB (or 6GB) of RAM. That might sound excessive, but remember in our Tango review, the amazing Matterport Scenes app would shut off after a few minutes due to low memory. It was blowing up the Phab 2 Pro, which "only" had 4GB of RAM. Tango basically needs all the power it can get.
• The Zenfone AR is packing a 23MP camera with the usual extra Tango sensors of a motion tracking camera and depth-sensing camera. Unlike Lenovo's design, which stacked every sensor in a line on the back of the phone, everything is in a neat little rectangle with the Zenfone AR
• For storage options, Asus has you covered with flavors in 32/64/128 or 256GB of UFS 2.0 storage plus a MicroSD slot. Rounding out the spec sheet is a 3300mAh battery, 8MP front camera, quick charging, NFC, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. For the software, Asus is shipping Android 7.0 Nougat with the usual Asus skin (ZenUI 3.0) on top. 

The Zenfone AR doesn't just do augmented reality, it's also compatible with Google's Daydream VR standard. You can slap the device in a headset and use it to power a VR session. Before you get any wild ideas of using the AR sensors of Tango and the VR headset at the same time, remember that the Daydream headset covers the whole phone. It would block the Tango sensors on the Zenfone AR. There's also the matter of Tango not being optimized for VR, so the AR rendering pipeline isn't really fast enough for the low latency that non-vomit-inducing VR requires.

Like any new ecosystem, the one thing Tango needs more than anything is for people to actually make augmented reality apps. The Asus CES press conference delivered, with a representative from Gap coming on stage with a "dressing room" app. Gap's app shows you a full-size mannequin wearing items from its clothing line. You give your dimensions to the app, and an accurate mannequin will be generated that you can walk around. The app isn't full of hand-made designs, either. It uses the same CAD data Gap uses to design its clothing, along with cloth physics to simulate how the clothes will lie on the model.

Now, some bad news: there was no price attached to the Zenfone AR, but Asus did promise a release window for "Q2 2017." That's actually a long time away in the smartphone world. By then we'll all be talking about the latest Snapdragon 835 devices. Depending on how fast that new chip is, the Zenfone AR might not qualify as "high-end" by then.

Best Phones under ₹20000 or $300

Best SmartPhones under ₹20000 or $300 launched at the Year 2016

Looking to buy the best phone under ₹20000 or $300? 2016 was a great year for a lot of new phones launched in the 20000 smartphone segment. While most of these smartphones offer good performance, some can really go toe to toe with high-end flagship smartphones. So, you have a lot of options if you are buying the best phones under Rs.20,000 price, but which one to buy? To make things simple, here is our list of the best smartphones under 20,000 in India for December 2016. These phones offer good performance, camera quality, specifications and good features at mid-range price points and are recommended for users with a budget of under 20000.So here are the top 10 smartphones under Rs 20,000 in India

1) LeEco Le Max 2

With the launch of the Lenovo Z2 Plus, many phone makers have lowered their prices and LeEco has done the same. It’s flagship, the Le Max 2, which launched at Rs. 22,999 has seen a massive price drop and is available at Rs. 17,999. For the price you pay, you get the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC and a beautiful 5.7 2K display. This also makes it the only phone in the sub-20K segment to offer a 2560x1440p resolution display. To top it off, the smartphone boasts of a very good 21MP rear camera. Specs: Display: 5.7-inch, 1440p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 RAM: 4GB Storage: 32GB Battery: 3100mAh OS: Android 6.0

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2) Lenovo Z2 Plus

The Indian smartphone market is very price sensitive. We like good phones with a formidable performance at low prices and nothing does it better than the Lenovo Z2 Plus. With a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 on-board, the Z2 Plus overpowers the competition very easily. To further strengthen its position, Lenovo offers it with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, making it the best phone in the category. The smaller 5-inch touchscreen offers good colour reproduction and so does the 13MP rear camera. So, if you are looking for a phone under 20K, this is it. Specs: Display: 5-inch, 1080p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 RAM: 4GB Storage: 64GB Battery: 3500mAh OS: Android 6.0

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Lenovo Z2 Plus (White, 32GB)

3) Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime comes with medium-tier specs that have been a standard for this price range. It performs as expected, however the occasional and random crashing of apps was definitely somewhat of a concern. The camera performs really well in good light and manages to keep the images noise free in relative darkness too, albeit thanks to aggressive noise reduction.

By itself, the phone is a good option for anyone looking to shell out money for an impressive battery life. However Lenovo has introduced the Z2 Plus at same price almost packed with a more powerful Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB (or 4GB depending on the variant) of RAM and matching camera and display specs. The Lenovo Z2 Plus also sports a bigger battery, but it may not come with the optimisation the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime sports, making a choice between the two harder.

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SAMSUNG Galaxy J7 Prime (Black, 16 GB)

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Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime SM-G610F (Gold, 16GB)

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime SM-G610F (Black, 16GB)

4) Asus Zenfone 3 Laser

Asus Zenfone 3 Laser, as the name implies, is the successor to Zenfone 2 Laser. The USP of the device is its ultra-fast 0.03 second laser autofocus. The Zenfone 3 Laser features a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 2.5D arc glass. Asus Zenfone Laser series has been camera-centric smartphone and Zenfone 3 Laser gets a 13MP rear image sensor from Sony coupled with electronic image stabilisation.Asus Zenfone 3 Laser also supports color correction sensor but it we will have to wait and see how it works in real life. The smartphone with 4GB RAM and 32GB storage is priced at Rs 18,000.

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Asus Zenfone 3 Laser (Gold, 32 GB)

5) Oppo F1S

Oppo is now among the world’s top five smartphone vendors, and in India the brand has gained some recognition with its selfie-camera smartphones. The Oppo F1, Oppo F1 Plus were both launched in India this year with a focus on giving a great selfie experience to users. Oppo F1s is another take on the Oppo F1 series, and comes with the same 16MP front camera seen on the F1 Plus. The latter was priced at Rs 26,990, but had a higher resolution display and more storage on board.

For Oppo, the focus on selfies as a niche is interesting. In case of smartphones, the specifications battle has all but died out, with 3GB RAM, 32GB storage space now being common, even in devices that cost just Rs 10,000 or under. But smartphone cameras are still one segment where manufacturers can hope to stand out from the crowd. In Oppo’s case, it has decided to focus on the front camera, and give this selfie-obsessed generation a reason to rejoice. The Oppo F1 Plus’ selfie camera had impressed us, but is the new Oppo F1s worth its Rs 17,990 price tag?

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Oppo F1S

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Oppo F1S

6) Moto G4 Plus

The latest G Series smartphone from Moto features a stellar camera, probably the best in its category. However, the performance is not at par with the Lenovo Zuk 2 or the LeEco Le 2. That said, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 can handle most tasks with ease, and if you are a lightweight user, the Moto G4 Plus will be able to provide you with optimum performance. The display also gets an upgrade over its predecessor, as the 5.5-inch display now offers Full HD resolution. The storage has also been upgraded, and the phone is now available in both 32GB and 16GB storage variants. Specs: Display: 5.5-inch, 1080p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 RAM: 3GB Storage: 32GB Battery: 3000mAh OS: Android 7.0.1

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7) Moto M

This phone is great combination of eye-catching design and flawless performance with MediaTek 2.2 GHz octa core processor supported by 4 GB RAM. Nearly all the specs meets our expectation except the Camera, Although phone has 16 MP primary and 8 MP secondary Camera on paper which looks more than enough but in real world performance they are not up to the mark. for the camera Moto G4 Plus is still irreplaceable under ₹ 15K Range. If you are not a camera maniac you can go for Moto M otherwise you can choose Galaxy J7 Prime. 

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Moto M (Gold, 64GB)

Moto M (Gold, 64GB)

8) Xiaomi Mi Max

if you are looking for a big phone with good battery life along with some impressive performance, then the Mi Max is certainly your best bet. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 SoC that we saw on the Redmi Note 3. The main feature of this smartphone, is the large 6.44-inch display that offers good viewing angles, and is the ideal size to watch a lot of videos, or even read. Your movie-watching endeavours are well-supported by the huge 4850mAh battery, which won’t die even after two days of average usage. Specs: Display: 6.44-inch, 1080p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 RAM: 3GB Storage: 32GB Battery: 4850mAh OS: Android 6.0

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Xiaomi Mi Max

9) LeEco Le2

Another great phone in this segment is the LeEco Le 2. Available now with 64GB of storage, the Le 2 brings refined design to the table, along with outstanding performance. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 652-powered device is quite powerful, and has one of the better cameras in the sub-20K segment. If your budget is a little tight, a 32GB variant of the phone is also available at a lower price. Its battery life though, is not at par with the Redmi Note 3. Specs: Display: 5.5-inch, 1080p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 RAM: 3GB Storage: 64GB Battery: 3000mAh OS: Android 6.0.

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LeEco Le2 (Rose Gold, 32GB)

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LeEco Le2 (Rose Gold, 32GB)

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10) Xiaomi Redmi Note 3

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is the phone of the moment, and we are not surprised. Xiaomi ticked all the right boxes with this phone, ushering an era of budget smartphones that perform way better than their pricing. The 16MP rear camera is unable to match the overall goodness of the phone, but considering the sub-20K price bracket, it is still a very good option. You should consider this phone if you don’t want to compromise on battery life. Specs: Display: 5.5-inch, 1080p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 RAM: 3GB Storage: 32GB Battery: 4050mAh OS: Android 5.1.1

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Dark Grey, 32GB) 

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Silver, 32GB) 

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Gold, 16GB) 

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Dark Grey, 16GB) 

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Dark Grey, 32GB) 

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Silver, 32GB) 

11) Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime

he Xiaomi Redmi 3s Prime is the most affordable smartphone in this list, offering a relatively new Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC, which handles all tasks with ease. The small, ergonomic smartphone offers an all-metal build, a first for its price category. The 13MP rear shooter is also decent for the price, and it even houses a fingerprint scanner. Specs: Display: 5-inch, 720p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 RAM: 3GB Storage: 32GB Battery: 4100mAh OS: Android 6.0.1

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Redmi 3S (Gold, 16GB )

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12) Lenovo K6 Power

If you are looking for a balanced smartphone, Lenovo’s K6 Power can be one of the choices. This budget phone is using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 SoC, same as the Xiaomi Redmi 2S Prime. It is a good performer and one of the few phones to offer a 1080p display on a 5-inch display. The phone has large 4000mAh battery offering an entire day of battery life. Further, the 13MP primary camera on its back, is one of the best in its category. Specs: Display: 5-inch, 1080p SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 RAM: 3GB Storage: 32GB Battery: 4000mAh OS: Android 6.0

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Lenovo K6 Power (Dark Grey, 32 GB)

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