Gone are the days when owning an Android was an elite affair. Today, along with the bigwigs, even the Indian companies are eyeing the Android market, leading to a choice of a wide variety of Android handsets.
I rip across the currently available phones to bring you the top 10 best droids under Rs 10000.
Samsung Galaxy Pro Duos
Samsung is buzzing with enthusiasm and dishing out smartphones which are catching everyone’s attention. Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos B5512 is a budget, dual SIM, Android 2.3 Ginger based smartphone which presents a concoction of both style and capabilities. Featuring a 2.6 inch LCD touchscreen, its form is bar shaped and it includes a QWERTY keypad in addition to touch display for providing an easy and interactive UI to the user.
Powered by a 832 MHz processor, it performs multitasking exceedingly well and has 160 MB of memory on board which can be extended upto 32 GB. It also has a 3-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front facing camera for video calling.
The phone also offers apps like ‘Find My Mobile’ which allows you to lock the phone from a distant location, in case of theft and loss.
Price:Rs 9500
Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670
Another pocket friendly Android phone by the mighty Samsung. At the first look, it looks like a smaller version of the high end smartphones offered by Samsung. The design is definitely worth glaring at. True to its quality, this handset too has a solid build and is light on your pocket, too.
Featuring a 3.3 inch TFT LCD with QVGA (320x240), the phone also houses a 600 MHz processor. The phone runs on Android Froyo and is equipped with a multiformat music player and 5-megapixel camera.
Price:Rs.9400
Sony Ericsson W8
The first ever Walkman phone running on Android OS. The phone features a 3 inch TFT LCD with 320 x 480 pixel resolution. The disappointment is that the screen lacks multi touch capabilities. An average camera of 3.2 megapixel offers mediocre photography, as would be expected of any phone belonging to this price band. In addition, video recording is done at 30 fps.
The phone offers a 1200 mAh battery that lasts about 6.5 hours of continuous usage. The W8 comes with a propriety technology called Timescape UI that integrates Social Media sites like Facebook and Twitter with the home screen.
A nice and simple device with awesome in-ear earphones and a speaker set definitely makes it a sweet bargain for people who want to go Droid minus the big money.
Price:Rs. 9300
The first phone for an Indian audience and that too equipped with a FM radio. The shape and body is comparable to its predecessor, Curve 8520, though it has shed a few mm of thickness and hence some weight. So this new slimmer and less bulky version is for the youth with a 2.44 inch TFT LCD and 320 x 240 pixel resolution. It is capable of producing better visuals and clearer images than the Curve 8520.
With the newest BB7 OS , single core processor, 9220 has a fast operating speed. To add to its prowess, it comes with 512 MB of RAM, 512 MB ROM, and an option to expand memory up to 32 GB.
The only mood dampener is the 2 megapixel snapper without autofocus or flash.
Price:Rs. 9785
LG Optimus Net P690
Another Android based touchscreen phone from LG with fast access to the social networking sites. The phone has an Android Gingerbread OS v2.3 with the screen’s size of 3.2 inch and a pixel resolution of about 320 x 480.Equipped with a camera which measures 3 megapixels and can zoom upto 4 times the original image size, picture quality is pretty decent.
The Optimus is powered by a 800 MHz processor and has an expandable storage capacity equal to 32 GB. The most important advantage that this phone offers is social and web networking. It allows you to quickly share updates on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn so that you are always connected to your network of people.
Price:RS.8799
Motorola Fire XT530
Motorola Fire XT530 is one of the cheapest fully fledged Android phones. Featuring a good 3.5 inch TFT capacitive multi touch display, Fire XT530 provides good viewing area to the user and also comes with a 0.3 megapixel front facing camera-a privilege in phones of this price band.
Moto Switch UI, a Mode Switch Widget lets you save different modes on the home screen with different apps.
It boasts of a 5megapixel camera and runs on Gingerbread, the 2.3 version of Android OS. With a decent battery life and a 800 MHz processor, this phone continues to be a hit for its value, despite the fact that it was launched way earlier in August 2011.
Price:Rs.9999
HTC Wildfire
HTC produces phones with a style which is unique to its brand. HTC Wildfire is one of the most popular handsets in this band which works on v2.2 (Froyo) platform and features a 3.2 inch touchscreen. The phone also contains a 5 MP Primary camera, and weighs about 118g. The phone is powered by 528 MHz ARM11 Processor and has an expandable storage capacity of about 32 GB.
The handset comes in a couple of cool color combinations and proves to be of some serious competition amongst the mid range phones.
Price:Rs.9949
Micromax A70
One of the companies which has been aggressively manufacturing phones which fit in the budget as well as provide features which are top-class. The A70 features a 3.2 inch capacitive touch display. The phone has a stylish metallic look and has four keys – Back, Home, Search and Options.
The hardware consists of a 600 MHz processor, 256MB RAM and the phone runs on Froyo, Android v2.2.In addition a 1450 mAh battery keeps the phone charged for about 36 hours. The phone also boasts of a 5 megapixel camera, a music player, a video player and a FM radio.
Low on weight and low on the price, this is definitely a pick if you want to go Droid for less.
Price:Rs.7500
Sony Ericsson xperia X10 Mini
A combination of style and beauty, this phone is equipped with both a touch facility and a keypad.The screen is small in comparison to its other competitiors measuring about 2.55 inch. However, the phone features a pretty decent camera of 5 megapixels and a Android V2.1 (Eclair) OS.
The phone’s processing power is taken care by a 600 MHz ARM11 Processor and the internal memory stands at about 128MB with 32GB of expandable memory.
Quite a bargain at the price it stands at.
Price:rs.9685
Micromax Superfone Lite
Another phone by Micromax which is a hit because of its elegant and stylish form, but reasonable on the pocket.
This one runs on the Android Gingerbread OS. The phone supports dual SIM functionality and comes with a graphic card that enhances the gaming capabilities of the smartphone. The phone comes with a 3-megapixel primary camera with a LED flash, in addition to a VGA camera for video calling.
Price:Rs.8545
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