25-30k Phone for my mother

[TreeOfPain]

1. Budget: Under Rs. 30000
2. New, Either online or in store is fine
3. Brand: No preference
4. Usage: It's for my 64 year old mother. She uses it for calling, playing music and watching movies.
5. Battery: Full day if possible
6. Should run fine for 3+ years
7. Connectivity: 5G
8. Dual sim
9. Android preferred
10. RAM: at least 6Gb, Storage:at least 128gb
11. Display: at least 6.5 inches, Bigger the better, Good brightness and colour reproduction
12. Stereo speakers with good sound and volume
13. She needs something with great build quality. I'll put a case on it, but I know she'll drop it a lot. It needs to handle a few drop

 

[Emperor]

Stick to 180 gram weight also look for small size factor, Oppo/Vivo is good phone ( light weight )

 

[Kevin Lane]

Have you checked out Redmi Note 13 Pro?

 

[vyral_143]

Recently got Samsung M35 5G 8+128GB for my MIL at 16.5k off Amzn plus some cashback on CC. No complaints so far in about a month and half. It replaced Samsung A71 whose screen had gone bad.

 

[Afxal]

Oneplus 11R, if curved display isn't an issue.

 

[mayank11280]

Look at Moto Edge 50 Pro too.

It checks all your boxes.

 

[evite a]

Moto edge 50 neo good option
6.4 inch screen compact, good ip rating,base variant is 256gb
Only downside dimensity 7300 as it only for basic usage should be fine

 

[re62]

Poco f6 for that price range is a great phone the 12gb ram+256 gb storage varient rn is going for 27k on Flipkart

 

[pra300]

Redmi Note 14
Galaxy M35
Galaxy A55

Or choose one from the existing phone brand she is using, she won't have to spend more time learning new UI.

 

[blr_p]

Oneplus 11R, if curved display isn't an issue.

Best avoided if drops are forseen

@TreeOfPain mention the model of phone she is using currently if any?

 

[XBalboa]

Redmi Note 14 good for u r mother..

 

[darylzero]

Techno camon 20 pro
This might or might not work for you
What I did
Replaced
iphone 7 128gb 8900₹ with 20pro paid 7000₹ extra
Iphone 6s 128gb 7500₹ with 9500₹ extra
Bought 2 techno 20 camon pro
What I like about the phone 5g , 8gb ram, clean no ads ui, bootloader unlock with custom kernel and kernelsu with susf module which makes it undetectable to banking apps or any app serach for rooted phone , ddolby atmos module which make sound amazing
Rooting I explained which is not for your moms needs BUT the instant you can you kernelsu on any phone that phone innitself is great cause this type of rooting is not possible on majority of phones but undetectable
5000mah full day battery
My mum uses the other phone

 

[TechnologyHell]

Get a Samsung, as the UI is absolutely perfectly perfect for parents.
My grandparents switched from Button phones to Samsung (9000rs one), and were happy.

Later when my grandma wanted to try out some other brand, as influence by seeing others, I got her a Redmi phone
And within a month she started asking if there is any way to return it and have the money back.
She was pissed off at the UI, difficult to find stuff, and to operate.

Your budget is really good. Rs. 30000
YOu can easily get one of the top notch Galaxy A series phones at around 24k, which would be the dealbreaker to you (just imo)

 

[l34sh]

I would recommend OnePlus Nord 4, 120hz, metal construction, 5G, Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3, 5500 mAh battery, 100w charging and I personally love the way it looks. It's exactly 29,999 on Amazon rn

 

[the_dude]

Maybe have a look for poco f6 and set a custom rom like lineage or something else like crdroid and make it bloatware free. Performance will improve and it will be good for media consumption too.