Best Smartphone Under 20,000 in India June 2021

The most important market for every Android smartphone manufacturer in India is budget segment. There is a vast diversity in India over smartphone buying. Budget smartphone market is too big nowadays with too much competition from chinese vendors specially. There was time around 3 years ago when every good quality things of smartphone like performance, display, camera, battery charging were considered for flagship level smartphones. Today we can find that each and everything in phones under 20K. Big battery capacity is still not seen in any flagship smartphone. There are many smartphones which are best under 20,000 price in India. Let's see some of them!!!

VIVO IQOO Z3 

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After launching of IQOO 7 series,  Vivo sub-brand IQOO launched the IQOO Z3 in June 2021. This phone is not like that of flagship level processors of snapdragon 8-series but IQOO brings the Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G 5G chipset which is only available till now in IQOO Z3. IQOO Z3 is a 5G device with just 2 5G bands. It gives very aggressive pricing comparing to its specs. It is available in 6 or 8 GB RAM option along with 128 or 256 GB storage. It has a plastic back with only 2 colour options - ace black and cyber blue. IQOO Z3 5G comes with triple rear camera setup of 64MP  primary camera, 8 MP Ultra-Wide sensor and a 2MP macro camera. The selfie camera has 16MP sensor. It has 6.58 inch full HD+ IPS-LCD display with 120 Hz Refresh Rate and 180 Hz touch sampling rate. It comes with Vivo's FuntouchOS 11.1 based on Android 11. The phone is 8.5 mm thick and 185g in weight. It is IP52 rated for dust and water resistance. It has single speaker at the bottom. Battery is of 4400 mAh with 55W Flash Charging support. IQOO claims 50% charging in just 19 minutes. It's Price is INR 19,990.

Redmi Note 10 Pro 

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Redmi note series is always best in class performer. This time they gave best hardware except the bugging software experience of MIUI. Redmi Note 10 Pro is kept at an affordable price with many flagship specs out of the box. It comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G processor. Base variant start with 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB UFS 2.2 storage. This phone has best in class display with specs of 6.67 inch full HD+, HDR10 certified  super AMOLED display with 120 Hz Refresh Rate, gorilla glass 5 and 1200 nits peak brightness. It has a 64MP (f/1.9) isocell plus sensor primary camera, 8MP Ultra-Wide and 2+2 macro and depth. The punch hole type selfie camera is of 16MP. It has 5020 mAh battery supporting 33W USB- C charging. It is running on Android 11 with MIUI. It supports dual stereo speakers, IR blaster, Headphone jack, dual VoLTE. The phone's base variant's (6-64GB) price is 16,999 Rs. At this price it is a good value phone as it's camera performance is best compared to other budget phones. 

Realme 8 Pro 

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This phone is just an upgrade over Realme 7 Pro with 108 MP camera on the latest Realme 8 Pro. But it's price is lower than 7 Pro which makes it good phone under 20K. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G octa core processor with Adreno 618 GPU. It has 6 or 8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 128GB UFS 2.1 internal storage. The camera specs includes 108MP primary rear camera and punch hole 16MP front camera in 6.4 inch FHD  amoled screen. The camera performance is good in daylight due to amoled display but lacks in Night mode. It has a plastic back with 8.1 mm thickness, 176 grams weight and infinite  (blue,black), Illuminati yellow colour options. It supports 50W dart charging in 4500 mAh battery. Other specs includes in- display fingerprint sensor, dual VoLTE, Headphone jack, Android 11 based on Realme UI 2. It's price starts with 17,999 for 6-128 GB variant. 

Motorola Moto G60

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After the budget race of Redmi and Realme, Motorola also launched phone with 108MP primary lens under 20K. Moto G60 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Octa core processor with Adreno 619 GPU. It comes only in 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB UFS 2.2 internal storage, expandable upto 1TB. The phone has 6.8 inch full HD +, HDR 10+ certified IPS-LCD display with 120 Hz refresh rate. It has triple rear camera setup with 108MP primary lens (Isocell plus sensor), 8MP Ultra-Wide and 2 MP depth. The punch hole type selfie camera has 32MP sensor in the centre of screen. 6000 mAh battery (20W) of this phone makes it bulkier with 225g weight. It has plastic back, 9.8 mm thickness and splash proof. Other specs are dual VoLTE  (CA), rear fingerprint sensor, 3.5 mm headphone jack, loudspeaker, near stock Android 11 experience. Motorola phones have the cleanest UI experience without any ADS and Bloatware. It's price is competitive with other phones, Rs. 17,999 in (6-128 GB only) Dynamic Gray, Frosted Champagne colours.

Poco X3 Pro 

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This is truly gamer centric phone. The main buying attraction of this phone is Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, which is flagship chip with octa core (2.96 GHz clock speed) CPU, and Adreno 640 GPU. 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB UFS 3.1 storage expandable upto 1TB. It has 6.67 inches full HD IPS-LCD display supporting adaptive refresh rate of 120 Hz, HDR 10, Gorilla glass 6 protection, 450 nits peak brightness. The basic camera setup of 48MP main rear (48+8+2+2) and 20MP punch hole type camera in the front. It has 5160 mAh battery ( 33W USB-C charging ) which makes it heavier in weight (215g). It runs on Android 11 with typical Poco launcher of MIUI. It has side mounted fingerprint sensor, loudspeaker, audio jack, dual VoLTE ( Hybrid sim-slot). For 6-128 GB variant it's price is 18,999 Rs. For hardcore gaming this is quite good phone with high performance, good battery backup and average camera specs. 

Realme X7 5G 

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Another one from the house of Realme. It is 5 months older and based on Android 10 but still its quite good with its price and specs. 

It is the first device in India with Mediatek Dimensity 800U Octa core (2.4 GHz) processor with Mali -G57 GPU. It is 5G processor supporting 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB UFS 2.1 internal storage (not expandable). It has 6.4 inches full HD super Amoled display with600 nits brightness and gorilla glass protection. Triple rear camera setup includes 64MP ( Isocell plus sensor ) primary and 8+2MP for Ultra-Wide and macro. 16MP front lens with punch-hole display looks good. 4310 mAh battery supporting  50W dart charging (65W charger in box) makes it lighter in weight (176g). It runs on Realme UI based on Android 10. It has in-display fingerprint sensor, loudspeaker but does not have 3.5 mm audio jack. The phone supports 5G in both sim cards with some 5G bands. It is priced at 19,999 for 6-128GB variant. 

Realme Narzo 30 Pro 

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This phone was launched by Realme just after 20 days of X7, changing some specs and pricing. This phone runs on same Mediatek Dimensity 800U Processor and Android 10 as like Realme X7. To reduce the price Realme degraded some camera and display specs. It has 6.5 inches full HD IPS-LCD display with 120 Hz refresh rate and gorilla glass protection. The phone has triple real camera setup with 48MP main and 8/2 MP, ultra-wide/macro. The punch hole selfie camera has 16MP lens at the top. It has 5000 mAh battery supporting 30W charging with USB TYPE-C. It is 194g heavier and 9.1 mm thick with plastic back. It supports dual sim 5G, has dolby atmos loudspeaker, audio jack for gamers, side mounted fingerprint sensor. This phone is launched specially for gamers who wants 5G in their phone at cheap price. It's base variant start with 6/64GB and the other is 8/128GB. Pricing stats from 16,999 Rs. This phone is still good phone under 5G marketing banner. Processor has good battery life optimisation which is good for gaming.

There are other phones too under 15,000 price which are good like Redmi Note 10, Realme 8 5G, Narzo 30 4G and 5G, Poco M3 Pro 5G and Moto G40 Fusion. Samsung phone's are best among these phone in terms of camera and display but the M- series of Samsung is outdated with Android 10 and other features. They are Galaxy F41, Galaxy M31s, Galaxy M31. 

Some FAQs for phones under 20,000 in India.

 Q- Best phone under 20K to play BGMI or Free Fire in India?

A- Poco X3 Pro  ( Snapdragon 860 best for gaming ), IQOO Z3 5G if you want 5G network  (768G).

Q- Best phone for student in India under 20K? 

A- It depends on your need for the smartphone. For camera Redmi Note 10 Pro is best under 20K. Buy at least with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage for online classes, saving documents.

Q- Best Samsung phone upto Rs 20000 specially for photography ? 

A- Samsung Galaxy F41, Galaxy M31, Galaxy M31s, these all have android 10. Galaxy A22 has Android 11.

Q- Best phone under 20000 rs for youtube video shooting ?

A- Redmi Note 10 Pro,  Realme 8 Pro, IQOO Z3 5G, Galaxy F41.

Q- Which is the top mobile with best macro camera under Rs 20000?

A- Redmi's macro cameras are better.

Q- 5G phones of Samsung under 20000 ?

A-  There is Samsung Galaxy M42 5G which is at Rs. 21,999 which is Samsung's cheapest 5G phone till today.

Q- Best phone UI under 20000 rs budget ?

-  Except Motorola phones every smartphone has some Ads and Bloatware in them. After Moto G60 you can go for Realme 8 Pro, Poco X3 Pro or Samsung phones which are older with Android 10.

Q- Which budget smartphone in India has the best call quality, no network issue ?

- Motorola Moto G60, Moto G40 fusion, Samsung Galaxy F41 , Galaxy M31s. Realme 8 Pro.