TOP 10 Phones Under 30000 and 35000 in India 2020 (with Reviews)

1. Realme X2 Pro

The X2 Pro is basically a flagship killer and is the direct competitor for the Oneplus 7T in the Rs. 30000 to 35000 price range.

The X2 Pro comes with a 6.5inch SAMOLED panel. The resolution is FHD+ and you will love it. Media consumption on the phone is simply put amazing and when coupled to the stereo speakers powered by Dolby Atmos you have an immersive media consumption and gaming experience. Speaking of gaming, the 90Hz refresh rate on the display is another touch that gamers will greatly appreciate while gameplay. Being an AMOLED panel, you also get an in-display fingerprint sensor which is simply put amazing to have.

The specs on the X2 pro is simply put beastly. You get an octa-core beast of a processor in the form of the SD885+. Day to day tasks will be simply put crushed and so will be any game that you through at it. This is also thankful to the massive 12GB of RAM, 2 56GB of UFS 3.0 storage and the vapor cooling chamber that is used in the phone. The software side of things is handled by their proprietary ColorOS atop Android 9 and will later this year be updated to Android 10 with Realme UI 1.0. 

The battery is another department where the X2 pro simply put annihilates the competition. You get a 4000mAh battery which will last you an entire day of usage but what’s really great is in the charging system. You get a massive 50W super VOOC charger which will top up the phone from 0-100 in just 35 minutes. 

Finally coming to the camera department, we get to work with a quad-camera setup at the back. You get a massive 64MP primary shooter for those greatly detailed snaps. Then we get a 13MP 2X telephoto for lossless zoom an 8MP Super-ultra-wide for fitting more scene in a tight corner and finally a 2MP depth sensor for portraits. On the selfie front, you get a 16MP sensor for greatly detailed selfies.

Overall, Realme X2 Pro is a great budget flagship phone under 30000 in India. Go for the highest 8GB 256GB variant if you are a heavy user.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Realme X2 Pro is around Rs. 29999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

2. Samsung S10 Lite

The Lite version of the S10 from last year released earlier this year created some serious competition for the likes of budget flagships such as the Oneplus 7T and the Realme X2 pro. You get one of the best camera setup in this price segment and the other aspects of the phone are great too. 

The S10 lite gets a huge punch hole camera 6.7inch FHD+ super AMOLED display. The panel in word looks amazing. Thanks to the punch hole you get a pretty amazing and immersive experience and make phones with notch look old fashioned. The panel also has an in-display fingerprint sensor for biometrics. 

The processor powering the S10 lite is the octa-core SD855. This is a very powerful processor and when coupled to a massive 8GB of RAM not only are day to day tasks crushed but so are high-end games. The internal storage is 128GB and is further expandable via a micro SD card up to 1TB. On the software front, you get One UI 2.0 atop Android 10. The UI is much more tolerable than previous skins from Samsung and the future versions of the UI will become much faster and stock like.

The battery on the S10 lite is a massive 4500mAh one and will very easily last you an entire day of usage. Samsung also includes a 25W fast charger and will top the battery up really quick if you end up killing it.

Finally, coming to the camera department we get a 48MP primary shooter which comes with Super steady OIS for not only highly detailed pictures but silky-smooth videos too. Apart from that you also get a 12MP ultra-wide for fitting those beautiful shots in tight positions. Last but not the least you get a 5MP macro sensor for those closeup macro shots. The selfie shooter which is also an in-display one is a 32MP shooter that delivers extremely detailed selfies and has provision for face unlock too delivering a great experience overall.

Samsung S10 Lite is the phone you should buy if you have a budget of around Rs. 40000.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Samsung S10 Lite is around Rs. 39999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

3. Vivo V17 Pro

Vivo V series has been a great hit in the last couple of years and this is the latest phone in that series: Vivo V17 Pro. Vivo has been providing the latest features at a great price in the V series and here also we have a similar case. The display on V17 Pro is a notch-less display with minimal bezels all around. Vivo has provided a pop-up camera with a dual setup. This is the first time we are seeing a dual-camera setup in the pop-up. The primary selfie camera is 32MP and take gorgeous selfies in both well lit and low lit conditions.

On the back of V17 Pro, we have a quad camera setup. The rear camera setup includes a 48MP primary sensor, a 13MP telephoto lens to zoom in without losing quality, an 8MP wide-angle lens, and a 2MP macro lens for taking close up shots of flowers, insects, etc. This is an impressive camera setup with a lot of very useful lenses. If you want to zoom in, use the telephoto lens, for capturing more in a single frame using the wide-angle lens.

The V17 Pro runs on the Snapdragon 675 processor which is the disappointing part of this phone. The same processor is there in Redmi Note 7 Pro and it is selling at around 10000 only so a processor like Snapdragon 730 would have been great here. Still, the performance of the phone is excellent, thanks to massive 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. 

The battery inside V17 Pro is 4100 mAh and comes with an 18W fast charger inside the box. It charger the phone in less than 2 hours and you can expect a backup of around 2 days with normal usage.

Overall, Vivo V17 Pro is a great camera smartphone under 30000. If you need more powerful hardware, go for Asus 6Z or Redmi K20 Pro.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Vivo V17 Pro is around Rs. 27990. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

4. Redmi K20 Pro

Redmi K20 Pro is Redmi's flagship phone of 2019 and is the most powerful Redmi phone ever built. The phone looks gorgeous and is well built. It comes in 3 nice colors and has an Aura Prime Design which looks very elegant and fresh.

The display on the front is 6.4 inches large AMOLED display and has no notch or hole. It has a screen to body ratio of around 92%. The front camera has been placed inside the phone and pops out whenever you enable the front camera. Pop Up cameras are in trend and users like it so we have no complaints.

The K20 Pro runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset which is the most powerful processor available as of 2019 and can handle all types of games and apps without any lag at all. With the powerful chipset, there is 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage which would be enough for most users. The overall performance of the phone is excellent and gamers are going to love it.

For taking pictures, Xiaomi has provided a triple camera setup on the back with a 48MP primary sensor, 13MP wide-angle lens, and an 8MP telephoto lens. Inside, the pop-up, we have a 20MP front camera. The camera performance of the K20 Pro is great and it takes great-looking pictures with plenty of details, good colors and contrast as well.

The battery inside the K20 Pro is 4000 mAh battery and the phone comes with an 18W fast charger as well. Other features of this phone include Hi-Fi DAC Audio Playback, Dual-band GPS and in-display fingerprint sensor. 

Overall, Redmi K20 Pro is a really powerful budget flagship phone under Rs. 30000 and impresses in every department.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Redmi K20 Pro is around Rs. 27999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

5. OnePlus 7

OnePlus 7 is the 2019 variant of OnePlus flagship series smartphone which was launched along with OnePlus 7 Pro. OnePlus 7 has a dewdrop notch design and comes with a 6.41-inch AMOLED display. Undoubtedly, the display is best in the price range with punchier colors and is bright in outside light. 

It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor which has a massive AnTuTu score of 362000. OnePlus 7 is available on Amazon in 2 variants, it has 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB storage and an 8 GB RAM variant with 256 GB storage. Here the storage is UFS 3.0 instead of the UFS 2.1 seen in most of the smartphones. This upgrade makes the performance further smooth and it is the only phone along with OnePlus 7 Pro to come with UFS 3.0

For the camera, OnePlus 7 has a 48 MP Sony IMX sensor and a 5 MP depth sensor for portrait shots and for the selfie, it has a 16 MP sensor. The images are sharp having perfect colors and cover a lot of details. In low light conditions, the camera takes some time to focus and has some pixelation on the zooming. But overall in the day to day usage, this OnePlus 7 captures great images and the camera app has good features. The video supports OIS and can capture 4K at 60 fps.

You get Oxygen OS for the software which is based on Android Pie and has useful customizations and features. Coming to the battery capacity, we have a 3700 mAh powerhouse with a 20 W fast charger. 100 percent charging gets completed in around 70 minutes and offers around more than 1-day backup. However, one con is that the phone does not have a headphone jack.

At under 35000, OnePlus 7 is the best smartphone you can get.

Price and Available Offers

The price of OnePlus 7 is around Rs. 32999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

6. Asus 6Z

Asus 6Z is a flagship smartphone which comes at a price of around 30000 and it has a 6.39-inch full-view display with a Full HD+ resolution. The screen in sharp and has vivid colors. The build quality is very premium with the complete phone built with Aluminium chassis and the front has a Gorilla Glass 6 protection. This flagship is powered by Qualcomm 2019 most powerful Snapdragon 855 processor.

This phone comes in 2 variants 6 GB with 64 GB and 128 GB memory storage and 8 GB with 256 GB memory storage. The multitasking is super smooth of this smartphone and all the apps and games work very swiftly. You can choose on the variants based on your requirement of the magnitude of multitasking of heavy software and internal memory requirement.

This Asus 6Z holds a unique flip camera design with the rear and front camera being same and which flips out from rear when you take a selfie from the camera app so both the front and rear camera share same sensors. We get a 48 MP Sony IMX586 primary sensor and a 13MP wide angle sensor. The camera performance as expected in a true flagship as it captures unimaginable details in the photo. The images are sharp, crisp and perfect colors. The wide-angle images and videos are also good and you will love to use this feature.

With the flip feature, you get to enjoy the similar feature and image quality in the front camera as in a rear camera.  You can additionally adjust the angle of the flip camera using the volume button to capture shots at a different angle.

The software is an improved version from Asus which it calls as New UI and is smooth and very well featured at the same time. It has a battery of 5000 mAh capacity which offers an easy backup of around 1.5 days. The Qualcomm quick charge 4.0 is supported with 18 W charger bundled in the box. The fingerprint unlocking is very responsive however for the ace unlock you have to wait for half a second for the camera to flip. 

Overall it is one of the best flagship phones and if you have a budget of 30000 to 40000, you can pick this one.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Asus 6Z is around Rs. 31999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

7. Samsung Galaxy A70

Samsung A70 comes with a big 6.7 inch AMOLED display having the best quality, brightness and color reproduction. The back is built of polycarbonate quality and the color looks good. 

This phone is powered with Snapdragon 675 processor with 6 gigs of RAM and 128 GB internal storage. The phone handles multitasking smoothly and gaming experience is also up to the mark with no lag or issues faced. You can expand the storage up to 512 GB using a dedicated SD card slot.

In the camera, you get a triple rear camera with 32 MP, an 8 MP wide-angle sensor and a 5MP depth sensor for portrait effect. The front camera resides in the front notch and has a 32 MP sensor. The overall camera quality is good with proper detailing and features. However, the camera faces some resistance in the low lights shots.

Galaxy A70 runs on Samsung One UI which is based on Android Pie and is one the best UI from Samsung. It is cleaner and offers good user experience compares to previous versions. 

The battery on A70 comes with a 4500 mAh capacity giving a backup of around 1.5 days easily and also has a Type C for fast charging. Samsung has also bundled a huge 25 W fast charger in the box. You can charge the phone from 0 to 100 in less than 2 hours.

Overall the Galaxy A70 is a great Samsung phone and offers good features and specifications. If you are looking for Samsung brand phone with under 30k budget, then you should go for this one.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Samsung Galaxy A70 is around Rs. 28990. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

8. Google Pixel 3A

Google has lowered the hardware specifications of the Pixel 3 to launch Pixel 3A at under 40000 price point. It comes with a 5.6 inch OLED display which does not have a notch design and has a polycarbonate build. the phones hold solid in hand but the plastic material might hurt some of the followers.

Pixel 3A also has a sub-standard processor, the Snapdragon 670 when we have seen the better processor in under 15000 smartphones. Pixel 3A has 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage which cannot be expanded as there is no SD card slot. The performance goes fine for day to day usage but not something extraordinary you can expect from an under 40k smartphone.

Pixel 3A is relying on powerful camera hardware and software algorithm. It comes with a 12.2 MP rear camera and 8 MP front camera, don't go by the numbers here but the camera scores a 10 on 10 here for the images are brilliant, perfect brightness, color, and low light shots. The feature-rich camera is certainly the topmost feature of this phone.

Pixel 3A has a decent 3000 mAh battery which easily lasts for a full day and that is supported with fast charging and an 18 W fast charger in the box. You can get 7 hours of usage in just 15 minutes of charge. This smartphone runs on the latest Android Pie with full update and security patches for the next 3 years.

Pixel 3A is a decent phone from Google with powerful camera and software but the processor is a big let down. If you have a camera and software as your first preference, only then this phone will make up to your expectations.

Price and Available Offers

The price of Google Pixel 3A is around Rs. 39999. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

9. Nokia 8.1

Nokia 8.1 is another attempt of Nokia to build its market in Android Smartphone. This phone has a 6.18-inch display with Full HD+ resolution and a big notch design. The back is built of glass and the phone looks great.

This phone is powered by the Snapdragon 710 which is the first processor from the 7xx series and the phone scores an AnTuTu of 137866 which is not the best score for a phone under 25000. This phone comes in 2 variants with 4 GB and 6 GB of RAM with 64 GB and 129 GB internal storage respectively. 

On the camera side, Nokia 8.1 has a dual rear 12 MP and 13 MP Zeiss optics sensors and the front camera has a 20 MP sensor and both the camera clicks great pictures in daylight as well low light. The video recording is also smooth and the overall the camera offers good features.

The Nokia 8.1 runs of Android 9 and the UI is decent for a good experience. The battery is also decent with 3500 mAh capacity and gives a backup of 1 day. The battery has a Type C charging with 18 W fast charger so you can charge your phone quickly when needed.

Nokia surely does not beat the likes of Redmi Note 7 Pro and Realme 3 and 3 Pro but the phone is good if you are looking for a Nokia branded smartphone in the budget of 25000 to 30000. 

Price and Available Offers

The price of Nokia 8.1 is around Rs. 20990. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below

10. LG V40 ThinQ

LG V40 is the next flagship and comes with some improvements over the LG G7. This phone has a 6.4-inch P-OLED display with QUAD HD+ resolution and the screen looks totally gorgeous with perfect brightness and colors. The back has a glass display and attracts finger smudges.

For the processor, we have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB internal storage and works very easily with any level of multitasking. You can operate with heavy software and apps without any issues. You can expand the memory up to 2 TB via hybrid sim slot.

LG has put a special focus on the camera where it has introduced a triple rear camera with 12 MP (color sensor) + 16 MP (wide angle lens) + 12 MP (telephoto lens). The front is a dual sensor with an 8 MP + 5 MP (wide angle) sensor. The camera quality is just amazing and comes with a lot of features. Images are sharp and detailed. The low light shots and video recording also holds the flagship standard. Given the quality, the camera will never disappoint you at any time.

The battery backup is somewhat low here with a battery rated at 3300 mAH, the phone just lasts for a day or less so you might sometime need to charge it during the day. The phone supports both fast charging and wireless charging. The audio quality is also amazing on this flagship as it features a very loud boombox speaker, the audio using the headphone jack is also very loud and clear. Overall the audio quality is one of the best among the flagships. LG V40 also has the IP68 rating so you need now worry anytime about damage from dust or water. 

This phone is priced at under 50000 and is available on Amazon. The price somewhat looks on the higher side as the market has other competitive phones like One Plus 6T available with similar features and a 30 percent discounted price.

Price and Available Offers

The price of LG V40 ThinQ is around Rs. 35990. The prices keep changing so please check the latest price and available deals & offers at links below