Best Smartphones;October 2014

With Diwali around the corner, most companies are geared to bring their flagship devices in India. With new phones pouring in, a year old phones have finally started getting some serious price drops. If you don't believe in the hype of buying the latest phones, now is the time to buy flagship phones that were too expensive to pick-up a few months back. Here are a first few deals, we will update the post as more companies start clearing the stocks.    BlackBerry Q10 Best Price: Rs 21,700           The BlackBerry Q10 is a very good QWERTY phone. The only reason why it didn't receive love from consumers was due to its absurd 43k price tag. But, now after a significant price cut, the Q10 gets our recommendation for those looking for a phone to work emails. For Rs 21,700, you get a 3.1-inch square Super AMOLED screen. Blackberry 10.2 OS runs without an issue on Q10's dual-core processor and 2 GB RAM. Although you don't buy a BlackBerry for photography, it's good to have an 8 megapixel camera. The phone's 2100 mAh battery easily lasts for two days.   Nokia Lumia 1020   Best Price: Rs 28,000            Nokia has a long history of camera phones. From a VGA camera on the 7650 2002, Nokia has managed to squeeze in a 41 megapixel sensor inside the recent camera flagship Lumia 1020. The phone offers total control over parameters such as shutter speed, exposure, white balance, and ISO. Apart from being an excellent camera, the 1020 is also a capable smartphone running Windows Phone 8.1. It is powered by a dual-core Snapdragon S4 chip with 2 GB RAM. Another features worth mentioning are long battery life and a great 4.5-inch HD AMOLED screen. Apple iPhone 5s Best Price: Rs 34,000 You don't generally see the iPhone in the best deals article. However, now that the iPhone 6 is on the verge of reaching the Indian market, the retailers are finally offering some "real" discounts. The iPhone 5s 16 GB variant (Gold), which was retailing for 53k is now available for 34,000. The phone flaunts a sleek metallic design. Its compact design assures single-handed usage. The IPS screen has pixel dimensions of 640x1136. The A7 chipset takes care of all the latest games. Plus, unlike the old iPhones, the iPhone 5s is good in low-light photography.