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Top Smartphone Recommendations For College Students

A list of phones ideal to show-off in campus.

 
Top Smartphone Recommendations For College Students

Are you not getting enough attention in college? Fancy clothes and fashion accessories are fine, but nothing beats the charm of a spanking new smartphone. When you're in college, your budget depends on how much pocket money you extort from your parents. So to make things easier, we’ve recommended phones in categories based on how much cash your parents are willing to waste for your phone.
 

My Dad Is A Tech Writer (Under 10K)
Call it self-realisation or harsh reality, tech writers are paid in peanuts. So your dad can only afford a sub-10 smartphone for you. Since he is well versed with tech, he knows that there’s no point in buying expensive phones.

Nokia Lumia 525
Street Price: Rs 9100
The Lumia 525 comes with double the RAM compared to its predecessor. Armed with dual-core Snapdragon S4 chipset, this value phone lets you enjoy most high-end Windows Phone 8 games without any issue. The phone sports a Super Sensitive 4" IPS screen with 480x800 pixels. The internal storage is 8 GB, and you get an option to bump it up by as much as 64 GB via a microSD card slot. For photography there's a 5 megapixel auto focus camera. Apart from this, you get Nokia Music subscription and voice guided GPS navigation for free.

XOLO Q900
Street Price: Rs 9800
The Q900 features a 4.7-inch screen with pixel dimensions of 720x1280. At the heart is a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor based on the Mediatek MTK6589 SOC. There’s 1 GB RAM and 4 GB of internal storage (2.7 GB user accessible). A microSD card slot allows you to expand it further by 32 GB. The phone runs Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 out of the box. The interface is pretty standard with hardly any modifications by XOLO, which is a good thing. The phone comes with an 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with BSI (Back-Side Illumination) sensor to enhance low-light photography. Overall, it’s an ideal phone for media consumption.

My Dad Works For A Start-Up (Under 20K)
Start-ups pay well, so budget isn’t a big issue. However, the future is uncertain, so it’s not a good idea to spend too much money on a smartphone.

Moto G (16 GB)
Street Price: 14,000
The Moto G flaunts a 4.5-inch HD display with Gorilla Glass 3 for scratch-resistance. Inside is a quad-core Snapdragon 400 chipset clocked at 1.2 GHz. The phone ships with stock Android Jelly Bean 4.3 ROM, but the Kitkat update is now available in India. The Moto G not only handles casual games, but also lets you enjoy big titles such as the Real Racing 3. The phone’s sound quality is good. With the help of free third party apps, you can play any video format on this handset. Other features include a 5 megapixel camera, 2070 mAh battery, and dual-SIM support.

Gionee Elife E6
Street Price: 19,000
The Gionee Elife E6 has a 5-inch Full-HD IPS screen with pixel dimensions of 1080x1920. The phone has a Mediatek quad-core processor at its heart, with each core clocked at 1.5 GHz. Graphics and gaming are handled by the PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. There’s 2 GB of RAM to take care of multitasking. The handset doesn’t have a microSD card slot but does come with 32 GB of storage space, of which about 25 GB is user accessible. More than its multimedia performance, you’re going to love it for its design. Yes, it’s inspired by the iPhone, but cares about that when you’re in college?

My Dad Is A Government Employee (Under 30K)
With 6th Pay Commission in place, a government employee can easily afford most of the high-end smartphones. If he’s cool with India’s bribe culture, you should check out our top-tier recommendations. Otherwise, these are your options.

LG Nexus 5
Street Price: Rs 29,700
Be it multimedia consumption or gaming, the Nexus 5 can handle it with an ease. With a quad-core Snapdragon 800 chipset inside, you can’t expect otherwise. Its 5-inch IPS Full HD display is great for watching movies. With 2 GB of RAM, the games load swiftly. The Nexus 5 comes with Android KitKat. Other notable features include an 8 megapixel camera Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, 2300 and mAh battery.

Samsung GALAXY S4
Street Price: Rs 27,900
If you’re ready to forgive it for the done-to-death design, the GALAXY packs in a brilliant 5" Super AMOLED screen. Its 13 megapixel auto focus camera is good too. It is powered by the Exynos 5410 chipset that features 1.6 GHz Octa-Core Processor, and 2 GB of RAM. Other features include 16 GB of internal storage, microSD support for up to 64 GB, , 2 mp front-facing camera, Wi-fi, A-GPS with GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, IR LED (Remote Control), MHL 2.0, and 2,600 mAh battery. It’s stuffed with features. After the recent price cut, we think it’s a great deal for Rs 27,900.

My Dad Is A Politician (Cost No Bar)
Lucky you. Instead of thinking about what to buy, you should simply visit a mobile store and get yourself the most expensive handset available in that shop (except of the G Flex. Yes, that one is really bad). Thought now that you’ve read this article up to this point, here’s our recommendation.

iPhone 5s (64 GB)
Street Price: Rs 70,000
The iPhone 5S is probably the most elegantly designed handset in the market. Leveraging on the new A7 chipset, you get console-grade graphics on the iPhone 5S. The A7 has also got a companion processor, the M7. It’s designed to free the primary processor from the computational work that is required to process motion data. In simple words, it’s the most powerful iPhone till date. When it comes to apps and games, iOS has always been the priority for the developers. So with the iPhone 5s, you’re guaranteed a continuous flow of amazing games for years to come. Just because you have loads of money, we suggest you go for the 64 GB version.


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