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Suggest a good mobile under 8000?

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RageshAntony
RageshAntony Original post #1
Jul 20, 2019 at 1:20 PM
1. Budget?
Under 8000

2. Display type and size?
5.5 " or above

3. Dual sim?
Yes. Dual 4G standby

4. Preferred choice of brand?
Exclude anything with worst service network

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
12 MP front , 5 mp back( camera is not our consideration)

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS,Stock Android etc).
Android 8

7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC or 5Ghz wifi).
Dual 4g

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?
Browsing and reading documents

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
Max m2 , realme C2

10. Any other info that you want to share
cute.bandar
cute.bandar #2
Jul 20, 2019 at 1:44 PM
Nokia 6.1 - only -ve for you is that its either = dual sim and no microsd card OR 1 sim + 1 microsd card
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #3
Jul 20, 2019 at 8:24 PM
Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1. Has 3 slot design, so no storage issue with 32GB internal. Has FHD display which the ones OP mentioned lacks, has best SoC & battery at that price. Nokia 6.1 is built very well & has a better camera most likely but the hybrid slot affects practicality.
meetdilip
meetdilip #4
Jul 20, 2019 at 8:54 PM
Redmi 7A is not good ?
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whitestar_999 #5
Jul 20, 2019 at 9:17 PM
anupam_pb said:
Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1. Has 3 slot design, so no storage issue with 32GB internal. Has FHD display which the ones OP mentioned lacks, has best SoC & battery at that price. Nokia 6.1 is built very well & has a better camera most likely but the hybrid slot affects practicality.
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After going through various comments on flipkart it seems pie update has many issues for majority of users & even on oreo many users reported that asus updates fix one issue while creating another(somebody commented that native jio 4g video calling was working earlier but after some update it was gone thus requiring need for 3rd party apps like google duo for making video calls using jio).
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #6
Jul 20, 2019 at 10:00 PM
whitestar_999 said:
After going through various comments on flipkart it seems pie update has many issues for majority of users & even on oreo many users reported that asus updates fix one issue while creating another(somebody commented that native jio 4g video calling was working earlier but after some update it was gone thus requiring need for 3rd party apps like google duo for making video calls using jio).
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I'm not sure about specifics, but for my cousin its working w/o issues (at least any major issues).

I don't think many phones support native video calling. Last I used it was on S2 back in 2012-14. Not sure how it differs from 4G one, but I assume its similar.
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whitestar_999 #8
Jul 21, 2019 at 1:02 AM
anupam_pb said:
I'm not sure about specifics, but for my cousin its working w/o issues (at least any major issues).
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Is the phone updated often,I mean is it running the last oreo update or latest pie update(initial pie update was problematic but this 2nd pie update is supposed to be better)?
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #9
Jul 21, 2019 at 3:36 AM
whitestar_999 said:
Is the phone updated often,I mean is it running the last oreo update or latest pie update(initial pie update was problematic but this 2nd pie update is supposed to be better)?
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Not exactly sure. Acc. to google search, it has Pie with May update.
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whitestar_999 #10
Jul 21, 2019 at 12:07 PM
anupam_pb said:
Not exactly sure. Acc. to google search, it has Pie with May update.
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Yes,the 2nd/latest pie update was released in May but has your cousin running this update.