Welcome back to the all famous Top 5 series. This time we have in our pocket, the best 5 value for money mobiles you should go for if you have a budget of Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000. Frankly speaking dudes, 20K is a big budget now. Sometimes back, we could hardly manage to get a so-so high end phone with this budget range but now the scene has been changed. You deserve to get a powerful toy for this price.
Feel free to visit similar analysis for different segments such as best mobiles under 5K, top mobiles under 10K and best android mobiles.
1. Nokia E5 – Rs. 10599

Nokia E5 is quite near to Nokia E72 (which is around 5k more expensive) in all aspects. The mobile’s browser is based on the same WebKit rendering engine as Apple’s Safari browser or Google’s Android Browser and delivers a user-friendly web navigation experience. Two hands down against Nokia E72 are 256k colors and absence of front camera.
- 2.36 inches, QVGA, TFT, 256K colors
- 5 Mega Pixels Camera with fixed-focus and LED flash
- Nokia Maps 3.0 With Lifetime Free Navigation
- Full Fledged Email Support
- Wi-Fi, 3G & GPS
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2. Samsung Star Duos B7722 – Rs. 11399

The first Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) mobile with 3G capabilites. Samsung Star Duos B7722 gives you feel of a high-end phone with 3.2 inch touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom and LED flash, Wi-Fi connectivity & Active Sync with Push Mail Support. Great phone for 11K.
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3.2 inches, TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
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5.0 Mega Pixels Camera with Auto Focus and LED flash
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Dual Sim (3G + 2G)
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250MB internal memory, extendable up to 8GB
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3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Push mail
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3. LG Optimus One P500 – Rs. 12799

LG has already sold 2 million units of Optimus One, the first phone in India to come pre-installed with Android 2.2. Recently, the company has also promised Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) upgrade to this phone. Read LG Optimus one review.
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3.2 inches, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
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3 Mega Pixels Camera with Auto Focus
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Android OS, v2.2 Froyo
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Up to 32GB, 2GB included
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CPU – 600 MHz processor
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3G, Wi-Fi, GPS
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4. BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 – Rs.17499

Exclusively for office going folks. The BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 is an enhanced version of the Blackberry Curve 8520. The same optical trackpad is responsive and lets you browse smoothly. QWERTY keyboard is perfect for guyz who are into heavy texting and emailing. It lets you load up to ten email accounts, and the Push Email support fetches your emails as soon as they hit the server.
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2.46 inches, TFT, 65K colors
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2.0 Mega Pixels Camera
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256 MB Internal memory, Extendable up to 32 GB
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3G, Wi-Fi, Push Mail
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5. Nokia C7-00 – Rs. 18999

Take out 4 Mega Pixels from Nokia N8 and you get Nokia C7. The super Amoled screen gives you the utmost picture clarity and the 8 Mega Pixel camera with dual led flash lets you record videos at 25fps. Nokia C7 is loaded with Symbian^3 and powerd by 680MHz CPU along with 256MB of RAM.
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3.5 inches, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
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8.0 MP with dual-LED flash and Full Focus
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0.3 MP VGA front camera
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Symbian^3 OS
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8 GB internal storage, expandable up to 32 GB
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256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM
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ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3D Graphics HW accelerator
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3G, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi, Push mail
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We hope to see some other high end phones e.g. Nokia N8, HTC Legend etc to fall in this category in coming months. But if you can’t wait, go for any of the listed above and you won’t dissapointed.
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i want a mobile which is below Rs.10000 and it has a camera of 8.0mp and above.
Dear Amal,
There is no 8 megapixel phone under 10k. However there are some 5 mega pixel camera mobile phone under 10,000. please visit our top 5 below 10k @ http://mobiletalks.in/top-5/top-5-mobiles-below-10k-jan-2011/
Hi ashwini,1) i want to buy a Samsung Galaxy S2 is it a best bet around Rs 20000/- or should i go for any other smart mobile with andriod OS same configuration. thank is advance .
2) one more my friend want to buy andriod around Rs 10000 some suggest go for LG Optimus One is a good bet and tell me difference in LG Optimus One and Lg Optimus GT540.
venkat