The Keys to choosing a Good Smartphone: Price Segment

How important identifying the price segment is?

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Hey there, I am Sagnik, a new face in this ‘Medium’ of communication. And without any sort of ‘Technical Introduction’, getting directly into the point.

I seem to like the current smartphone trends with all the punch-hole bezel-less displays, countless cameras but what I always look for while reviewing, choosing, or referring a smartphone to my friend or family is what they would need in their daily driver. Is the user really looking for that extra Wide Angle Lens, or rather he is looking for a smooth, interactive, ad-less UI?

The exposure of smartphone brands is targetted to a set of audiences. The audience they need, the audience the smartphones would appeal. While all the upcoming smartphones may seem very appealing to you, but at least 50 percent of them are not made for you. So, you should keep some points in mind while choosing the best suitable one for you. Lo let's jump to The Pillars of a Great Smartphone (Term coined by Marques Brownlee). In this blog, I’m going to discuss what are the constrains while choosing the budget for your next phone.

Budget:

Before choosing smartphones or any Technical Gadgets, you should first finalize your budget. Smartphone has different price segments. Though there is no clear divider between the segments, I am trying to separate them as clearly as possible.

Budget Segment: Under 10000 INR.

Mid-range Segment: 10000 INR to 20000 INR

Upper Mid-Range Segment: 20000 INR to 30000 INR

Flagship Killer: 30000 INR to 40000 INR

Premium Range: above 40000 INR

As I said there is no such fine line, so you can find some alterations but that’s totally natural in today’s aggressive smartphone market. So, you have to choose in what segment you are going to look for the options. Don’t have a budget of 20000 and look out for Premium Features then you will end up choosing nothing.

What should look for in these phones to select I will discuss in the new part.

No phone is perfect but still, according to me some of the best phones in the mentioned Price Segments are mentioned below and each the phone mentioned here is based on their Value for Money. But the order doesn' imply their superiority.

Budget Segment

1. Realme Narzo 10A | Rs. 8,499
2. Realme C3 | Rs. 7,900
3. Honor 20i | Rs. 9,999
4. Redmi 8 | Rs. 7,999
5. Samsung Galaxy M10s | Rs. 9,499

Mid-Range Segment

1. Samsung Galaxy M31 | Rs. 16,499
2. Realme X2 | Rs. 17,999
3. Poco X2 | Rs. 17,499
4. Poco F1 | Rs. 17,999
5. Asus ZenFone 5Z | Rs. 16,999

Honorary Mention: Redmi Note 5 Pro | Rs. 12999 (You might question me why? I answered it on another Blog)

Upper Mid-Range Segment

1. Realme X2 Pro | Rs. 29,999
2. Redmi K20 Pro| Rs. 26,999
3. Oppo Reno 3 Pro | Rs. 29,999
4. Asus 6Z | Rs. 27,999
5. Honor View 20 | Rs. 23,999 (Might be out of stock but soon will get in stock)

Flagship Killer

1. OnePlus 7T | Rs. 37,999
2. ROG Phone 2 | Rs. 39,990
3. IQOO 3 | Rs. 34,999
4. iPhone SE 2020 | Rs. 39,999
5. Realme X50 Pro| Rs. 37,990

Premium Range

1. Galaxy S20 Ultra | Rs. 97,999
2. iPhone 11 Pro Max | Rs. 1,17,100
3. Galaxy S20 Plus | Rs. 77,999
4. Motorola Edge Plus | Rs. 74,999
5. OnePlus 8 Pro | Rs. 54,999

I chose these smartphones on May 30th. So some of the prices may vary as the Technical Parts Importing GST has increased from 12% to 18.5%.

Gist Reviews of all of the above smartphones are coming soon in this ‘Medium’ of communication. I will update the Pillars of Smartphones every month and ever pillar will have a separate blog.