Shopping Guide: Top 5 smartphones Between Rs.15000 to Rs.20000

June 22, 2014

Shopping Guide

In this week’s Shopping Guide we are going to reveal our top 5 smartphones priced between Rs.15000 to Rs.20000.We have already reviewed our top 5 smartphones under Rs,15000 segment,you can read them HERE.Under the price segment of Rs.15000 to 20000,we wish to have at lease a qHD screen, Quad Core processor, 1 GB of RAM,a decent camera and a durable battery. let’s check my top 5 mid-range smart phones available in Nepalese market. (DATED-JUNE 22,2014)

1.Colors K1 Amoled

Colors K1 was priced at Rs.32000 at its launch in October 2013 but the price has now heavily reduced and is now available for a price of Rs.19000.It has a beautiful unibody design.It sports a 4.8 inch HD screen with OGS technology.We have a MediaTek processor running at 1.5 GHz and a gig of RAM.This handset runs on 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS with 16GB of internal storage.There is no memory card slot for this device. There is rear camera of 8 megapixel resolution and a front camera of 5 megapixel resolution.The battery is of 2000 mAh.

SIM: micro SIM (3G)
DISPLAY: 4.8 inches, IPS panel, 1280 * 720 pixels (309 ppi pixel density)
MEMORY:16 GB internal memory; No micro SD
RAM: 1GB RAM
PROCESSOR: 1.5 GHz Quad Core (MediaTek MT6589T)
GPU: PowerVR SgX544
Camera: Primary: 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash; 720P Video Recording
Secondary: 5 MP
OS: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2
Battery: Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
Market price: NRP 19000

For:

1. Unibody Design

2.Great Specs for a price (It was priced at Rs.32000 during its launch)

Against:

1. Average Battery Life

2. High Costumed Interface

2. Nokia Lumia 630

Nokia Lumia 630 is one of the most affordable smartphones around right now, putting it neck and neck with the Android-powered smartphones. The Lumia 630 runs Windows Phone 8.1, which is the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS. It brings with it a host of features that have so far been missing. It offers a 4.5-inch 16M colour ClearBlack display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels. It is powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor which is supported by 512MB of RAM. It also carries Adreno 305 graphics processor for game support and good visual experience. Despite not having a 1GB of RAM, you don’t see lags while multitasking as the Windows OS consumes less amount of RAM unlike Android OS.
The Lumia 630 comes with a 5MP primary camera, however it misses the front camera and the LED flash. It is packed with 8GB of internal storage memory which is expandable upto 128 GB via the microSD card slot.

SIM: Dual-SIM; 3G enabled
DISPLAY: 4.5 inches ,IPS panel, 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi pixel density)
MEMORY:8 GB internal memory; micro SD up to 32 GB
RAM: 512 MB RAM
PROCESSOR: Quad Core 1.2 GHz Cortex A7 Snapdragon 400 Processor
GPU: Adreno 305
Primary Camera: 5 MP, autofocus, LED flash:NO, 720p Video Recording
Secondary Camera: No
OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Battery: Li-Ion 1830 mAh battery
Market price:17500/-

For:

Mid range Windows smartphone
Latest OS
Snapdragon Processor

Against:

No front camera and LED flash
Average RAM

3. Karbonn Titanium S5 plus

For a budget of around Rs. 16,500, the Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus is more than a decent option if you are looking for good performance and sexy looks. The device performs very well bearing in mind the segment it falls in.The improved and upgraded version of Titanium S5 features a 5 inch qHD screen with Quad core processor,1 GB RAM,not so great 8 MP camera and a 1800 mAh battery.If you want to learn more about Titanium S5 plus, check on review HERE.

SIM: Dual SIM (2G+3G); Dual Standby
DISPLAY: 5 inches, IPS panel, 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi pixel density)
MEMORY:4 GB internal memory; micro SD up to 32 GB
RAM: 1GB RAM
PROCESSOR: 1.3 GHz Quad Core (MediaTek MT6582)
GPU: Mali 400MP2
Camera: Primary: 5 MP, autofocus, LED flash; 1080P Video Recording
Secondary: VGA
OS: Android Jelly Bean 4.2
Battery: Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery
Market price: NRP 14500

For:

1. Vivid and Bright screen

2. Best design seen on a budget smartphone

Against:

1. Mediocre Camera performance

2. Overheating issues while playing High End games

4. TOUCHKON M504

Touchkon has been able to establish itself in the Nepalese smartphone space as a player that offers one of the best value for its customers’ money Touchkon introduced the M504 a couple of months ago and this smartphone offers a 4.5 inch screen with a relatively low resolution of 480 * 854 pixels. This phone is powered by a Quad Core processor and a 1 GB of RAM like any other smartphones in this price segment,but what you get here is a better 13 MP shooter on the rear and 2MP on the front.The 13MP camera does not automatically put this camera at par with the S4 or the iphone 5s–the images looked good on the phone, nothing spectacular.

SIM: Dual SIM (2G+3G); Dual Standby
DISPLAY: 4.5 inches, IPS panel, 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi pixel density)
MEMORY:4 GB internal memory; micro SD up to 32 GB
RAM: 1 GB RAM
PROCESSOR: 1.3 GHz Quad Core (MediaTek MT6582)
GPU: Mali 400MP2
Camera: Primary: 13 MP, autofocus, LED flash;Full HD Video recording
Secondary: 2MP
OS: Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1
Battery: Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
Market price:16400/-

For:

1. Very Good camera

2.Decent Battery Life

Against:

1. Screen is over saturated and no so bright and vivid.

2. Overheating issues.

5. Sony Xperia M

An iPhone-sized screen Xperia M sports a 4 inch TFT screen with reliable dual core processor from Snapdragon and a powerful Adreno 305 GPU. Despite many smartphones coming with Quad Core processor,the Dual core of Xperia M does a decent job. The 5 MP rear camera,with dedicated buttons is good,but nothing spectacular.It currently runs on Android 4.3 JellyBeans and you wont get a Kitkat update for this device. The 1750 mAh battery works for a day on normal usage.

SIM: micro-SIM; 3G enabled
DISPLAY: 4 inches ,TFT panel, 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi pixel density)
MEMORY:4 GB internal memory; micro SD up to 32 GB
RAM: 1 GB RAM
PROCESSOR: 1 GHz Dual Core Krait (Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227)
GPU: Adreno 305
PrimaryCamera: 5 MP, autofocus, LED flash,720p Video Recording
Secondary Camera: VGA
OS: Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 (upgradable upto 4.3)
Battery: Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery
Market price:18000/-(for Single SIM)