Smartphones Which Can Take Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro’s Place After the Price Hike

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 5 Pro has become a bestseller phone in India owing to its high-end specifications which come at an equally attractive price point. Because of the high popularity of the phone, each and every time the phone has gone out of stock in the flash sales which happened on Flipkart. However, there is bad news for people who are looking to buy the phone now. Although a substantial amount of people have already bought the phone there might be some buyers who were waiting for some time to have a better look at the reviews of the phone. This could have been a bad move since now the company has decided to raise the price of the phone by Rs 1000. After the price hike, the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage variant of the smartphone will come at the price of Rs 14,999 starting from 1 May 2018.

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The major reason for this hike is the recent changes in tax structure along with the introduction of 10% of custom duty on the PCBA units of the smartphone. That being said, the Indian smartphone market is very sensitive to even minute price hikes and differences, and this move by Xiaomi might push some buyers to look for alternatives to the Redmi Note 5 Pro.

With the phone belonging to the budget segment, there are some devices which come close to cracking the price vs value on Xiaomi’s price point. For the buyers looking for some other alternative after Xiaomi’s price hike of the Redmi Note 5 Pro, we have compiled a detailed list comprising of the smartphones which can take its place.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro alternatives

Honor 9 Lite (starting at Rs 10,999)

The Honor 9 Lite is a phone which has been in some serious competition with the Redmi Note 5 Pro. After the recent hike, this phone is now bound to get some more attention. It comes with a 5.65-inch Full HD+ screen with 1080 x 2160 pixels resolution display with 18:9 aspect ratio and 2.5D curved glass. Under the hood, the phone sports Octa-core Kirin 659 processor which is clocked at 1.7GHz. The processor comes coupled with Mali T830-MP2 GPU for graphics. Presently there are two variants of the smartphone in the market which are of- 3GB of RAM with 32GB inbuilt storage and the next one with 4GB of RAM with 64GB inbuilt storage – both the variants come with the option of expandable storage of up to 256GB via the method of MicroSD. For power, there is a 3,000mAh battery.