Top smartphone options under Rs. 25,000
POCO F6 5G
POCO F6 It has a 6.67-inch 1.5K AMOLED display, which supports 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate and a tremendous brightness level of 2400 nits. The display comes with Gorilla Glass Victus protection. The phone has a powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor. This smartphone runs on Android 14-based Xiaomi HyperOS. POCO is also promising three Android updates and security patch updates for a year. The phone comes equipped with a 5000mAh battery with 120W fast charging support. The company provides a 90W charger with the box.
POCO F6 5G has a 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 primary camera and 8-megapixel Sony IMX355 ultra-wide camera with OIS support. There is a 20 megapixel selfie camera in the front. This smartphone has up to 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB UFS 4.0 inbuilt storage. This smartphone is equipped with POCO Iceloop cooling technology. Features like NFC, Bluetooth 5.4, IP64 rating, Dolby Atmos and dual stereo speakers are available in the phone.
Gadgets 360 has given this smartphone an 8 rating, which is good. In our review, we found that the smartphone offers tremendous performance and the beautiful display supported by Dolby Vision with slim bezels is one of its many features. The phone has a good main rear camera and battery life is also good. However, we miss the headphone jack as well as the plastic build. You can read our review read here Can.
iQOO Z9s Pro 5G
iQOO Z9s Pro 5G It has a 6.7 inch 3D curved AMOLED display. It comes with FHD+ resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The phone has a peak brightness of 4,500 nits. iQOO Z9s has a triple rear camera, in which the main camera is a 50MP Sony IMX882 sensor, which comes with OIS support. It also has a 2MP portrait camera. Apart from this, an 8MP ultra wide camera is also provided. The phone has a 16 MP front camera. The phone has Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset with 12 GB RAM. Storage space is available up to 256 GB. The phone has a 5500mAh battery, which supports 80W fast charging. iQOO has also offered AI features in the phone like AI Erase, AI Photo Enhance feature. The phones run on the latest Android 14-based UI.
Gadgets 360 review iQOO Z9s Pro 5G has got 8 rating. In the review, we found that the smartphone comes with a sleek and premium design. It has a vivid and beautiful display. The camera system also impressed us. However, the phone was full of bloatwares on first boot and the AI features were limited.
Nothing Phone 2a
Nothing had told that in India Nothing Phone (2a) After the start of the sale, 60 thousand smartphones were sold in one hour. At the same time, within a day the company crossed the figure of 1 lakh units. This shows that this phone got tremendous love in its price segment. Nothing Phone 2a smartphone runs on Nothing OS 2.5 based on Android 14. It promises three years of Android updates and four years of security patches. The phone features a 6.7-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display with an adaptive refresh rate of 30Hz to 120Hz, 394ppi pixel density, and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The Phone 2a has an octa-core 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro SoC, paired with up to 12GB of RAM.
Nothing Phone 2a has a dual-camera setup with two 50-megapixel sensors. A 16-megapixel selfie shooter is provided in the front. Nothing Phone 2a has up to 256GB of inbuilt storage. It comes with connectivity options like Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6 Direct, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC and 360 degree antenna. Phone 2a has a 5,000mAh battery with 45W fast charging support. The battery unit is claimed to last for two continuous days on a single charge. The fast charging technology is said to charge the battery from zero to 50 percent in just 23 minutes and to 100 percent in 59 minutes. Its weight is 190 grams.
Gadgets 360 by phone Affected Did. It got an 8 rating. The phone has a unique design, which makes it stand apart from other competitors. The display is bright and vivid. No bloatware or ads were seen in it. Battery life was also tremendous. However, it has a plastic build and the storage type is slow.
OnePlus Nord CE 4
OnePlus Nord CE 4 It features a 6.7-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a resolution of 1,080×2,412 pixels, up to 120Hz refresh rate, 20.1:9 aspect ratio, and HDR10+ support. OnePlus Nord CE 4 runs on OxygenOS 14 based on Android 14. This phone has an octa-core Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor. This smartphone has a 5,500mAh battery with 100W SuperVOOC fast charging support.
Talking about camera setup, the rear of Nord CE 4 has a 50 megapixel Sony LYT600 primary camera and 8 megapixel Sony IMX355 ultra wide angle camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) support. There is a 16-megapixel front camera for selfies and video calls. Connectivity options on the Nord CE 4 include 5G, 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, and a USB Type-C port. Talking about dimensions, its length is 162.5 mm, width is 75.3 mm, thickness is 8.4 mm and weight is 186 grams.
Our review We were impressed by the Nord CE 4’s design, display, and some small but useful features. This phone has got an average rating of 8. It has a slim design and the build is IP54 rated. The display is vibrant and the battery life is also excellent. Besides, fast charging is also available in it. The phone comes with IR blaster, which proves to be a useful feature for many people. At the same time, the storage can also be increased through card. However, its ultra-white camera performed average and the video recording quality needed improvement. At the same time, if it had a macro camera, the camera system would have become more capable.
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
Samsung Galaxy A35 The smartphone has a 6.6 inch hole-punch Super AMOLED display. The display offers FHD+ resolution and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The phone has up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Samsung Galaxy A35 has a triple camera system, in which a 50-megapixel main sensor comes with optical image stabilization. It has an 8MP ultra-wide lens and a 5MP macro camera. It has a 13 megapixel selfie camera. The phone ships with Android 14-based One UI 6.1 skin. It has a 5,000mAh battery. The weight of the phone is 209 grams.
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G has also review It received an average rating of 8. The design of the smartphone is modern and the quality of the display was also good. Its software is full of features. Battery life was also reliable. The rear main camera performed very well during the review. However, it also had some shortcomings, such as an average ultra-wide angle camera, an underperforming processor compared to its rivals, and a slightly higher launch price. However, now during the festive sale, smartphones can be bought much cheaper with bank discounts or other offers.
Lava Agni 3 price in India
The base 8GB + 128GB variant of Lava Agni 3 is priced at Rs 20,999 (without charger) and Rs 22,999 with charger. Whereas the price of 8GB + 256GB variant is Rs 24,999. However, if we are comparing this smartphone with other phones in the segment, then we will take the price with the charger, because all the phones coming in this price segment include a charging brick in the box.