Is your new Mobile Phone eating up your salary?

Author-Vibhor Shergill (Brother of Sabhyata Shergill)

Hello readers. Today, we’ll be talking about that gadget that probably is your lifeline. Your Business, your Relations, your Entertainment, your Sleep and Wake cycle all depend on this gadget. Yes, today we’ll be talking about Mobile phones.

Since mobile phones are an essential part of our lifestyle, it is obvious that we are judged by it too. In fact, a very meaningful quotation comes to my mind whenever I think of mobile phones. You must have heard of this, “A man is known by the company he keeps”, well, the modern version of it goes like this, “A man is known by the mobile phone he keeps”

So today, we’ll be discussing about which mobile phone according to your needs and lifestyle should find a place in your pocket.

So without further a do, let’s begin…
I’d want you to categorize yourself in the following categories of users:-

• I want a smartphone for general purposes. Calls, WhatsApp, Emails and a little social media is all that I want from my phone. I am not that much into gaming or photography.

• I want more than just calling and social media from my smartphone. I like to play mobile games. Sometimes, I also use my phone for watching movies etc. Though, I am not very keen on clicking photos or selfies or taking videos, I occasionally do that as well.

• I want all the above features in my smartphone. In addition to that, I am very keen on taking photos and videos. My phone should handle all the multimedia demands that I throw at it, be it watching movies, playing heavy games, clicking beautiful snaps etc and at the same time should offer a decent battery life too.

• I want an all round package. I want great battery life, gorgeous screen, capability to multi task, handle heavy games, click DSLR like photos. My phone should be top notch in every department and should have nice look and feel as well.

• My mobile phone is my status symbol, I want my phone to speak about my personality, it should speak riches and must have a ‘cool’ quotient. Basically, I want an all round device and I am brand conscious as well.

Having spent 5 years in the tech. industry and having designed webpages and Apps for both PC and Android, I have formed pretty good view of which product in the market is worth your time and money and which is not.

Now, I hope you have categorized yourself into one or more of the above categories. Let’s now proceed to examine each of the above category,
The first one,

I want a smartphone for general purposes. Calls, WhatsApp, Emails and a little social media is all that I want from my phone. I am not that much into gaming or photography.

If you belong to this category, the minimum features that you should look out for are:-

• At least 1 GB RAM along with 8 GB ROM, preferably expandable upto at least 16 GB.
• 5 inch Display.
• Decent rear and front cameras.
• At least an 1800 mAh battery.

Having said that, here’s the compilation of the best mobile phones available in the market currently, in this category of features:-



Now, the second one

I want more than just calling and social media from my smartphone. I like to play mobile games. Sometimes, I also use my phone for watching movies etc, Though, I am not very keen on clicking photos or selfies or taking videos, I occasionally do that as well.

If you belong to this category, the minimum features that you should look out for are:-

• At least 2 GB RAM along with 16 GB ROM preferably expandable upto 64 GB
• At least a 5 inch HD Display
• At least 8MP Rear Camera and 5MP Front Camera
• At least a 2500 mAh battery
• A 64-bit Processor

The best mobile phones available in the market currently, with these list of features are:-



The third category,

I want all the above features in my smartphone. In addition to that, I am very keen on taking photos and videos. My phone should handle all the multimedia demands that I throw at it, be it watching movies, playing heavy games, clicking beautiful snaps etc and at the same time should offer a decent battery life too.

This is probably that segment, most of the people would like to place their money upon, as this category offers the most bang for the buck.

• At least 3 GB RAM along with 32 GB ROM preferably expandable upto 64 GB
• At least a 5.2 inch Full HD Display
• At least 13MP Rear Camera, a dual rear camera will better along with at least 8MP Selfie shooter. Front flash will be icing on the cake
• Fingerprint sensor
• 3000 mAh Battery
• Mediatek or a Snapdragon SoC

Having said that, here’s the compilation of the best mobile phones available in the market currently, in this category of features:-



Now, the fourth one,

I want an all round package. I want great battery life, gorgeous screen, capability to multi task, handle heavy games, click DSLR like photos. My phone should be top notch in every department and should have nice look and feel as well.

This is that category of power user mobile phones. A power user is defined as the one who wants every feature possible in the market along with a solid performance and battery life. But, at the same time also wants to keep the budget under check.
If you belong to this power user category, the minimum features that you should look out for are:-

• At least 4 GB RAM along with 64 GB ROM preferably expandable Upto 128 GB
• 5.5 inch Full HD Display
• At least 12MP dual rear Camera along with at least 8MP Front Camera
• 3500 mAh Battery
• At least a Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 octa-core Processor
• Gorilla Glass protection
• Fast Charging capability

The best mobile phones available in the market currently, with these list of features are:-



Now, the fifth one and probably for the one that has some great riches,

My mobile phone is my status symbol, I want my phone to speak about my personality, it should speak riches and must have a ‘cool’ quotient. Basically, I want an all round device and I am brand conscious as well.

• At least 4 GB RAM along with 64 GB ROM preferably expandable upto 256 GB
• At least a 5.5 inch Quad HD+ Display
• At least a 12MP Rear Camera along with 8MP Front shooter
• At least 3500 mAh Battery

Having said that, here’s the compilation of the best mobile phones available in the market currently, in this category of features:-