Budget Phone for Daily Life

1. Budget?
Under 10K

2. Display type and size?
Anything Good. My Eyes will Glue into Screen for more than 8 Hours a day.

3. Dual sim?
Dual or Hybrid

4. Preferred choice of brand?
Redmi, Realme, Motorola, Samsung etc any reliable.

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
A Single rear12MP Good Camera is enough for me.
I don't need 100 useless Cameras.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS,Stock Android etc).
Any. I'm ready to waste time to remove Bloatware.

7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC/5Ghz(not 5g mobile network) wifi).
I don't thing 5G is amiable in such low budget.

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?
WhatsApp, Telegram, YouTube. Chrome. Photography, Music on the Go.
I don't prefer to Watch Video or play Games on tiny screen.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
No idea but any reliable one.

10. Any other info that you want to share
I will use this phone in my daily life as primary one.

Any other info you need please let me know. I have Old Redmi Note 7S right now.

Is under 10k your fixed budget? If you can extend a bit you could get a Samsung M12 or a Realme phone. Alternately you could get a Redmi 9.

Desmond said:
Is under 10k your fixed budget? If you can extend a bit you could get a Samsung M12 or a Realme phone. Alternately you could get a Redmi 9.

Any Improvement in Camera I can expect from those ?

Galaxy M21 2021 vs Redmi Note 10 ?

Realme Narzo 30A fits your budget comes with 13 MP camera available at ₹9k

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Narzo 30 pro or Nokia 3310 are the two phone which go for low and high budget.

I have increased my budget to 12K.
Heard Redmi Note 11 Series coming soon.
But Redmi always unavailable.
Fake demand and supply tricks.

RN11 has launched at 13k, decent for the price, except it boots android 11 out of the box apparently.

omega44-xt said:
RN11 has launched at 13k, decent for the price, except it boots android 11 out of the box apparently.

Where ?
Amazon showing sell will be tomorrow and price 12.5K.

Revolution said:
Any other info you need please let me know. I have Old Redmi Note 7S right now.

Flash a custom rom on this first and save money.

Revolution said:
Where ?
Amazon showing sell will be tomorrow and price 12.5K.

12.5k is with card offer apparently. It is on amazon, so full price is 13.5k.

SaiyanGoku said:
Flash a custom rom on this first and save money.

How ?
Tell me in full details.
I know nothing.

Revolution said:
How ?
Tell me in full details.
I know nothing.

Google it, search xda forum, best place for custom ROMs. Each phone has its section at xda, that is the place to look. You have to do your own research if you are going down that rabbit hole. I stopped rooting & ROMs because it was not worth it. Only advantage I might get by using a rooted phone will be system wide ad blocker. Earlier, esp in my old Nexus 4, the phone just lacked some features, hence custom ROM was required.

I tried that site long ago. Not much support for 7S. They only care about High end models. For cheap Chinese mobile not much help or threads there. Thank you

Revolution said:
I tried that site long ago. Not much support for 7S. They only care about High end models. For cheap Chinese mobile not much help or threads there. Thank you

*forum.xda-developers.com/f/xiaomi-redmi-note-7-roms-kernels-recoveries-o.8504/

Dude, it took me 2 seconds to google it. This doesn't looks like "Not much support for 7S."

Note 7 and 7s are basically the same phone

*www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9707&idPhone2=9513#diff-*,*,*

Yes, Google only giving Redmi Note 7 Pro. Nothing for 7S. Both are not same. You can check yourself. I don't think both are same.

Revolution said:
Yes, Google only giving Redmi Note 7 Pro. Nothing for 7S. Both are not same. You can check yourself. I don't think both are same.

Do you have a Note 7, 7S or 7 Pro?

7 and 7s are same. 7 Pro is different.

*forum.xda-developers.com/f/xiaomi-redmi-note-7-pro-roms-kernels-recoveries.8739/

I have 7S. 3GB 32GB variant.

Only 7 Pro available. Can't find nice threads for 7S yet.

Revolution said:
Only 7 Pro available. Can't find nice threads for 7S yet.

*geek.digit.in/community/goto/post?id=2413977

I have already linked the sub-forum.

Not an easy process.
Boot Unlocker
Then Custom Recovery.
Then Flash Custom ROM.

Unlocking Boot Loader is most tough and confusing.
Need MI Account first.
Most serious problem is to unlock boot loader i need internet on PC and internet on mobile.
I don't have broadband net.
So if my phone is not working then no net on PC.
In simple word I can't unloack my phone without another phone(internet source).

Revolution said:
Not an easy process.
Boot Unlocker
Then Custom Recovery.
Then Flash Custom ROM.

Unlocking Boot Loader is most tough and confusing.
Need MI Account first.
Most serious problem is to unlock boot loader i need internet on PC and internet on mobile.
I don't have broadband net.
So if my phone is not working then no net on PC.
In simple word I can't unloack my phone without another phone(internet source).

Then simply get a phone which has close to stock android rom, like Moto G31.

SaiyanGoku said:
Then simply get a phone which has close to stock android rom, like Moto G31.

Looks like I have no choice but have to buy phone without any offer or exchange.
Most irritating this is there a too many phones with a little price different these days. Very confusing and frustrating.
I increased my budget to 13K.
I have Micromax In Note 2, Infinisx 11S, Redmi Note 11 and Moto G31 in my short list.
Camera and Screen my priority.
Strictly no gaming.

Revolution said:
IMicromax In Note 2

Crap

Revolution said:
Infinisx 11S

Another crap

Revolution said:
Redmi Note 11

You don't want to flash custom roms, then why consider it?

Revolution said:
Moto G31 in my short list.
Camera and Screen my priority.

Your only option if you want a good UI and don't want to flash custom roms.

Moto G31 Camera not good according to reviews.
Where Redmi Note 11 has better Camera.
That's what I am seeing on reviews.

SaiyanGoku said:
You don't want to flash custom roms, then why consider it?

I want but I can't.
I couldn't find any reliable option to do that offline.

Revolution said:
Moto G31 Camera not good according to reviews.
Where Redmi Note 11 has better Camera.
That's what I am seeing on reviews.

there is no BEST phone having all good features. you are required to set your priorities. in my case, i would go for G31 for its clean UI.

Revolution said:
I want but I can't.
I couldn't find any reliable option to do that offline.

i checked that once but since i didn't had time to research, i didn't go for it despite having all resources.