Mid-Budget Androids

Android based handsets have made their mark in the smart phone market and every second person you come across flaunts one. While affording an Android smartphone today might be pretty easy are they powerful enough for your daily usage? Hardly two years ago Android smartphones started off with 600 MHz processor that could easily run older apps but now the demand for higher speeds for better performance and compatibility with the newer OS version has put mobile phone manufacturers in the battle zone to build the fastest phone on the earth. Take for example the Samsung  Galaxy S II or Galaxy note which features dual core processors and large multi touch screen which are ready for the next generation Android OS. All these are available above the Rs 25,000 mark and not all can afford them. Also not many might actually find the need for dual core processor handset for their daily uses. Single core processor based Android smartphones running Gingerbread are also good enough to get you going on the information superhighway through 3G,GPS, instant messaging  and social networking tools running pretty smoothly. The demand for more processing power comes into play when you need the device for high end gaming or heavy image and video editing on the phone itself. Look around you and you will find people find people happy enough with their mid range Androids. Many people are also tempted by expensive handset but don’t really need them.

                This round up highlight mainstream or mid range Android smartphones in affordable price range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000. Most of these phones feature either an 800 MHz or 1GHz processor which is adequate for daily casual usage such as video surfing , email, chatting, music and movies. The phone featured here are definitely not feature proof but their feature sets will last you at least another two years if not more. The comparison tablet at the end of this test should help you pick out the best phone in the budget.