Best Mobile Phones Under Rs. 10,000

Nokia C5 - Rs. 7,599
The Nokia C5 belongs to a breed of phones that is slowly disappearing. It is hard to come across phones without touchscreens these days and amongst them, phones with no QWERTY phones are even fewer. But there are still a lot of people out there who would like a simple candybar phone with a traditional keypad and the Nokia C5 is would be perfect for them.

The C5 has a slim and compact design. It is also very light yet well built with a strong metal back. It has a 2.2-inch QVGA display, large comfortable keypad, 3 megapixel camera with VGA video recording. It also has 3G HSPA connectivity so you can take advantage of the faster Internet connection speeds that Indian carriers have finally began offering. Best of all, the Nokia C5 is a Symbian S60 smartphone, so you can multitask between applications and install additional 3rd party software from the Ovi Store and other sources.

Samsung Wave 533 - Rs. 8,899

Looking for a QWERTY phone in this price range? Look no further than the Wave 533. It has by far the biggest QWERTY keypad you can find under 10k. It also 3.2-inch, 320 x 400 resolution touchscreen and the phone runs on Samsung's bada OS. It also packs in 3 megapixel camera Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0 and A- GPS.

Spice MI-310 - Rs. 7,399

 

Thanks to Indian companies like Spice, prices of Android smartphones have come down a lot and now we finally have some good Android phones under Rs. 10,000. One such phone is the Spice MI-310. It runs on Android 2.2 Froyo and comes with all the bells and whistles that one would expect in a much more expensive smartphone. It has a 3.2-inch HVGA display, 3G HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, A-GPS, 2 megapixel camera and an optical trackpad. All this for just Rs. 7,399.

LG Optimus One - Rs. 10,299

We keep recommending this phone and that's only because we think it's awesome. It offers a super combination of price and performance which makes it great value for money. It has a 3.2-inch QVGA HVGA display, 3G HSPA, Bluetooth, W-Fi, A-GPS, 3 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, VGA video recording, DivX/Xvid playback and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo with Gingerbread update arriving later. It's slightly above Rs. 10,000 but we think it is well worth the stretch.