5 best smartphones in India under Rs 17,000

New Delhi: Read on to find out top five smartphones that really stand out in terms of design and display, processing power, multitasking, camera capability and battery life. XOLO Q2000 At first glance, the Q2000 seems to be inspired by Sony's Xperia devices — a big black slab with plain black finish. The USP of the device is a bigger body of 5.5 inch screen with HD resolution. The device offers 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. Xolo Q2000's screen offers good viewing angles with optimum brightness and color reproduction. Outdoor visibility is above average though the screen is reflective. The Xolo Q2000 comes with a 13-megapixel autofocus shooter that takes great images in daylight. It also does a pretty decent job even in low-light conditions. The phone can record full-HD videos and offers EIS or Electronic Image Stabilisation to minimise distortions caused by shaking of hands while shooting a video. The Xolo Q2000 is powered by a 1.2GHz Mediatek MT6589 quad-core processor. It has 1GB RAM onboard, and PowerVR SGX 544MP chip for processing graphics. There is 8GB of internal storage, which is expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. The Xolo Q2000 runs Android 4.2.1 with not much customization, except for offering four preloaded themes. The Xolo Q2000 comes with a 2600mAh battery, which can last a full day with medium to heavy usage.Gionee Elife E5 The USP of Gionee Elife E5 is the AMOLED screen and the ultra slim body with a 6.85mm thickness. The handset measures 7.27mm x 69.98mm x 137.95mm and weighs 133 grams. The device offers good build quality and excellent finish. The phone offers 4.8 inch AMOLED screen with supported resolution of 1280×720 pixels (305.96 ppi). The screen offers brighter display and excellent viewing angles. Elife E5 packs a Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection on the screen, so there will be no chance of getting scratches on the display. The Gionee Elife E5 is powered by a quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor clocked at 1.5 GHz along with PowerVR SGX 544MP2 GPU. There are hardly any performance issues with the phone as the screen runs smooth, without any lag. It scored around 1600 points on Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark, more than 16,000 points on AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3 and 4927 on Quadrant Benchmark. There is 1GB of RAM of which 579 MB is available and of the 16 GB onboard storage space. There is no micro SD card slot and hence users cannot add external storage. Gionee Elife E5 comes with 8-megapixel of the rear camera with LED flash and BSI sensor. E5's has a 5-megapixel front facing camera which can record 720p HD videos. The phone has the ability to record 1080p Full HD resolution videos at 30fps. The Gionee Elife E5 is packed with a 2000 mAh battery, which is very impressive. The company has installed various apps in this phone for making the battery life better. Connectivity options include 3G (HSDPA), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth v 4.0 with A2DP and GPS. It also comes with wireless display which will allow you to easily share the content from this phone to your HDTV. It comes without USB OTG support and also includes scheduled airplane and power ON and OFF mode.Karbonn Titanium S9 Karbonn Titanium S9 has a similar design like Samsung smartphoes. The S9 is slightly bigger than the Note 2 but other aspects are very much similar. The phone comes with a big 5.5 inch IPS screen with 1280×720 pixels. The display offers good viewing angles along with smooth and responsive touch panel. The S9 is powered by a 1.2GHZ MediaTek MT6589 quad core processor along with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. The handset comes with 1GB RAM and 16GB storage. For additional storage a micro-SD slot has been given that supports 32GB cards. The device offer a 13MP rear camera along with a 5MP front camera. The rear camera takes decent photos in daylight as well as low-light conditions. The camera can record quality videos in 720p resolution. You can play full HD videos using MX player. The dual-SIM S9 runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) The smartphone supports 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. It also comes with G-Sensor, proximity sensor, and ambient light sensor. It packs in 2,600mAh battery.Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 The Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 is the first smartphone from the company to come with a FullHD (1920x1080 px) display, which is 441ppi on its 5-inch IPS screen. The phone offers good built and feels great to hold. The aluminium chassis also feels durable, but due to its unibody design, the battery is also non-removable. Clearly, Turbo is a marked improvement over the Canvas 4 in terms of aesthetics and build quality. The Canvas Turbo uses Sharp's Continuous Grain Silicon (CGS) technology which enables lower power consumption and more components like the display controller and LCD interface to be integrated into the panel. This reduces the need for extra components to be connected to the display. The Full HD resolution of the IPS panel offers crisper text and sharper colours. The display is bright and sunlight legibility is pretty good as well. It's powered by the familiar 1.5GHz quad-core Mediatek MT6589 processor and offers 2GB of RAM. Of the 16GB internal memory, 12.5GB is available to the user, with no card slot to expand it. The 13-megapixel camera on the back also shoots 1080p FullHD video, while the front houses a 5-megapixel camera. All of this supports Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.The A250 is a quad-band GSM handset with single-band 3G. Connectivity options include Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and DLNA. The Canvas Turbo comes with gesture controls to perform actions like unlocking and accessing the phone without using hands. Answering a call is easy, just put the phone to your ear and put the call on speaker by flipping it over. Looking away from the screen will pause the content displayed on the phone. The device gets its juice from a 2000 mAh battery. iberry Auxus Nuclea N1 The star attraction of the phone is its sleek design, full-HD display, and a solid processor. It is a premium-looking handset and comes bundled with four different colour panels. The device has a thickness of 10.19mm and weighs 134 grams. The Auxus Nuclea N1 sports a 5.0-inch full-HD 1080p Active Matrix display based on OGS (One Glass Technology). The display also features Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The device is powered by a 1.5GHz Mediatek MT6589T quad-core processor with VR SGX 544MP GPU clocked at 357MHz for enhancing gaming experience. The Auxus Nuclea N1 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The phone boasts of a 13.0-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor and auto-focus, and an 8.0-megapixel front camera. The company has added a number of features to the camera including Burst mode, Smile/face detection, HDR, Panorama, Geo-tagging, Anti-flicker and full HD video recording capability.It is a dual-SIM phone (GSM+GSM) that offers 4GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 64GB. Backing the device is a 2,800mAh battery which as per the company's claim, delivers a talktime of 12 hours and a standby time of 250 hours.