10-15K Recommend me a good android phone

[avi]

I am looking to replace my Redmi Note Pro 7. Here is what I want:

- good performance
- good display and speakers
- good battery life
- expandable storage
- dual sim
- camera is not a priority

I short listed some, but I am not sure how good are they:

1. CMF by Nothing Phone 1: I am not sure about software quality of Nothing. Also, this is a new brand, so don't know how good is their service in India
2. Poco X6: It ticks all of boxes, but it has non expandable storage
3. OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite 5G: Heard from a friend that OP has lost quality control and phones are bricking after software updates
4. Motorola g85

The prices are slightly high now, but during festive offers they were all around 15K (Nothing was at 13k). So I am hoping to buy during Diwali sale.

 

[Emperor]

+1 for Samsung UI, waiting for the day when Samsung seriously start launching low/midrange phone with good SoC

 

[OMEGA44-XT]

+1 for Samsung UI, waiting for the day when Samsung seriously start launching low/midrange phone with good SoC

S20FE 5G was a great flagship killer phone for its time but alas we have Samsung fab SD or Exynos chips in newer FE phones, so no point in considering those. Samsung is still selling a lot of budget phones even with Exynos, so I doubt it will change. I hope Nothing launches more phones. The pricing bracket of CMF Phone 1 & NP 2a are good. Just need 2 phones above that IMO, one around 35-40k & another at 50-55k. Time will tell how much Nothing can scale up. I hope they don't go the Xiaomi route & launch too many phones at overlapping price points.

 

[ibose]

- expandable storage
- dual sim

Any phones which support both at the same time ? I thought there weren't any among the recent ones.

 

[kiyooo1]

check out VIVO T3X/IQOO Z9X (same phone)

 

[avi]

Any phones which support both at the same time ? I thought there weren't any among the recent ones.

yeah, you are right. some phones do, but not all of them.

 

[kiyooo1]

Any phones which support both at the same time ? I thought there weren't any among the recent ones.

if u cant find good phone with both u can use this-

https://amzn.in/d/fFWmuAx

bend it behind and put cover

 

[avi]

if u cant find good phone with both u can use this-

https://amzn.in/d/fFWmuAx

bend it behind and put cover

wth lol... good find. thanks for sharing, I did not know this was possible

 

[blr_p]

if u cant find good phone with both u can use this-

https://amzn.in/d/fFWmuAx

bend it behind and put cover

Is it possible to add a microsd card to a phone that only has dual sim tray using this thing?

Or is it only to add a second sim to a hybrid tray because the hybrid slot is taken up by microsd card

Do you get what I mean here?

Is it at all possible to add expandable storage to phone which only has dual sim using this thing?

 

[ruiner21]

Only works for hybrid slot. If the phone doesnt have connections to read the micro sd, nothing can work.

These adaptors were common during the early Xiaomi days.

 

[Emperor]

check out VIVO T3X/IQOO Z9X (same phone)

Oppo / Vivo also has good brand and light weight/good camera handsets, Software Updates is only issue with them.

 

[akiratoriyama]

Best to get cmf phone 1 imo

 

[kiyooo1]

Best to get cmf phone 1 imo

cmf has quality issue. in telegram channel they were reporting about display issue around punch hole, camera lens getting scratched very easily, and some other if you have service center near you then maybe you can replace easily in case of defect