Lava Agni 5G ; The best phone under Rs 20,000? Here’s what you need to consider

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Lava has made a splashing comeback in the mid-range segment with the Agni 5G after being absent from the Indian Smartphone industry for quite some time now. With Agni 5G, Lava has taken the tried and tested approach of value-for-money smart phones. The Lava Agni 5G comes with some impressive specs for its asking price. It gets Mediatek’s latest Dimensity 810 chipset bringing 5G capabilities. Further, it has a 6.78-inch FHD+ display with a refresh rate of 90Hz, a 5,000mAH battery with 30W fast charging, and a 64MP quad rear camera setup just for Rs 19,999.

Lava Agni 5G packs quite a punch under the hood. However, things could get tricky in the software department as you’d need a good software experience to take advantage of the power to its full extent. The Smartphone does run on Android 11, but we haven’t experienced it so far. So far, smart phones from Indian brands don’t have a very good reputation with the software, so it’s hard for us to comment if the Agni 5G is any different or not. Further, we also don’t know the situation of software updates with the Agni 5G. Yes, we would be looking out for the signs of bloat ware, but it would be great if Lava could do what Micromax is doing with its In series smart phones – a clean and stock software experience.

Now coming to the cameras, the Lava Agni 5G offers an impressive camera setup on paper. The Agni 5G comes with a quad rear camera, including a 64MP primary camera, a 5MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP macro and depth sensor. On the front, it has a 16MP camera for selfies. The number looks quite good on paper, but we have no idea how well these cameras fare in real-world scenarios. We are not saying that the cameras wouldn’t be good, but it’ll be best to save the final judgement until the Smartphone comes out.

Last but not the least, Lava’s after-sales support is going to be a big hurdle in the way of Agni’s success. As we know, Lava doesn’t have much of a good reputation in this department. So, it will be a huge challenge to keep up with the after-sales requests, and Lava would have to ramp up its effort to provide users with the service they expect after spending around Rs 20,000 on a Smartphone.

So is Lava Agni 5G the best smartphone under Rs 20,000? Well, it’s too early to decide that, but Lava has sure made a huge comeback with the Agni 5G. 

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