Latest 6GB RAM smartphones
Realme 5 Pro
Price: Rs 14,999
Armed with the Snapdragon 712 and up to 6 and 8GB RAM, the Realme 5 Pro is a new addition to the list of powerful mid-range smartphones. The Realme 5 Pro also offers a quad-camera stack on the back with a 48MP primary camera. The Realme 5 Pro also looks good with a glossy exterior and a bright LCD panel.
Xiaomi Mi A3
Price: Rs 15,999
The Mi A-series have been quite successful for Xiaomi and the Mi A3 should be no different. The price is quite affordable and the features-set is quite impressive. You get a Snapdragon 665 SoC inside coupled with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. The top-end variant is the one we would reccomend you to get just for the extra leg-room it offers. On top of that, the 48MP triple-camera setup should work out well for users.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro (Buy Here)
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro is highly popular particularly for the 48MP camera on the back of the phone. It also sports a powerful mid-range Snapdragon 675 processor that’s adept at gaming along with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. The Redmi Note 7 Pro also comes in a 4GB RAM variant, but the best experience is ensured with more RAM.
Realme 3 Pro (Buy Here)
The Realme 3 Pro acts as a good alternative to the Redmi Note 7 Pro and the MIUI ecosystem, with the Snapdragon 710 at the heart of things along with 6GB RAM and up to 128GB storage. The Realme 3 Pro sports the same 16MP camera that’s found on the OnePlus 6T and manages to take good photos provided the lighting is optimum. It’s also slightly better at gaming than the Note 7 Pro with slightly higher frame-rate stability.
The M-series smartphone from Samsung offers a large 5,000mAh battery and a triple-camera setup on the back. It also comes with a bright AMOLED display and offers 6GB RAM and 64GB storage, housed in a glossy polycarbonate body with a gradient colour design. The triple-camera setup includes a wide-angle camera, a depth sensor and a primary 13MP camera.
The Samsung Galaxy M40 is the latest inclusion in the online-centric Galaxy M-series and is quite feature-packed. It’s the most affordable smartphone with a punch-hole camera on the front, making it resemble the Galaxy S10 design. More than that, there’s a Snapdragon 675 SoC under the hood, adequate 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. On the back, you get a 32MP primary camera that’s coupled with a wide-angle camera and a depth sensor, while the Infinity-O display houses a 16MP front camera drilled into the display
This premium mid-range offering from Samsung comes with a wide 6.4-inch AMOLED display and is powered by the Exynos 9610 SoC along with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. This one too rocks a triple-camera setup on the back and is marketed as a device for consuming and creating content.
The Samsung Galaxy A70 is a high-end phone from the company’s A-series lineup. The Galaxy A70 comes only in 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant and is powered by the Snapdragon 675. It offers an expansive 6.7-inch Infinity-U display with a water-drop notch and has a dependable triple camera stack on the back which includes a wide-angle camera.
Realme X
Price: Rs 16,999 (Buy Here)
Wiith an all-screen AMOLED display, pop-up camera and a 48MP Sony sensor on the back, the Realme X is packed with the latest features. The Snapdragon 710 under the hood might feel a little dated but it more than makes up for it with an 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant.
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro
Setting a benchmark for high-end smartphones, the Redmi K20 Pro packs an eye-catching gradient deisgn, all-screen AMOLED HDR display with a pop-up camera and a triple-camera setup on the back. The Snapdragon 855 along with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage ensures you're at the cutting edge of performance.
Asus 6z
Price: Rs 39,999
The Asus 6z is an attention-grabber with its flip camera design where the rear 48MP+13MP camera rotates to become the front camera. The screen is sans any bezels and there's a 5,000mAh battery inside powering a Snapdragon 855 SoC along with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage.
OnePlus 7 (Buy Here)
The OnePlus 7 is the leaned-down offering that sits below the OnePlus 7 Pro. This one offers more value for money as the hardware under the hood is essentially the same with Snapdragon 855, 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. However, the display has the same U-shaped notch as the OnePlus 6T while on the back is a dual camera unit instead of the triple-camera stack you get in the OnePlus 7 Pro. It’s the affordable flagship from OnePlus this year and a good alternative to the company’s own OnePlus 7 Pro.
The Oppo Reno 10X Zoom is the latest flagship from Oppo and is also centered around the camera and the design. The Oppo Reno 10X Zoom as the name suggests offers 10X zoom using a periscope-camera setup, along with a 48MP Sony sensor and a wide-angle camera. Furthermore, the camera on the front is housed in a pop-up module in the shape of a shark-fin. The Oppo Reno 10X Zoom also comes with the flagship Snapdragon 855 processor along with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There’s also a 6GB RAM variant with 128GB storage.
Huawei might be going through a tough time, but the company has assured that the devices already available in the market will not be impacted by the US ban. The flagship Huawei P30 Pro is a camera powerhouse with a periscope telephoto lens that can go up to 10X hybrid and 50X digitally. The P30 offers 8GB RAM and 256GB storage and is powered by the flagship Kirin 980 SoC.
Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Buy Here)
The Samsung Galaxy S10+ is the company’s flagship for the first half of 2019 and houses an immersive 2K AMOLED display with HDR10+ certification. On the back is a triple-camera setup that introduces a wide-angle camera to the Galaxy S-series for the first time, and it’s really good. There are two variants of the Samsung Galaxy S10+ that offers 8GB RAM. One comes with 128GB storage and another with 512GB storage.
The OnePlus 7 Pro’s top end variant comes with 12GB of RAM along with 256GB UFS 3.0 storage and Snapdragon 855 chipset. The phone, as a result, is blazing fast with minimal chance of slowing down no matter what you do on the device. The OnePlus 7 Pro also features a QHD+ AMOLED display with HDR10+ certification. The display stretches to the edges thanks to a pop-up camera module while on the back is a triple-camera setup consisting of a wide-angle lens, a primary 48MP lens and a telephoto lens that offers 3X zoom. Clearly, there’s no dearth of features on this device.
Smartphones with 12GB RAM
Samsung Galaxy Note 10+
Price: Rs 79,999
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is Samsung's most powerful smartphone so far. It features a new 7nm Exynos 9825 SoC and default 12GB of RAM which makes the phone run blazing fast. The speed bump is more apparent if you are jumping from an older Samsung phone, but even if you own a Galaxy S10, the speed boost can be felt hard. The Note 10+ is also huge with a 6.8-inch AMOLED display with HDR10+ and a quad-camera stack on the back, each with a different function. The Note 10+ also comes with an all-new S-Pen which now supports air gestures that let you control the phone without actually touching it. That, and an excellent desktop integration makes the Note10+ one of the best smartphones for power users.
The Black Shark 2 entered the Indian market very recently. Offered as an all-out gaming device, the 12GB RAM actually makes sense on this device, more than the OnePlus 7 Pro. The least you can say is that you need the resources for gaming longer, even though there are no games or apps whatsoever that will eat up all 12GB of RAM. The Black Shark 2 comes with a 6.39-inch FHD+ HDR AMOLED display with improved touch latency while a dedicated button enters Sharkspace and optimises the device for gaming. The Snapdragon 855 powers the gaming phone and offers 256GB UFS 2.1 storage. On the back is a 48MP camera paired with a telephoto lens while on the front is a 20MP sensor. The Black Shark 2 is notable for its ability to pair with a large screen and two gamepads on each side. It also has enhanced cooling tech and a fan-case that can apparently bring down the core temperature by 10 degrees in 10 seconds.
Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Buy Here)
A premium flagship armed to the teeth, the top-end variant of the flagship Galaxy S10+ is powered by the Exynos 9820 in India and comes with a triple-camera setup on the back which includes a wide-angle and a telephoto sensor. On the front, the Galaxy S10+ offers a Infinity-O display with the front camera drilled into the top right corner of the 6.4-inch QHD+ AMOLED display. While there are variants starting with 8GB RAM, the S10+ tops out with 12GB gigs of RAM and a whopping 1TB of storage.
The top-end variant of the Galaxy S10+ offers 12GB of RAM and a whopping 1TB of storage, so there’s no dearth of resources available on the device.