Top 5 smartphones in India under Rs.10000/- (2019)
The budget segment in the Indian smartphone market in undisputedly ruled by Chinese smartphones as in the top 10 list more than half are from Chinese brands. Realme the new star in the field launched multiple models in the year 2019 in mid-range as well as a budget segment in India. The king of the budget segment, Xiaomi is still present in the top 5 list and will be there in the near future too. The list of top 5 smartphones in India under Rs.10,000/- goes as:
- Realme 3 Pro (4GB | 64 GB at Rs.9999/-): Realme 3 Pro tops the list because of its powerful chipset and processor. The Realme 3 Pro comes with a class deviating Snapdragon 710 chipset and Adreno 616 GPU which easily outperforms Snapdragon 665. The phone is the best option for those who are much into gaming or requires great performance.
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dedicated Micro SD Slot |
| Display | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| 6.3 inches, 97.4 cm2 (~83.7% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~409 ppi density) | |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | |
| Internal Hardware and Software | Android 9.0 (Pie), planned upgrade to Android 10.0; Color OS 6 |
| Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710 (10 nm) | |
| Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Kryo 360 Gold & 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver) | |
| Adreno 616 | |
| RAM and Storage | Micro SD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
| 64GB 4GB RAM, 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM | |
| Rear Camera | 16 MP, f/1.7, 1/2.6", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF |
| 5 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor | |
| LED flash, HDR | |
| 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS | |
| Front Camera | 25 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.8", 0.8µm |
| HDR | |
| 1080p@30fps | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4045 mAh battery |
| Fast battery charging 20W: 50% in 30 min (VOOC 3.0) | |
| Up to 383 h (3G) | |
| Up to 32 h (3G) | |
| Up to 126 h |
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 ( 4GB | 64 GB at Rs.9999/-): Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 comes second in this list, as it packs a slightly inferior chipset Snapdragon 665 but it excels in important parameter like camera, as within the same price range the buyer can get 4X camera resolution that is of 48 MP assisted by three other cameras, for various purposes.
| SIM | Dual Sim - Dual stand by |
| Display | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| 6.3 inches, 97.4 cm2 (~81.7% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~409 ppi density) | |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | |
| Internal hardware and Software | Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10 |
| Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 (11 nm) | |
| Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver) | |
| Adreno 610 | |
| RAM and Storage | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
| 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM | |
| Rear Camera
| 48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2", 0.8µm, PDAF |
| 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4", 1.12µm | |
| 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5", 1.75µm (dedicated macro camera) | |
| 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5", 1.75µm, depth sensor | |
| LED flash, HDR, panorama | |
| 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS | |
| Front Camera | 13 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm |
| HDR, panorama | |
| 1080p@30fps | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| Fast battery charging 18W |
- Realme 5 (4GB | 64 GB at Rs.9999/-): The Realme 5 also features quad-camera setup like Redmi Note 8 but of lower primary camera resolution and also comes with a lower-resolution display. Hence Redmi Note 8 undoubtedly defeats the Realme 5 at camera and display front. The battery size of Realme 5 is of 5000 mAh that is 1000 mAh more than the Redmi Note 8 but it does not have faster-charging support. This makes it massive capacity to go futile.
| SIM | Dual Sim - Dual stand by |
| Display | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| 6.5 inches, 102.8 cm2 (~82.7% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| 720 x 1600 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~269 ppi density) | |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 3+ | |
| Internal hardware and Software | Android 9.0 (Pie), planned upgrade to Android 10.0; ColorOS 6 |
| Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 (11 nm) | |
| Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver) | |
| Adreno 610 | |
| RAM and Storage | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
| 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM | |
| Rear Camera
| 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2", 0.8µm, PDAF |
| 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4", 1.12µm | |
| 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5", 1.75µm (dedicated macro camera) | |
| 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5", 1.75µm, depth sensor | |
| LED flash, HDR, panorama | |
| 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS | |
| Front Camera | 13 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm |
| HDR, panorama | |
| 1080p@30fps | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery |
| Fast battery charging 10W |
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 7S (4GB | 64 GB at Rs.9999/-): Redmi Note 7S like Redmi Note 8 has a 48 MP primary camera but is assisted by only a single 5MP depth-sensing camera and hence lags behind the Realme 5. However, the Redmi Note 7S supports fast charging by 18 W charger which stands as a Plus point. The Redmi Note 7S even lags behind in terms of Chipset and features an inferior Snapdragon 660.
| SIM | Dual Sim - Dual stand by |
| Display | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| 6.3 inches, 97.4 cm2 (~81.7% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~409 ppi density) | |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | |
| Internal hardware and Software | Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10 |
| Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm) | |
| Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver) | |
| Adreno 512 | |
| RAM and Storage | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
| 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM | |
| Rear Camera
| 48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2", 0.8µm, PDAF |
| 5 MP f/2.2 depth Sensor | |
| LED flash, HDR, panorama | |
| 1080p@30/60/120fps, (gyro-EIS) | |
| Front Camera | 13 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm |
| HDR | |
| 1080p@30fps | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| Fast battery charging 18W |
- Motorola One macro (4 GB | 64 GB at Rs.9999/-): The Motorola One macro lags behind all others in terms of specifications for the sake of brand value. However, it still features a triple rear camera setup and an admirable front camera. The Motorola One Macro runs on a MediaTek Helio P70 chipset which is very uncommon.
| SIM | Dual Sim - Dual stand by |
| Display | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| 6.2 inches, 96.7 cm2 (~81.3% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| 720 x 1520 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~270 ppi density) | |
| Internal hardware and Software | Android 9.0 (Pie) |
| Mediatek MT6771 Helio P70 (12nm) | |
| Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53) | |
| Mali-G72 MP3 | |
| RAM and Storage | microSD, up to 512 GB (uses shared SIM slot) |
| 64GB 4GB RAM | |
| Rear Camera
| 13 MP, f/2.0, 1/3.1", 1.12µm, PDAF, Laser AF |
| 2 MP, f/2.2, 1/5", 1.75µm (dedicated macro camera) | |
| 2 MP, f/2.2, 1/5", 1.75µm, depth sensor | |
| LED flash, HDR, panorama | |
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| Front Camera | 8 MP, f/2.2, 1.12µm |
| HDR, panorama | |
| 1080p@30fps | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| Fast battery charging 10W |
