20-25K Phone with Clean(ish) OS

[weblabourer]

General :​

Budget -​

What is your budget? Mention Locality/Currency & Price Range.​

(e.g.) INR 20k-25k.

New or Used? Online or in-store? ​

(e.g.) New. Online.In-Store

Brand -​

Do you have any brand preference or dislikes? Please name them.​

Any brand is fine as long as there are no intrusive ads which cannot be disabled or shady apps which cannot be uninstalled

Usage -​

What is your intended use?​

(e.g.) Casual - Calls, texts & Browsing , no gaming

What is your expected battery backup?​

(e.g.) A full day of use with 5+ hours of screen-on time.

How long are you intending to use this phone?​

(e.g.) Should run fine for 3+ years.

Connectivity -​

What is your preferred network?​

(i.e.) 4G (or) 5G etc.

What is the number of connections required?​

Dual Sim is must

Platform :​

Operating System (OS) -​

Do you have any OS preference?​

(i.e.) Android

RAM & Storage -​

How much RAM and Storage do you want?​

6 and 128 Minimum

Do you want a memory card slot?​

No

Processing power -​

If you have an idea of how much processing power you'd need mention here, else feel free to ignore.​

Enough speed for daily usage

Display :​

What is your preferred display size, type, resolution and refresh rate?​

Any

Mention any specific requirements here.​

LTPO preferred, curved display not preferred

Miscellaneous :​

Any other requirements?​

If you have already considered a phone, then please mention.​

Moto Edge 50 Neo, Nothing 2a, Nord CE 4

If any requirement takes a higher priority than other, mention here.​

Overall quality preferred over lots of fancy features

 

[KAKAN]

Moto phones do have a good battery life so I'm not surprised if OP is indeed getting a good SOT, thought 13 hours is a bit much, even my edge 30 fusion with a toaster of a 888+ gave me 7-8 hours of SOT when I first got it and after 2 years, still gives me 6 hours+ SOT and lasts almost a full day, caveat being I dont use 5g

I took SOT has total time the screen was on, like what's being shown on Digital Wellbeing lol.

Yeah, it's not close to 13h SOT, more like half that if my highest usage is taken xd

 

[theagilecoder]

Poco F1 with custom Rom gives me 10-11 hours of SOT (amount of time screen is actually on from 100% to 0%) with general day to day use.

 

[altair21]

Poco F1 with custom Rom gives me 10-11 hours of SOT (amount of time screen is actually on from 100% to 0%) with general day to day use.

ah damn nice, havent measured end to end like this, my typical usage patterns range from 100-30%, have you got the battery changed over the years?

 

[theagilecoder]

ah damn nice, havent measured end to end like this, my typical usage patterns range from 100-30%, have you got the battery changed over the years?

You dont need to measure end to end if you have accubattery or custom rom with the screen on time feature in settings. However I have done end to end many times with youtube playing and get the same sot.
Yes, ever since I have had the F1, I have changed the battery 3-4 times every time the health goes below 80-85%. Its cheap and so easy to replace so like why not !

 

[altair21]

Yes, ever since I have had the F1, I have changed the battery 3-4 times every time the health goes below 80-85%. Its cheap and so easy to replace so like why not !

This is the way! I have tried convincing my friends both online/offline many times to get their battery changed after a couple of years but they never do, be it because of the hassle or the expenses. They'd rather make do with shit battery life and lower perf. All my phones have had their battery changed at least one time with an average of 2-3 times.

 

[Emperor]

This is the way! I have tried convincing my friends both online/offline many times to get their battery changed after a couple of years but they never do, be it because of the hassle or the expenses. They'd rather make do with shit battery life and lower perf. All my phones have had their battery changed at least one time with an average of 2-3 times.

may be they have bad experience with repair guy, once open phone for battery replacement invite lots of other problem too.

My Srt.phone, volume button was broke and I went with reputed shop for repair they refuse without any reason and I think they might not interested in chindhi/cheap work, so tried one shop with tapori/slum area (1st time in my life) and that tapori gang burst my srt.phone display and claim that it was the issue that I went with them to repair ... lesson learnt and after that stop suggesting any one to repair handset even if low battery power/life and even if wish to replace battery do visit good big shop (not who out sourced but repair inhouse) and avoid make shift type shop in chawal/slum/temporary shed/illegal hawkers area

 

[altair21]

may be they have bad experience with repair guy, once open phone for battery replacement invite lots of other problem too.

My Srt.phone, volume button was broke and I went with reputed shop for repair they refuse without any reason and I think they might not interested in chindhi/cheap work, so tried one shop with tapori/slum area (1st time in my life) and that tapori gang burst my srt.phone display and claim that it was the issue that I went with them to repair ... lesson learnt and after that stop suggesting any one to repair handset even if low battery power/life and even if wish to replace battery do visit good big shop (not who out sourced but repair inhouse) and avoid make shift type shop in chawal/slum/temporary shed/illegal hawkers area

always service center for me, I dont trust any independent repair shop, specially in India

 

[Emperor]

always service center for me, I dont trust any independent repair shop, specially in India

my device was out of warranty and even in warranty god knows where was SRT.Phone service centers.

 

[altair21]

my device was out of warranty and even in warranty god knows where was SRT.Phone service centers.

ah didnt know Srt.Phone was a brand, I assumed it was a shorthand form to denote smart phones

 

[Emperor]

ah didnt know Srt.Phone was a brand, I assumed it was a shorthand form to denote smart phones

backed by Cricket Legend Sachin Ramesh Tendualkar (SRT), a Hyderabad based company, only launched 2-3 android model and ......

 

[6pack]

SRT - I think it was launched exclusively on FK. Felt like buying it but then I had doubts how long the brand would last. It felt like rebranded generic chinese phone too.

 

[altair21]

SRT - I think it was launched exclusively on FK. Felt like buying it but then I had doubts how long the brand would last. It felt like rebranded generic chinese phone too.

reminds me of freedom 251 lol

 

[KAKAN]

Poco F1 with custom Rom gives me 10-11 hours of SOT (amount of time screen is actually on from 100% to 0%) with general day to day use.

My replacement battery on F1 went kaboom, so I ended up buying another phone altogether haha
I wanted NFC and wireless charging.

Though, my maximum SOT for poco F1 was at most 6hrs, and the edge 50 neo does last longer than it. And has a brighter screen.

However, I'm thinking of getting another battery for poco F1 and turn it into a music player xD

 

[theagilecoder]

Though, my maximum SOT for poco F1 was at most 6hrs, and the edge 50 neo does last longer than it. And has a brighter screen.

Ya, its probably because of custom rom. The stock Mi rom is a battery hog and god knows what backgroud telemetry apps running on CCP's directives

 

[Graphite13]

Go for nothing phones 2a is preferred but can go for cmf 1. Super clean ui minimal bugs. A complete package. And nothing 2a in under 20k now on a site.