Should you buy?
Overall, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 7 Pro is a complete power packed phone which has everything you would want in a phone. From great performance to great cameras, from bright display to beautiful design, from big battery to excellent features, it masters all the departments. So, whether you are a gamer, camera lover or like watching movies on your phone or just anything, this phone cannot disappoint. And when you look at its price, the phone becomes even greater with its unparalleled value for money. So, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro is undisputedly the king of premium budget smartphones and dominates the price range of around Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000.

Should you buy?
Overall, the Realme 3 Pro is a very powerful and feature packed smartphone for its price. It packs in a great performance and an amazing set of front and rear cameras for the price. Then, there is the beautiful good quality display along with a big battery to keep the phone running for extended sessions of gaming or watching videos (both of which it handles perfectly, btw) but the real icing on the cake is the 20W fast charger included in the box, which charges the phone amazingly fast, unlike any other phone in this segment (its biggest rival, Redmi Note 7 Pro has just a 10W charger). And add to it the latest version of Android, along with some useful features for gaming and more in the ColorOS, the Realme 3 Pro becomes a very complete and exciting package, which is certainly one of the best in the price range of around Rs. 15,000.

Should you buy?
Overall, the Samsung Galaxy M30 reflects Samsung’s new intent for its budget smartphones as it packs some good features at a reasonable price. The most highlighting things about the Galaxy M30 are the triple rear cameras, AMOLED display and the massive battery, all of which have been executed pretty well, especially the wide angle lens at this budget price is pretty impressive. Although the Galaxy M30’s Exynos processor is not as powerful as the Qualcomm processors around the same price, it still is very good for day to day usage and even gaming, although heavy gamers shouldn’t settle for it. The Galaxy M30 has also got a very good front camera, decent design and now when it has received the Android Pie update with One UI, it has become a very good smartphone as a package and add with it the trust and brand value of Samsung, it becomes a very good smartphone for the price.

Should you buy?
Overall, with the Oppo K1, Oppo has tried to deliver more for the price and has introduced a real challenger for the competitors. It packs in an excellent and powerful processor, one of the best front cameras for the price, good quality AMOLED display, good rear camera and a big battery but the real strength of the Oppo K1 is the introduction of the in-display fingerprint scanner at a low price, especially when it now sells for less than Rs. 15,000. However, everything’s not good in the phone, it has a plastic body with gradient back which may or may not please users according to their tastes and more importantly, it still hasn’t got the Android 9 Pie update. When you see the Oppo K1 as a whole and compare it with the phones around, the only thing which makes it stand out is the in-display fingerprint scanner. So, only if you are really desperate for the in-display fingerprint scanner, go with the Oppo K1 otherwise, there are much better phones for the same price.

Should you buy?
Whether you should buy the Honor 20i or not? We will break our answer to this question in two parts, first how the phone actually is and in the second part, we will consider the US ban on Huawei.

Part 1: The Honor 20i packs big numbers in the camera department with 3 cameras in the back with a wide angle lens and though it captures good quality images, it doesn’t come close to the Redmi Note 7 Pro and also, the Samsung Galaxy M30 which also has triple rear cameras has better wide angle image quality. However, the Honor 20i also comes with a huge 32 MP front camera, which is pretty good and is one of the best for the price. It comes with Huawei’s own processor which is good & efficient for day to day usage & light gaming but is far behind the Qualcomm processors offered by the competitors. The phone’s display is good, it has the latest software and design-wise it looks good but has a plastic body. Overall, the Honor 20i does most of the things right but as a package, it is good at best while, the competition is a lot better and overshadows it in most departments.

Part 2: Coming to the US ban on Huawei.. Read more»