Smartphones have become so central to our daily lives that the difference between a good smartphone that just works and a bad one with lots of bugs, can make or break the whole experience for you. The premium smartphones also take care of the small things that others ignore. These are the things like water resistance, a stunning display, pro-level cameras and an attractive design. From playing a graphics-heavy game to watching a movie in HDR quality to editing a spreadsheet or making a video, everything plays a role in deciding which smartphone you should opt for. These smartphones are just as much a status symbol as they are stellar pieces of hardware, and while there are a handful of options in the market, here are the best premium smartphones you can buy in India right now.
1. Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max ( Rs 1,19,900): Apple's iPhone 12 Pro Max is arguably Apple's most premium phone to date. It has a massive display and adds to that the fastest processor and best camera, and you have a beast of a phone. Specification wise, it offers a 6.7-inch OLED display, a new A14 Bionic chipset, a triple camera set-up with 12-megapixel F1.6 primary camera, a 12-megapixel telephoto camera, and a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera along with a LiDAR sensor and much more. The price starts at Rs 1,19,900.
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2. Samsung Note 20 Ultra (Rs 1,05,000): The Note 20 Ultra brings with it a 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and a resolution of 3088x1440 pixels. Note 20 Ultra features a 108-megapixel main camera sitting next to a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera, and a 12-megapixel telephoto camera. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra also comes with a 4,500 mAh pack for long-lasting battery life. The Note 20 Ultra also gets the S Pen support with five new gestures.
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3. Samsung Galaxy S 21 Ultra (Rs 1,05,999): The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra features one of the biggest displays available on a phone right now. This is a 6.8-inch QHD+ AMOLED panel that features a 3200 x 1440 resolution and a pixel density of 551ppi. The display also offers an Adaptive 120Hz refresh rate, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor and the Exynos 2100 chipset. Galaxy S21 Ultra comes with a 108MP primary camera sensor, This is paired with a 12MP (F/2.2) ultra-wide-angle sensor and a 120-degree field of view.
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4. OnePlus 9 Pro (Rs 64,999): The OnePlus 9 Pro features a 6.7-inch QHD+ resolution AMOLED curved display. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor and is paired with up to 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB. The OnePlus 9 Pro has quad cameras on the back headlined by a primary 48MP camera, 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera and a 2MP monochrome camera is the same as the standard OnePlus 9.
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5. Vivo X60 (Rs 69,990): The Vivo X60 Pro features a 6.56-inch Full HD+ (2376x1080 pixels) resolution AMOLED display with a punch-hole notch cutout. The display on the device is a 120Hz refresh rate panel and is certified for HDR10+ playback. The Vivo X60 Pro brings a 48MP primary camera, 13MP telephoto camera with 2X optical zoom and 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera.
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6. Asus Rog Phone 5 (Rs 49,999): Asus ROG Phone 5 features a 6.78-inch Full HD+ resolution display and supports up to 144Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate and offers up to 1200nits brightness. It is Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor with an octa-core CPU running up to 2.84GHz with Adreno 660 GPU. It has triple cameras on the back headlined by a 64MP primary, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera and a 5MP macro camera.
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7. Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra (Rs 69,999): The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra features a 6.81-inch AMOLED QHD+ display supporting 120Hz refresh rate and is certified for HDR10+ playback offering up to 1700nits peak brightness. It is powered by the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 660 GPU. There’s a triple camera setup on the back that is headlined by a 50MP camera, 48MP telephoto camera and a 48MP ultra-wide-angle camera. On the front, there is a 20MP camera for selfies.
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8. Apple iPhone 12 (Rs 79,900): The iPhone 12 is designed as the successor to the iPhone 11 and comes with 5G support. It is powered by Apple's A14 Bionic chip and run on iOS 14 out-of-the-box. The device comes with a 6.1 inches Super Retina XDR display, and dual rear cameras which include a wide camera and an ultra-wide camera sensor. In the front, the device houses dual selfie camera sensors. It also features a 6.10-inch touchscreen display with 1170 x 2532 pixels resolution.
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9. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 (Rs 1,49, 998): The Galaxy Z Fold 2 is as premium as the premium gets. The phone comes with two displays, with the inner screen housing a punch-hole selfie camera. The panel here is 6.23-inches in size capable of HD+ resolution. This panel sports a 25:9 aspect ratio. The phone brings three lenses with the primary being a 12-megapixel lens paired to another 12-megapixel Super Dual Pixel lens. The third lens in the set-up is a 12-megapixel telephoto lens. The front camera on the phone is a 10-megapixel lens for clicking pictures. For hardware, Samsung's latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ chipset.
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10. OnePlus 8 Pro (Rs 48,999): OnePlus 8 Pro features good cameras -- a primary 48MP Sony IMX689 lens sat next to another 48MP ultra-wide lens which boasts of a 120-degree field of view. The third lens is an 8MP telephoto one with a 5MP colour filter lens. For selfies, there's a Sony 16MP lens. it uses the Snapdragon 865 SoC which the company has paired with a high amount of RAM and 256GB of storage depending on your model and variant of choice. It also comes with 6.78-inches in size and can churn up to QHD+ resolutions at 120Hz.
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