2. Preferred display size, type and resolution?
A: Any
3. Preferred operating system? (Android (with version), iOS, etc).
A: Any but preferably get updates for next few years.
4. Preferred connectivity options? (4G, 3G, 2G etc).
A: 5g, low signal strength in my area so phone with good connectivity would be preferable.
5. Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.
A: No preference. Should have good service network
6. What is your intended use for this phone (internet, camera, multimedia, mails etc.)?
A: Mostly for calls, youtube, WhatsApp, browsing.
7. Single SIM/ Dual SIM?
A: Dual Sim
8. New or Used? Online or Offline?
A: New, online offline any.
9. Any other requirements?
A: Automatic call recording should be there and there must be no beep or recording message, no heating issues and good battery life is preferred.
pick one with long yrs of OS updates if you are SBI/YONO user,
and turning OFF animations help, yes it is bound to get slower with exynos,
bigger size and bigger cooling/vapour chamber look for those.
Phone isn’t for me, it’s for someone who’s not that good with phones. Do give out some recommendations, I’ll check them out for user-friendliness. Some of the apps I’ve tried before use microphone to record and they audio ends up being very low and can’t make out the conversation.
Have used odialer in my realme 9 5g se. it records without notification. But no more updates on my phone since it’s old. So, buy the ones recommended above. I prefer realme and iqoo phones over redmi.
Fossify phone app doesnt record anything .. there are not even recording options or settings in this app .. i tried calling with this app .. no recording
call recording is a big deal now .. if it supported call recording the downloads and reviews would have exploded by now
For OP’s use case, this is plenty enough. If even D7300 isn’t enough, can’t expect better from M35 either. G85 is now in the budget with offers, but SD6s Gen 3 isn’t in the same league as D7300. May be better optimized OS from CMF, but that’s 1yr older so one less update left. He can get P3 in his budget. If I am buying, one of those would be the one.