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Best Phones for Camera Under ₹40,000 in India

23 compared·₹8,899 to ₹39,999·Checked

What decides it at this use

Here the second camera starts being real: a telephoto with its own optics rather than a crop of the main sensor. The test is whether the zoom figure is described as optical. A 3x optical lens gathers its own light; a 3x digital zoom is the main sensor cropped, which is the same photograph with less of it.

We list 23 phones for camera under ₹40,000, from ₹8,899 — 28% of the 81 phones we track. Samsung accounts for the most of them with 9, across 8 brands in all. Every price was read from the shop's own page and carries the date it was checked, and the order on this page is best fit for the job first.

All 23 phones, compared

6.7-inch display · 8 GB RAM, 128 GB · 5000 mAh battery · 50 MP camera.

₹31,999₹45,999

Also in Awesome Graphite, 128 GBAwesome Light Gray, 8 GB / 128 GBAwesome Graphite, 8 GBAwesome Graphite, 8 GB / 128 GBDark Blue, 128 GBAwesome Midnight Blue, 8 GB / 128 GBAwesome Olive, 8 GB / 128 GBAwesome Olive, 12 GB / 256 GBAwesome Light Gray, 12 GB / 256 GBAwesome Pink, 8 GB / 256 GBAwesome Pink, 12 GB / 256 GBAwesome Light Gray, 256 GBAwesome Graphite, 8 GB / 256 GBAwesome Graphite, 12 GB / 256 GBAwesome Light Gray, 8 GB / 256 GBAwesome Violet Glow, 8 GB / 256 GBAwesome Midnight Blue, 8 GB / 256 GBAwesome Olive, 8 GB / 256 GB

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Side by side

The specifications this group actually documents. A column appears when most of these products record it, so an empty cell means that one does not — not that the figure is unknown.

PhoneCheapestStorageStorage RAMNetworkBattery Capacity
Motorola Edge 70 Fusion (Pantone Silhouette, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage)₹29,990128 GB8 GB——
Samsung Galaxy M47 5G Mobile (Blaze Blue, 6 GB RAM, 128 GB)₹26,999128 GB6 GB5G6000 mAh
Samsung Galaxy M17 5G Mobile (Sapphire Black, 6GB RAM, 128GB Storage)₹18,375128 GB6 GB5G5000 mAh
REDMI Note 15 5G (Glacier Blue, 8GB RAM 128GB Storage)₹28,999128 GB8 GB5G5520 mAh
Motorola G57 Power 5G (Fluidity, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage)₹20,850128 GB8 GB5G—
OnePlus Nord CE6 (Black, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB)₹34,999128 GB8 GB5G8000 mAh
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion (Blue, 12 GB RAM, 256 GB)₹23,799256 GB12 GB——
OnePlus N6 5G (Fresh Mint, 128 GB) 4 GB RAM₹22,433128 GB4 GB5G—
realme NARZO 90x 5G (Flash Blue 2026, 6GB+128GB)₹21,499128 GB6 GB5G7000 mAh
Motorola Edge 60 Pro (Pantone Dazzling Blue, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage)₹29,999256 GB8 GB—6000 mAh
Samsung Galaxy M17e 5G Mobile (Vibe Violet, 6 GB RAM, 128 GB)₹16,499128 GB6 GB5G6000 mAh
Samsung Galaxy M36 (Light Green, 128 GB)₹18,999128 GB—5G5000 mAh

The first 12 of 23. The rest are in the cards above.

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By brand

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Straight answers

Questions people ask

4 answered here. Tap one to open it — every answer is written out in full, not summarised.

01

How are these phones ranked for camera under ₹40,000?

On a fit score built from the specification sheet — the dimensions that matter for this use are weighted and the rest are not — and ties are broken on the overall score. It is a score from specifications and price, not from hands-on testing, and every product page says which.

02

How many phones qualify?

23, from ₹8,899 upward. A product is here because its specification sheet fits the use, not because somebody picked it — so the list changes as the catalogue does.

03

Which of these phones for camera under ₹40,000 is the cheapest?

The Lava Bold N2 (Siachen White, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB Storage), at ₹8,899 at Amazon India. That is the lowest price a shop we check is asking today for any of the 23 on this page.

04

Which of these phones for camera under ₹40,000 scores highest?

The OnePlus Nord CE6 (Black, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB), at 81/100 for ₹34,999. The score is worked out from its specification sheet and price against similar products.