11 Best Smartphones Under 15000 in India 2020 (With Great Camera)

1. Poco X2

The Poco with its first phone the Poco F1 disrupted the market with its top of the line flagship specs at a not so flagship price. Although, the sequel to the long-awaited 2018 F1 is expected to be released this year the company has again pretty much destroyed the competition with the Poco X2 with its top of the line specs and a competitive price tag.

Right of the bat, the X2’s main attraction is its 6.67inch FHD+ dual-punch hole 120Hz reality flow display. The panel simply put dominates any other display in its price range especially if you are going to game a lot on it. Games will simply put look amazing thanks to the high refresh rate and the great viewing angles and color reproduction of the panel. 

Speaking of games, at the heart of the X2 resides the SD 730G is the higher clocked version of the SD730 which is amazing for gaming and it also comes with liquid cooling. You will easily hit high frame rates on most modern titles at very high settings and will mostly not drop frame rates during the gameplay. This is also thanks to the 6GB of RAM that it comes with along with the 128GB of internal storage which is further expandable up to 512GB. The X2 is driven by Poco launcher atop android 10 and the experience is pretty decent. 

The phone has a very versatile set of cameras. With a main 64MP first in the market Sony IMX686 sensor you will take pictures with great detail and vivid colors. Next the 8MP ultra-wide gives you a greater field of view and the 2MP macro sensor delivers great close-up shots too. The final 2MP depth sensor comes handy while taking those portrait shots. The front camera rather cameras comes in the form of a 20MP sensor along with a 2MP depth sensor for selfie portraits.  The camera department too on the X2 is very solid and you will love it.  

Finally, the battery on the X2 is a 4500mAh one and will last you an entire day of usage very easily. However, if you do end up killing it you will be pleased to know that Poco includes a fast 27W fast charger in the box to top it up quickly.  

The amount of value that the X2 brings on board is simply amazing and you will not regret it. Go for it if you are looking for a well-balanced phone in the 15000 to 20000 price range.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Poco X2 is around Rs. 15999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

2. Honor 20i

Honor 10i is a budget phone from Huawei and it comes with a nice 6.21-inch Full HD+ resolution IPS LCD display. On the rear, we have a reflective back with a 3D optical effect. The phone is lightweight and is easy to hold and use. It is a bit slippery like other phones in this range so covering it with a case would be a good choice. 

In the camera department, Honor has provided a triple camera setup on the back and a single sensor on the front. The rear setup is 24MP primary sensor, 2MP depth sensor and 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens with a 120-degree field of view. The front selfie camera is a massive 32MP sensor that can take beautiful selfies. The camera performance of Honor 20i is decent and you would love the selfies.

Inside the Honor 20i, there is Kirin 710 taking care of the processing with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The massive storage is great for those who like to keep a lot of data on their phones. There is a MicroSD slot available as well but it is a hybrid slot and you cannot use 2 sims while using MicroSD. The hardware can handle light to medium gaming and multiple apps with ease. For heavy gaming, you do need more powerful hardware.

The battery is probably the most disappointing point of Honor 20i as it is just 3400 mAh and would last for a day with medium usage. 

At under 12000, Honor 20i is a great smartphone for those who need plenty of storage with a great selfie camera.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Honor 20i is around Rs. 11999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

3. Realme XT

Realme XT is Realme's midrange phone and it comes with some exciting hardware. Realme XT is a great looking phone with a reflective back design and a large 6.4 inch AMOLED display on the front. Underneath the display, there is a fingerprint sensor that performs well. The AMOLED display is really good with great colors, good viewing angles, and decent brightness. 

Realme has provided a very dynamic camera setup on the back. There is a 64MP primary camera, 8MP wide-angle camera to capture more in a single frame, a 2MP depth sensor for portrait mode pictures and a 2MP macro lens for taking close up shots of small objects. On the front, there is a 16MP camera for taking selfies. Overall, the camera performance of the Realme XT is really good. It can take some great pictures in outdoor conditions with good colors, contrast, and saturation. The pictures taken indoors are good but not that great.

The Realme XT is powered by Snapdragon 712 processor. There is 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Realme is using UFS 2.1 storage which is great to see in a mid-range smartphone. Overall, the hardware is very decent and can handle heavy games and multiple apps with ease. If you are a heavy user, you can go for the 6GB RAM variant.

The battery inside is 4000 mAh and the phone supports fast charging. It comes with a fast charger inside the box and it charges the phone in less than 2 hours. The battery backup of the device is good and will last for 1 to 1.5 days depending on your usage.

Realme XT is a well-balanced smartphone with a great display, good internal hardware, and very capable camera hardware. In under 15000 and 20000 price segment, this is one of the best smartphones you can get which is great for gaming and taking pictures as well.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Realme XT is around Rs. 15999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

4. Redmi Note 8 Pro

Redmi Note 8 Pro is the successor of Note 7 Pro which was launched around 6 months ago. The Note 7 Pro was a great device with a powerful Snapdragon 675 chipset, 48MP camera, and a nice design. The latest Note 8 Pro comes with plenty of improvements and looks like a good upgrade.

Redmi Note 8 Pro comes with a large 6.53 inch IPS LCD display. The display and the back are protected with Gorilla Glass 5. The phone comes in 3 colors: Shadow Black, Gamma Green and Halo White. All 3 colors look great and the White is our favorite. 

The phone is well built and feels a bit heavy. There is a large 4500 mAh battery inside which is also the reason behind the 200 gm weight of the device. The phone supports fast charging and comes with an 18W fast charger inside the box. You can expect 1.5-2 days of backup on a single charge.

The phone is powered by MediaTek Helio G90T processor which is a really powerful chipset and is great for gaming. It scores over 280000 on the Antutu benchmark and is around 30% more than the Snapdragon 712 processor.

Redmi Note 8 Pro packs a powerful camera setup as well. On the rear, we have a quad rear camera setup of a 64MP primary sensor, 8MP wide-angle sensor, and 2MP macro lens and 2MP depth effect. On the front, there is a 20MP selfie camera. Overall, the camera performance of the phone is good. It takes natural-looking pictures with good colors and saturation. It can also shoot 4K Videos and slow-motion videos at 960 FPS.

Overall, Redmi Note 8 Pro is a well-balanced phone. Whether you like taking pictures or playing games, you are going to love this phone. It is available in 3 different variants: 6GB 64GB, 6GB 128GB and 8GB 128GB. The 6GB 128GB is priced at 15999 and provides the best value for money.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Redmi Note 8 Pro is around Rs. 13999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

5. Samsung Galaxy M30s

Samsung Galaxy M30s is another great smartphone under 15000. It comes with a big 6.4 inch Super AMOLED display which has the best in class color reproduction and brightness. You would enjoy using this phone all the time.

It is powered by Samsung's own Exynos 9611 processor and has 4 GB of RAM. The performance is quite good with all the apps running smoothly and multitasking is also decent. The phone has an AnTuTu benchmark score of around 154000 and delivers well on the expectation from a phone under 15k.

The storage is at 4 GB which can be expanded up to 512 GB using a dedicated SD card slot and is a great option. There is a 6 GB RAM with 128 GB internal storage option also available

On the camera side, Samsung has delivered very well with a triple rear camera with 48 MP as the primary sensor and 8 MP wide-angle camera and 5 MP depth sensor.  On the front camera, we have a 16 MP sensor. The camera performance is both daylight and low light was excellent and the camera app supports various modes like live focus, super slow-mo, night mode and much more to give you good options to choose from. 

You can also switch to a wide-angle from normal camera sensor. This is one feature where Samsung has focussed for quite a long time. The phone also has AI support in the images and helps in beautifying the pictures.

On the battery front, this Samsung galaxy M30S is a monster as it offers 6000 mAh rated battery that delivers easily around 2 days. That is something unbelievable. There is a type C port for charging and a 15W fast charger is bundled in the box.

Overall, it is a great Samsung smartphone under 15k and comes with almost everything perfect expect the plastic back design. 

Price and Available Offers

The price of Samsung Galaxy M30s is around Rs. 13999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

6. Motorola One Action

Motorola has been trying to capture its lost ground in the smartphone segment. Let us check with this review what Motorola one action available under 15000 has to offer.

It has a 6.3-inch IPS display with 21:9 aspect ration offering 432 pixels per inch. The screen is bright and has good colors for watching movies or playing games. The back of the phone is made of polycarbonate and gets smudges. You will need a case and one TPU case is shipped in the box.

It is powered by the Samsung Exynos 9609 processor and comes with 4 GB RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. Motorola One vision has an Antutu of 143000 same as that seen on MI A3 and it very well handles multitasking, games at low and medium settings and other daily tasks. You can expand the storage up to 256 GB using a hybrid sd card slot.

There is stock android on this phone so it is completely clean with some basic google apps and the usage is smooth. As the name suggests, the phone has quick actions enabled which allows you to perform certain functions like screen capture, open camera app and some more.

We have a triple camera setup at the back The camera has a lot of filters which you would find very handy and useful if you are a camera buff. There is a 12MP primary sensor, 5MP depth, and a 16MP ultra-wide action camera sensor. There is a punch-hole camera on the front which uses the screen for flash and houses a 12MP sensor. The camera pictures offer decent details, sharpness, and colors. However, it is not the best for under 15k camera smartphone.

The action camera allows enhanced stabilization and you do not see any shakiness in your video. It is a very handy feature when you want to capture the scene while you are moving, cycling etc and it is the best stabilization you would see on a smartphone. It can capture 1080 p videos at 30 fps. This is similar to the camera features offered by GoPro and other companies. 

There is a decent 3500 mAh which gives one-day backup and there is a type c for fast charging. The box only has a 10 W charger. Overall it is a good smartphone under 15000 with stock android, smooth functioning, and interesting camera features.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Motorola One Action is around Rs. 13999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

7. Realme 5 Pro

Realme 5 Pro has been a well-advertised smartphone from Realme and it very well delivers on most of the aspects. 

It has a 6.3-inch IPS display with FHD+ resolution and the back has a similar diamond-cut design with the plastic body as seen on the Realme 5. There is a greyish TPU case bundled in the box as the phone is a fingerprint magnet. The screen has Gorilla glass 3 protection instead of Gorilla Glass 5 or 6 as seen in this smartphone. Realme had to cut some corners to offer this smartphone under 15000 budget.

It is powered by the Snapdragon 712 with three variants. It has 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM with 64 GB storage priced at under 14000 and under 15000 and 8GB RAM with 128GB priced under 17000. The performance is super smooth, it can handle multiple apps, heavy games. As per your usage, you can pick different RAM variants for better functionality and multitasking The Antutu score reads around 177243 which is one of the best for the price segment. You can expand the storage using a dedicated SD card slot.

Coming to the camera, we get a quad-camera setup with 48MP(primary) Sony IMX586 + 8MP(wide angle) + 2MP(macro) + 2MP(depth) sensor on the rear side and the front camera has a 16MP sensor.  The colors in the image are punchier and very well detailed. The camera is super impressive in terms of clarity and quality it offers. The low light shots are also good with very little noise. The ultra-wide and macro sensor adds to this feature-rich camera.

There is a 4035 mAh battery that easily delivers 1+ days of backup and the Realme 5 Pro also supports 20W VOOC charging with USB type C. It has Color Os 6 which has preinstalled apps but those can be removed. The fingerprint sensor is at the back which unlocks at the same moment you tap the sensor and the face unlocking is also super fast.

There is Dual 4G VOLTE support and FM radio if you use it.  Overall, it is one of the best phones under 15000 with quad rear cameras.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Realme 5 Pro is around Rs. 13999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

8. Vivo Z1Pro

Vivo Z1Pro is another great smartphone from Vivo for a budget of under 15000. It comes with a big 6.53-inch full view IPS display. The screen has a Full HD+ resolution and the quality is one of the best. It has good viewing angles with perfect color reproduction and brightness and the looks sharp even in outdoor light. Design-wise the full view display looks amazing and there is no notch in the front but an in-display camera similar to the punch hole camera in the Samsung S10 series.

Coming to the performance, this phone is powered by the Snapdragon 712 along with 4 GB of RAM. This phone scores around  184449 on the AnTuTu which is a very impressive score for under 15000. The performance and multitasking are super smooth without any lag. It has a 64 GB internal storage which can be expanded up to 256 GB using a dedicated SD card slot.

From the camera perspective, you get a solid configuration, with the rear triple camera comprising of 16MP + 8MP + 2MP sensors and 32 MP front camera. The camera supports AI to improve the quality of images. The pictures come out beautiful with proper colors and skin tone. The phone supports wide-angle pictures and also has a dedicated night mode to capture good images in low light conditions.

The fingerprint sensor at the back is very fast and accurate. You get a 5000 mAh rated battery which gives a backup of at least 2 days and there is 18W of charging that quickly charges in the around 1.5 hours. Z1Pro runs on FuncTouch Operating system which is based on Android Pie and surprisingly it is smooth but has some bloatware apps.

Vivo has certainly ticked all the boxes for a complete practical smartphone which makes it one of the best phones under 15k.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Vivo Z1Pro is around Rs. 14990. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

9. Samsung Galaxy A30

Samsung Galaxy A30 is a masterpiece from Samsung which comes with a 6.4 inch Super AMOLED display with an Infinity U type notch which looks gorgeous. The phone comes with a polycarbonate back and a glossy finish to give it a very premium and glass look.

The phone is powered by the Exynos 7904 processor which is not the best processor available for this price range but can handle all the tasks and multitasking decently. Playing heavy games at high graphics settings also works smoothly and the phone offers great viewing experience because of the Super AMOLED display. Galaxy A30 comes with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage which you can expand up to 512 GB using a dedicated SD card slot.

Coming to the camera features, we get a dual rear camera with 16 MP and 5 MP sensor and the front camera holds a single 16MP sensor. The camera supports normal and wide angle mode to click different types of images. The camera is again best from Samsung and captures a lot of details and the images and sharp. The portrait shots also are brilliant with proper edge detection and blurring. The night or low light shots are above average and they look good.  However, the camera does not support 4K video recording.

This phone also has a big battery rated at 4000 mAh which comes with fast charging and a type C to charge. The battery can last easily for more than a day. Galaxy A30 supports fingerprint and face unlocking which are fast and accurate.

It comes with the latest Samsung One UI based on the Android Pie which is cleaner with better UI compared to previous software versions. Overall, Samsung Galaxy A30 is a beautiful phone with a top-notch display and hardware. For under Rs 15000, it is a great Samsung device. 

Price and Available Offers

The price of Samsung Galaxy A30 is around Rs. 15490. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

10. Redmi Note 7 Pro

Redmi Note 7 Pro is the next budget smartphone from Xiaomi launched in February 2019 and it comes with some major upgrades for pricing of under 15000. It has a 6.3-inch display with Full HD Plus resolution and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The screen is bright and has punchier colors so watching movies or playing games gives a good experience. The front has a dot notch display which holds the front camera and the back has a glass build which adds beauty to the phone. Both front and back of the Note 7 Pro have Gorilla Glass 5 protection

The processor has been upgraded to Snapdragon 675 having a very high benchmark score of around 1,48,000 which is highest among any phone in this price segment. Performing multiple tasks can be done with super ease. You can play games on the highest graphics setting without any problem.

The major upgrade in the Note 7 Pro comes in the camera where is features a true 48 MP Sony IMX 568 sensor and a 5MP sensor on the back and has a 13 MP sensor on the front. The camera takes mesmerizing pictures and is an absolute stunner in terms of quality and detail the image offers. The camera app has the portrait, HDR, AI modes among other modes. However, the true 48 MP captures an image which has a size in GB so it is only available when you change the setting to Pro mode in the camera app. Without the Pro mode, the camera captures in 12 MP sensor.

The battery is rated at 4000 mAh which offers around 1.5 days of backup and comes with fast charging and has USB type C. There are fingerprint and face unlocking available for unlocking the phone which are very fast and accurate. The phone runs on the latest MIUI 10 which is based on Android Pie.

There are 2 variants of this phone. One with 4 GB RAM with 64 GB storage prices at Rs 13999 and other at 6GB RAM with 128 GB storage priced at Rs 16999.

Powerful processor, great display and camera image quality makes Note 7  Pro the best phone under 15000.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Redmi Note 7 Pro is around Rs. 13999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

11. Honor 10 Lite

Honor 10 Lite is the successor of Honor 9 Lite which was launched in Jan 2018 and was one of the bestselling budget phones of 2018. The Honor 10 Lite aims to replicate the success in 2019 but faces a very different market as new players like Realme have come in and are offering great value for money smartphones in the budget segment.

Honor 10 Lite comes with a dew-drop notch display of 6.21-inch size. The resolution is Full HD+ and the aspect ratio is 19.5:9. The display panel has good color reproduction and viewing angles are decent as well. It gets bright but not too bright so using it under direct sunlight can be difficult. The back of the phone has a glossy reflective back which gives it a nice premium look. The device feels good in the hand and is easy to use as well. 

 The phone comes with a 3400 mAh battery and battery backup is just above average. You can expect 1 day of backup on a single charge which is not exiting at all. The charging speed isn't fast either. 

Kirin 710 chipset powers the Honor 10 Lite and there is 4 to 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The 6GB RAM variant is overpriced so just go with the 4GB variant. The processor is a decent performer and handles gamers and multi-tasking easily. The experience is fluid for the most part. The software is EMUI 9 which is based on Android 9 Pie. Some useful customizations are available on EMUI 9 with some bloatware.

The camera on the rear is 13MP+2MP with an F/1.8 + F/2.4 Aperture lens. The 2MP is the depth sensor Honor has been using since ages. The F/1.8 aperture does help in getting better low light pictures from the rear dual camera. The front selfie camera is 24MP shooter which takes excellent selfies in both indoor low light and outdoor well-lit conditions. The camera performance of Honor 10 Lite is one of the best you would find in under 15000 price segment. 

Overall, Honor 10 Lite is a well-balanced smartphone under 15000. It faces tough competition from phones like Realme 2 Pro and Redmi Note 6 Pro which are the bestsellers in this segment.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Honor 10 Lite is around Rs. 10999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below