BEST MOBILE PHONES UNDER 35000 IN INDIA

Realme P4s 5G has been launched in India with a price tag of Rs. 3X,XXX. The smartphone features a flagship-grade 6.8-inch 1.5K (1,272 x 2,772 pixels) Samsung M14 AMOLED display, delivering up to a 144Hz refresh rate and up to 6,500 nits of peak brightness. With the Realme P4s 5G, the company has fixed a major problem its recently launched handsets have been suffering from, which is low-quality display. Moreover, the new P series phone gets an 8,000mAh battery, which offers sub-par battery life. However, the handset features an adequately powerful MediaTek chipset and a capable rear camera system.

The iQOO Z11 is a capable all-rounder that shares much of its DNA with the Vivo S2. However, it edges ahead in a few important areas. Its display is excellent for media consumption, performance is smooth for everyday use, and battery optimisation is noticeably better. The plastic rear doesn't feel particularly premium, and charging is only adequate. Still, if the two sibling phones are similarly priced, I would choose the iQOO Z11.

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.

Oppo F33 series was recently launched in India. The lineup includes two models, dubbed Oppo F33 Pro 5G and the standard Oppo F33 5G. Priced slightly under Rs. 40,000, the Oppo F33 Pro 5G features a unique design and vibrant colour options. Oppo’s F series is positioned to offer decent mid-range devices with a good user experience. The Oppo F33 Pro 5G features a dual rear camera unit, housed in a redesigned fibreglass deco. While it does closely resemble the iPhone 17 Pro's design, the smartphone maker has given the phone its own identity by curving the bottom of the deco.

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.

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.

iQOO’s Neo 10 is a mid-range smartphone design with a mobile gamer’s requirements in mind. However, in the process, it will also attract the non-gaming crowd because of the advantages its gaming-grade hardware brings to the table.

Its chassis and rear-panel use polycarbonate and is a smudge magnet. But this helps shed some weight and keeps the phone’s overall design quite slim given the massive battery and vapour-chamber cooling system.

Its display has skinny borders and is fast enough and useful while playing games thanks to the added chipset, which enables additional gaming features. Performance is top-notch for a mid-range smartphone and it also remains cool when stressed.

The phone’s primary camera performs very well in all lighting conditions but the ultrawide camera left us wanting for more. Battery life is excellent and can easily last beyond a day of heavy use. Wired charging is blazing fast.
 

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 Infinix Note 60 Pro was recently launched in India as another mid-range smartphone from the tech firm. The handset currently retails at Rs. 31,999 in the country, which is a crowded space. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chipset, which is built on a 4nm process, helping it deliver great performance for its price, which surpasses some of the more expensive handsets, too. The dual rear camera system on the Note 60 Pro is also quite capable, with crisp daytime performance and decent nighttime capturing. However, in portrait mode, the phone’s erratic snapping performance gets highlighted.

The Realme 16 gets a fresh-new design, going with a flatter and modern appearance. It also gets a visor-like camera module with all its cameras laid out horizontally. Despite extensive use of polycarbonate for the rear panel and the chassis, the phone still manages at IP69 rating for dust and water resistance.

While software performance gets the job done, raw or gaming performance is underwhelming. Mobile titles heavy on graphics can barely run smoothly despite having a vapour cooling chamber in place to maintain performance.

Software experience is heavy with AI features, some of which deliver. Camera performance is quite poor as the primary camera cannot handle basic daylight performance. The selfie camera does a better job at imaging. Battery life is impressive and can easily handle over a day of heavy use.