[July 2019 Edition] Best Smartphones Under INR 5,000

This segment is mostly for the people who will be using a smartphone for the first time or a user under an extremely limited budget. Among the below-listed smartphones, a few of them are available online and a few of them are available offline. Also, keep in mind that one can’t survive with these smartphones for a longer duration.

Xiaomi Redmi Go 

• 5-inch HD LCD display
• 1.4GHz Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor, Adreno 308GPU
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB internal storage, microSD card support up to 128GB
• 3000mAH battery
• Android 8.1 Oreo(Go Edition)
• 8MP rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash, 1080p video recording
• 5MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture, 1.12μm large pixel
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, WiFi Direct, WiFi 2.4G
• 3.5mm Audio Jack
• Thickness: 8.05mm and Weight: 181g
• Colors: Black and Blue

Price: INR 4,499

Availability: Flipkart, Mi.com, Mi Home, Mi Authorized stores

Xolo Era 4X 

• 5.45-inch HD+ 2.5D Curved glass display, with Corning Gorilla Glass
• 1.5GHz Quad Core MediaTek Processor
• 1GB/2GB RAM
• 16GB storage, microSD card support
• 8MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash
• 5MP front camera with Screen and LED flash
• Android Oreo (Go Edition)/Android 8.1 Oreo
• Face unlock(2GB RAM variant)
• 3000mAH battery
• Thickness: 8.6mm
• Colors: gold and black

Price: starts at INR 4,299

Availability: Flipkart, Offline stores

Infinix Smart 2

• 5.45-inch (1440 x 720 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass 18:9 display
• Quad-Core MediaTek MT6739 processor, PowerVR Rogue GE8100 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB of storage, microSD card support up to 128GB
• 3050mAH battery
• XOS 3.3, Android 8.1 Oreo
• 13MP rear camera with Dual LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture
• 8MP front-facing camera with dual LED flash, f/2.0 aperture
• Face unlock
• Thickness: 8.4mm
• Colors: City Blue, Sandstone Black

Price: INR 4,999

Availability: Flipkart

Nokia 1 Android Oreo(Go Edition)

• 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display
• 1.1GHz Quad-core MediaTek MT6737M, Adreno 304 GPU
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB internal storage, microSD card support up to 128GB
• 5MP rear camera with LED flash
• 2MP front camera
• Android Android 8.0 Oreo Go Edition
• 2150mAh battery
• Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, Dual SIM, BT 4.0, GPS, OTG

Price: INR 3,899 – INR 4,399

Availability: Amazon, Flipkart, Offline stores

Lava Z61 

• 5.45-inch HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display, gorilla glass protection.
• 1.5GHz Quad-core processor
• 1/2GB RAM
• 16GB internal memory, sd card support up to 128GB
• Android Oreo (Go+edition)
• 8MP rear camera with LED Flash
• 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
• 3000mAH battery
• Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS

Price: INR 4,999

Availability: Flipkart, Amazon