Best Mobile Phones in India (Sep 2022)

"The Galaxy S22 Ultra is a flagship that offers a lot of impressive specs, and a rich feature set. The phone comes with a 6.8-inch Edge QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with 120Hz refresh rate."

Verdict - This is one of the best premium segment phones available right now, with its highlight being the cameras. The Galaxy S22 Ultra comes with a quad camera setup on the back that includes a 108-megapixel primary shooter, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide angle camera, and two 10-megapixel telephoto shooters.

Should you buy 

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra offers a lot of impressive specs, and a rich feature set to make it one of the best phones in the country right now. Comes highly recommended for most users.

"The new iPhone 14 Pro Max is the company’s latest flagship and offers the best Apple has to offer in terms of mobile phone technology and design. "

Verdict - The iPhone 14 Pro Max is built around Apple's new in-house A16 Bionic SoC, which has a 6 core CPU with two high-performance and four efficient cores, plus a 16-core Neural Engine. The device also gets improved brightness, and also gets  Apple's ProMotion 120Hz refresh rate feature. Among other feature, the iPhone 13 Pro Max also has a new 77mm telephoto camera with 3X optical zoom, an ultra-wide camera that can now take macro shots at up to 2cm from a subject, and a primary wide camera with an f/1.5 aperture and 1.9um sensor pixels.

Should you buy 

The iPhone 14 Pro Max is the latest iPhone from Apple that promises some great experiences. It has very powerful cameras and a more powerful processor, making it an easy phone to recommend.

"The iQOO 9 Pro is amongst the most powerful, if not the most powerful phone in the business right now."

Verdict -  The iQOO 9 Pro packs pretty much the absolute best hardware money can buy in pretty much all the departments. So for the display, we see the company use a 6.78-inch 120Hz LTPO AMOLED panel with a normal maximum brightness of 500 nits, 1000nits in the High Brightness Mode and peak, localised brightness of 1500nits while watching HDR 10+ or HDR high dynamic range video. Underneath the hood, we have the biggest hardware upgrade to the device in the form of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. The phone is also backed by a big 4700mAh battery pack which is can be charged really fast using the phone's 120W fast charger.

Should you buy 

Definitely recommended if you’re in the market for a new iQOO phone that promises overall premium experience.

"The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate is the company’s flagship gaming phone. It offers many features that make it the Ultimate phone for gamers. "

Verdict - The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate has minimal bezels on the top and bottom and is slightly longer than the previous generation. The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate has a metal-glass construction measuring 10.29 millimetres in thickness and weighs 238 grams. Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate features 6.78-inch Full HD+ (2448 x 1080 pixels) resolution display that uses an AMOLED panel sourced from Samsung. The screen supports up to 144Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate and offers upto 1200nits brightness. The Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor with an octa-core CPU running at upto 2.84GHz with Adreno 660 GPU. This is paired with a massive 18GB of RAM. It runs on Android 11 based ROG UI out-of-the-box. The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate has triple cameras on the back headlined by a 64MP primary camera based on an IMX686 sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 125-degree field-of-view and a 5MP macro camera.

Shoud you buy 

Ultimate gaming phone if money is not a consideration.

"The Vivo X80 Pro is Vivo’s most premium phone to date which offers a big 6.78-inch AMOLED display and a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. Under the hood, the Vivo X80 Pro comes with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and runs on Android 12-based OriginOS, makin it one of the fastest phones in the market. "

Verdict -  It is a premium phone which is one of the best, if not the best camera phone around at the moment. This 50-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL GNV primary sensor is powered by a 48-megapixel ultra-wide Sony IMX598 shooter, a 12-megapixel Sony IMX663 sensor with a portrait lens. There is also an 8-megapixel sensor with a periscope-shaped ultra-telephoto lens That helps the phone click some brilliant shots.There’s Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.2, NFC, and Infrared (IR) blaster wireless connectivity options. Keeping the lights on is a 4,700mAh battery that supports 80W Flash Charge wired fast charging and 50W wireless charging. All these combined make the X80 Pro a great phone to buy.

Should you buy 

Arguably the best cameras on a phone at the moment. Buy it for clicking great photos.

"The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is the company’s flagship productivity device which has now received major upgrades over its predecessors in the camera and performance department. It features a 6.2-inch AMOLED display on the outside. "

Verdict- This premium phone from Samsung comes with all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a flagship phone, including brilliant cameras and powerful hardware. However, its biggest selling point is the fact that the Galaxy Z Fold 4 comes with a a 7.6-inch foldable AMOLED panel. The display also hides a 4MP in-display camera. The phone offers fast refresh rates on both the screens as they support 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 is powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. This is paired to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage. The foldable smartphone packs a 4,400mAh battery that supports 25W charging. 

Should you buy 

Definitely! Best premium foldable phone that money can buy right now.  

"The OnePlus 10 Pro comes with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and is the company’s current flagship. "

Verdict - The phone is powered by a powerful chipset, but that’s not it. It is also aided by up to 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM, up to 256 GB of UFS 3.1 storage, and a 5-layer 3D Passive Cooling System system. It comes with the second-gen Hasselblad tuning consisting of 10-bit Natural Color Calibration for its triple rear cameras, support for DCI-P3 color gamut, a dedicated fish-eye mode from its 150 ultrawide camera, 30x digital zoom from its 50MP telephoto sensor, OIS on both this and the main 48MP sensor, 12-bit RAW+ output mode, Movie Mode (videos in LOG format), Long Exposure shooting mode, 3 color styles (Serenity, Radiance, and Emerald), and Hasselblad Pro Mode allowing you to fine-tune things like ISO and white balance. The power source is 5000mAh with 80W SuperVOOC charging (in the box) and 50W AIRVOOC wireless charging.  

Should I buy 

Definitely buy if you’re looking for a premium experience without breaking the bank.

"This is Xiaomi’s flagship phone for the Indian market and is the company’s answer to the flagships from Samsung and Apple. "

Verdict - Xiaomi 12 Pro comes with a 6.73-inch 2K 120Hz LTPO AMOLED display. The display also gets support for Dolby Vision and is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus. The front camera is a 32MP shooter. The back cameras comprise of 50MP (OIS) + 50MP (2x zoom)+ 50MP (ultrawide) triplet. Under the hood, the Xiaomi phone comes with Android 12-based MIUI 13, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, and a 4600mAh battery with 120W wired charging support, and 50W wireless charging feature.

Should I buy it 

If great cameras are what you’re looking for then definitely buy this phone.