Top AI mobile phones under Rs 20,000: iQOO Z9s, Redmi Note 14 5G, OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite, and more

 Artificial Intelligence (AI) features are highly prevalent on phones to the point they have trickled down to affordable phones aiding the masses in quickly getting tasks done without additional apps or tools. In this article, we’ve curated the top AI mobile phones under Rs 20,000 based on our internal testing and reviews. The phones are listed in the order of highest to lowest pricing.

iQOO Z9s

Infinix Note 40 Pro

OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite

Redmi Note 14 5G

Realme Narzo 70 Turbo

POCO M7 Pro

1. iQOO Z9s

Price: Starts at Rs 19,999 (8GB+128GB)

The iQOO Z9s (review) is the company’s latest offering in the budget segment which boasts a couple of image improvement and editing AI features. Using these, you can enhance your photos to achieve the desired results. The iQOO Z9s runs on MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset.

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AI Photo Enhance – This feature unblurs shaken images and adds detail to them resulting in an overall better picture.

AI Erase – Using this feature, the unwanted subjects or items in an image can be intelligently removed. The AI goes further ahead by filling in the removed portions of the image.

2.Infinix Note 40 Pro

Price: Starts at Rs 19,999 (8GB+256GB)

Although Infinix Note 40 Pro‘s (review) limelight features are wireless and reverse wireless charging, this sub-Rs 20,000 smartphone comes with several AI features for users to take advantage of in their daily lives. The phone runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 7020 5G chipset.

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•Folax – Folax is Infinix’s own AI assistant app which runs on ChatGPT in the backend. Users can converse with the AI in English and Hindi and the chatbot will reply in the corresponding language. It can do everything which ChatGPT can.

•AI Portrait Enhancer – As the name suggests, this feature enhances the images taken using the built-in portrait mode within the camera app.

•AI Cam – The default photo mode in Infinix Note 40 Pro’s camera app is named ‘AI Cam’. This intelligently detects the scene in the viewfinder and auto-adjusts the image’s tone.

3. OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite

Price: Starts at Rs 19,999 (8GB+128GB)

The OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite (review) was barebones in AI features when it launched last year. However, with the Android 15-based OxygenOS 15 update, the smartphone has gained several productivity-related AI features to enhance workflow. The handset is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 SoC.

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•AI Eraser – Within the editing options of the Photos app, the AI Eraser allows users to remove subjects and people from their images. There’s also an option called ‘Smart Lasso’ which replaces a highlighted part with an AI-generated object.

•AI Notes – The stock notes app on Nord CE 4 Lite has various text editing AI features such as Format, Clean Up, Polish, Elaborate, and more to enhance the given text.

•AI Smart Cutout – This feature generates a cutout of the main object in an image which can be used as a PNG or saved as an image or sticker.

4. Redmi Note 14 5G

Price: Starts at Rs 18,999 (6GB+128GB)

The Redmi Note 14 5G (review) ships with the MediaTek Dimensity 7025-Ultra chipset and boasts tons of AI features that aid in enhancing the clicked photographs. After all, the phone’s tagline is “Super Camera. Super AI.” which indicates a heavy focus on AI.

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•AI Erase – With AI Erase, users can remove unwanted subjects resulting in ‘photo bomb free’ images.

•AI Magic Sky – The AI Magic Sky feature allows adding various artistic sky effects to photos that contain a sky. These effects include sunshine, clear days, clear skies, rain, and more.

•AI Album – A Gallery feature, AI Album automatically combines and generates a video out of the relevant and similar photos for you.

•AI Camera – The AI Camera mode within the camera app detects the scene and accordingly applies the tone in the viewfinder to give the clicked images an artistic effect.

•AI Watermark – With AI Watermark enabled in the camera app, users can choose from tons of watermarks to use in their images in real time. These watermarks include stylish time and date text, quotes, symbols, and more. These watermarks can be moved around at any part of the image.

5. Realme Narzo 70 Turbo

Price: Starts at Rs 16,999 (6GB+128GB)

The Realme Narzo 70 Turbo (review) is a performance-oriented device under the Realme Narzo 70 series. This smartphone is equipped with the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Energy 5G chipset, which runs AI tasks and systems on the phone.

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•AI Quantum Listening – As part of AI Boost, this feature monitors apps in the background to detect lags and works to make the system smoother by allocating the required resources.

•AI Optimizer – Another part of AI Boost is AI Optimizer which balances performance and power consumption to get the best experience resulting in smoother operation of the phone.

•AI Eye Protection – Depending on what you’re doing on your phone such as reading, social networking, video calling, watching videos, and other applications, the phone adjusts the screen’s colour temperature in real time to reduce eye strain.

•AI Clear Voice – This AI feature cuts down on the unnecessary noise in the background resulting in distraction-free calls.

6. POCO M7 Pro

Price: Starts at Rs 14,999 (6GB+128GB)

POCO M7 Pro (review) is a performance-oriented phone on a budget, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7025 Ultra chipset. Just like the Redmi Note 14 5G, this handset comes with some crucial AI features for users to utilise.

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•AI AF – This feature automatically adjusts the zoom level for the selfie camera up to 0.8x to ensure everyone in a group fits perfectly into a selfie.

•AI Night Mode – This feature auto-tunes the camera settings in low light to capture better nighttime shots.

•AI Sky Replacement – To give outdoor images an appealing look, AI Sky Replacement provides several sky effects to choose from and apply.

•AI Magic Eraser Pro – You get one of the most essential AI features, the AI Eraser on POCO M7 Pro which removes unwanted objects from images in an instant.

                    

                                         _Ravi dhakad