Best smartphones under Rs 15,000 in India

New Delhi: So you are looking for a good mid-range smartphone with solid specs minus the premium price tag. Basically what you want is a phone that delivers the right mix of speed, features, smoothness in usage and an above-average battery life. The huge growth in Indian smartphone market has made is possible to pick just the right phone. But the point here is how to choose the best one. Here we have simplified the process for you by giving information about some great smartphones available in the market that are worthy of every rupee you spend!Spice Stellar Pinnacle Pro Mi-535Market Price: Rs 17999 Rs 12990 (on Saholic -- 28% off)A smartphone with good processing power, camera and built in storage. The Stellar Pinnacle Pro Mi 535 comes with a 5.3-inch screen that has a qHD resolution (540x960 pixels) with support for HD video recording and playback. The Pinnacle Pro Mi 535 is powered by a 1.2GHz quad core processor and is a dual-SIM 3G smartphone. The phone features 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory which is expandable to 32GB via microSD card. It runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, the latest iteration of the operating system. The Mi 535 comes with a 5-megapixel front camera with wide angle view and an 8-megapixel rear camera with autofocus. The Battery life (2550 mAh) is the highlight of Pinnacle Pro - it easily lasts 18 to 19 hours with lots of calls, web browsing, emails, social networking and some gaming. Other prominent features of the Mi 535 include USB On-The-Go, Pop-up play, Flip to Mute, Intelligent Answer, Direct Call, Gesture Screen Lock, Hi Connect, Boot Acceleration and Power Saving Mode similar to Stellar Pinnacle Mi 530.Sony Xperia LMarket Price Rs. 18490 Rs. 15199 (On Flipkart -- 17% Off)It is a good value for money device. The Xperia L is a 4.3-inch smartphone that comes with Sony's attractive styling, a dual-core processor and an 8-megapixel camera. It has an arched body that's reminiscent of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S phone, with a matte black back.The arch makes it comfortable to hold. It's 128mm long, 65mm wide and 9.7mm thick. Although the processing power of Xperia L is less as compared to 1.5 GHz processor we're seeing on premium smartphones, but it does not affect the handset's performance. Apps open and shut with a snap and animations are silky-smooth.Also, its 854x480 resolution is pretty standard for a phone at this price. The Xperia L's LCD display doesn't give the true blacks of an AMOLED screen, but blacks are still very deep. It's a high-quality display for a relatively inexpensive handset. The Xperia L comes running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which is now quite an old version of Google's mobile software. The Xperia L packs an 8-megapixel camera around the back. That's much less than the 13 megapixels of the Xperia Z, but given its price it is pretty much okay.A 1,750mAh battery is certainly mediocre. Sony reckons you can get 8 hours 30 minutes of talk time from the phone.With its sleek black and silver design, the Sony Xperia L is a good budget phone. However, it's let down though by its lacklustre performance, older, glitchy software, meagre storage and only adequate camera.Nokia Lumia 620Market Price Rs. 14999 Rs. 12650 (On Flipkar.t --- 15% OFF)Nokia Lumia 620 is the most economical Windows Phone 8 smartphone available as of date. The phone offers the same software features that the higher priced Lumia 820 and 920, but packs all of them in a compact form factor. The 620 has a great build quality as it fits snugly in hands. With the 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Processor and the attractive Windows Phone 8 OS, the Lumia 620 is scores well on performance parameters. The 620 features a 3.8-inch touchscreen display with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution and Nokia's ClearBlack technology that make it comfortable to read in bright outdoor conditions. The colours also tend to be visibly sharper and more prominent with this technology. The WP8 UI with its Live Tiles and social network integrated phone book worked seamlessly.The Lumia 620 has a 5 MP primary camera with 4x digital zoom and LED flash. You also have a secondary camera and HD video recording. A 1300 mAh battery powers the Nokia Lumia 620 giving you up to 14 hours of talktime on 2G and up to 9 hours on 3G. You also enjoy up to 330 hours of standby time on the 3G network. The Lumia 620 has an internal memory of 512 MB and mass storage of 8 GB. The phone's memory can be expanded up to 64 GB using micro SD cards. With GPRS, EDGE, 3G and Wi-Fi, your internet connectivity is solid. The phone comes pre-loaded with apps like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Gmail and Yahoo.Thanks to Dolby's Headphone Sound Enhancement technology, the handset provided well-balanced tones with a resounding bass line and slightly sharp but well-managed higher tones.Overall, it is a great phone for people who want to give the Windows OS a try, without going to spend heavily on high-end models. Karbonn Titanium S5Price: Rs 9999The Karbonn S5 Titanium looks very refined as compared to its predecessor. It offers a better build, improved camera and a bigger screen. The S5 Titanium has 5-inch qHD IPS screen, offering a resolution of 540x960 pixels and pixel density of 221ppi, which results in sharper graphics and text. Although the colors and saturation levels of the display are almost spot on but the viewing angles were not up to the mark. The low qHD resolution does not lend any favour to the handset either with the visible softness in text and images. The Karbonn S5 Titanium is powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8625 quad-core processor. It has 1GB RAM onboard, and Adreno 203 chip for processing graphics. There is 4GB of internal storage, which is expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. With Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the overall experience of navigation through the interface is good. The apps opens without a lag, playing games is easy and scrolling through web pages or switching between apps is a breeze.The phone comes with an 8-megapixel autofocus shooter that takes good images in daylight as well as low light conditions. The camera app features settings for white balance, exposure, aspect ratio, face-detection, red eye reduction among others. The phone comes with a 2000mAh battery, which will last a full day with medium to heavy usage, including 1-1.5 hours of phone calls, two e-mail accounts with push notifications, screen at maximum brightness, and playing some music and video clips.The Karbonn S5 Titanium smart phone comes with a Dual SIM capability, where SIM 1 supports 3G while SIM 2 supports 2G.iBerry Auxus Nuclea N1Price: Rs 16910 (On Flipkart)The iBerry Auxus Nuclea N1 looks a lot like the HTC Butterfly. The device has been made of plastic but feels quite robust. It has a 5-inch, full HD display (1920 x 1080 pixels) with Gorilla Glass 3 that makes it scratch resistant and sturdy. The viewing angles are great and the display is impressive resulting in sharp, bright and natural colours. The Auxus Nuclea N1 comes with MT6589T Quad core Turbo 1.5GHz processor along with a PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU clocked @ 357MHz. The Nuclea N1 comes with 13MP rear facing camera with BSI sensor and Auto- Focus. It is good for daylight use, but noise creeps in when used on the inside. The default camera app is sluggish. But video recording in full HD is good in quality. A 2800mAh powers the smartphone. The Auxus Nuclea N1 comes bundled with 4 colour variants in the box, which means users can choose which colour panel to use.Overall, a solid phone with great specs that comes with affordable pricing.