Which is the best phone under 20,000 in India?
If a phone under Rs 20,000 is what you’re looking for, let us help you a little by handpicking the 10 best phones under Rs 20,000 for this month available in India. We’ve considered the specs, as well as the brand value and after sales service to give you the best phones 20k can get you. Also, all these phones support 4G LTE networks, so this list can be also considered for the best 4G LTE phones under Rs 20,000 in India.
This budget can get you features like 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, Snapdragon 820 processor and more. No, they won’t lag, hang or freeze up on you with those specs and will let you play the latest games at max settings without trouble, click great selfies and what not. Hopefully, most of them should get updated to Android 7.0. Also, read more about the camera specifications for these phones at the bottom of the post. Just to clarify, phones with hybrid SIM slot allow you to either place a second SIM or a microSD card, but not both at the same time, so it’s a disadvantage (if you need a dual SIM phone with expandable storage).
Also, check the 10 best smartphones under Rs 18,000 and the 10 best smartphones under Rs 25,000. So here are the top 10 smartphones under Rs 20,000 in India (click on any phone in the list to see its detailed specs along with pros and cons below):
These are the 10 best 4G phones under Rs 20,000 in India (2017):
- Moto X Force: 5.4 inch, 3GB RAM, 64GB ROM, Android 6.0
- Lenovo Z2 Plus: 5 inch, 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM, 13MP, Android 6.0
- Moto G5 Plus: 5.2 inch, 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 12MP, Android 7.0
- Moto M: 5.5 inch, 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM, 16MP, Android 6.0
- Honor 8 Lite: 5.2 inch, 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM, Android 7.0, 12MP
- Samsung J7 Max: 5.7 inch, 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM, Android 7.0, 13MP
- Samsung Galaxy On Max: 5.7 inch, 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM, Android 7.0, 13MP
- Xiaomi Mi Max Prime: 6.4 inch, 4GB RAM, 128GB ROM, 16MP, Android 6.0
- Samsung Galaxy On Nxt: 5.5 inch, 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 13MP, Android 6.0
- Lenovo P2: 5.5 inch, 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 13MP, Android 6.0
*Top 3 picks around Rs 20,000*
1. Moto X Force
(32GB)
Buy on Amazon(64GB)
- OS Android 6.0
- Weight 169g
- Display resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels
- Display 5.4 inch, AMOLED
- Storage space 32GB
- Expansion slot Yes
- Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57 Snapdragon 810
- GPU Adreno 430
- RAM 3GB
- Camera 21MP, f/2.0
- Secondary camera 5MP, f/2.0
- Battery 3,760mAh, non-removable
- Connectivity Single SIM, 4G
- + Battery
- + Shatterproof display
- + Display resolution
- + Internal memory
- + Processor
- – Single SIM
2. Lenovo Z2 Plus
(64GB/4GB RAM version)
Buy on Flipkart @ Rs 14,990(32GB/3GB RAM version)
- OS Android 6.0, Marshmallow
- Weight 149g
- Display resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display 5 inches, IPS LCD
- Storage space 32GB/64GB
- Expansion slot No
- Processor Snapdragon 820 Quad-core (2×2.15GHz Kryo & 2×1.6GHz Kryo)
- GPU Adreno 530
- RAM 4GB
- Camera 13MP, f/2.2, 1/2.6″ sensor
- Secondary camera 8MP, f/2.0
- Battery 3,500 mAh
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G
- + Processor
- + Battery
- + RAM
- + Storage
- – Non expandable memory
3. Moto G5 Plus
4GB RAM, 32GB ROM
3GB RAM, 16GB ROM
- OS Android 7.0 – Nougat
- Weight 155g
- Display resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Display 5.2 inch, IPS
- Storage space 32GB
- Expansion slot Yes, dedicated
- Processor Snapdragon 625 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU Adreno 506
- RAM 4GB
- Camera 12MP, f/1.7
- Secondary camera 5MP, f/2.2
- Battery 3,000mAh, non-removable
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G
- + Android 7.0
- + RAM
- + Rear camera aperture
Moto M
(32GB/3GB RAM)
(64GB/4GB RAM)
- OS Android 7.0 Nougat
- Weight 163g
- Display resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display 5.5 inches, AMOLED
- Storage space 32GB/64GB
- Expansion slot Yes, hybrid
- Processor Octa-core 2.2GHz (A53) Mediatek Helio P15
- GPU Mali-T860MP2
- RAM 3/4GB
- Camera 16MP, f/2.0
- Secondary camera 8MP, 1/4″ sensor
- Battery 3,050 mAh
- Connectivity Dual SIM (4G LTE)
- + Processor
- + Android 7.0
- + RAM
- – Hybrid slot (either SIM2 or microSD)
Honor 8 Lite
- OS Android 7.0
- Weight 147g
- Display resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Display 5.2 inch
- Storage space 64GB
- Expansion slot Yes
- Processor Octa-core 1.7GHz octa-core Kirin 655
- GPU Mali-T830 MP2
- RAM 4GB
- Camera 12MP
- Secondary camera 8MP
- Battery 3,000mAh, non-removable
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G
- + Internal storage
- + RAM
- Android 7.0
Samsung J7 Max
- OS Android 7.0 Nougat
- Weight 179g
- Display resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display 5.7 inches
- Storage space 32GB
- Expansion slot Yes, dedicated
- Processor Mediatek MT6757 Helio P20 Octacore 2.4GHz A53
- GPU Mali-T880MP2
- RAM 4GB
- Camera 13MP, f/1.7
- Secondary camera 13MP, f/1.9
- Battery 3,300 mAh, non-removable
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G LTE
- + Android 7.0
- + RAM
- + Processor
- + Rear camera aperture
Mi Max Prime
- OS Android 6.0, Marshmallow
- Weight 204g
- Display resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display 6.44 inches, IPS LCD
- Storage space 128GB
- Expansion slot N/A
- Processor Snapdragon 652 quad-core 1.4 GHz (A53) & Dual-core 1.8GHz (A72)
- GPU Adreno 510
- RAM 4GB
- Camera 16MP, f/2.0
- Secondary camera 5MP, f/2.0
- Battery 4,850 mAh
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G
- + Processor
- + Battery
- + RAM
- + Storage
Samsung Galaxy On Max
- OS Android 7.0
- Weight 178g
- Display resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display 5.7 inches, TFT
- Storage space 32GB
- Expansion slot Yes, dedicated
- Processor Mediatek MT P25 Lite octa core 1.6GHz
- GPU ?
- RAM 4GB
- Camera 13MP, f/1.7
- Secondary camera 13MP, f/1.9
- Battery 3,300 mAh, non removable
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G
- + Android 7.0
- + RAM
- + Camera aperture
Samsung Galaxy On Nxt
- OS Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- Weight 167g
- Display resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display 5.5 inches
- Storage space 32GB
- Expansion slot Yes, dedicated
- Processor Exynos 7870 Octa Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU Mali-T830MP2
- RAM 3GB
- Camera 13MP, f/1.9
- Secondary camera 8MP, f/1.9
- Battery 3,300 mAh
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G LTE
Lenovo P2
(32GB/4GB RAM version)
(32GB/3GB RAM version)
- OS Android 6.0, Marshmallow
- Weight 177g
- Display resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display 5.5 inches, IPS LCD
- Storage space 32GB
- Expansion slot Yes, hybrid
- Processor Snapdragon 625 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU Adreno 506
- RAM 4GB
- Camera 13MP
- Secondary camera 5MP
- Battery 5,100 mAh
- Connectivity Dual SIM, 4G
- + Battery
- + RAM
- – Hybrid slot (either SIM2 or microSD)
Not to confuse you with the camera specs listed above. We’ve listed the specs as (megapixels),(aperture), (sensor size). Generally speaking, bigger the aperture and sensor size, better is the camera. Which means smaller number in the denominator, the bigger the aperture or sensor size is. For example, f/1.9 is a bigger aperture and than f/2.0. Also 1/2.2″ is a bigger sensor than, say, 1/2.6″. A bigger aperture camera performs much better in low light situations and produces sharper images.
