SpecEagle review · Lava

Lava Yuva 2 review: Ultra-budget essentials with glass-look back.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2023·$85
Overall
42/100
Class rank
#6 of 6
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Sub-$90 home-grown essentials.

Lava Yuva 2 sits at the very entry of India's home-grown lineup — 18W charging, a 5000 mAh cell and clean Android at $85, undercutting even Redmi and Realme's cheapest models on price.

01Display

58/100

58/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2023 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD
Size6.5 inches
Resolution720 x 1600 px

02Camera

46/100

46/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2023 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main13 MP, f/2.0
Secondary0.3 MP
Selfie5 MP

03Performance

42/100

42/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2023 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetUnisoc T606 (12nm)
GPUMali-G57

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

58/100

58/100 is one of the weaker build results among budget phones of 2023 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • 18W charging at $85
  • 5000 mAh + microSD + jack
  • Clean Android, made-in-India
What doesn't
  • Unisoc T606 slow
  • 720p, mono speaker
  • 0.3 MP filler cam

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 6-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .