The best budget phones of 2023: In Pictures

The budget smartphone segment has been spiralling for a while now, but 2023 was a good year for some phone manufacturers.

From Lava to Samsung, here are the best budget phones of 2023.

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Lava Agni 2 is the only budget 5G phone that looks and feels premium and comes with a curved AMOLED screen and an in-display fingerprint scanner.

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The Infinix GT 10 Pro is a unique-looking device that caters primarily to gamers. It has an AMOLED screen and a glyph-like back panel that is sure to turn heads.

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Samsung's Galaxy M34 is the only budget phone that offers 3 Android updates and 4 years of security patches, making it one of the best phones under Rs 20,000.

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Powered by Snapdragon 695, Motorola G84 comes with a premium-looking back panel that makes it stand out from the rest of the competition.

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While the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite may not be as powerful as other phones on the list, it delivers on almost all fronts sans the camera.

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