Best Smartphones Under Rs 25,000 (September 2020)
OnePlus Nord
OnePlus Nord OnePlus Nord is a budget offering that brings a similar software experience to the OnePlus 8 and the camera is also quite similar to the flagship series. The good news for fans is that the company has launched the OnePlus Nord at an aggressive price. OnePlus has kept AMOLED display, Warp Charge fast charging and good battery in this phone. However, the company has also made some cuts in it compared to the flagship series, such as its chipset and build quality. OnePlus Nord still has glass on the back, but instead of a metal frame, a plastic frame has been included, which looks like metal.
OnePlus Nord comes equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset. Although Nord comes with 5G support, which is not a useful feature in India at the moment, but it will not make you feel backward in the future. Its app and gaming performance is good. It captures good photos and videos in daylight and the display comes with HDR 10+ support.
The quality is compromised in low light and that is the only major weakness of this phone. Battery life is pretty good and the single speaker performs average but doesn’t disappoint. One impressive feature of OnePlus is the ability to shoot 4K selfie videos at 60fps, which even the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro cannot do.
Redmi K20 Pro
Redmi K20 Pro Gradually it has come into the sub- 25,000 range. It is a powerful smartphone, with a pop-up selfie camera module. It gets a large 6.39-inch display without a notch or hole-punch. The selfie camera has a 20-megapixel resolution and is set in a pop-up module.
The Redmi K20 Pro runs on the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, which was the flagship processor until last year. The Redmi K20 Pro is available in two variants – 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, priced at Rs 24,999. The other is 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, which is available for Rs 29,999. Xiaomi has used a 4,000mAh battery in the Redmi K20 Pro and the phone supports 27W fast charging, but you only get an 18W charger in the box.
The triple rear camera setup of the Redmi K20 Pro includes a 48-megapixel primary camera, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and an 8-megapixel telephoto camera. The primary camera takes good photos in good light and the details are also good. Photos taken with the wide-angle camera have a slight barrel effect. Low-light camera performance was good but there was a fair amount of grain in the output when zoomed in.
Redmi K20
The Redmi K20 is a well-designed smartphone and can still outperform some of the recently launched devices at this price. The Redmi K20 gets a similar design as the Redmi K20 Pro, with a glass back and a striking gradient pattern on the back. The 6.39-inch AMOLED display is good. It has a pop-up selfie camera, which gives a FullView in the display.
Redmi K20 Works on Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 chipset. There are two variants of the device, in which the base variant comes with 6 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. The second one has 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. This phone does not have a microSD card slot to expand the storage, so you have to choose the variant based on your requirement. It performs very well, although it can be compared with devices priced at sub-Rs 20,000.
Xiaomi has given a triple camera setup at the back and a 20-megapixel selfie shooter at the front in the Redmi K20. We saw that the camera performance was very good and the details in the pictures were also good. The wide-angle camera has also improved. The low light camera performance was a bit weak. Selfies were good, but the selfie camera is a bit slow to come up. This phone also has a 4,000mAh battery and it gives good backup.
Vivo V19
Vivo V19 The Vivo V19 was added to Vivo’s V-series this year and is an upgrade over the Vivo V17. It comes with a 6.44-inch AMOLED panel with a full-HD+ resolution display. The Vivo V19 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 chipset, which is undoubtedly an old and lightweight processor for the price.
However, the phone gets 8 GB RAM for multitasking. There are two storage options – 128 GB and 256 GB storage. Vivo V19 gets a 4500mAh battery which gives good battery life. You get a 33 watt fast charger in the box, which is fast in charging the battery. Vivo V19 runs on custom Funtouch OS based on Android 10.
The Vivo V19 features a quad-camera setup that includes a 48-megapixel primary camera, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. For selfies, there is a 32-megapixel selfie shooter and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera. The V19 is fast at locking focus and takes good photos in good lighting. Although the quality drops in low light, it is able to control grains. Selfies taken with the Vivo V19 are very good.
