Festive Season has arrived here in India and many of you guys would be searching to buy a new phone, since Smartphone is the comment term used for cell phones these days, today I am going to put forward an updated list 5 high performing cell that are priced quite decently under Rs. 10,000 ($203.17). This list has been generated on following factors:-
- Build Quality
- Ease of Use
- Features & Specs
- Quality of Apps
- Reliability
5) Samsung Galaxy Pro (7.4/10)
Samsung Galaxy Pro is a low range Android Smartphone that comes with a full physical QWERTY keyboard. It is a good phone for those who like to use email client, social networking apps and send a lot of messages. It runs almost all the basic Android Apps and has a pretty nice display resolution.
Key Features - 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display (320 x 240 pixels resolution), 512MB internal storage (expandable up to 32GB), 3.15MP autofocus camera, QVGA video recording at 30fps, Android OS v2.2 Froyo, 800MHz processor, up to 11h battery life, Wi-Fi and 3G enabled.
Bottomline – You should buy Samsung Galaxy Pro if you are looking for a full QWERTY Smartphone that has a good number of quality apps and a powerful processing unit.
Samsung Galaxy Pro can be purchased from internet 
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4) Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro (7.6/10)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro has a lot of features on the inside but that small 2.55 inch display makes it limited to those people who can’t use a phone that has big touchscreens because most of the phones that are coming out these days have at least 3-inch display. Other than the small touchscreen disadvantage it has pretty well formatted slide-out QWERTY keyboard and comes with high quality ear-plugs for great music.
Key Features - 2.55-inch capacitive touchscreen display (240 x 320 pixels resolution), 128MB internal storage (expandable up to 16GB), 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, VGA video recording at 30fps, Android OS v2.1 Eclair, 600MHz processor, Adreno 200 GPU, up to 4h battery life, Wi-Fi and 3G enabled.
Bottomline – If you are looking for a cute little multimedia phone for messaging and social networking with a bit of Smartphone like features then you should go for Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro can be purchased from internet .
3) BlackBerry Curve 8520 (7.6/10)
BlackBerry Curve 8520 may not have the great set of apps that Android phones offer but it is still a great Smartphone for people who like to stay in touch with their business and friends all the time. The integrated email client, web browser and BBM makes this phone a great value for money. It has a pretty low quality of camera and music playback but if you want it to use a phone mostly for checking emails and attachments, this one is a steal.
Key Features - 2.46-inch TFT display (320 x 240 pixels resolution), 256MB internal storage (expandable up to 16GB), 2MP camera, QVGA video recording, BlackBerry OS, 512MHz processor, up to 4h 30m battery life, Wi-Fi enabled.
Bottomline - You can buy BlackBerry Curve 8520 Smartphone if you are looking for a cell phone with that BlackBerry feel but want to remain in the budget because there are several other things on your shopping list.
BlackBerry Curve 8520 can be purchased from internet .
2) Motorola Fire XT311 (8.0/10)
Motorola Fire XT311 is one of the latest Android Smartphones in the market, it was launched just about 2 months ago and that is the reason why it comes with Android v2.3 Gingerbread operating system. The phone has a vertical display screen and a full-sized QWERTY keyboard. It is not an ultra-slim phone yet it looks pretty sleek in terms of build quality. Packed with thousands of apps from Android Market, it is a confused blend of all sorts of phones, yet pretty user friendly.
Key Features - 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display (240 x 320 pixels resolution), 256MB internal storage (expandable up to 32GB), 512MB ROM, 3.15MP camera, 480p video recording at 24fps, Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread, 600MHz processor, Adreno 200 GPU, up to 9h 16m battery life, Wi-Fi and 3G enabled.
Bottomline - Motorola Fire XT311 is a full QWERTY phone with different looks, it doesn’t have a landscape display but portrait one which is quite unique, it has pretty basic features but in performance it is a good phone has Motorola’s reliability.
Motorola Fire XT311 can be purchased from internet .
1) Sony Ericsson W8 (8.1/10)
Sony Ericsson W8 comes with the “Walkman” tag from SE. After a very long time, Sony introduced a new cell phone in its Walkman series. SE W8 runs on Android and comes with superb quality of ear-plugs for a superb music experience. On the inside it has a good set of hardware and since I have experienced this phone hands-on, I can vouch for its performance and quality.
Key Features - 3-inch capacitive touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels resolution), 128MB internal storage (expandable up to 16GB), 256MB RAM, 3.15MP camera, VGA video recording at 30fps, Android OS v2.1 Eclair, 600MHz processor, Adreno 200 GPU, up to 4h 45m battery life, Wi-Fi and 3G enabled.
Bottomline - If you are looking for a great entertainment mobile phone that comes with a very fine quality ear-plugs, you should buy Sony Ericsson W8, it has pretty decent set of hardware specs and overall it is a nice phone.
Actually, Motorola Fire is a little better on Sony Ericsson W8 in terms of specs and as you can see SE W8 leads Motorola Fire by one-tenth of a point which comes from SE W8′s build quality.
Sony Ericsson W8 can be purchased from internet .
Except Sony`s(display is the reason), the other one are cool to try..especially Samsung Galaxy Pro and Motorola Fire..and that Blackberry in this list is bit outdated..don`t you think so?
Yes, I agree the BlackBerry is outdated but it still manages work better than Android.
what is ur opinion on the karbonn smart phones? the new karbonn A9?
though karbonn is not an international brand, it has got good features. please advice me on this!! i am wanting to buy a smart phone within 10k.
I haven’t tried this phone, though specs look good. I would say you try it out before you buy it.