Phones below 5000 Rupees: The Best Five in India | 2012

Internet is infested with the reviews and news about the latest high tech Apple or Android Smartphone’s, the price of which is close to your one eye or a leg. Phones below 5000 Indian rupees are not exactly such smart, super fast, sleek and trendy devices. But most of the Indians cannot afford or not willing to go for a mobile with higher price tags. The cheap Chinese mobiles rule in this segment. But still there are some high quality options too.

Major brands like Nokia, Samsung, Motorola or Sony Erricson have some models in below Rs 5000 section in India. Some Indian brands like Micromax and Karbonn have their offerings too. Nowadays, there are some android smartphones available under Rs 5000; like the Micromax A50 Ninja, A52, A45, Karbonn A5 etc. These phones will be discussed later in another hub.

You can have Android mobiles too in below Rs 5000 in India!

It is very tough to select best five among so many good options. Phones below RS 5000 in India can be divided into five broad categories: Smart Phones, Touch Screen Phones, Dual Sim Phones, Full Keyboard Phones and Classical Phones.

There are admires for each types of mobile phones. It depends on personal choice. People who have a good costly phone want to buy a classical phone with long battery service. Some wants to get the test of an Android device without spending much money.

Here in this article I have tried to balance between different categories to choose the best five.

Rs: 4699

This is a 3G mobile made by Samsung the world’s top mobile company. This is a very good touch phone device. But it is not a Smartphone. The main features and specifications of this mobile are given below:

Smartphone: No Touchscreen: Yes

QWERTY keypad: No Screen Size: 2.8

Screen Resolution: 320x240 Processor: N.A.

Dimensions: 96x54x13 Weight: 80g

Bluetooth: Yes 3.0 3G/GPRS/Wi-Fi: Yes/Yes/Yes

Camera: Yes, two, primary 1600x1200

Battery: 1000 mAh (800 h 2G standby / 500 h 3G standby; 10 h 2G talk time/ 5h 3G talk time)

Rs. 4749

Yes, you can even get a “Superfone” in below Rs. 5000 in India. It only happens in India…lol. Everybody knows about the voice assistant “Siri” in Apple’s iPhone. Well, Micromax also brings a poor man’s Siri in phones below 5000! The name of their Siri is AISHA. You can order your phone to do a google search about something and AISHA will understand your command and do the search for you and show you the results. She will do many such things if you wish. Alas! She does not know Hindi. The mobile is Dual Sim.

Check out the specs:

Smartphone: Yes ( Android Gingerbread) Touchscreen: Yes

QWERTY keypad: No Screen Size: 3.1

Screen Resolution: 320x240 Processor: 650MHz

Dimensions: 113x61x13 Weight: 80g

Bluetooth: Yes 2.0 3G/GPRS/Wi-Fi: Yes/Yes/Yes

Camera: Yes, one 2MP Memory:

Battery: 1200 mAh (240 h standby, 4h talk time)

Rs. 4444

Samsung Ch@t is a very popular phone in India. This phone is noted for its top notch QWERTY full keyboard. This mobile has an optical trackpad.

Specs are like these:

Smartphone: No // Touchscreen: No

QWERTY keypad: Yes // Screen Size: 2.4

Screen Resolution: 320x240 // Processor: N.A.

Dimensions: 103x55x12 // Weight: 96g

Bluetooth: Yes 2.1 // 3G/GPRS/Wi-Fi: Yes/Yes/Yes

Camera: Yes, two, primary 1600x1200

Battery: 1000 mAh (288 standby / 3h talk time)

Rs.4480

LG’s Cookie is a successful mobile brand in India. Low priced, well built Cookie models are still popular among the Indian youth. Cookie Duo is a dual SIM version (GSM –GSM) of the popular Cookies.

Smartphone: No // Touchscreen: Yes

QWERTY keypad: No // Screen Size: 2.8

Screen Resolution: 320x240 // Processor: N.A.

Thickness: 12.9 // Weight: 100g

Bluetooth: Yes 2.1 // 3G/GPRS/Wi-Fi: No/Yes/Yes

Camera: Yes, 2MP // Memory: 50MB internal

Battery: 1100 mAh (696 h standby / 17 talk time)

Rs. 4166

Nokia C2-06 Touch and Type has a slider keyboard, a touch screen and also Dual SIM ! You cannot find such a device in the market easily. This mobile is one of the top in below 5000 mobiles in India. We know it is a fashion nowadays to bash Nokia in every opportunity but believe me Nokia phones are not that bad.

The features and specs are as follows:

Smartphone: No // Touchscreen: Yes

QWERTY keypad: No ( have a sliding keyboard) // Screen Size: 2.6

Screen Resolution: 320x240 // Processor: N.A.

Thickness: 17 // Weight: 115g

Bluetooth: Yes 2.1 // 3G/GPRS/Wi-Fi: No/Yes/No

Camera: Yes, 2MP // Memory: 50MB internal

Battery: 1020 mAh (400 h standby / 5 talk time)