5 Best Selfie Smartphones Under 30k to Buy This Valentine’s Day

The craze for really good selfie capable smartphones is increasing each passing day and accordingly smartphone vendors have changed tracks to increase pixels and camera quality on the front side. No more hazy and swollen-faced, grainy or poorly lit selfies any more! The younger generation wants pictures that make them look apart on social media platforms. So basically we are looking at selfie smartphones that have an excellent front camera with good resolutions, quality lens and sensor and of course more pixels. Here we shortlist the best five right now.

1. Vivo V5 Plus

Price: Rs 27,980

Building on the Vivo V5, the Vivo V5 Plus (20 MP + 8 MP ) dual front selfie camera is one unique selfie-focused camera that comes with dual cameras to provide a DSLR like blur effect to selfies. If you are truly amazed by this feature then look no further. This is the only one right now to offer this right now and the results are pretty awesome.

Vivo V5 Plus comes with a 20 MP Sony IMX376, f/2.0 camera sensor along with an 8 MP camera sensor at the front. The rear has got a more traditional 16 MP f/2.0 camera. The second, smaller camera on the front helps provide the depth of field effect to selfies, so you can focus on the subject and get the much-desired blur effect on the background. To get the effect, select the ‘Bokeh’ feature while taking the selfie. Next, increase the aperture size while taking the shot and there you go. You can immediately notice the subject appear sharper as compared to the background. The Vivo V5 Plus also lets you edit the picture later on, in case you’ve change your mind and want to focus on the already blurred background and conversely move the subject to the background.  Also, the soft, diffused white light, called moonlight selfie feature, lets you brighten up your photo pretty nicely in low-light environments. The key specs of the smartphone include a 5.5 inch FHD (1920*1080) resolution covered with 2.5 D curved glass and Corning Gorilla 5.0. The V5 Plus runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Chipset and 4 GB of RAM. It is supported by 64 GB of storage but does not offer storage expansion via an SD card. The V5 Plus runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 with FunTouch OS 3.0 skin on top and is powered by 3055 mAH battery which supports fast charging as well.

2. HTC Desire 10 Pro

Price: ₹ 26,490

While the rear has a mighty 20-megapixel camera, the 13-megapixel front camera does a pretty good job of taking brilliant selfies. The front sports a 5.5-inch screen which is preserved under a sheath of Gorilla Glass. The resolution of 1080 x1920 pixels renders a pixel density of 401 ppi. HTC Desire 10 Pro runs HTC Sense Home interface atop a skinned version of Android Marshmallow 6.0. With the inbuilt 64 GB of storage, you can easily store thousands of pictures, audios and videos as well as a couple of hundred apps without worrying about running out of storage. Additionally, you can use the Hybrid SIM slot to insert MicroSD card with storage as huge as 2TB. At its heart, Pro 10 uses a 64-bit MediaTek Helio P10 Octa-core processor clocked at 2.2 GHz. It is backed by 4 GB of RAM which makes multitasking something you won’t have to fret over.

3. Sony Xperia XA Ultra

Rs 25,490

Sony has always been a leader in digicam space and this selfie phone comes as no surprise. It has the Exmor R S lens by Sony, a quality lens which appears bigger than small camera lenses on other smartphones, and comes with 16 MP front selfie camera. What’s more it comes with optical image stabalization for the front camera which helps to reduce blur due to movement and can make the images much sharper. There’s also a front flash for clicking images at night. The rear camera is a 21.5 MP Sony Exmor RS lens, which also has Hybrid Auto-focus, OIS and dual LEDs. The smartphone is powered by Mediatek Helio P10 processor clocked at 2.0 GHz, and comes with 3 GB RAM and just 16 GB internal storage which can be expanded upto 200 GB using a micro SD card.

The smartphone has a large 6.0 inch display with Full HD resolution, runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0 with a 2700 mAH battery.

4. Oppo F1 Plus

Rs. 26,990

The Oppo F1 Plus has a 16 Mega pixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture lens. This large aperture lens can absorb good amount of light. Also the soft light flash makes selfies look better even in low light conditions. The beautify mode and other software enhancements let you further improve your selfies while editing them. At the rear is the 13 Mega pixel camera. Apart from brilliant cameras, Oppo F1 Plus comes with 4 GB RAM and 2.0 GHz (Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10), Octa Core processor. The smartphone has 64 GB of internal storage and 2850 mAH battery capacity. It has a 6.6 mm slim body, a 5.5 inch screen with full HD display. The Oppo F1 Plus runs on Android Lollipop 5.1.

5. Vivo V5

Another one from Vivo that’s exclusively for selfie lovers. It has a 20 Mega Pixel front selfie camera with Sony IMX376 image sensor, f/2.0 aperture and 5P Lens. The remaining features are almost similar to the Vivo V5 Plus which comes with dual cameras at the front.  It comes with features like gender recognition, moon light flash that provides a diffused white light to brighten up the face in low light. Also, the front selfie camera can record 2592 x 1944 pixel resolution videos at 30 FPS.

This smartphone, though, comes with a 5.5 inches HD display only. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652,  Octa core processor clocked at 1.8 GHz and there is 4 GB RAM, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) along with the Funtouch OS 2.6 skin. The mobile comes with 32 GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 256 GB through micro SD Card. The battery capacity is decent at 3000 mAh battery.