Best Android Phones: March 2011

Continuing with our monthly tradition of listing the best Android phones in the Indian market, here is the list for March. Unfortunately, this month has been rather disappointing as only a few new Android phones were launched. All the good ones we expected after the Mobile World Congress seem to be taking their own sweet time. We expect April to be little less disappointing in this respect.

Phones under Rs. 10,000
While our last month's suggestions still stand true, we would like to make a new addition and that is the LG Optimus One P500. Now technically, the phone is still above Rs. 10,000, but with a price of just Rs. 10,299, we would not want to miss out on recommending this phone based on technicality alone. The Optimus One is a genuinely good Android phone and if you have any qualms about LG, we would suggest you to keep them aside and go for this phone. It would require stretching your budget a little, especially if you were considering one of the Samsung Android phones in this range but we feel it is definitely worth it.

Phones under Rs. 15,000
No changes here. The Samsung S5830 Galaxy Ace is still the best Android phone under Rs. 15,000. Compared to the Optimus One, it has a bigger display, better camera and more powerful hardware, which justifies the extra you pay for it.

Another Android phone worth recommending in this price range is the Dell XCD35. It has a 3.5-inch, 480 x 800 resolution display that is highly rare for a phone in this price range. It runs on a 600MHz processor, which is not as slow as one might think, 3 megapixel camera with auto focus, 3G, W-Fi, A-GPS and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo. This phone costs Rs. 12,990.