Android phone suggestion within 15k budget.

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Hi dimers ,

I have been out of touch with mobile phone tech for a while now . I’m planning to replace my phone ( honor 7x) during upcoming Amazon/FK sale now. I have set aside a budget of 15k for the phone. Main priorities are decent battery life, Camera , screen and music quality through earphones. I don’t play games on my phone. After some research I have shortlisted below phones .

1) Poco F1 : Best bang for the buck. 128 GB with 6gb ram and a flagship processor for under 14 k seems like a great deal.

2) Redmi note 8 pro : Newest of the lot . Seems like a phone targeted mainly towards gaming auidience .

3) Samsung M30s: I’m in love with the screen on this one .That mammoth battery is an added plus . But most reviews are hating the camera on this one ? Is it that bad ?

4) Realme XT/ X2/5 pro : I have never used a Realme device . reviews seems to be decent .

5) Redmi note 7 pro; Cheapest of the lot but probably the best camera phone. But is it still worth it ?

Feel free to chip in with any other device suggestions .

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Samsung M30S

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No to mi phone.

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No to mi phone.

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Why? sad

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Dont Go For Samsung M30s , Not A Good Choice If One Of Your Main Concern Is Camera

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Realme x2 if you can live with Color os or Poco if you are okay with its display quality and notch.

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Poco f1 specs are wonderful but I’m a sucker for quality displays be it TV’s or phones.i travel a lot and watch a lot of videos and movies on phone hence the need of good battery life , screen and music quality.

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wait for poco f2 if u can

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Thanks guys for your suggestions. Looks like every device has some or the other compromises. Samsung M30s seems like the perfect device except for the poor camera quality. If anyone has got a chance to use M30s, how bad is the camera ? People were critical of Honor 7x camera. I found it okay .

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Dude.m30s camera is good.infact very good..dont go by the ppl disregarding the camera.. its an overall powerpacked and b for buck fone

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Check Nokia 8.1 or Zenfone 5z. Using Nokia 8.1 and it’s amazing.

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LG V30+

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So here is the update. After some deliberation, ended up buying Samsung M30s. Phone was delivered this morning. I had very less expectations from the Camera thanks to many youtubers claiming the cam to be worthless. Surprisingly the pictures turned out to be quite good and sharp. Daytime pictures turned out to be almost as good as my Canon DSLR. Pictures taken under artificial lighting was acceptable, much better than my previous phone(Honor 7x). Im still shocked why a whole bunch of youtubers were ranting about the cam on this phone.

In terms of peformance , M30s gets the job done . For day to day tasks its quite okay. Performance levels were similar to Honor 7x although benchmark says m30s is twice as powerful as 7×. I didnt feel any difference between the two.

Screen on this this is shockingly good for the price. Battery life is great. Sound quality thorough earphones is great thanks to dolby atmos.

Coming to negatives , build quality is nothing much to write about. I felt MI and Huwaie phones are much better built. Touchscreen on this phone isnt that great.

If you are not much into gaming and need a phone under 15k, buy 30s eyes closed . For gamers Poco f1 and Redmi note 8 pro is a better option.

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Your experience is with Honor 7X which had one of the worst cameras ever put on a 10-15k phone in the last couple of years. So, you might be fine with M30s camera quality. There are better options available. But compared to even 4-5 years ago, there shouldn’t be much dissatisfaction with any 10k+ mobile cameras.
Anyway congrats. M30s screen is awesome.

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m30s was the best u could have bought.

good buy

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