My aunt is looking for a phone.
Her most important requirement is a good camera, both front and back.
Atleast 256Gb ROM, 8Gb ram is good enough.
Good battery size with fast charging.
And strictly no curved display around the edges (like Moto Edge 60 Fusion)
20-30K, maybe 35K max only if the camera justifies spending 35K.
She is currently using Oneplus Nord CE3
Thanks in advance 
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@sauravghosh can you share a review of nord 5 camera, looks right for the requirement
Google Pixel 8a if you want premium camera quality…goes for 34,999 currently
S24 FE or as another reply suggested - Pixel 8A
Both have very good camera. Both series suffer from battery issues after a while and heat. (I am not entirely sure about how it is in these phones and since no intensive tasks- heat might not be a problem)
Both are priced around 35k though.
S24FE is 36k after CC for 8/256GB, will prefer it over Pixel 8a because of storage & Pixel’s SoC (E2400 is much more efficient thermally & energy wise vs older Exynos or Tensor).
If you will never push the device to its limits & want a compact phone, maybe can consider Pixel 8a. But only 128GB variant seems in stock, which is a big con.
IMO coming from Nord CE3, even Nord CE5 will have camera improvements, can get 8/256GB for 25k or so. Battery life will be very good (7000mah).
Realme GT7 8/256GB is close to 32k after CC offer, can consider it as well. Just the main rear cam & selfie cam will come close to S24FE/8a (but likely still slightly inferior) but is still a good camera setup easily (same cameras as OP 13R). Main advantages of getting this are the performance (8 Gen 3 level) & the big 7000mah battery. So IMO a very good balanced phone at 32-33k.
Hi there. I’m sorry to say I’ve used the camera for only about a dozen photos just to check how they turn out and i can say that they are not worthy of a phone costing 28k. Very average, I’d even say below average. But I knew camera wouldn’t be good. It’s the awful calibration of the display and text clarity that’s completely unacceptable.
Thanks to everyone for their valuable suggestion.
After a lot of research and viewing multiple review videos, I just couldn’t find a balanced camera phone under 35K or even 40K, every phone had some downsides.
I found Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro under 20-21K have fairly decent camera setup, except the 8mp ultrawide (its not super important and will not be used that much)
Even if my aunt spend 10-15K more (around 30 to 35K) than the price of the CMF Phone 2 Pro, I could not find any phone with a camera setup that justified the additional money.
Pls check Vivo T3 Ultra
That is a great choice if you don’t want to spend more!
It has great performance, VERY clean UI(actually love it even though its a bit boring) - no bloatware.
The cameras are good for its price. Obviously will not have OIS like the S24fe and that’s pretty much it - for casual use, it is totally decent.
Check out iQoo phones which are close to your budget, they have atleast one camera which is incredible.
Currently gt 6 has best sensor but if you go with optimization then nord ce5 is good moto edge 60 fusion is also good with lyt700 , you can also go for t3 or t4 ultra Good phones.
