Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Varun Kashyap & Sridevi Reddy
Co-Founders, Zithara.ai
Transforming Indian Offline Retail and Customer Engagement Using AI

Google released its new latest software OS, Android 9 Pie, a couple of months ago. And soon after the OS was released for public, it started coming to some of the compatible phones. The first phone to get the Android 9 Pie’s sweetness is definitely Pixel. Having said that, all the Pixel phones, starting from Pixel XL to Pixel 2 XL and now the Pixel 3 XL all run on the Android 9 Pie. Following Pixels, other phones that got updated with Pie soon after it was officially released include — OnePlus 6, Nokia 7 Plus, among others. Apart from upgrading their already existing phones, some companies like OnePlus are launching phones with Android 9 Pie. The OnePlus 6T comes with Android 9 Pire out-of-the-box. Here are some of the Rs 20,000 phones that have been launched or upgraded to Android 9 Pie software.

Nokia 6.1
HMD Global is one of the few phone makers who has been working closely with Google to bring Android 9 Pie to their phones. The Nokia 6.1 is among the first Nokia phones to get Android 9 Pie sweetness. Interestingly, it is also one of the cheapest phones to be running on the latest software. The Nokia 6.1 comes with 5.5-inch display, is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 and sports 16MP Zeiss optics with dual-LED dual-tone flash on the rear panel. On the front, the phone includes an 8MP selfie shooter. Other features that the phone features include — 3000 mAh battery, 3.5mm headphone jack and more.
Nokia 6.1 Plus
As noted earlier, the Nokia 7 Plus was the first phone from HMD to get Android 9 Pie’ sweetness. The phone was then followed by Nokia 6 series of phones. Besides the Nokia 6.1, the Plus model — Nokia 6.1 Plus was also upgraded to Android 9 Pie. This is also a phone that is available under Rs 20,000 and has Pie inside. As for the specs, the phone comes with a big 5.8-inch display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor. The phone comes with dual cameras on the rear panel and single on the front. On the rear side, the phone includes a camera configuration of 16MP + 5MP, while on the front it packs a 16MP selfie shooter.