Updated 20 May, 2013, 8:22 pm IST

Best smartphones for all budgets to brighten up Diwali

12 Nov, 2012 | by Roydon Cerejo

We don’t really need an excuse to shop but it’s nice to have one anyways. Festivals are one of those excuses we use to buy ourselves shiny new

Smartphones under Rs. 30,000

Google Nexus 4 – Rs. 23,500
All of a sudden, LG seems to dominate the sub-30K price bracket after Google launched the new Nexus 4 handset, running the latest version of Android Jelly Bean. While LG hasn’t officially unveiled it in India or ever will (given the history of Nexus devices in our country), you can find this quad-core handset for as little as Rs. 23,500 for the base model on eBay; the 16GB model retails at 27K.

Google's latest offering

4.7-inch True HD-IPS touchscreen with a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution
3G, EDGE, dual-band Wi-Fi
Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0
GPS with A-GPS Support and GLONASS
8MP AF camera with 1080p video recording and an LED flash
Secondary 1.3MP Camera
8GB internal memory

LG Optimus 4X HD – Rs. 27,500
It’s very easy to dismiss this phone as upper mid-range handset considering the price, but in fact, this is by far one of the more value for money smartphones you’ll find on shelves today. This is a quad-core smartphone with a massive 4.7-inch HD IPS display – all for under 30K! LG’s high-end phones have never really sold well above 30K, so it really had no choice but to slash the price drastically to make it attractive.

Amazing value after the price drop

4.7-inch True HD IPS touchscreen with a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution
3G, EDGE, dual-band Wi-Fi
Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0
GPS with A-GPS Support
8MP AF camera with 1080p video recording and an LED flash
Secondary 1.3MP Camera
16GB internal memory, expandable via microSD card slot

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Page 2: Under 20K

Page 3:Under 30K

Page 4:Over 30K and honourable mentions

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