10 best smartphones under Rs 21,000

New Delhi: Getting high-end specs at not so heavy price could be easy with the new crop of smartphones available in the market. At just around Rs 21K, you can get several smartphones with 1080p display, quad-core processors, superior hardware and high class imaging capabilities. Read on to find out the best among the lot: 1) Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Price: 20,874 (As on flipkart) The Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 is the successor to the Galaxy Grand. Samsung launched the Galaxy Grand 2 globally in November 2013. It is now listed in two more colour variants on its official India online store - Black and Pink. The smartphone measures 146.8x75.3x8.9mm and weighs about 163 grams.It is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device featuring a 5.2-inch HD TFT display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels.The Galaxy Grand 2 is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor alongside 1.5GB of RAM. It sports an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera accompanied by an LED flash. It also houses a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone comes with 8GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable up to 64GB via microSD card.Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, Micro-USB and 3G (HSPA+). The device packs a 2600mAh battery that can deliver up to 17 hours of talktime. 2) Sony Xperia SP Price: 20,350 (As on Flipkart) Sony Xperia SP packs in a 4.6-inch 720p HD display. The smartphone is available in two colour options - Black and White.The device is powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus dual-core processor along with Adreno 320 GPU. It runs Android 4.1. Sony Xperia SP has 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage, which can be expanded up to 32GB through microSD card.The smartphone comes with an 8-megapixel auto focus shooter with LED Flash and a VGA one on the front. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, DNLA, Bluetooth, NFC and GPS with Glonass. The device gets its juice from a 2370 mAh battery. 3) Lenovo Vibe X Price: Rs,21,399 ( As on Sulekha) The Lenovo Vibe X stands out from the rest due to its slim and stylish design and focus on ergonomics. The device offers rounded edges and laser etched finish giving it a dash of premium-ness. The device comes with a 5-inch full HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, offering a screen resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, a pixel density of 440 pixels per inch. Lenovo says this is the 20/20 vision, pretty much like how Apple treats the Retina display on the iPhone, and offers excellent text crispness and extremely accurate colour reproduction.The Vibe X packs in a quad-core 1.5GHz MTK processor with 2GB of RAM and runs Android 4.2 out of the box.For photography, the device offers a 13-megapixel rear-camera and a 5-megapixel, 84-degree front-facing camera for video calling.Lenovo Vibe X has a full-featured photo app that lets users to organize their photos with tags and folders, and also lets them to make puzzles with them.Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2G and 3G connectivity.The device gets its juice from a 2000mAh battery. 4) HTC Desire 700 Dual SIM Price: 21,120 (As on ebay) HTC Desire 700 is another good mid-ranger from Taiwanese company. The smartphone has recently received a massive price cut and now retails at Rs 22,500 , from its earlier price of Rs 33,050. Measuring 145.5x72x10.30mm, the phone sports a a 5-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) display. The device is powered by a 1.2GHz Quad Core Qualcomm MSM8225Q Snapdragon 200 chipset Processor along with a 1GB RAM.The smartphone comes with a 8GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 64GB using a microSD card.On the photography front, it features an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and HTC Zoe support and a 2.1-megapixel snapper at the front. Other prominent features include HTC BoomSound stereo speakers at the front, a 2,100mAh battery, which is said to be good enough for 11.6 hours of talktime and 582 hours on standby mode. Connectivity options like dual-SIM card slots, 3G support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.On the software front, it runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean wrapped under HTC's Sense UI. 5) Sony Xperia C Price: 17,182 (As On Ebay) The Xperia C features a 5-inch TFT LCD qHD (540x960 pixel) display and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The new Sony Xperia C comes with Sony's OmniBalance design, first seen in its flagship phone, Xperia Z. The device is powered by a MediaTek MTK6589 quad-core processor; clocked at 1.2GHz.It includes 1GB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD card. The Sony Xperia C is a dual-SIM smartphone (GSM+GSM) with dual standby.The Xperia C sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with Exmor R sensor. The camera comes with features like face detection and Sweep Panorama, and is also capable of shooting videos in full-HD (1080p) mode. It also has a 0.3-megapixel front camera.Connectivity options include 3G, Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. The smartphone will be available in White, Black and Purple colour options.The device is backed by a 2330mAh battery, which the company claims can deliver up to 10 hours of talktime and up to 588 hours of standby time. 6) Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Price: Rs. 15,718 ( As on Ebay) The device offers 5 inches TFT LCD display offering screen resolution of 480x800 and 187 ppi pixel density.It is a dual-SIM device that is powered by a 1.2 GHz Dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. It runs Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean) version.The phone sports an 8MP camera with LED Flash and a 2MP front camera.Connectivity options include 3G, WiFi, USB, Bluetooth, GPRS/ EDGE and GPS.The phone has an internal memory of 8GB, which can be further expanded up to 64GB through icro SD Card. The Galaxy Grand duos gets its juice from a 2100mAh battery. 7) Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 Price: Rs. 16999 (As on Flipkart) The Micromax Canvas Turbo features a 5-inch full-HD CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) IPS display with 1080x1920 pixels resolution. The device is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589T (Turbo) processor along with 2GB of RAM. It runs Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and comes with FOTA support. The smartphone supports dual-SIM with one regular SIM and other micro-SIM.It offers 16GB of inbuilt storage, though there is no word on expandable storage. The phone offers 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The camera app of the smartphone offers features like Panorama, Cinemagraph and Object Eraser.The Canvas Turbo packs a 2000mAh battery. The Canvas Turbo offers apps like BBM, hike, Spuul, Kingsoft Office, M!Security, M!Unlock, M!Live and Game-hub. 8) Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Price: 18,455 ( As on India times Shopping) It offers a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display offering resolution of 540 x 960 pixels along with a pixel density of 256 ppi. It is powered by a 1.7GHz Dual-Core processor and 1.5GB RAM. The device packs an 8MP autofocus camera with dual LED Flash along with a front camera of 1.9MP for video callingIt runs Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system.The S4 mini comes in 8GB storage option which can be expanded upto 64 GB via MicroSD card.Samsung Galaxy s4 Mini gets its juice from a 2100mAh battery for uninterrupted entertainment along with connectivity options like 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC, infrared and microUSB 2.0. 9) Samsung Galaxy Grand Z Price: Rs. 17, 299 (As on Ebay) The device comes with 5 inch TFT display, offering a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The smartphone is powered by a 1.2GHz dual core processor and the RAM memory is 1GB.It features an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a secondary 2MP camera. You can view Full HD video recording on 1920 x 1080 pixels, 30 fps with the 4X digital zooming. It even features geo-tagging, touch focus, smile detection, image editor services. It runs Android v4.1 Jelly Bean OS.The phone comes with ample internal storage memory of 8GB.In addition, it has the microSD slot which can be used to expand the memory up to 64GB. The phone comes with inbuilt A-GPS and GLONASS with Google Maps. The battery is 2100mAh Li-ion battery providing up to 440 hours (3G) standby time and 10 hours (3G) talk time. 10. Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Price: 17,082 (As on ebay) The Galaxy Grand Neo is a dual-SIM dual standby device which features a 5.1-inch TFT display with WVGA (480x800 pixel) resolutions.It runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor, alongside 1GB of RAM.The device sports a 5-megapixel rear camera and a VGA (0.3-megapixel) front-facing camera. It also features LED-flash support and auto-focus feature for the rear camera, along with 720p video recording capability.The Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo comes with 16GB in-built storage, which can be expanded up to 64GB via microSD card. The handset also has a support for 3G network, along with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS/AGPS connectivity option.Galaxy Grand Neo is powered by a 2100mAh battery, which can run up to 8 hours on 3G Internet usage, and up to 10 hours with Wi-Fi Internet usage, according to the retail listing.