Top 5 smartphones in India priced around Rs.10000 (April 2016)

Indian smartphone industry is one of the largest growing smartphone industry in the world. Every week we see many new launches. Every company launches new phone with better price at the same price point or nearly similar specs at lower price point. High end smartphone brands have also joined this race. Last year Samsung introduced their J series and On series. These two series of device were quite good selling in the Indian market. In India we have largest selling market of phones of Rs. 7000-15000. This is the highest growing sector in India.

We have seen many countries entering Indian market & launching phones with very competitive pricing. Many Chinese players like Xiaomi, Meizu, LeEco,Coolpad have already found some great success stories in India. While these Chinese brands were successful in India, our home brand YU also launched some good phones with great specs. But in 2016, we haven’t seen any new launch from the company.

So now let’s just take a look at the top smartphones priced around 10000 for the month of April 2016,

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 – Rs. 9999(2GB)/11999(3GB)

Xiaomi launched their much awaited phablet named as Redmi Note 3 on the 3rd March in India. This is a very good device & offering some impressive specs at the price point. It is having world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 Hexa-Core processor which is also coupled with Adreno 510 GPU which itself is of flagship level.

Specs of Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 :

5.5″ Full HD(1920 x 1080 p) display, Sunlight brightness
1.8GHz Hexa-Core Snapdragon 650 64-bit processor , ARM Cortex A72 Architecture
Adreno 510 GPU
2GB RAM with 16GB storage
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
16MP rear camera ,PDAF, dual-tone LED Flash
5MP front camera
MIUI 7 based on Android Lollipop 5.1.1
Dual SIM(Hybrid)
Fingerprint scanner
Dimensions: 150x76x8.65 mm
Infrared sensor
4G LTE with 5 bands support,VoLTE, Wi-Fi , Bluetooth 4.0
4000mAh (minimum) / 4050mAh (typical) battery with fast charging

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2.Le Eco Le 1s- Rs. 10999

LeEco launched their mid range device Le 1s in late January. This is also a very good device with great specs as well. It is having MediaTek Helio X10 chipset with 2.2GHz Octa-Core performance.

Specs of LeEco Le 1s:

5.5 inch Full HD (1920x1080p) display
2.2 GHz Helio X10 Turbo MTK 6795T Octa Core Processor
3GB of RAM
32GB of internal storage
13 MP Primary Camera
5 MP Secondary Camera
Fingerprint Scanner
Full metal body
Android Lollipop with EUI
Fast charging with 24-watt charger
Weight: 169Gms
Dimensions: 74.2×151.1×7.6 mm
3000mAh battery

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3. Lenovo K4 Note – Rs. 11999 :

Lenovo also is not very slow in this race. The company launched their Lenovo K4 Note smartphone back in January & till now it’s a very good selling phone.The phone is having nearly similar specs as the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 as well as the LeEco Le 1s. It is also having 5.5″ Full HD display on the front. It is having 3GB of RAM along with 16GB of internal storage with Micro Sd card support.

Specs of Lenovo K4 Note:

5.5 ” Full HD 1920x1080p display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
1.3 Ghz MediaTek 6753 Octa-Core 64 Bit processor
3 GB DDR3 RAM
16 GB internal storage with expandable storage capacity of 32 GB
13 MP rear camera with dual tone LED flash
5 MP front camera
Android 5.1 based on Vibe UI
Dimensions: 153.6 x 76.5 x 9.15mm
Dual Front facing Dolby Digital speakers
4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 , Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC
3400 mAh battery
Metal Frame
Fingerprint Scanner

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4.Honor 5x- Rs. 12999:

The 4th device is this countdown is from Honor India called as Honor 5X. This is also a very good device with great specs as well as design. It is also having 5.5′ Full HD display with 3GB of RAM along with 16GB of internal storage.Full specs are given below,

Specs of Honor 5X:

5.5 ” Full HD 1920x1080p display
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 Octa-Core 64 Bit processor
2 GB DDR3 RAM
16 GB internal storage with expandable storage capacity of 128 GB
13 MP rear camera
5 MP front camera
Android 5.1
Dimensions: 15.1 x 0.8 x 7.6 cm
Weight: 160 Gms
4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 , Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3000 mAh battery
Metal body
Fingerprint Scanner

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5. Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML – Rs.12650 :

Now finally we have a device that does not have fingerprint scanner in it but it has some very great features. It has a 5.5-inch Full HD display with Gorilla Glass 3 support. It also has a processor different from others which is 1.8 GHz Intel Atom Z3560 Quad Core. It is also having one of the best software & gaming experience in this price range.