After posting about 5 best smartphones under 15K category. Today we’ll tell you about 5 best smartphones under Rs 25000 present in Indian Market as of September 2018.
There has never been a phone with Snapdragon 845 chipset under 22K in Indian Market and trendsetter xiaomi has broken yet another barrier in pricing it’s smartphone at lowest possible price. It’s undoubtedly the best phone under 25K price segment.
Apart from Snapdragon 845 Chipset, Poco F1 is packed with Adreno 630 GPU. It features a 6.18 inch full HD (2246×1080 pixels) display and is empowered by 4000 mAh battery. It’s available in three colors i.e. Black, Blue and Kevlar. Xiaomi may also launch Red color later. It has 3 variants: 6GB/64GB priced at Rs 20999, 6GB/128GB priced at Rs 23999 and 8GB/256GB priced at Rs 29999.
THUMB’S UP:
Value for money
Best Processor in market
Good battery life
Infrared face unlock
All new POCO launcherTHUMB’S DOWN:
Camera Quality could have been better
Hybrid sim slot
2. Honor Play
Huawei is giving a tough competition to Redmi in Indian Market. Talking about Under 25K segment, Honor Play should be Huawei’s nomination.
It is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 970 coupled with Mali-G72 MP12. Honor Play features a 6.3 inch full HD (2340×1080 pixels) display and is empowered by 3750 mAh battery. It’s available in two colors i.e. Midnight Black and Navy Blue. It has 2 variants: 4GB/64GB priced at Rs 19999 and 6GB/64GB priced at Rs 23999.
THUMB’S UP:
DDR 4x RAM
Good battery life
Great DisplayTHUMB’S DOWN:
Poor Camera Quality
Hybrid sim slot
3. Mi A2
After huge success of Mi A1, MI has recently launched its successor Mi A2 under its famous Android One Program.
Mi A2 comes with Snapdragon 660 coupled with Adreno 512. Mi A2 features a 5.99 inch full HD (2160×1080 pixels) display and is empowered by 3010 mAh battery. It’s available in three colors i.e. Gold, Blue and Black and expected to get Rose Gold and Red color too. Currently, only one variant is being sold on Amazon i.e. 4GB/64GB priced at Rs 16999. But soon 6GB/128GB variant will be launched too.
THUMB’S UP:
Android One
Great Display
Premium look and feel
Good CameraTHUMB’S DOWN:
Only one variant available
Low battery life
Nokia released a Nokia 6.1 Plus a week ago after releasing Nokia 6.1 few months back. It has a notch design like IPhone X.
Nokia 6.1 Plus is powered with Snapdragon 636 coupled with Adreno 509. It features a 5.8 inch full HD (2280×1080 pixels) screen and packs a 3060 mAh battery. It’s available in three colors i.e. White, Blue and Black. Currently only one version is available in India i.e. 4GB/64GB which is priced at Rs 15999.
THUMB’S UP:
Premium Build Quality
19:9 Screen ratio with Notch design
Stock Android (Android One program)
Light weightTHUMB’S DOWN:
No dedicated memory card slot
Only one variant
5. Moto X4
Moto X4 is powered with Snapdragon 630 coupled with Adreno 508. It features a 5.2 inch full HD (1920×1080 pixels) screen and has a 3000 mAh battery. It’s available in two colors i.e. Sterling Blue and Super Black. Moto has launched 3 variants of this phone which are being sold on Amazon as well as flipkart. 3GB/32GB variant is priced at Rs 15999, 4GB/64GB is priced at Rs 17999 and 6GB/64GB is priced at Rs 24999.
THUMB’S UP:
Light Weight
Good Camera
Stock AndroidTHUMB’S DOWN:
Low battery life
No dedicated memory card slot
Feature comparison
| Xiaomi Poco F1 | Honor Play | Mi A2 | Nokia 6.1 Plus | Moto X4 | |
| Color Variants | Black, Red, Blue, Kevlar | Midnight Black, Navy Blue | Gold, Blue, Black | White, Blue, Black | Sterling Blue, Super Black |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 | Kirin 970 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 |
| Processor | Octa core (2.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 385 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 385) | Octa core (2.36 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A73 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53) | Octa core (2.2 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260 + 1.84 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260) | Octa core (1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260 + 1.6 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260) | Octa core, 2.2 GHz, Cortex A53 |
| RAM/Storage | 6GB/64GB, 6GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB | 4GB/64GB, 6GB/64GB | 4GB/64GB, 6GB/128GB (Coming soon) | 4GB/64GB | 3GB/32GB, 4GB/64GB, 6GB/64GB |
| Display | 6.18 inch (2246×1080 pixels) | 6.3 inch (2340×1080 pixels) | 5.99 inch (2160×1080 pixels) | 5.8 inch (2280×1080 pixels) | 5.2 inch (1920×1080 pixels) |
| GPU | Adreno 630 | Mali-G72 MP12 | Adreno 512 | Adreno 509 | Adreno 508 |
| Operating System | MIUI 9 (Based on Android Oreo 8.1) | EMUI 8.2 (Based on Android Oreo 8.1) | Stock Android Oreo 8.1 – Android One | Stock Android Oreo 8.1 – Android One | Stock Android Nougat 7.1 |
| Primary Camera | 12MP(f/1.9, 6p lens) + 5MP(f/2.0, 4p lens) | 16MP + 2MP | 20MP + 12MP | 16MP + 5MP | 12MP(f/2.0) + 8MP(f/2.2) |
| Secondary Camera | 20MP | 16MP | 20MP | 16MP | 16MP (f/2.0) |
| Flash | Rear and Front Flash | Rear Flash | Rear and Front Flash | Rear and Front Flash | Rear and Front Flash |
| SIM Slot | Hybrid Dual Sim | Hybrid Dual Sim | Dual Sim | Hybrid Dual Sim | Hybrid Dual Sim |
| Expandable | Upto 256 GB | Upto 256 GB | No | Upto 400 GB | Upto 2 TB |
| Battery | 4000 mAh | 3750 mAh | 3010 mAh | 3060 mAh | 3000 mAh |
| USB Type C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fast Charging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sensors | Fingerprint Scanner, Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope | Fingerprint Scanner, Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope | Fingerprint Scanner, Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope | Fingerprint Reader Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, E-compass, Gyroscope | Fingerprint Reader, Gravity, Proximity, Accelerometer, Ambient Light, Magnetometer, Gyroscope, Sensor Hub |
| Face Unlock | Yes | Yes | Yes | No(Will come in next updates) | No |
| Weight | 185g | 176g | 168g | 151g | 163g |
Final Verdict
| Xiaomi Poco F1 | Honor Play | Mi A2 | Nokia 6.1 Plus | Moto X4 | |
| Performance | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Camera | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Battery | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Software (OS) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Value for Money | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Overall | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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