The Ultimate Comparo

With the mobile phone industry growing in leaps and bounds and high end phones becoming more and more accessible with each passing day, a comprehensive comparison of smartphones available on the Indian market today, at an entry level highly contested price bracket, has become inevitable. So, for this review, instead of putting a ceiling on the number of phones, I have considered all mobiles under Rs. 15000/-, which satisfy a few basic criteria, that are commonplace in reasonably well-spec'd phones these days, including a minimum of 64GB ROM, 4GB RAM, 6'' full-HD display, 12MP rear camera and 8MP front camera. Here, buying preference for a phone has been calculated based on a composite rank for technical specifications of the mobile, followed by its price and then by individual parameters, if the former two are same, starting with front cam spec and then rear cam spec, which seem to be the driving factors for both marketing of phones and decision making today.  ...

Although I believe that the near and dear ones one has, represent one's true wealth, there is no denying that monetary prosperity does play an important role in almost everything else, including facilitation of happiness and well being of those very same loved ones. Here in India, we are brought up hard-wired to certain perceptions of economic strata, as if it were passed down the generations in each family. And while some folks are truly born with a silver spoon in their mouth, others come from relatively more humble backgrounds. But does that confine us to remain at the same level throughout our lives? I think not... So, if we had to classify the various financial classes as per their buying power, also taking into account common notion in the public eye, we would probably end up with a table like this. Now, referring to the above list, although in reality the change from one strata to another is a gradual one and doesn't have a well-defined boundary line even a...