Best Non-Chinese Mobile Phone around 12000 ₹

This segment of sub Rs 12000 mobile phone segment is dominated by Chinese brands & Samsung. For the previous 1.5 years, Samsung has made its presence felt, thanks to its M-series mobile phones. If I have to talk about the leading non-Chinese mobile phone brands, well there are many, who have presented great smartphones. Apart from Samsung, some other notable brands are – Nokia, Asus, LG, and Panasonic.

Mind it, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the price of many smartphones has gone up on e-commerce portals like Amazon/Flipkart. It may take a few weeks for the process to settle down.

Let’s check notable non-Chinese mobile phone listing, around 12000 INR.

#1 Samsung Galaxy M21 (4GB/64GB)

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Price: ₹ 13,999/-

Key stats:

Launch date- 18th March 2020
RAM/Storage- 4GB RAM / 64GB storage | Expandable memory up to 512 GB
Screen- 6.4 inches, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 screen protection, Super AMOLED display
Processor/Chipset- Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9611, Octa-core (2.3 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A73 + 1.7 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53)
Camera- Rear (48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP) | Front 20MP
Battery- 6000 mAh with 15W Type-C Fast Charging
OS/UI- Android v10.0, One UI
Design- 15.99 x 0.9 x 7.5 cm || 188gm

#2 LG W30 PRO

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Price: ₹ 13,499/-

Key stats:

Launch date- 28th October 2019
RAM/Storage- 4GB RAM / 64GB storage | Expandable memory up to 512 GB
Screen- 6.21 inches, IPS LCD display
Processor/Chipset- Qualcomm Snapdragon 632, Octa-core (1.8 GHz, Quad-core, Kryo 250 + 1.8 GHz, Quad-core, Kryo 250)
Camera- Rear (13 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP) | Front 16MP
Battery- 4050 mAh with Quick Charging
OS/UI- Android v9.0
Design- 15.77 x 0.83 x 7.59 cm || 172gm