Micromax Canvas A1 aka Android One is the best 6,000 Rupees smartphone in India and maybe the best $100 smartphone in the world too. It’s not that it’s perfect but the fact that what this phone can do for the price you are paying is simply amazing. Although some people might not like it ‘çause it’s got 4.5 inches screen whereas 5 inches has become a somewhat standard or people’s choice now a days.
Nokia X2 and Semi-Android phones like these could have saved Nokia. I know these are big words. But you never know. If they have launched Android smartphones with their PureView camera technology. It surely would’ve been a big hit. I know that they hated the initial version of Android but to save itself even Apple shook hands with Microsoft at one point. To survive you’ve got to make hard decisions.
Sony Xperia C3 is a case of beauty outside but ugly inside. When you look at it and hold it for the first time, you might think that this phone in no way could cost around 23,000 Rupees(Approx $370). But it does. That’s where the saying “Looks can be deceiving” comes in. This phone is being sold by Sony with a tagline that says “World’s best selfie smartphone” which means it’s for the people that are conscious about their looks, so obviously the phone should look good too.
Xiaomi Mi3 comes with Snapdragon 800 chipset, 2GB RAM, 5 inches full HD display, 13MP camera with full HD recording, 3050 mAh battery. If you are wondering why i am telling you all this? then get this. Even with all those top of the line specs Xiaomi Mi3 does not cost 30,000 or 40,000 Rupees. You all know that it costs only 14,000 Rupees. And that is the reason why i wrote “more than you could ask for”.
HTC Desire 616 is one of those phones that is caught between ongoing war between local Indian smartphone manufacturers and Chinese smartphone manufacturers. They are both trying their best to gather as much ground as possible with aggressive pricing in India. If this HTC Device was launched say like 6 months before at the same price. It might have been a big hit. But now it feels like a stale product. It gives, been there done that kind of feel. Even the term “octa-core” doesn’t sound exciting anymore. All thanks to brands of our own and neighbour country that are spoiling us.
Micromax Canvas HD Plus A190 is a decent smartphone. It’s over all price to performance ratio is pretty good. There are some downsides too in this phone. But you really can not expect everything at 12,000 Rupees. This 10,000 – 15,000 Rupees price bracket is so active in India right now. People are expecting more and more from less. Less is the money here. Canvas HD Plus somehow delivers on that.
As you people may have already know by now that HTC Desire 516 is the cheapest smartphone from HTC with a 5 inch screen. It also has a quadcore processor by the way. It looks good, isn’t it? Just stick a quadcore moniker with a phone and it suddenly becomes desirable. The people that buy these phones don’t even know what they are buying. They just fall for the advertising. But then again, it’s all business. You can’t blame anybody but yourself.