The good thing about these days smartphones is that you don’t need to spend thousands of rupees to buy a costly camera to take great pictures. The current budget, mid-range smartphones accompany dual camera setup, enabling the users to click DSLR-like photographs using phones.
If you are looking for a new phone under Rs 20,000 with an excellent camera, here are our top recommendations.
Top 5 Smartphones with Excellent Cameras Under Rs 20,000
Xiaomi Mi A2
Just like iPhone X and Galaxy S9+, the Mi A1 comes with a 2x12MP camera combination with the two modules’ equivalent focal lengths to produce 2x zoom. The 12MP tele-camera of the device has been switched for a 20MP secondary cam for improved low-light images, supposedly. Coming to the aperture, the device has a 12MP Sony IMX486 with f/1.75 aperture and a 20MP Sony IMX376 secondary sensor with a f/1.75 aperture on the rear. The front camera is a 20MP one with LED flash. The device packs a 3,010mAh battery and the variant will support Qualcomm’s QuickCharge 4.0.
Talking about other highlighting features of the Mi A2, this device sports a 5.99-inch full-HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio and 2160 x 1080-pixel resolution. Mi A2 is company’s first phone in India to offer the Gorilla Glass 5 on top while device’s front panel features Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for top protection. The display of the Mi A2 is almost bezel-less and comes without a notch. Mi A2 has the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 SoC coupled with Adreno 512 GPU for graphics. Although, the phone has two variants one with 4 GB RAM plus 64 GB internal another one with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB internal.
Huawei Honor Play
Regarding optics, the Honor Play features a double camera setup with AI. The device comes with a 16-megapixel primary lens with f/2.2 aperture and PDAF, and a 2-megapixel secondary lens with f/2.4 aperture. At the front, the smartphone has a 16-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture. Honor Play has a very good camera that captures detailed, vivid and natural-looking photos. The color production of the Honor Play camera is also good. The front camera of the phone does a decent job while taking selfies in almost all lighting conditions. Further, AI-based bokeh mode of the cameras utilized well to detect edges around the face.
Talking about other highlighting features of the Honor Play, the phone is equipped with a 6.3-inch full-HD+(16.0 cm) FullView display with a resolution of 1080×2340 pixels and the device is powered by the octa-core Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC along with Mali-G72 GPU and the built-in neural processor unit aka NPU. The phone is to be released with 4GB and 6GB RAM variants.
The Honor Play is paired with 64GB of internal storage and it has a memory card slot to expand the storage upto 256 GB via microSD card. And the Honor Play is backed by a 3750mAh battery with quick charging feature.
Redmi Note 5 Pro
The main highlight of the Redmi Note 5 Pro is the camera. This phone comes with dual camera setup on the rear and a 20MP front camera with LED flash, a Snapdragon 636 chipset, and up to 6GB of RAM. The device features a dual-camera setup with 12 megapixel and 5-megapixel primary cameras for capturing pictures in poor lighting with an additional aid of dual LED flash. The front fort is handled by a powerful 20-megapixel camera for selfies and video calling.
Talking about other highlighting features of the Redmi Note 5 Pro, it is the first smartphone to be powered by a Snapdragon 636 processor which brings Qualcomm’s Kryo 260 CPU cores that will deliver around 40 percent more power than the Snapdragon 630. It is found that the phone really is a beast in terms of performance.
Nokia 6.1 Plus
Nokia 6.1 Plus acquires a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 16-megapixel front shooter for selfies with AI features. The cameras of the device give excellent color reproduction and the accurate white balance. The pictures taken from the Nokia 6.1 Plus’s camera look natural and close to the original scene.
Talking about other highlighting features of the Nokia 6.1, it has a 5.80-inch 1080 × 2280 pixels resolution notched 19:9 screen ratio display. Nokia 6.1 Plus comes with aluminum frame design is encased in Corning Gorilla Glass. The device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 octa-core processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage that can be expandable up to 400GB through the microSD card. The Nokia 6.1 Plus runs Android 8.1 and is powered by a 3060mAh.
Honor 9N
The Honor 9N has dual camera setup on the back featuring 13-megapixel and 2-megapixel sensors. On the front, the device houses a 16-megapixel camera for selfies and video calls. The phone comes with a few software-based features like 3D contouring, effects like changing the background image, and smart and gender beautification. The cameras of the device do a good job in all the lighting conditions -daylight, lowlight and indoor.
Talking about other highlighting features of the Honor 9N, this phone has a 5.84-inch FHD+ display and 2.5D glass protection with a 19:9 aspect ratio. The device is powered by the mid-range octa-core Kirin 659 processor with a 3GB/ 4GB RAM configuration and up to 32GB/64GB/128GB of internal storage which will be expandable via microSD card up to 256GB.
Source – Hindustan Times