Best Phone under Rs.15,000

1. Budget? 15k
2. Display type and size? no preference
3. Dual sim? Yes
4. Preferred choice of brand? no preference
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)? rear, front, macro
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS,Stock Android etc). Android 10+
7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC/5Ghz(not 5g mobile network) wifi). no preference
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? surfing net, watching videos
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? Mi Note 10
10. Any other info that you want to share - Should have external memory slot and dual sim slots,, at least 6 GB RAM + 128 GB

Any suggestions?

Samsung Galaxy M21 4GB,64GB @ 12.5k
Best Amoled display with latest Android 11 updated phone
Don't go with cheap Chinese bloatware phones like Realme, Redmi, Motorola etc
Link:*www.amazon.in/dp/B07HGJJ559/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_D8YTXZGM7BE1TQZFG0DP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
If you can increase about 1.5k more then you can get
Samsung Galaxy M31 @ 16.5k
PS: My wife has this M31 phone and it's working fantasticly

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bssunilreddy said:
Samsung Galaxy M21 4GB,64GB @ 12.5k
Best Amoled display with latest Android 11 updated phone
Don't go with cheap Chinese bloatware phones like Realme, Redmi, Motorola etc
Link:*www.amazon.in/dp/B07HGJJ559/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_D8YTXZGM7BE1TQZFG0DP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
If you can increase about 1.5k more then you can get
Samsung Galaxy M31 @ 16.5k
PS: My wife has this M31 phone and it's working fantasticly

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afaik, Motorola phones don't have any bloatware and have almost stock android with just a few customisations

bssunilreddy said:
Samsung Galaxy M21 4GB,64GB @ 12.5k
Best Amoled display with latest Android 11 updated phone
Don't go with cheap Chinese bloatware phones like Realme, Redmi, Motorola etc
Link:*www.amazon.in/dp/B07HGJJ559/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_D8YTXZGM7BE1TQZFG0DP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
If you can increase about 1.5k more then you can get
Samsung Galaxy M31 @ 16.5k
PS: My wife has this M31 phone and it's working fantasticly

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I had this phone M21 and due to the yellow screen display I dont use it.

How do you remove the yellow screen?

Charley said:
I had this phone M21 and due to the yellow screen display I dont use it.

How do you remove the yellow screen?

I am using M31s I think you are getting yellow screen issue if you switch on Eye Comfort shield in the drop down menu
Just switch it off
My wife uses M21 and it's working perfectly

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bssunilreddy said:
I am using M31s I think you are getting yellow screen issue if you switch on Eye Comfort shield in the drop down menu
Just switch it off
My wife uses M21 and it's working perfectly

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I tried it now and it worked. It is normal display screen now. Thanks

How do you take a scrolling screenshot in it?

Redmi Note 10 & maybe Samsung M21/F41 would be the top choices. They have 2 SIM + 1 SD card slot, so in a way can live with 64GB storage if you use an SD card for cam pics & videos. If you use multiple apps at a time, better get 6GB RAM.

I bought Redmi Note 10 6GB/128GB for 14k for my aunt, got it yesterday. Surely have to watch some guide & spend time disabling ads & recommendations from Mi apps. Overall satisfied with it except for the fact that the OLED display has some colour shift at bit extreme angles.

The colour shift makes kind of rainbow like colour on display & is most observable when the display is showing majorly white content, like white webpage. Say when the phone is lying on table & you are sitting on the table, that angle is extreme enough for it show although I doubt you will browse webpage like that. For black-er content on screen, its not noticeable at all. Most OLEDs have such stuff as even my S8 has a yellow tint at extreme angle but yellow on white page doesn't look that bad. Moreover it needs more extreme angle for my S8. My guess is cheap quality of OLED is to be blamed on RN10 but otherwise brightness & all are good.

If your usage is basic, get Samsung M21, it's just 12.5k now at amazon vs 14k normal price. For 6GB RAM, get F41, it gives you a better camera as well for 15k. F41 is M31 without 1 useless camera sensor (macro, I think). Samsung pushes some nagware via notifications & those have to be disabled during first setup, so watch some guide beforehand & be ready when you boot it up for the first time.

omega44-xt said:
I bought Redmi Note 10 6GB/128GB for 14k for my aunt, got it yesterday. Surely have to watch some guide & spend time disabling ads & recommendations from Mi apps. Overall satisfied with it except for the fact that the OLED display has some colour shift at bit extreme angles.

The colour shift makes kind of rainbow like colour on display & is most observable when the display is showing majorly white content, like white webpage. Say when the phone is lying on table & you are sitting on the table, that angle is extreme enough for it show although I doubt you will browse webpage like that. For black-er content on screen, its not noticeable at all.

I heard there is a display flickering issue, When the MIUI gets updated it will work fine.

Is this true?

omega44-xt said:
Redmi Note 10 & maybe Samsung M21/F41 would be the top choices. They have 2 SIM + 1 SD card slot, so in a way can live with 64GB storage if you use an SD card for cam pics & videos. If you use multiple apps at a time, better get 6GB RAM.

How much free space do you get in note 10 - 128 GB?

Charley said:
How much free space do you get in note 10 - 128 GB?

In my M31s which has 6GB/128GB model 38GB is occupied.

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Charley said:
How much free space do you get in note 10 - 128 GB?

I think it was 100GB or something, don't remember now. Check some online review maybe.

Charley said:
I heard there is a display flickering issue, When the MIUI gets updated it will work fine.

Is this true?

I didn't experience any flicker. The major issue I saw is the one I posted earlier. Although I didn't check for software updates, will do that.

omega44-xt said:
I bought Redmi Note 10 6GB/128GB for 14k for my aunt, got it yesterday. Surely have to watch some guide & spend time disabling ads & recommendations from Mi apps. Overall satisfied with it except for the fact that the OLED display has some colour shift at bit extreme angles.

The colour shift makes kind of rainbow like colour on display & is most observable when the display is showing majorly white content, like white webpage. Say when the phone is lying on table & you are sitting on the table, that angle is extreme enough for it show although I doubt you will browse webpage like that. For black-er content on screen, its not noticeable at all.

Did you remove the ads, pre installed softwares like mi pay, mi browser, etc and how is the display now?

And did you buy it online or the mi store?

bssunilreddy said:
Samsung Galaxy M21 4GB,64GB @ 12.5k
Best Amoled display with latest Android 11 updated phone
Don't go with cheap Chinese bloatware phones like Realme, Redmi, Motorola etc
Link:*www.amazon.in/dp/B07HGJJ559/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_D8YTXZGM7BE1TQZFG0DP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
If you can increase about 1.5k more then you can get
Samsung Galaxy M31 @ 16.5k
PS: My wife has this M31 phone and it's working fantasticly

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Not sure if Motorola is chinese.

How is moto g60?

Charley said:
Not sure if Motorola is chinese.

How is moto g60?

currently Motorola mobile is owned by Lenovo, a chinese company.

imho, as per specifications, Moto G60 is good. if you don't want 108MP camera, you can go for G40 Fusion as all specs are same except camera and 16MP front camera (32 mp in G60).

vidhubhushan said:
currently Motorola mobile is owned by Lenovo, a chinese company.

imho, as per specifications, Moto G60 is good. if you don't want 108MP camera, you can go for G40 Fusion as all specs are same except camera and 16MP front camera (32 mp in G60).

Which is best phone in redmi 10 note pro and g40 fusion? Each have similar specs, only difference in price

Charley said:
Which is best phone in redmi 10 note pro and g40 fusion? Each have similar specs, only difference in price

It's Motorola G40 for me as I am fed up with the buggy heavy miui. Clean software works very fast plus it comes with business grade security and nfc.

Charley said:
Which is best phone in redmi 10 note pro and g40 fusion? Each have similar specs, only difference in price

Please don't go with either Xiaomi Redmi, Poco, Motorola, Realme etc
Because I bought Motorola One Power while my wife bought Redmi 7 Pro and both displays got broken while my Motorola display was replaced by its service centre by taking 5.4k and again it got broken the 2nd time.
And my wifeys Redmi is even more broken into a number of pieces and I bought her Samsung Galaxy M31 while I bought Samsung Galaxy M31s both has the same chipset which is Exynos 9611 but their displays are only Gorilla Glass 3 and while our both phones fell several times since we bought and never even got a scratch on them.

All the Chinese companies advertise saying that their respective phones have Gorilla Glass 5 or 6 but they don't even withstand a slight fall from even 4 feet height let alone from on a table or while speaking on the phone.

Such is their advertising and think about their bloatware and how they can or able to offer so much specifications for so less prices.

Again I bought Nokia 6.1 and 8.1 which are both based on Android One programme just like pixel phones and are advertised as Gorilla Glass 4 and never ever broke but their batteries got bulged due to which I had to give them for replacement and that too after an year so again good products from Nokia since their R&D and company is owned by Finnish while there are made in China while I think now newer models are made in TN Nokia factory itself like Samsung & Apple where all 3 companies phones are made in India and not Chinese companies and Chinese made phones.

PS: so don't fall for those real juicy specs and regret later on.

I think Samsung released newer 5G phones whiles older phones have good discounts.
Mind you boys these above phones have rock solid displays but I never used Apple phones but heard about their reputation but it's very costly I think right So will not recommend them or it.

And regarding Nokia it did not release any newer phones with good specs lately so won't recommend it as well unless you are fond of Android One programme.

Thats it.

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seems i am lucky. my G5S plus dropped thrice from table but is intact. no scratches at all. there is a local hard screen protector on it though.

vidhubhushan said:
seems i am lucky. my G5S plus dropped thrice from table but is intact. no scratches at all. there is a local hard screen protector on it though.

Even for G5S I installed Custom ROM by name Pixel Experience ROM which made it unstable where I again installed the stock ROM and exchanged it for another phone via OLX locally. I think I got lucky here.

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bssunilreddy said:
Even for G5S I installed Custom ROM by name Pixel Experience ROM which made it unstable where I again installed the stock ROM and exchanged it for another phone via OLX locally. I think I got lucky here.

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i am using it with stock that came installed. i am satisfied with it specially after experiencing MiUi.

Recently I was reading comments on a famous youtuber’s community post. He basically put up a poll about best phone brand. In the comments people were raging about realme. The brand is playing dirty tricks, by giving unstable updates to its one year old phones so people are forced to buy new one. Even I have experienced this, they gave rui 1.0 update and it ruined it. Realme also knowingly gives broken kernel codes, due to which custom Rom have problems like lack of fp sensors and 4g not working.

Mi is also in the list as it is giving buggy updates.

Everyone prefer Samsung over other brands now due to its after sales and build.

Channel is gyan therapy.

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RumbaMon19 said:
Recently I was reading comments on a famous youtuber’s community post. He basically put up a poll about best phone brand. In the comments people were raging about realme. The brand is playing dirty tricks, by giving unstable updates to its one year old phones so people are forced to buy new one. Even I have experienced this, they gave rui 1.0 update and it ruined it. Realme also knowingly gives broken kernel codes, due to which custom Rom have problems like lack of fp sensors and 4g not working.

Mi is also in the list as it is giving buggy updates.

Everyone prefer Samsung over other brands now due to its after sales and build.

Channel is gyan therapy.

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Samsung has changed its strategy regarding new phones and now gives security updates for 4 years while it gives OS updates for 3 years.
Everything regarding updates, new phone releases, upcoming phones, changelogs regarding updates are put in sammobile website. So anybody can browse it anytime.

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Charley said:
Did you remove the ads, pre installed softwares like mi pay, mi browser, etc and how is the display now?

And did you buy it online or the mi store?

I disabled ads by disabling all those notifications. Since I can't service the phone if a problem arises, I opted not to delete Mi bloatwares. Just instructed my aunt to not use it nor create Mi account.

Display is same after the update, but as I said, its only visible from bit extreme angles. Even my S8 has yellow tint at extreme angles. AMOLEDs generally have some issue at extreme angle, but since it's not visible in daily use, didn't complain or anything. OP Nord has a similar rainbow effect but my father never saw it till I pointed it out, although it's relatively easily visible in RN10.

Bought from amazon.

Charley said:
Which is best phone in redmi 10 note pro and g40 fusion? Each have similar specs, only difference in price

I think the main differences are AMOLED vs LCD, battery, weight & cleaner OS.
Compare Motorola Moto G40 Fusion vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (India) - GSMArena.com

Decide your priorities, like AMOLED required + bit faster charging vs clean OS + bigger battery but at a higher weight.

Thanks for the responses.

Please clarify, does AMOLED's have yellow on display and IPS LCD have normal white display ?

Charley said:
Thanks for the responses.

Please clarify, does AMOLED's have yellow on display and IPS LCD have normal white display ?

I never said that. I said my S8 has a yellowish tint when viewed from "extreme" angles. Saw rainbow like hue on RN10 & OP Nord, heard of pinkish tint on some OLEDs at extreme angles as well.

Charley said:
Please clarify, does AMOLED's have yellow on display and IPS LCD have normal white display ?

The main difference you will notice is that AMOLED displays have awesome black color reproduction (trust me; I have tried) because of how they work. However there's no perceivable difference between their whites. If you want some indepth info instead check out this: AMOLED vs LCD: differences explained

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I quite liked the idea of Samsung using the Mediatek Helio G80 chipset in one of its devices. It had other good specs as well.

Thanks for the suggestions

It's just that i don't want to open a new thread. I just would like to your opinion on samsung M31. It sounds good in below 15K category. And i don't want any chinese phones. Other than samsung are there any other good brands? Heard LG is shutting down. Else would have checked them out

jackal_79 said:
It's just that i don't want to open a new thread. I just would like to your opinion on samsung M31. It sounds good in below 15K category. And i don't want any chinese phones. Other than samsung are there any other good brands? Heard LG is shutting down. Else would have checked them out

LG budget phones were never great, so nevermind.

For non-Chinese M31 is fine, but M32 might be out in a few months. Make sure you check some guide for disabling annoying nagware (recommendations in notification) as Samsung has those & it can be disabled only during the first boot (unlike Redmi). If you want to disable it later on, you will have to reset the phone.

For most users, my recommendation would be Moto G40 fusion or Redmi Note 10 Pro for AMOLED but needs to spend some time disabling ads. It can be done & I recently configured a relative's RN10.

omega44-xt said:
LG budget phones were never great, so nevermind.

For non-Chinese M31 is fine, but M32 might be out in a few months. Make sure you check some guide for disabling annoying nagware (recommendations in notification) as Samsung has those & it can be disabled only during the first boot (unlike Redmi). If you want to disable it later on, you will have to reset the phone.

For most users, my recommendation would be Moto G40 fusion or Redmi Note 10 Pro for AMOLED but needs to spend some time disabling ads. It can be done & I recently configured a relative's RN10.

I don't think i can wait long. My Nokia 6.1 plus has stopped working (touch not working on half of the screen). Can't repair due to lock down. it's a second issue iam facing in 3 months so i think it's time i look for a replacement.. Regarding G40, i think it's too big. Moreover, as it's launched only this month iam not able to find any proper reviews.How is it?

jackal_79 said:
I don't think i can wait long. My Nokia 6.1 plus has stopped working (touch not working on half of the screen). Can't repair due to lock down. it's a second issue iam facing in 3 months so i think it's time i look for a replacement.. Regarding G40, i think it's too big. Moreover, as it's launched only this month iam not able to find any proper reviews.How is it?

G40 fusion seems good. It's long & heavy for sure.
Compare Samsung Galaxy M31 vs. Motorola Moto G40 Fusion vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (India) - GSMArena.com
Many youtubers have reviewed either G40 fusion or G60, the difference between the two is just the camera. Check videos from multiple sources:

omega44-xt said:
G40 fusion seems good. It's long & heavy for sure.
Compare Samsung Galaxy M31 vs. Motorola Moto G40 Fusion vs. Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (India) - GSMArena.com
Many youtubers have reviewed either G40 fusion or G60, the difference between the two is just the camera. Check videos from multiple sources:

it is not just the camera but NFC also. G40 does not have NFC.

vidhubhushan said:
it is not just the camera but NFC also. G40 does not have NFC.

Ok

I read in gsm that both NFC and dust resistance is not available in Indian version. Is there any official confirmation?

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jackal_79 said:
I read in gsm that both NFC and dust resistance is not available in Indian version. Is there any official confirmation?

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talking about Moto G60 or G40? NFC is not available in G40.

vidhubhushan said:
talking about Moto G60 or G40? NFC is not available in G40.

G40. Anyway are we using NFC in India? Also, are G40 and M31 available offline?

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jackal_79 said:
G40. Anyway are we using NFC in India? Also, are G40 and M31 available offline?

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The only way G40 or M31 are available offline is if some store gets it, maybe from FK/amazon itself & then sells it for a 1k markup.

jackal_79 said:
G40. Anyway are we using NFC in India? Also, are G40 and M31 available offline?

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as per some online comments, some people are using it.

some offline shops order only online phones on order or without order if the phone is in great demand (i saw some nord units in a shop when it was launched - some 500 more than online price). G40 falls under this category.

M31 may be available as a lot of samsung online phones are now available offline also.

vidhubhushan said:
as per some online comments, some people are using it.

some offline shops order only online phones on order or without order if the phone is in great demand (i saw some nord units in a shop when it was launched - some 500 more than online price). G40 falls under this category.

M31 may be available as a lot of samsung online phones are now available offline also.

So basically even if they're available offline it will cost more. I just wanted to feel how big these phones are.

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jackal_79 said:
So basically even if they're available offline it will cost more. I just wanted to feel how big these phones are.

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as per reviewers, G40 is BIG and heavy at 225 grams
M31 is slightly smaller and lighter.
M31 if available with samsung shops should be at the same price.

vidhubhushan said:
as per reviewers, G40 is BIG and heavy at 225 grams
M31 is slightly smaller and lighter.
M31 if available with samsung shops should be at the same price.

M series is an online only lineup from Samsung. They provide better specs by cutting out middle men otherwise involved for offline phones. A series is for the offline market, hence the inferior specs for the money.

omega44-xt said:
M series is an online only lineup from Samsung. They provide better specs by cutting out middle men otherwise involved for offline phones. A series is for the offline market, hence the inferior specs for the money.

my dear friend, i know all that when this whole thing started to counter Xiaomi and Realme in budget segment. what i said about availability in offline market of M series is based upon my personal experience in Samsung Store here. the days of that strict online and offline differentiation is gone.

vidhubhushan said:
my dear friend, i know all that when this whole thing started to counter Xiaomi and Realme in budget segment. what i said about availability in offline market of M series is based upon my personal experience in Samsung Store here. the days of that strict online and offline differentiation is gone.

Strange. I haven't seen M series phones in big phone shops in Bengaluru (Samsung & 3rd part like Poorvika) even like 3-4 months ago. As I said earlier, some small shop do sell it for like 1k extra. I bought my mother's Redmi Note 8 Pro locally as her old phone failed & needed a phone urgently.

omega44-xt said:
Strange. I haven't seen M series phones in big phone shops in Bengaluru (Samsung & 3rd part like Poorvika) even like 3-4 months ago. As I said earlier, some small shop do sell it for like 1k extra. I bought my mother's Redmi Note 8 Pro locally as her old phone failed & needed a phone urgently.

no idea. may be its different from state to state or even for cities.
redmi is a different case. as told by a multibrand shop also known as Xiaomi preferred dealer or whatever is called, almost all Redmi phones (a generation old) were available (October 2019).

here in WB M series phones are available at offline shops in abundance-that's probably because of the high demand for samsung phones here.

quicky008 said:
here in WB M series phones are available at offline shops in abundance-that's probably because of the high demand for samsung phones here.

Are they available in big shops (like Poorvika, or the likes) or official Samsung stores though? Because I see them in relatively small multibranded phone shops easily as well.

Yes,quite a few official samsung outlets also have fairly large stocks of M series phones from what i have seen here.

Is m31s better than m31 in terms of performance?

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jackal_79 said:
Is m31s better than m31 in terms of performance?

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i don't think so since both have 9611. heard that build quality and camera are better in m31s.

as a daily driver 9611 is pretty good and gives decent battery backup(atleast in my experience)

Charley said:
1. Budget? 15k
2. Display type and size? no preference
3. Dual sim? Yes
4. Preferred choice of brand? no preference
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)? rear, front, macro
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS,Stock Android etc). Android 10+
7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC/5Ghz(not 5g mobile network) wifi). no preference
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? surfing net, watching videos
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? Mi Note 10
10. Any other info that you want to share - Should have external memory slot and dual sim slots,, at least 6 GB RAM + 128 GB

Any suggestions?

Redmi 11 Prime 5G

Infinix Hot 20 5G

iQOO Z6 Lite 5G

Lava Blaze 5G

Hope this will help you