Diwali gifts: 5 best mid-range smartphones to gift your loved ones

The festive season is on in full swing, as are festive offers on your favourite smartphones. Clearly, there’s no better time to upgrade to a new smartphone or gift one to your loved ones.

If you’re looking for devices that offer great performance, a long-lasting battery, and general ease of use without breaking the bank, you have come to the right place. Here’s a list of five great mid-range smartphones that you can gift your family and friends, or perhaps even yourself this Diwali.

Best mid-range smartphones to gift this Diwali

1. Vivo V40 Pro 5G

2. Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

3. OnePlus Nord 4 5G

4. Realme 13 Pro 5G

5. Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G

1. Vivo V40 Pro 5G

The Vivo V40 Pro 5G is the company’s latest addition to its V-series of camera-focused smartphones. It gets a triple rear-camera setup, with a 50MP Sony IMX 921 primary sensor, coupled with a 50MP Zeiss wide-angle sensor, and a 50MP telephoto sensor. On the front is also a 50MP camera with as much as a 92-degree field of view.

All of this ensures that whether you’re looking for a smartphone to up your macro photography game, or simply your selfie game for Snapchat, the Vivo V40 Pro 5G has you more than taken care of.

2. Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

The Samsung Galaxy A35 5G, with its glass back and metallic edges, looks extremely similar to the more premium Samsung Galaxy S24FE and base Galaxy S24.

Samsung smartphones’ OLED displays have always been known for their vivid colours, sharp contrast, and super clear text. The Galaxy A35 5G is no exception. The device gets a 6.6-inch FHD+ resolution Super AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 1,000 nits of peak brightness.

What sweetens the deal is the promise of four years of software updates and five years of security patch updates.

3. OnePlus Nord 4 5G

The OnePlus Nord 4 5G is one of the fastest-charging smartphones in the mid-range segment, with a 5,5000mAh battery with support for 100W fast charge. This, the company says, allows you to charge from zero to 100 per cent in just 28 minutes.

Apart from its battery chops, the phone also boasts a set of competitive specs, which include Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC, up to 12GB of RAM, and several AI features.

4. Realme 13 Pro 5G

The Realme 13 Pro 5G is another attractive option, especially its Emerald Green variant, which gets a unique vegan leather back and sporting gold accents.

Apart from its standout design, the device also comes with features like a 6.7-inch curved OLED display that promises an immersive viewing experience. Adding to it is the dual-speaker setup with support for hi-res audio and dual-mic noise cancellation.

5. Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G

The Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G is another device that brings on-device AI features to you without burning a hole in your pockets.

Powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset, the phone packs several AI features including AI Portrait Expert which helps remove unwanted objects and people from images, AI LinkBoost for faster file sharing, AI Clear Face to enhance group photos, and AI studios to turn human subjects into digital avatars.

These five phones will more than take care of your needs – whether it is multitasking at work, gaming, binging on movies, photography, or just about anything else. All of that, without breaking a sweat, or burning a hole in your pockets.