Best Phone under Rs. 18,500

I want to buy a phone for my parents and not interested in Samsung phones due to the yellow screen.

1. Budget? 18,500
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 11
7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC/5Ghz(not 5g mobile network) wifi). no preference but if 5G is available it's good for future use.
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? surfing net, watching videos
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? Mi Note 10s
10. Any other info that you want to share - Must be 200gms and less,,should have external memory slot and dual sim slots,, at least 6 GB RAM + 128 GB

Charley said:
I want to buy a phone for my parents and not interested in Samsung phones due to the yellow screen.

you tried changing color temperature?

RumbaMon19 said:
you tried changing color temperature?

Yes

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Moto g60 is within your budget.
Here is a list. Best Phone Under 20000 in 2021 : Price, features (4 June 2021)

You could also see comparisons on YouTube. Here is one from trakin tech.

Charley said:
I want to buy a phone for my parents and not interested in Samsung phones due to the yellow screen.

10. Any other info that you want to share - Must be 200gms and less,,should have external memory slot and dual sim slots,, at least 6 GB RAM + 128 GB

aby geek said:
Moto g60 is within your budget.

Moto G60 is 220 grams

aby geek said:
Moto g60 is within your budget.
Here is a list. Best Phone Under 20000 in 2021 : Price, features (4 June 2021)

You could also see comparisons on YouTube. Here is one from trakin tech.

It weighs 225 gms, which is heavy

Does it have AMOLED?

Charley said:
It weighs 225 gms, which is heavy

Does it have AMOLED?

No

How is Redmi Note 10s?

Aakarshan said:
Why 18500, Why not 18501?

because we need to stop at some point / define some budget otherwise if we keep looking at specs, we may reach iPhone 12 Pro Max or S21 Ultra. Charley has decided this one as per his choice.

Charley said:
How is Redmi Note 10s?

only miui is the problem due to excessive ads even on homescreen. You can root it and install custom os but i dont think it will suite as you will give it to ur dad.

RumbaMon19 said:
only miui is the problem due to excessive ads even on homescreen. You can root it and install custom os but i dont think it will suite as you will give it to ur dad.

Yes.

Does realme, poco have bloatware?

Charley said:
Does realme, poco have bloatware?

Realme does have a bit of lockscreen advertisement but that can be disabled. It only has some nagware- Often useless notifications coming from Browser and has its own annoying App Centre. You can disable these apps, but not uninstall. So overall realme has No to Medium Bloat, but it is completely usable.

Poco has MiUi But from what i have seen, it has no bloatware. I need confirmation on latest status of ads on Poco.

RumbaMon19 said:
Realme does have a bit of lockscreen advertisement but that can be disabled. It only has some nagware- Often useless notifications coming from Browser and has its own annoying App Centre. You can disable these apps, but not uninstall. So overall realme has No to Medium Bloat, but it is completely usable.

Poco has MiUi But from what i have seen, it has no bloatware. I need confirmation on latest status of ads on Poco.

The service centers for poco and realme is only handful in Bangalore.

On the other hand MI has so many service centers. That's the reason I was thinking of Note 10s

Charley said:
The service centers for poco and realme is only handful in Bangalore.

On the other hand MI has so many service centers. That's the reason I was thinking of Note 10s

I think Mi and Poco has same service centres.

I dont know the case with realme though. There is a slight chance they may operate same service centre for Oppo vivo and OnePlus but not sure.

Redmi Note 10 Pro
Spend time disabling ads on MIUI. I did it on a relative, RN10 recently, works w/o any annoyance from what I know.

omega44-xt said:
Redmi Note 10 Pro
Spend time disabling ads on MIUI. I did it on a relative, RN10 recently, works w/o any annoyance from what I know.

I bought the Note 10, as Note 10 pro is longer.

I cannot find the Mi mover in settings. How did you transfer from the old phone?

Charley said:
I bought the Note 10, as Note 10 pro is longer.

I cannot find the Mi mover in settings. How did you transfer from the old phone?

Google for contacts, traditional way via a PC for pics, docs & Whatsapp folder (after taking backup).

Mi Mover – Apps on Google Play