Budget 10-15K 4G phone supporting Voda & Idea bands

[6pack]

1. Budget?
A: INR 10k-15k

2. Preferred display size, type and resolution?
A: 5.0"-5.5", IPS LCD/AMOLED, FHD and above

3. Preferred operating system? (Android (with version), iOS, Windows Phone etc).
A: 6.0+ preferred with updates to 7/8

4. Preferred connectivity options? (4G, 3G, 2G etc).
A: 3/4G + Volte

5. Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.
A: Only want those which have proven track record of updating their phones to the next OS version. So not interested in brands like Huawei, Micromax, Karbon etc who dish out phones on KK/ LL/ MM and don't update them at all.

6. What is your intended use for this phone (internet, camera, multimedia, mails etc.)?
A: Multimedia, mails and browsing. Games if the device is good enough.

7. Single SIM/ Dual SIM?
A: Dual sim required.

8. New or Used? Online or Offline?
A: New. Any if I can get it in my budget.

9. Any other requirements?
A: Need good battery backup, microSD card slot if internal storage < 32GB.
At least 3/4GB ram. Fingerprint Sensor.
Plus *

10. If you have already considered a phone, then please mention the model
A: not yet.

* - Require those that support LTE bands 40 / 41/ 43 and 900/ 1800/ 2100 / 2300 / 2500. I'm not sure about these bands because Idea site says they have 4G on the 2100 band. I think voda is on the 1800 or lower band. Not sure though.
Plus according to some news reports Idea bought bandwidth in the 2300 & 2500 range. Also BSNL seems to be operating in the 2300 range. Weirdly lot of good phones don't seem to have the 41/43 and 2300 /2500 bands support. They stop at 40 and 2100.
I haven't seen people complaining about their voda or idea or bsnl phones not working so either some sort of sharing is going on here between the operators or something else. Just to be safe I hope to get a phone supporting all these bands.

Just a preliminary search gave me phones like Samsung On8 (overpriced since its proccy is slower than SD625) , Zuk Z2 Plus ( lots of bugs! ), Asus Zenphone ( overpriced ), Phab 2? ( no N update ) etc which support these bands. I don't know if Asus and Samsung or Lenovo will give Nougat update to these phones though.

Edit: apparently Idea added 2100, 2300 and 2500 (wth!) bands in their kitty according to their news updates on their site.

 

[babhishek]

i have an LG G Flex 2 which supports these bands. very rarely used, supports all above bands, however no software updates tbh. SD810 3GB RAM 32GB with SD card slot.
let me know if interested .. location BLR.

 

[6pack]

Thanks but I want a new phone that can be updated to Android verion O hopefully. So looking for new phones with 2 OS updates in their future.

Edit: I stopped looking for such phones. Seems even the higher priced phone around 30k don't have support for these bands. So I guess I'll wait when such phones come into existence.

Edit2: Moto M supports most of these bands and costs just 18k. On Moto site it says Nougat update is pending. So probably it might come in next few months.

4G bands 	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)

 

[6pack]

Two more phones:
Lenovo K5 Note and Lenovo K6 Power.

GSM - 900, 1800 (B2/B3/B5/B8); WCDMA - 2100 (B1/B2/B5/B8); 4G LTE (FDD) - B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20, LTE (TDD) - B38/B40/B41

Drawback is these are SD 430 and Helio P10 processors and will get the Nougat update only. No O. Seems like Lenovo gives only one OS update to all their phones. Moto phones get 2 updates for some reason. Plus lots of bugs on these two phones like touchscreen issues, apps crashing etc. I think according to Lenovo these phones will get the N update this week. Currently on sale on FK below 10k -12.5k for 4GB ram + 64GB but I don't feel like buying any one of these.