Nokia 7.1 vs other mid-range notch display smartphones to buy in India under Rs. 20,000

| Published: Friday, October 5, 2018, 17:05 [IST]

With the launch of the latest Nokia 7.1 by HMD global, users can admiringly find some of the prize-winning features that other couple of premium phones hardly accompany. If your priority list includes better camera module and powerful backup with support for 18W fast charging- which claims to deliver 50 percent charge in 30 minutes, it is the Nokia 7.1 to match with your criteria.

Nokia 7.1 vs other mid-range notch display smartphones to buy in India

The other important feature is its notched screen which is similar as that of an iPhone X, though it is pure Android from within. However your search doesn't end with this smartphone only, as you can also purchase other notch screen mid-range devices priced under Rs. 20,000.

The device due to the notch looks squashed to a 5.8-inch Full HD+ display. This is the goodness out of notched display that offers the best solution for increasing screen area without compromising on the critical hardware at the top, such as the front camera, receiver speaker, RGB sensor and LED indicator.

The use of notch also brings in lot of innovative ideas like use of display as a speaker, "read: screen sound-casting, piezoelectric speaker," a battery friendly option, under display finger print scanner etc. Whereas, there are some disadvantages too. The notch covers the camera lenses and hand gesture sensors and the speaker.

Still there are few OEMs like Google phones, Samsung and Sony which still haven't acknowledge this design due to some issues. According to the manufacturers, apps don't understand the notches, and everyone is changing the layout in different ways.

But with mid-range device like the Oppo F9, you get small notch which doesn't look average. There's no denying in the fact that this refers to waterdrop notch which is more attractive than the typical notch.

The notch only houses a front-facing camera, rather than most notches that also include the speaker. The earpiece is instead seamlessly integrated into the top bezel of the phone.

The details are more in the form of our list which we have attached below. So, go through it and look for the best handset featuring quality notched display.

RealMe 2 Pro 6GB RAM

Best Price of RealMe 2 Pro
Key Specs

6.3-inch (1080 x 2340 pixels) 19.5:9 FullView 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 512 GPU
4GB LPDDR4X / 6GB LPDDR4X RAM with 64GB (UFS 2.1) storage
8GB LPDDR4X RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
ColorOS 5.2 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
16MP rear camera and secondary 2MP camera
16MP front-facing camera
Dual 4G VoLTE
3500mAh built-in battery

Vivo Y81 4GB RAM

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Key Specs

6.22-inch (1520×720 pixels) HD+ 19:9 IPS 2.5D curved glass display
2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) 12nm processor with 650MHz IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM
Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
13MP rear camera with LED flash
5MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
3260mAh battery

OPPO F9

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Key Specs

6.3-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 aspect ratio display
Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor with ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
ColorOS 5.2 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
16MP rear camera and secondary 2MP camera
16MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dual 4G VoLTE
3500mAh (typical) / 3415mAh (minimum) battery

OPPO A5

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Key Specs

6.2-inch (1520 x 720 pixels) 18:9 FullView 2.5D curved glass display
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
ColorOS 5.1 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera and secondary 2MP camera
8MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
4230mAh (typical) / 4100mAh (minimum) built-in battery

Vivo Y83 Pro

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Key Specs

6.22-inch (1520×720 pixels) HD+ 19:9 IPS display
2GHz Octa Core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) 12nm processor with 650MHz IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
13MP rear camera with LED flash
8MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3260mAh battery

Honor Play

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Key Specs

6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD 19:5:9 2.5D curved glass display, 85% NTSC color gamut
Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 970 with 10nm processor with Mali-G72 MP12 GPU, i7 co-processor, NPU, GPU Turbo
4GB / 6GB LPDDR4X RAM with 64GB (UFS 2.1) internal storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.1 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.2
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
16MP rear camera and secondary 2MP rear camera
16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
Dual 4G VoLTE
3750mAh (typical) battery with fast charging

Honor 9N

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Key Specs

5.84-inch (1080 x 2280 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 2.5D curved glass display
Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor (4 xA53 at 2.36GHz + 4 x A53 at 1.7GHz) with MaliT830-MP2 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
4GB RAM with 64GB / 128GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
13MP rear camera and secondary 2MP camera
16MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
3000mAh (typical) / 2900mAh (Minimum) battery

Vivo Y83

Best Price of Vivo Y83
Key Specs

6.22-inch (1520×720 pixels) HD+ 19:9 IPS 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) 12nm processor with 650MHz IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM
Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture
8MP front-facing camera
4G VoLTE
3260mAh battery

Huawei P20 Lite

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Key Specs

5.84-inch (1080 x 2280 pixels) Full HD+ 19: 9 2.5D curved glass display with toughened glass protection
Octa-Core Kirin 659 processor with MaliT830-MP2 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Android 8.0 (Oreo) with EMUI 8.0
Single / Dual SIM
16MP rear camera with LED flash, secondary 2MP camera
16MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
3000mAh (typical) / 2900mAh (Minimum) battery with fast charging

OPPO F7

Best Price of OPPO F7
Key Specs

6.23-inch (2280 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 IPS display
Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU
4GB RAM with 64GB internal memory
6GB RAM with 128GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
ColorOS 5.0 based on Android 8.1 (Oreo)
16MP rear camera with LED flash
25MP front-facing camera
Dual 4G VoLTE
3400mAh (typical) / 3300mAh (minimum) battery

Motorola One Power

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Key Specs

6.2-inch (2246 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ display with 19:9 aspect ratio
1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB storage
expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
16MP rear camera with Dual LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, 1.12μm pixel size, 5MP secondary rear camera
12MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
5000mAh (typical) / 4850mAh (minimum) battery