Don't want to spend a bomb on a mobile, but want extreme performance? Your options...
Gone are the days when one had to pick up a flagship mobile to get the best per formance or the highest specs. With the smartphone explosion in India, the budget segment has suddenly heated up and every manufacturer is trying to give the best specs in a sub 15K smartphone. We, for one, are in love with this revolution, as it spells a win-win situation for the consumer. Everyone from Motorola to Micromax has phones in this category and is wooing the consumer with the absolute best. So, if you want great performance from your mobile, but do not want to spend a penny over Rs 15,000, then these smartphones will do the trick.YU YUNICORN
This is the new brand by the Micromax-owned company YU. Yunicorn comes with a fingerprint sensor and 4GB RAM. For high-end performance, the smartphone houses an octa-core MediaTek MT6755 processor. We ran all kind of apps on the smartphone and tried to stress it out on our test bench (including everything from photos, document editing apps to demanding games). The phone did stutter once or twice, but the 4GB RAM was able to save the day on most occasions. As far as display and battery life are concerned, this one too has a 5.5-inch touchscreen along with a 4,000 mAh battery (which lasts for a day).Price: `12,999
LENOVO ZUK Z1
ZUK is a sub-brand of Lenovo, like YU is of Micromax. Yes, this smartphone came to India a little late, but it is still a beast when it comes to performance. ZUK Z1 is powered by a quad-core 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor paired with 3GB RAM and 64GB of internal memory.Switching between apps and loading the most complex apps was child's play for this phone. Built to impress, the ZUK Z1 has a large 5.5-inch display, which makes videos and games pleasurable.Price: `13,499
MOTO G4 PLUS
Motorola launched the fourth generation of its G series sometime back.Moto G4 Plus is the first smartphone of the company to sport a fingerprint sensor; it is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 chipset coupled with 3GB of RAM. The device comes with 32GB of internal storage, which can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. The phone is exceptional when it comes to handling daily tasks and multiple apps at the same time.Gaming is not bad either.Price: `14,999
ASUS ZENFONE MAX
After making PC components, Asus is now a name to reckon with in the smartphone business too. A good example is the Zenfone Max with its large 5.5-inch touchscreen. The smartphone has a massive 5,000 mAh battery, which lasts for almost two days. It is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor. As for storage, it has a 32GB inbuilt storage; users can expand it up to 64GB using a microSD card. The handset handled all the graphic-intensive games we threw at it very well and also excelled during multitasking.Price: Rs 9,999
XIAOMI REDMI NOTE 3
Xiaomi might be a Chinese company, but it has amazed the most with spectacular specs smartphones at an affordable price. The final phone in our list of 5 is the Redmi Note 3, which has a Snapdragon 650 1.8 GHz hexa-core CPU. To give extra kick to the smartphone the company has embedded 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage on it. Together they make the toughest of apps run with ease. The rest of the pack has octa-core CPUs and this one has a hexa-core, which had us believe that gaming performance would be hindered. But to our surprise, this phone performed really well there too. The cherry on the cake is the 5.5-inch full HD screen that has lively colours and makes everything look good.Price: `11,999
This is the new brand by the Micromax-owned company YU. Yunicorn comes with a fingerprint sensor and 4GB RAM. For high-end performance, the smartphone houses an octa-core MediaTek MT6755 processor. We ran all kind of apps on the smartphone and tried to stress it out on our test bench (including everything from photos, document editing apps to demanding games). The phone did stutter once or twice, but the 4GB RAM was able to save the day on most occasions. As far as display and battery life are concerned, this one too has a 5.5-inch touchscreen along with a 4,000 mAh battery (which lasts for a day).Price: `12,999
LENOVO ZUK Z1
ZUK is a sub-brand of Lenovo, like YU is of Micromax. Yes, this smartphone came to India a little late, but it is still a beast when it comes to performance. ZUK Z1 is powered by a quad-core 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor paired with 3GB RAM and 64GB of internal memory.Switching between apps and loading the most complex apps was child's play for this phone. Built to impress, the ZUK Z1 has a large 5.5-inch display, which makes videos and games pleasurable.Price: `13,499
MOTO G4 PLUS
Motorola launched the fourth generation of its G series sometime back.Moto G4 Plus is the first smartphone of the company to sport a fingerprint sensor; it is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 chipset coupled with 3GB of RAM. The device comes with 32GB of internal storage, which can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. The phone is exceptional when it comes to handling daily tasks and multiple apps at the same time.Gaming is not bad either.Price: `14,999
ASUS ZENFONE MAX
After making PC components, Asus is now a name to reckon with in the smartphone business too. A good example is the Zenfone Max with its large 5.5-inch touchscreen. The smartphone has a massive 5,000 mAh battery, which lasts for almost two days. It is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor. As for storage, it has a 32GB inbuilt storage; users can expand it up to 64GB using a microSD card. The handset handled all the graphic-intensive games we threw at it very well and also excelled during multitasking.Price: Rs 9,999
XIAOMI REDMI NOTE 3
Xiaomi might be a Chinese company, but it has amazed the most with spectacular specs smartphones at an affordable price. The final phone in our list of 5 is the Redmi Note 3, which has a Snapdragon 650 1.8 GHz hexa-core CPU. To give extra kick to the smartphone the company has embedded 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage on it. Together they make the toughest of apps run with ease. The rest of the pack has octa-core CPUs and this one has a hexa-core, which had us believe that gaming performance would be hindered. But to our surprise, this phone performed really well there too. The cherry on the cake is the 5.5-inch full HD screen that has lively colours and makes everything look good.Price: `11,999
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