Best smartphones under Rs 10,000 for budget-conscious buyers | April 2023 edition

The smartphone space under Rs 10,000— aka entry-level— is dominated by Xiaomi at the time of writing with its spin-off brands Redmi and Poco virtually being go-to for cash-strapped buyers.

It’s not news, per se, because things have been this way for a while but we would like to point out that while some of these phones do offer good value, generally speaking the spec-to-price ratio isn’t the same as what it used to be a couple of years back. You can blame the increasing market average selling price or ASP for this to some extent.