For a budget of Rs. 20, 000, there are plenty of handsets available for all kind of users. What we’ve tried here is to list the best smartphone you can get in or under that amount. All these phones are selected in such a way that you do not have to compromise on performance or features. You can choose one of the following according to your budget and requirements. However, we’d recommend you to visit a store, hold and take feel of the phone that you choose before making the real purchase. Read on to know more:
Nokia 701
Symbian Belle is on the move and leader of the series is Nokia 701. Specifications like a modern and fast 1GHz processor, 3.5″ 16M-color nHD ClearBlack TFT LCD capacitive touch screen with 1,000 nits of brightness, 8 megapixel camera, connectivity options including Wi-Fi and NFC makes it a complete package and one of the big guns in mobile market.
Price: Rs. 16,700
Nokia E6
With its QWERTY keypad, sharp 2.46 inches TFT capacitive touch screen having 640 x 480 pixels and 16M colors, the phone looks great and feels comfortable in hand. It has an 8-megapixel camera, which is the best so far in E-series and its 680MHz ARM11 processor processes everything that you throw at it.
Price: Rs. 15,450
Samsung i9000 Galaxy S
This device has so much muscle that you would like to pat it and once it lets you to jump on its back; you will experience the best ride of your life. Features like a huge 4″ 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen of WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution, 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird CPU, 5 MP autofocus camera and 8/16GB internal storage shows you what I want to say.
Price: Rs.19, 999
HTC ChaCha
Do you want to jump onto the Facebook beat? If yes, then this is the handset for you that come with dedicated Facebook buttons. It has a QWERTY keypad, 2.6 inches TFT capacitive touch screen, 5 MP camera and supports micro SD cards up to 32 GB.
Price: Rs. 12, 203
Motorola Defy
An Android smartphone, which is built to last because it is water/scratch/dust resistant. Meanwhile, it has a 3.7 inches Gorilla Glass screen, 5 MP camera, 800 MHz Cortex-A8 processor and supports micro SD cards up to 32 GB.
Price: Rs. 13, 300
Samsung Omnia W
This is a mid range Windows phone handset and offers some decent hardware including 3.7-inch WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) super AMOLED display and is powered by 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. This compact device has a 5 MP camera, 14.4Mbps HSPA connectivity and an internal storage of 8GB.
Price: Rs. 15, 200
Samsung Wave 3 Bada
Third generation of Wave series runs on redesigned Bada OS 2.0, flaunts a bigger screen of 4.0 inches and is powered by blazing fast 1.4 GHz Snapdragon processor. It has a 5 MP camera, 4GB internal memory and supports memory cards up to 32 GB. All these specifications, glitch free performance, solid and stylish makes it enough powerful to battle Android and Windows phones.
Price: Rs. 14, 300
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
Slid out QWERTY sporting Mini Pro has all the qualities to do a fair work in the world of smartphones. Powered by a 1GHz processor it runs on Android 2.3 operating system. Other hardware includes a large 3-inch screen with 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution, 5 MP autofocus camera, 512 MB RAM and 32 GB micro SD card support.
Price: Rs. 8, 499
BlackBerry Curve 9360
This QWERTY phone has a compact, smooth and mature design. It comes with a display measuring 2.4 inches, 800MHz CPU, 5 MP camera, 512 MB RAM and micro SD card support up to 32 GB. The screen features 480 x 360 (HVGA+) and has a pixel density of 246 ppi. There is also an internal storage of 512 MB, but only 160 MB is available to the users where they can install additional programs.
Price: Rs. 17, 897
Nokia C7
It is simpler, slimmer as well as affordable and comes with more conservative styling. The handsome handset has some impressive set of specifications including 680 MHz ARM 11 CPU, 8 MP camera, 3.5 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, 8 GB internal storage and 32 GB micro SD card support. It runs on Symbian^3 OS that is upgradable to Nokia Belle OS.
Price: Rs. 16, 725