Chinese handset giant, Oppo had earlier this month announced the Find 7 – its flagship smartphone – for India for Rs 37,990. The phone is set to hit the Indian market in July and it has all the features that make it an attractive handset in this price segment.
But if you are in a hurry, then you have also enough option to choose from. Here we have listed five devices above Rs 30,000. Note that we have prepared the list in such a way that there would be one option from various price brackets above Rs 30,000 such as Rs 30,000-40,000, Rs 40,000-50,000, and Rs 50,000+.
If you are ready to spend above Rs 50,000 and go upto Rs 70,000, then the Apple iPhone 5S is just right for you as it is widely recognised as one of the best camera phones (often counted among the top three) and is fast as well as crafted with perfection. While its 32 GB version is available for around Rs 60,000, you can get its 64 GB variant for around Rs 70,000. It does not have any expandable storage slot in either of these variants, like in all Apple products so choose wisely according to your requirements.
This 7.6 mm thick smartphone weighs just 112 grams despite having a metallic body. Its 4 inch Retina display comes with 1136 x 640 pixel resolution and a fingerprint resistant oleophobic coating. Besides, it has an 8 megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, five element lens and auto focus features. The camera also has a lot of other features like auto image stabilisation, burst mode, panorama, face detection etc. In its front there is a 1.2 megapixel camera with BSI sensor and HD video recording capability.
A much-highlighted property of the Apple iPhone 5S is its fingerprint security solution. The device comes with an Apple A7 Chipset with 64 bit architecture, which comprises a dual core 1.3 GHz Cyclone processor and PowerVR G6430 quad core graphics processing unit. The Apple iPhone 5S has a 1560 mAh Li-Po battery.
We have not included the LG G Flex which is definitely an innovative product owing to its curved display and thus is definitely an option to consider. .
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Sony Xperia Z2
In the Rs 45,000 to Rs 50,000 segment, the new Sony Xperia Z2 is an ideal choice. The Xperia Z2 is both water and dust proof as its predecessor, the Xperia Z . It is just 8.2 mm thick and weighs 158 grams. The Xperia Z2 features a 5.2-inch full HD TRILUMINOS display with Live Colour LED for mobile and X-Reality picture engine. This display promises more realistic and vivid visual images. By default the display supports 1920×1080 pixel resolution. Sony has powered the Xperia Z2 with the 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM9874AB quad-core processor and the Adreno 330 GPU. The Xperia Z2 offers 3 GB RAM for best possible experience on the device running Google Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Sony Mobile’s customisations on top of it.
The Xperia Z2 packs a 20.7 megapixel camera with G Lens optics and Exmor RS imaging sensor. The camera module is powered by the BIONZ mobile image processing engine that is expected to offer sharp images with vivid colours and least possible noise. Xperia Z2 is capable enough to record 4K resolution video along with SteadyShot image stabilisation technology. Sony has packed a high density stereo microphone to record high quality stereo audio along with the 4K resolution video recording.
We have recently reviewed it as well, which you can read here.
The HTC One M8 comes with a 5 inch display with full HD resolution. This 9.35mm thick handset weighs 160 grams. It is powered by the powerful Snapdragon 801 quad core processor, 2 GB RAM, and the Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system.
The HTC One M8 comes with two 4 megapixel rear cameras touting the UltraPixel camera technology and the latest HTC ImageSense Chip to power the imaging. The camera offers same set of features as the HTC One yet faster capturing experience and some fancy image editing effects. There is a 3D effect mode which allows the user to tilt the captured to certain degrees as well. Of course, the high quality full HD video recording is included. It has a 5 megapixel front camera as well.
Besides, the One M8 offers 2600 mAh Li-Po battery, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, and an expandable memory slot that can accommodate a micro SD card of upto 128 GB capacity. It comes in 16 and 32 GB variants and has a single SIM slot only.
Currently, it is retailing for about Rs 46,000. You can read its review here.
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Nokia Lumia 1020
This is arguably the best camera smartphone in the world today, at least figure-wise. It comes with a huge 41 megapixel rear camera with a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, PureView camera technology, optical image stabilisation, auto focus, 6 lens optics, and many more high end features that would put even professional cameras to shame. The Nokia Lumia 1020 also has a 1.2 megapixel front camera and a Xenon flash in the rear.
The Lumia 1020 has a 4.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen with 1280 x 768 pixel resolution. The phone runs on Windows Phone 8 OS and a 1.5 GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 processor. Besides, this 10.4 mm smartphone weighs 158 grams and has a 2000 mAh battery, which claims to provide 13 hours of 3G talktime. There is 2 GB RAM and 32 GB Internal Memory in this handset.
It is currently available for around Rs 40,000.
LG G2 (Around Rs 33,000)
We have recently reviewed this handset and were pretty impressed. The USP of this device is its design – volume rocker and power button are placed on the back panel just below the camera, and can be accessed with the index finger. Alternatively, you just need to tap the screen of G2 twice to awaken the phone.
But not only design, its hardware also makes it pretty impressive. It has a 5.2 inch IPS LCD display with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. This massive display is powered by a quad core 2.26 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2 GB LPDDR3 RAM that runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
Besides, the LG G2 has a 13 megapixel camera at the back with optical image stabilisation. There is a LED flash and auto focus to aid better images.
By default, the camera can record full 1080p HD videos. In the front there is a 2.1 megapixel camera that supports HD video calling. LG has packed a 3000 mAh battery, which is quite big for a smartphone. There is no expandable memory slot in the LG G2. The smartphone comes with WiFi, Bluetooth, DLNA and GPS. It has only a single SIM (micro SIM) slot.
Other Notable Smartphones
Besides these five, the Google Nexus 6 (32 GB) and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 are other two high end devices that must be noted here. At around Rs 33,000, the Nexus 5 is considered as one of the best handsets in terms of performance, camera quality, build quality as well as for its vanilla Android experience. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with octa core processor is one of the best high end devices that had made it to our previous “Top 5 Smartphone Above Rs 30,000” list.
Oppo N1 with its swivelling camera is also a unique handset but it lost to Lumia 1020 for the best camera smartphones. But you love to click selfies, then N1 is the smartphone to go for.