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Best Phones Under ₹30,000 in India

40 compared·₹7,118 to ₹29,999·Checked

What decides it at this price

Thirty thousand is the band where the compromises become choices: a better main camera or a higher refresh rate, fast charging or a bigger battery, clean software or more features. Nothing here is bad at anything, so the useful question is which one thing you will notice every day.

On the camera, read the sensor size rather than the megapixels. A 50-megapixel sensor on a larger piece of silicon collects more light per pixel than a 108-megapixel one on a smaller piece, and light is what separates a usable indoor photograph from a smeared one. The number of rear cameras is the least useful figure on the sheet at this price: the second and third are frequently a 2-megapixel depth or macro lens that the main sensor would beat by cropping.

The specification that decides how long the phone stays worth carrying is the update promise, and it is the one nobody compares. Two makers at the same price here differ by years on it. A phone guaranteed one platform update is a phone that stops receiving fixes while it is still your only phone, and that is a larger practical difference than any camera or refresh-rate choice on this page.

We list 40 phones under ₹30,000, from ₹7,118 — 49% of the 81 phones we track. POCO accounts for the most of them with 9, across 10 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 cheapest first.

All 40 phones, compared

Redmi 15C 5G Prime Edition (Midnight Black, 6GB + 128GB)

6.9-inch LCD 120 Hz display · Dimensity 6300 · 6 GB RAM, 128 GB · 6000 mAh battery.

₹13,999₹31,999

Also in Moonlight Blue, 128 GBDusk Purple, 8 GB / 128 GBPurple, 4 GB / 128 GBDusk Purple, 4 GB / 128 GBMidnight Black, 4 GB / 128 GBMoonlight Blue, 6 GB / 128 GBMidnight Black, 8 GB / 128 GBBlue, 4 GB / 128 GBMoonlight Blue, 8 GB / 128 GBPurple, 8 GB / 128 GBPurple, 128 GBDusk Purple, 6 GB / 128 GBBlue, 6 GB / 128 GBMoonlight Blue, 4 GB / 128 GBBlue, 8 GB / 128 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 RAMNetworkDisplay Type
Lava Bold N4 Lite (Ghost Silver, 3GB RAM, 32GB Storage)₹7,11832 GB3 GB—LCD
Lava Bold N2 (Siachen White, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB Storage)₹8,89964 GB4 GB—LCD
Lava Bold N2 Lite (Kolar Gold, 3 GB RAM, 64 GB Storage)₹9,09964 GB3 GB—LCD
Samsung Galaxy M07 Mobile (Black, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage)₹11,29964 GB4 GB—LCD
REDMI A7 Pro 5G (Black, 4GB RAM, 64GB Storage)₹11,49964 GB4 GB5G—
POCO C85x 5G Smartphone (Gold, 64 GB)₹13,49664 GB—5GLCD
POCO M7 5G (Ocean Blue, 128 GB) 8 GB RAM₹13,499128 GB6 GB5G—
Poco C85X 5G Smartphone (Green, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB)₹13,99964 GB4 GB5GLCD
POCO C85 5G (Power Black, 128 GB) (6 GB RAM)₹14,199128 GB6 GB5G—
TECNO POP X 5G (Ripple Green, 4GB+128GB)₹15,499128 GB4 GB5GLCD
Samsung Galaxy F70e 5g (spotlight Blue, 128 Gb, 6000 Mah)₹16,499128 GB4 GB5G—
Samsung Galaxy M17e 5G Mobile (Vibe Violet, 6 GB RAM, 128 GB)₹16,499128 GB6 GB5GLCD

The first 12 of 40. The rest are in the cards above.

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By brand

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Straight answers

Questions people ask

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

01

How many phones are there under ₹30,000?

40 on this page, each one priced from the shop’s own listing rather than from a brochure. The cheapest sits at ₹7,118 and the dearest at ₹29,999, and the list is rebuilt from the current prices every time the page is served.

02

Which brands sell phones under ₹30,000?

POCO, Samsung, Redmi and Motorola between them account for most of what qualifies here. The page lists whatever the catalogue holds at this price, so a brand appears when it has something in the band and disappears when it does not.

03

Is the price on this page the price I will pay?

It is the lowest price we read on a shop’s own page, with any card offer worked out separately and its terms shown beside it. What you pay is whatever the retailer shows at checkout, so confirm there — a price can move between our reading it and your opening the page.

04

Which of these phones under ₹30,000 is the cheapest?

The Lava Bold N4 Lite (Ghost Silver, 3GB RAM, 32GB Storage), at ₹7,118 at Amazon India. That is the lowest price a shop we check is asking today for any of the 40 on this page.

05

Which of these phones under ₹30,000 scores highest?

The OnePlus N6 5G (Fresh Mint, 128 GB) 4 GB RAM, at 81/100 for ₹22,433. The score is worked out from its specification sheet and price against similar products.