eSports has not only risen as a competitive as well as a legitimate genre of sport but is now more accessible than ever. Every potential smartphone owner can now be a gamer. However, your personal skills aside, a huge factor in elevating your gameplay experience is your device’s power. Popular mobile eSports games such as Call of Duty Mobile, PUBG, and Fortnite are extremely graphically intensive and take a huge chunk of the processing power that your phone’s CPU can provide. If your phone isn’t strong enough, this causes stuttering in frame rates, which can cost you an entire game in clutch situations!
The competition for gaming phones is extremely heated, especially in the budget segment. People often spend within the 15,000 to 20,000 rupees range, and that is the price demographic that constitutes the lower midrange or the budget range. The price difference may occur in case you prefer physical stores to purchase smartphones as the costs are slightly higher as compared to online stores. This is the main reason why consumers are rapidly moving to online shopping in India. Either you shop online or offline, these phones wouldn’t hurt your pocket.
1. Samsung M31s
Although Samsung mobiles have been known for their reliability and awesome after-sales service, for the price range of Rs. 18000, M31s misses the mark by only providing the dated Exynos 9611 processor. Though it is fairly capable for daily tasks and browsing and is only a little worse than its competitors, it falls short of them due to not being as durable and throttling after extended use. Hence it isn’t a suitable system for long gaming sessions.
2. Realme Narzo 20 Pro
Coming at just under Rs. 16000 for the top model, the Narzo 20 Pro sports the Helio G95 processor and up to 8GB of RAM. Though it comes with a 65-watt fast charger, the battery size leaves a little to be desired. The device will be running out of juice in only a few hours of intense gaming.
3. Realme 7
Being priced exactly the same as the Narzo 20 Pro, the Realme 7 also has the Helio G95 processor and an option to choose from the 6GB or the 8GB RAM variants. The difference that makes it rank higher is that even though it charges a little slower, the larger battery size translates to longer energy life for the phone. Other than that, the Realme 7 also sports a better camera module than the Narzo 20 to help you during those photoshoot sessions.
4. Redmi Note 9 Pro Max
The only primary contender from Redmi, the Note 9 Pro Max sports up to 8GB of RAM and a powerful Snapdragon 720G Octacore Processor. Though the device itself is very powerful, the bulky body, often can be a very draining experience and detract from being a light and nimble phone. At Rs. 18000, the provision of a 720G is also not the best value proposition.
5. Realme 7 Pro
Another contender from Realme, the 7 Pro is a beefed-up version of the Realme 7. Starting at just Rs. 19,999 the Realme 7 Pro also sports a Snapdragon 720G. The deal maker for the 7 Pro is a handy size that can be comfortable in the hand for long times, highly optimized UI and overall is a solid phone for general users too.
6. Motorola One Fusion Plus
The humble Motorola makes a comeback with the One Fusion Plus. Priced at Rs. 17,500 the appeal of the One Fusion Plus is its powerful Snapdragon 730G octa-core processor. This, coupled with the clean stock android UI makes it an extremely smooth and powerful phone. The phone’s ranking is held back only a little because of its bulk and otherwise lackluster performance in non-gaming metrics.
7. Poco X2
The Poco X2 being launched in February 2020 really shook up the midrange market. Poco X2 not only provides the supremely competitive Snapdragon 730G but also sports an extremely vibrant and smooth 120Hz refresh rate display. Besides, the Poco X2 blew the competition even in metrics of camera performance and daily usage. It has several gaming optimization features that help it unlock better framerates and graphic options. The Poco X2 is currently available at the cheap price of Rs. 15000.
8. Moto G 5G
Motorola’s Moto G 5G has the potential to well be the most powerful phone on this list due to its fresh Snapdragon 750G. As the name suggests the 750G also supports 5G network capabilities. The processor is also much more powerful than the others we have discussed until now. It only comes in 3rd place because of its price of Rs. 21,000. The phone barely edges out of the range of budget smartphones and if we’re spending that much it’s wiser to save up a little more and look at enthusiast-level phones in the upper range.
9. Poco X3
And we have another iteration of the Poco X series! What sets the X3 apart from the X2 is the slightly newer and upgraded Snapdragon 732G processor. This translates directly to better frame rates in games and a stronger and more consistent performance workload across long hours of gaming. The Poco X3 also has several marginal improvements over the X2 that make it a better phone, coming in at Rs. 18,000.
10. Realme X7
Finally, the crown of best budget gaming smartphones is taken by Realme. The X7 brings a lot to the table. Firstly, the 7 nm octa-core Mediatek Dimensity 800U processor is the latest 5G processor entering the Indian market and offers blisteringly faster performance compared to the competition. Secondly, the X7’s high refresh rate Super AMOLED screen not only looks beautiful but scrolls ultra smoothly. For the price of Rs. 19,999, the Realme X7 is truly the best that the budget range can offer.
Smartphone Gaming is heavily dependent on device performance. We hope this article covers your back to make the right choice. Now the only thing left to become the next pro player is to spend those hours training on your new gaming phone!
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