Good choice for a smartphone around 10K?

1. Budget? 10K but willing to extend upto 15
2. Display type and size? Not any specific expectations, but AMOLED would be nice ig
3. Dual sim? Don't require one, but if a slot is available then I have no qualms
4. Preferred choice of brand? None
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS,Stock Android etc). Stock Android is preferable
7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC/5Ghz(not 5g mobile network) wifi). wifi is a requirement, and so is at least 4g
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? Casual use, mostly texting, calling, quick google searches, and content consumption once in a blue moon
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? g10 power and G40 Fusion(though this one's just within my budget)
10. Any other info that you want to share Having stock android experience (alongwith future promised updates (Android one programme was so cool!)) is kinda important to me, as my experience with chinese bloatwhere(redmi3 and realme 1) ain't pleasant

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Moto g31

Moto G40 fusion.

Not recommending G31 because of slow G85 SoC. For 5G, you can consider G51.
Compare Motorola Moto G51 5G vs. Motorola Moto G40 Fusion vs. Motorola Moto G31 - GSMArena.com

omega44-xt said:
Moto G40 fusion.

Not recommending G31 because of slow G85 SoC. For 5G, you can consider G51.
Compare Motorola Moto G51 5G vs. Motorola Moto G40 Fusion vs. Motorola Moto G31 - GSMArena.com

Oh, cool. What about samsung F22? SAMSUNG Galaxy F22 Online at Best Prices
and Samsung M12 *www.amazon.in/Samsung-Galaxy-M12-Storage-Processor/dp/B08XGDN3TZ ? Asking because I asked a moto owner and he was pretty frustrated about the software that provided a sub-par support (And F22 also has a SAMOLED display)

Æsoteric Positron said:
Oh, cool. What about samsung F22? SAMSUNG Galaxy F22 Online at Best Prices
and Samsung M12 *www.amazon.in/Samsung-Galaxy-M12-Storage-Processor/dp/B08XGDN3TZ ? Asking because I asked a moto owner and he was pretty frustrated about the software that provided a sub par experience (And F22 also has a SAMOLED display)

Avoid both IMO. If not Moto, get Realme or Redmi phones.

omega44-xt said:
Avoid both IMO. If not Moto, get Realme or Redmi phones.

Any specific reason why? The only down side I see is the custom ROM support is aweful. If realme/redmi what would you recommend?

Æsoteric Positron said:
Any specific reason why? The only down side I see is the custom ROM support is aweful. If realme/redmi what would you recommend?

Display is 720p, enough of a con to ignore. Other specs are not good enough as well. For 11k, Poco M3 is a great choice IMO, ticks all basics.

Else at 14k, stick to Moto G40 fusion. For an AMOLED panel, get Redmi Note 10S, inferior SoC though.

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*gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/best-phone-under-10000

Check these out

if you don't want any AD nuisance, get Moto g31 / 51 / g40 fusion.

omega44-xt said:
For 11k, Poco M3 is a great choice IMO, ticks all basics.

I would have selected it, but its not available anywhere :tired:

omega44-xt said:
Else at 14k, stick to Moto G40 fusion.

Well, I should have absolutely gone with it, if not for no promise for future android updates, which wouldn't have been that big of a issue... but no custom ROMs are being developed for that either. Also the LCD screen looks aweful when you have used a AMOLED screen in the past (Xiomi A3). Yet, it seems to be the best bet right now.

omega44-xt said:
Else at 14k, stick to Moto G40 fusion. For an AMOLED panel, get Redmi Note 10S, inferior SoC though.

Welp, that's unfortunate. Its also 500rs pricier. It does have faster charging, but lower capacity battery. Would have really preferred redmi note 10 if it was available(since the price to performance ratio would be at least better), but nope. Also, it does come with MIUI OOTB, but it does have better custom ROM support, so even official Lineage OS is available for this device(a huge plus in my eyes).

Thanks, by the looks of it Moto seems to be the best option for me (though, its design is ugly). Just another question, is Redmi lite *www.mi.com/in/redmi-note-10-lite/ a good option? Does have Linage OS support, so I might flash it later, but there would be compromises as compared to Moto, right?

vidhubhushan said:
if you don't want any AD nuisance, get Moto g31 / 51 / g40 fusion.

Yup, that's the idea. Moto does have really good OOTB experience.

Didn't know Poco M3 was OOS

almost all Moto range at present is said to get 1 Android Update and 2 years of security update. i think its the same for redmi / poco / realme as well.

vidhubhushan said:
i think its the same for redmi / poco / realme as well.

Though, in those cases you have custom ROMs to help you out.

Æsoteric Positron said:
Though, in those cases you have custom ROMs to help you out.

i don't use that

omega44-xt said:
Didn't know Poco M3 was OOS

Well, some shady amazon sellers are selling it at high price, but other than that, yeah, out of stock

vidhubhushan said:
i don't use that

Well, that's the only thing that helped me use realme1 for 3 years