India has a whole host of smartphones to suit almost every budget segment in the market. Be it under Rs 15,000 or Rs 10,000, the options are wide and varied. However, what if your budget is only Rs 5,000? What smartphone could you possibly buy?
People looking for a Rs 5,000 smartphone are usually those who want their first smart device or those who are looking for a second one to keep around.
To make their work easier, we went out in search of smartphones under Rs 5,000. We found numerous options - some were brands you would not even have heard of - and there were Micromax and Honor as well.
Frankly speaking, you should not buy any phone if you are on a budget of Rs 5,000. First, any smartphone under that price in the market today is a sub-standard one.
There, I said it.
Disguising a phone under the "affordable" banner doesn't necessarily make it a good phone. First, the companies start compromising on storage and performance which makes things bad. Second, it makes for a really bad investment six months down the line because these phones tend to get slow.
So, ideally, we would urge you not to buy any smartphone under Rs 5,000 and instead put in Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 more and get yourself a better deal. However, if you still want one under that price range, there is basically only one option -
Xiaomi's most affordable smartphone, the Redmi 5A was launched late last year and has been making waves ever since. The phone has 2GB of RAM and internal storage of 16GB which isn't much to begin with. The lack of storage is the major reason why we would refrain from recommending phones under Rs 5,000.
Even though you can expand the storage via a microSD card, it doesn't absolve the phone.
The phone comes with a 5-inch HD display, a good 13-megapixel rear camera, powered by a capable Snapdragon 425, and a long-lasting 3,000 mAh battery.
The Redmi 5A is the only phone we'd recommend in this segment, only because we have to, that makes the cut.
But trust us, if you have to buy a smartphone under Rs 5,000 - don't.
from TechRadar: Phone and communications news http://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-smartphone-under-rs-5000-in-india-and-why-you-should-not-buy-it
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