Best phones to buy under ₹10,000 in August 2024: iQOO Z9 Lite 5G, Poco M6 Pro 5G and more

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₹10,000 with options from many reputed brands like iQOO, Motorola, Realme and Redmi.iQOO Z9 Lite features a 6.56-inch HD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 840 nits. The phone runs on MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset based on 6nm process and Mali G57 MC2 GPU for handling graphics intensive tasks. It comes with support for up to 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 128GB of eMMC 5.1 storage.

The storage is expandable up to 1TB via the microSD card slot.The phone runs on Funtouch OS 14 based on Android 14 and is promised to get 2 years of Android updates and 3 years of security patches. The Z9 Lite 5G also features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and an IP 64 rating for dust and splash resistance.On the camera front, there is a 50MP primary shooter and a 2MP depth shooter to the back. For selfies and video calls, there is also an 8MP shooter to the front.Poco M6 Pro 5G features a 6.79-inch FHD+ display with a 90Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz touch sampling rate.

The smartphone is protected by Gorilla Glass 3. Under the hood, it is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC. Out-of-the-box, it runs on Android 13-based MIUI 14 and comes with a commitment for 2 major OS updates and 3 years of security updates.The Poco M6 Pro 5G comes with a dual-camera setup on the back, comprising a 50-megapixel AI sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.