BEST MOBILE PHONES UNDER 30000 IN INDIA

The OnePlus Nord CE 6 feels like a phone that understands restraint. It focuses on delivering a dependable, polished smartphone experience rather than trying to dominate every metric on the spec sheet. The display is fantastic, and battery life is among the best in the segment. However, it is not without its caveats. The OnePlus Nord CE 6, however, successfully manages to compensate with balance.

The Realme P4 Power is a brand new phone from Realme that is focused on delivering immense battery life from a smartphone. Despite packing a massive high-capacity battery inside, it’s as thick as a Pro-branded Apple iPhone and somehow manages to have an IP69 rating for dust and water.

Realme’s choice chipset lets the phone have enough raw performance without going overboard. It’s enough for some high-end gaming but decent in terms of performance benchmarks. This is mainly down to the use of a dual-chip system.

Camera performance is average for a smartphone at this price point. But it could have been better. Low light imaging isn’t great and the same goes for selfies.

The massive battery can easily last two days on a full charge and can even be used to charge other accessories and iPhones. Charging the massive battery is also very quick.

The Motorola Edge 70 feels like a smartphone that knows who it’s for and doesn’t try too hard to impress. While it may not have the flashiest specifications on paper, it excels at the things people actually notice every day — the in-hand feel, the smoothness of interactions, and its reliability in lasting through a full day of use. Despite its caveats, these elements create a well-rounded and comfortable user experience.

The Vivo V60e is positioned as a mid-premium handset that serves as a ‘lite’ version of the V60. It can give you multi-day use with its large battery, while the cameras can capture fantastic shots when the lighting is right. However, the experience isn’t perfect. Bloatware issues are persistent, and the screen struggles to deliver in outdoor conditions. Despite its shortcomings, the Vivo V60e is a good choice for camera enthusiasts and a strong performer.

At a price tag of Rs. 32,999, the Oppo F31+ 5G impresses on two metrics: its battery life and durability. The handset can easily deliver over a day and a half of casual usage and can even stretch to two if you're conservative. It has a robust build that can survive drops and submersion in water and dust. However, these are not the only criteria for a good smartphone today, and other areas leave a bit to be desired. The cameras are par for the course, and the overall software experience is riddled with bloatware. These issues, coupled with a dated chipset, make the Oppo F31+ 5G a package that isn?t the best value-for-money.

Realme’s P4 Pro has a polycarbonate frame and rear panel, both of which are prone to accumulating fingerprints. Its design is quite slim and tapered on the sides thanks to the 4D-curved edge display panel and is also IP66-rated for dust and water.

Performance from the new chipset is not a problem and it handles Realme UI 6 without any issues. Gaming is also handled well, allowing users to play high-end games. There’s also a secondary chip for image processing, which lets the phone bump up the visual frame rate, theoretically, but this turned out to be a gimmick.

Camera performance is decent at best. The camera app now forces you to select one of two colour modes both of which makes a photo appear drastically different. There’s 4K video recording, which does a fine job provided you stick to 30 fps. The phone with its massive battery capacity can easily last over day with heavy usage. Charging is sufficiently fast.
 

The OnePlus Nord 5 offers notable improvements over last year's Nord 4 model, including a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and enhanced cameras. A key design change is the replacement of the alert slider with a new "Plus Key," which can be remapped for various functions, including the new Plus Mind feature. 

The Nord 5 runs OxygenOS 15 based on Android 15, offering AI features like Plus Mind, AI VoiceScribe, AI Call Assistant, and AI Translation. It's slated to receive four years of OS upgrades and six years of security updates. The phone features a glass and metal design with a 6.83-inch screen and a substantial 6,800mAh battery.

It features a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC from Qualcomm, and the handset is the first Nord series phone with an 8-series chip. While not the latest, it's optimised for smooth day-to-day operation and demanding applications. The 6.83-inch Full-HD+ AMOLED screen refreshes at 144Hz and supports up to 1,800 nits peak brightness.

Camera capabilities include a 50-megapixel primary sensor with OIS, an 8-megapixel ultrawide, and a 50-megapixel selfie camera. The primary camera performs well in various lighting conditions, while the ultrawide is decent when there's enough light. It also supports up to 4K/60fps video recording on the main and selfie cameras.

The 6,800mAh battery is quite reliable, lasting up to a day and a half with moderate usage, and supports 80W SuperVOOC fast charging. Overall, the OnePlus Nord 5 is a strong contender in its price range, offering reliable performance, a good primary camera, optimised software, and long lasting battery life.

The Realme GT 7T serves as the entry point for consumers in the GT 7 series, offering better value than the GT 7. The battery backup sets a benchmark for the segment, while performance credentials are reassuring. The dual camera setup is decent but could have been better, while the display is top-notch. The GT 7T also features a host of AI capabilities that keep it up-to-date. If you're looking for a smartphone that guarantees performance without compromise, then look no further than the GT 7T.

Motorola’s Edge 60 Pro has a slim and stylish tapered design, which uses a polycarbonate frame and has top-notch IP rating for dust and water. Unlike most brands, there are several different textured finishes to choose from.

Its display has skinny bezels and offers a vibrant viewing experience but lacks HDR support in OTT apps. The top-end mid-ranger processor offers more than enough performance for daily multi-tasking, but cannot offer sustained gaming performance. The software experience is smooth, but does pack some bloatware which can be uninstalled.

Camera performance is very good for this price point. The telephoto camera offers good performance in daylight but shoots slightly softer images in low light. Selfie camera captures oversharpened images.

Battery life did not perform well in our benchmark tests, but did very well in real-world testing. Charging speeds are still relatively fast and the phone also offers fast wireless charging.

The Nothing Phone 3a Pro 5G brings a lot of improvements as compared to its predecessor. The latest smartphone from the brand offers the iconic transparent back panel with an improved Glyph interface. Moreover, the new camera module gives it a distinct look and feel. The handset comes with an IP64 rating, which makes it dust and water-resistant. 

The Vivo V50 offers a slim and stylish design despite using a mix of glass and polycarbonate. It’s design is also IP68 and IP69-rated for dust and water resistance. Vivo makes good use of a quad-curved display to give the phone a slim silhouette, but it still feels a bit heavy because of its large battery.

The display is quite bright and is properly legible in the bright outdoors. However, its quad-curved design does produce some unnecessary and distracting reflections. The phone has the same chipset used in the past two models, but the software handles it all well with a hiccup.

Its lower raw performance is more evident when playing games, as it’s not able to hold a stable frame rate while doing so. However, heating issues are not a problem. Camera performance is a mixed bag and is far from the best we have seen in this segment.

Battery performance stands out, easily managing more than a day of heavy usage. Charging speeds are also quite fast for a device equipped with such a large battery.