Best budget smartphones in 2019

In the past couple of years, the budget smartphone category has witnessed a lot of innovation in design, camera capability and user experience. The result of this is such that most of the consumers or rather first time buyers are more interested in purchasing affordable smartphone from Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, Nokia and Oppo than going through premium brands such as Apple, Google or OnePlus. And with lot of launches happening in the budget space, it becomes confusing for consumers as to which are the best budget smartphones in 2019 in India. Thus, to help you cut through the list, we bring you best budget smartphones in 2019 that you can go for.

Nokia 3.2

Price Rs 10,790 (3GB/32GB)

The Nokia 3.2 comes with the biggest HD+ display in its price, a two-day battery life and Android 9 Pie experience. The smartphone features a large 6.26-inch HD+ display allowing for a large canvas see more of your favourite movies, TV shows and streams. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 mobile platform and comes in 3GB/32GB memory configuration.

What’s interesting is that the Nokia 3.2 comes with a dedicated Google Assistant button. Simply press once for instant access to the Google Assistant to get directions, make calls, listen to music and get answers to your questions faster than ever before. By long pressing the button, you will activate a walkie-talkie mode, which lets the Google Assistant listen to you until you release it for long sentence queries. The smartphone has a single 13MP camera at the back and a 5MP front camera. The features at this price that the Nokia 3.2 has makes it strong contender for the best budget smartphones list.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro

Price Rs 10,999 (64GB). Buy it on Amazon.

The Redmi Note 5 Pro is powered by the 1.8 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor clubbed with 4GB of RAM and Adreno 509 graphics processor. The device has a 5.99-inch screen with full-HD+ display having a resolution of 1080 x 2160 at 403 ppi. The screen is also protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass. The Note 5 Pro sports a dual rear camera consisting of a 12MP primary sensor and a 5MP depth sensor. There is a 20MP front camera too. The smartphone is backed by a large 4,000mAh battery. Overall, the Redmi Note 5 Pro is one of best budget smartphones to go for.

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1

Price Rs 11,999. Click to buy on Flipkart.

The Zenfone Max Pro M1 is simply the best value of money smartphone available in this price. The smartphone packs some really powerful internals such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor, 5.99-inch IPS LCD display that produces some really good colours. In addition, the M1 runs stock Android. For photography, the M1 sports a dual camera setup — 13MP + 5MP at the back and an 8MP front camera. The smartphone is powered by 3GB of RAM.

Samsung Galaxy M10

Price Rs 7,990. Click to buy on Amazon. 

The new Galaxy M10 comes with an Infinity V display, octa core 1.6 GHz Samsung Exynos 7 processor, 3GB of RAM. The smartphone has 6.22-inch display and comes with dual rear camera setup 13MP+5MP and a 5MP front camera. Being a Samsung phone, you could expect brilliant colours while watching videos, movies. The Galaxy M10 is fuelled by the 3,400mAh battery and is one of the fastest phones under this price. The refreshed Galaxy M-series now come wiht some of the premium features that make it stand strong in the best budget smartphones list.

Samsung Galaxy M20

Price Rs 9,990. Click to buy on Amazon. 

A slight upgrade to the Galaxy M10, the Galaxy M20 sports an 6.3-inches full HD+ screen offering a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and runs on Android Oreo 8.1 operating system. The smartphone is powered by the octa-core (1.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A73 + 1.6 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A53) processor and comes with 3GB of RAM.

The Galaxy M20 offers a 13MP f/1.9 shooter and 5MP f/2.2 rear camera setup with features like Live Focus, Beauty, Pro, Panorama and stickers. There is also an 8MP front camera. The device is fuelled by a 5,000mAh battery.

Realme U1 price

Price Rs 9,999. Click to buy on Amazon.

If you want a big screen phone, the Realme U1 comes as the most obvious choice in this range. The smartphone offers a large 90.8 per cent screen to body ratio and offers 19.5:9 display format with a full-HD+ (1,080 x 2,340p) resolution. There is a dewdrop notch at the front. The smartphone is powered by the octa-core Helio P70 chipset paired up with ARM G72 GPU. A capable selfie camera, large screen to body ratio and a decent battery makes Realme U1 one of the best smartphones under Rs 10,000.

Samsung Galaxy A10

Price Rs 7,990. Click to buy on Flipkart.

The Galaxy A10 sports a 6.2-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display, 13MP camera at the back with LED flash and a 3,400mAh non-removable battery. The smartphone offers 2GB of RAM.

Xiaomi Redmi Y2

Price Rs 7,999. Click to buy on Flipkart. 

The Redmi Y2 features a 5.99-inch IPS LCD full HD+ display, a screen resolution of 720 x 1,440 pixels and offers an aspect ratio of 18:9. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 platform and comes in two variants – 3GB/32GB and 4GB/64GB, expandable up to 256GB. The smartphone further comes with Adreno 506 GPU to handle medium graphic requirements.

The Redmi Y2 comes with a 12MP and a 5MP camera at the back with phase detection autofocus and a dual-colour LED Flash. The rear camera can record full HD videos at 30 fps with decent quality. At the front, there is a 16MP lens which is supported by a LED flash.