Buying a good camera smartphone doesn’t need you to spend over a lakh these days with brands like Xiaomi, Vivo and Honor in the mix.
The majority of current top smartphones now have flagship-caliber cameras, demonstrating how far the mid-range smartphone market has progressed. These mid-range phones are very affordable even though they might not have as many features as their more costly counterparts. If you want to buy a new smartphone with a good camera, here are some of the best options available for less than Rs 50,000.
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BEST CAMERA PHONES TO BUY IN INDIA FOR UNDER RS 50,000
Motorola Edge 50 Pro
It features three cameras: a 50MP primary camera with optical image stabilisation, a 13MP ultrawide lens, and a 10MP 3x telephoto sensor. Pantone has tested these cameras for accurate skin tone capture, and they perform well in well-lit circumstances, providing crisp and clear photographs with a wide dynamic range. However, the camera app experiences substantial slowness, which may irritate some users.
The default colour settings, however, are slightly increased with high contrast, and switching to the 3x telephoto lens results in colour changes and diminished sharpness. The ultrawide lens offers sharp images with minimal edge distortion. In low light, the primary camera excels in detail and exposure. The 50MP selfie camera, on the other hand, overexposes selfies on occasion while maintaining face detail. The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is priced at Rs 29,999.
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Vivo V40 Pro
This boasts four 50MP cameras: a primary sensor with optical image stabilisation, a portrait lens with 2x optical and 50x digital zoom, an ultrawide lens, and a selfie camera. The cameras benefit from a collaboration with ZEISS, which provides capabilities such as Multifocal Portrait photography, which allows you to take portraits at multiple focal lengths. Its selfie camera produces brighter, more vivid colour images.
The Vivo V40 Pro also supports three ZEISS portrait techniques that create distinct background blur effects. The V40 Pro excels in daylight photography, delivering social media-ready photographs, and is especially strong in portrait shooting, thanks to the ZEISS lenses. The Aura ring lamp is a useful tool for low-light portraiture. While the camera allows macro photography, you must manually enable it. The Vivo V40 Pro is available for Rs 49,999.
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Xiaomi 14 CIVI
It has a Leica-partnered rear camera system that includes a 50MP primary camera with OIS, a 50MP telephoto sensor with 2x optical zoom, and a 12MP ultrawide lens. The primary camera captures bright, social media-ready images with a wide dynamic range, but both Leica Authentic and Leica Colour modes provide saturated colours. Portrait photographers will appreciate the telephoto lens’s 35mm Documentary, 50mm Swirly Bokeh, and 90mm Soft Focus modes.
However, without OIS it performs poorly in low-light situations. The phone also includes two 32MP front cameras, with the primary capturing clear selfies and natural skin tones and the secondary being an ultrawide lens that captures photos with slightly washed-out colours. The Xiaomi 14 CIVI is priced at Rs 47,999.
Realme GT 6
The Realme GT 6 is equipped with a 50MP OIS primary shooter, a 50MP 2x telephoto sensor, and an 8MP ultrawide lens. The primary camera has a wider dynamic range than its predecessor, allowing highlights to be preserved even in low-light situations. It also performs well in low light due to its higher aperture lens, albeit low-light footage may be somewhat overexposed. The ultrawide camera works effectively in well-lit areas, though colours may appear enhanced.
The 50MP telephoto lens performs well in portrait shooting, with decent edge detection, albeit skin tones may be somewhat off. It can zoom up to 20x, however, photos become blurry beyond the 2x optical zoom. The 32MP front camera produces good facial detail despite significant over processing. The Realme GT 6 is priced under Rs 40,000.
Honor 200
This phone has an outstanding camera configuration that includes a 50MP primary camera, a 12MP ultrawide and macro lens, and a 50MP telephoto lens with 2.5x optical zoom. It also has a 50 MP portrait selfie camera. The cameras produce detailed images with a wide dynamic range, rich but not highly processed colours, and strong low-light performance.
It excels at portrait photography, with precise details and a clear separation of foreground and backdrop. The collaboration with Studio-Harcourt results in three dedicated portrait filters, which are solely available for the back camera. The Honor 200 is priced at Rs 39,999.
