Phone recommendations under 25 to 30k

[vast river]

@grave sierra

[grave sierra]

oi

[vast river]

Yes wait

Lemme. Prepare it

[grave sierra]

oki

[vast river]

Budget:
25 to 30k (if it's still cheap then I'll trying buying earphones too )

Camera Priority:Should have wide angle, good quality pictures under any light conditions , shouldn't lose its quality in long run , and camera is priority

Performance/Gaming Priority:
I don't play games so decent performance

Battery Life Priority:
Planning to have mid screen time so anything between 4.5 to 5k mah is okay

Display Preference:
AMOLED with atleast 90hz but a display which is worth the price I'm paying would keep me happy

5G Needed:
If it doesn't drain my battery I'm okaay w it , orr else even 4g works

Software & Updates Priority:
No much knowledge but should be usable for atleast next 4 years , shouldn't lag and especially no green lines shit

Brand Preferences / Brands to Avoid: nothing ,CMF ,one plus , google pixel , moto ( avoid redmi,vivo,oppo)

Purchase Timeline: Atleast a month

@grave sierra

[grave sierra]

Yo..

invite the rest of the decisive gang here..

[vast river]

How ? 😭

Budget:
(Maximum amount you're willing to spend)

Camera Priority:
(High / Medium / Low — or specific needs like selfie, night mode, video recording)

Performance/Gaming Priority:
(High / Medium / Low — or mention specific games if needed)

Battery Life Priority:
(High / Medium / Low — or expected battery backup hours)

Display Preference:
(e.g., AMOLED / LCD, high refresh rate like 120Hz, size, etc.)

5G Needed:
(Yes / No)

Software & Updates Priority:
(High / Medium / Low — e.g., you want long-term updates or clean UI)

Brand Preferences / Brands to Avoid:
(Optional)

Purchase Timeline:
(When you plan to buy — e.g., immediately, within a week/month)

** If you wanna put down ur own specs too**

Can anyone pin this ☝🏼

[regal current]

Oneplus Nord 5 or Moto edge 60 pro

[vast river]

Will check out defo

[vast river]

@slow ocean Can you pin this

[slow ocean]

i am unfortunately not mod on this server

[vast river]

Bro

[regal current]

https://youtu.be/WKWRCKNGcM8?si=ZkXRFrINpIwcWgaL @open fable

[open fable]

Nord 5 is out?

[stuck drift]

You can try poco.... It's good. Moto is also good

But if the camera is your concern, try using someone's that use them

@vast river

Check in 91mobiles by applying the filters

[vast river]

I will , thnk you

[grave sierra]

a new POCO F7 or something is there,, i heard its bang for buck deal

[stuck drift]

Mine is poco x5 pro... really good

[stuck flax]

yo gng

is it worth buying iphone 14 right now

other option is google pixel 8 is it good

and any other suggestions are welcomed

camera and performance and battery is my priority and performance is supposed to me decent i dont play games

iddk if this chatroom is active or not

help gng

[stuck drift]

What's the budget?

[stuck flax]

i am going till 55k

tho iphone 14 sounds too old now

iphone 17 will be out in september

[stuck drift]

I'm not an apple guy... So can't help much

But pixel is good

You can consider 1+ as well

[stuck flax]

pixel 8 you sayin?

[stuck flax]

whihc one in one 1+

[stuck drift]

13s

[stuck drift]

Check this out

https://www.91mobiles.com/phonefinder.php?filterId=MISPDSCT

[stuck flax]

yeah its pretty good\

[stuck flax]

i am using vivo already i wanted to change but this one looks cool too

[stuck drift]

Eww....vivo? 🤣

[stuck flax]

😭

[vast river]

Don't

Was watching few reviews

Just done

Don't*

[vast river]

Which one do you use?

[stuck flax]

what about iphone 15

or samsung S24

lowk i dont wanna go with oppo,vivo

[vast river]

Id actually suggest you this bro

LIKE BATTERY LIFE

[vast river]

US MOMENT

Redmi , puku, oppo, vivo and all big no

[stuck flax]

i wanted to use iphone but i dont want my money to go in vain tho

i wont get apple intelligence in iphone 15

[stuck flax]

frfr

[vast river]

Exactly

[vast river]

Yessss

[vast river]

Ahhh F

24 is a better option

I GUESS

[stuck flax]

iphone is still 64k i have to wait for sale

to get it around 55k

s24 is good tho

[stuck flax]

yeah

[vast river]

Do you know anyone who uses moto edge 60 fusion

[pearl silo]

nothing 3a is good

[vast river]

I spend last 2 hours seeing comparisons bw 3a and edge 60 fusion

Heart says 3a mind says edge 60

[pearl silo]

OS experience is rlly good

[vast river]

I knowww

[pearl silo]

edge 60 is good too ofcourse

[vast river]

Camera also is a priority for me

Especially wide angle

[pearl silo]

i mean there's no wrong choice here if you ask me

[vast river]

Yesss for the price

[vast river]

Yeah

I still haven't got my first phone

So wanna buy the hest

Best

[pearl silo]

fr man

[vast river]

Which one do you use

[pearl silo]

i have nothing 2a

its held up well

[vast river]

Ayyy nice

[vast river]

How's the camera

Mind sharing few pics?

[pearl silo]

im on pc, i'll share some give me a moment

hopefully discord doesnt fuck with the quality

[vast river]

Sure no worries

[vast river]

Ayyy nice click

[vast river]

That's the issue

When I watch yt

I search of reviews

I'm like

Their software matters on top my display matters too

We don't know if that the actual quality

Well only know when we actually physically check it out

[pearl silo]

dont overthink it bro, the novelty will wear off within a month and you wont even pay attention

[vast river]

So ig I need to go a store nearby and check it out

[pearl silo]

just think of longevity

[vast river]

I don't want that to happen but yeah true

[vast river]

Valid

[pearl silo]

unavoidable

[vast river]

Yup yup

Wait does ur cam have 4k 60fps?

[pearl silo]

nope

1080 60

4k is capped at 24 or 30 idr

[vast river]

Got it

[vast river]

Oh yeah

[vast river]

Ahhhh okay okay

[pearl silo]

why would you need 4k 60 lmao

[vast river]

Idk I just randomly asked

Also do you know AniThing?

https://youtu.be/4hPZOhETlWQ?si=naKXS0QPnZnACPLp

@pearl silo

[stuck flax]

i know someone who uses moto eddge 50 fusion and its good best at the price

[stuck flax]

me when its apple

iphone 15

[stuck drift]

Poco...but ig u spell it differently

Poco X5 pro

[earnest plank]

I think that's his autocorrect kicking in

[stuck drift]

Knowing him, i highly doubt it 😂

[vast river]

Did that on purpose

[vast river]

No I auto corrected it

[vast river]

I think I'll be extremely indecisive until i use then physically

Them*

[stuck drift]

I know bro

[vast river]

🤭🤭🤭

[junior forge]

try to check iqoo neo 10r once...

[pearl silo]

yeah he's good

[vast river]

I feel like it's more gaming centric

And I don't game at all

[vast river]

Ikr

[junior forge]

Okay...even I don't game...but if you don't want your phone to be laggy overtime ig a performance phone would stand out...

Also it has crazy battery and charges pretty quick...with a good camera as well:)

[vast river]

This makes. Me more indecisive

[junior forge]

Lol...

I mean...it happens

My bad if I confused you ...

[vast river]

Naur naur it's alr

You're helping

[junior forge]

Hmm

[vast river]

Went to croma today

Checked out nothing

And compared w other phones too

[pearl silo]

whatd you get bud?

[vast river]

I didn't get anything (yet)

But I think 3a it is

I've been in love w nothing since the beginning idek why

It's just so outof the box and

Yeah idk

[stuck flax]

yeah

hows nothing camera

is it good

[vast river]

Checked it out

Wide angle is disappointed kinda

Rest all satisfied

[stuck drift]

I wouldn't take iQOO rn...one of my friends took a mid range one n had a lot of trouble

[stuck drift]

Wide angle is good in most flagship phones

Low n midrange have cheap ones

Try 1+ 13r

[stuck drift]

Nord CE for low/mid range

[stuck flax]

is it as good as pixel and iphone

i went to shop checked s24 and iphone and there are like minor differences

i am talking about the camera only

[vast river]

Yeah which I Obv won't buy

[vast river]

40k da

[vast river]

Well bro yk the price difference there

[stuck drift]

Better than 13s

[vast river]

I actually did try it on croma yesterday

[vast river]

This is true

[stuck flax]

fairs

[vast river]

But I did compare w 16 for some reason

[stuck flax]

lmao

[vast river]

But there's not muuuuuch

[stuck flax]

i compared 14 15 and 16e with 16 and 16 had an easy win

[stuck flax]

i see

i wanna go for samsung S24 or S23 for now

apple environment so expensive

i thought i will get iphone 16 for apple intelligence but then i realised how bad their ai is

[vast river]

Bro yk I compared nothing 3a with IP right ? 😭

[vast river]

S23 my uncle has

Fucking amazing

[vast river]

Ong man

[vast river]

😂😂😂

[stuck flax]

IP??

[vast river]

I phone

[stuck flax]

yeah like there was very minor difference between the camera thing and i my friend has some S series phone and whenever he video calls he looks so white irl he is so brown

[stuck flax]

oh i get it

and galaxy ai is much much better than apple onee idk why ppl buy apple like whats good in it except for the camera and royalty

[vast river]

Ohhhh but we can't judge only based on that 😭

But the ai is smooth af

The one where you remove imaes and all

[stuck flax]

one thing i can say if they want to shift to newer os

[vast river]

It's very cool

[stuck flax]

yes the vid quality is good too

[vast river]

Which one do you use rn

[vast river]

Yess

[vast river]

THIS IS EXTREMELY GOOD

[stuck flax]

.😭😭

[vast river]

Bolo

[stuck flax]

i have redmdi note 10

[vast river]

I don't even own a phone

[vast river]

Bruh

[stuck flax]

bro but when i bought it was best at that price

it has all the features a 30k phone has

[vast river]

Every redmi buyer

[vast river]

Even now ?

[stuck flax]

not aanymoe but when it was launched 😭

[vast river]

My mum has redmi 7 pro ( her elder brothers)

[vast river]

Exactly 😭😭😭😭

[stuck flax]

the processor of this was good too

[vast river]

The one which even I use (I use second space)

[stuck flax]

rn atp i think in 20k range motorola edge 50 fusion or 60 fusion is dodminating

[vast river]

"was" 😭

[stuck flax]

yea now snapdragon 8 is out this is 7

[vast river]

I was confusing bw moto edge 60 and nothing 3a

[vast river]

Ohhhh

[stuck flax]

what was confusing moto is offering sm idk how

i like nothing os

its so clean

[vast river]

Longevity and the curve display is as good as how scary it is

I'm scared

[stuck flax]

ohh yea

[vast river]

Felt like water flow when I wasusing it in croma

[stuck flax]

idk about 60 fusion but 50 fusion has a leather back

[vast river]

Even 60

Vegan leather

[stuck flax]

ohh

[vast river]

Yeah

[stuck flax]

like i would hve any issue if it wasnt vegan

[vast river]

😭😭😭😭

[vast river]

What's ur budget now?

[vast river]

@stuck flax fill this if you want

[stuck flax]

its still 55k

[stuck flax]

gng i have only 2 requirements

1. CAMERA
2. A DECENT PERFORMANCE AND BATTERY

nd yeh jus avoid vivo redmi oppo all those

[regal current]

Hmm

[vast river]

I guess samsung s series it 8s

Is*

[vast river]

DUDE YOU'RE SO ME

[vast river]

OMG

Wait

[vast river]

@stuck flax it's literally same as how you mentioned

Atleast really close

[stuck flax]

Lmao it really is

[stuck flax]

hahah

[stuck flax]

uhmm

idk i jus hate redmi and oppo for sum reason

they randomle drop 200 mp camera

then 200W chargin

atleast redmi doing something and vivo on the other has something going on with the zeiss camera but oppo idk how tf they are surviving

[regal current]

And you hate them because they drop such specs?

xd

[stuck flax]

yea they too smart

[stuck drift]

Go for s24

[stuck drift]

Status symbol....showoff

[dense forge]

Is poco not indirectly mi ?

[stuck flax]

yeah ig

[stuck drift]

Yeah...but it's better than mi or Redmi

Poco F > X >M

[vast river]

Exactlyyy

[vast river]

ONG

[keen galleon]

NOTHING 3A

[keen galleon]

go for "nothing"

[vast river]

Which one do you use

[vast river]

Double quote it

[keen galleon]

nothing 3a

[vast river]

Same as nothing 3a

Or nothing 3a

[keen galleon]

nothing 3a

[vast river]

Rate it Outta 10

Perfomance

Camera everything

And

How long have you been using it

Cuz

That's why I wanna buy

If I do it's gonna be my first phone

[keen galleon]

10/10 for the budget

[keen galleon]

pretty good, really well optimised

[keen galleon]

close as good as iphone

[keen galleon]

3 months ig

[keen galleon]

blindly go for it

[vast river]

Omg

[vast river]

Keeping me hopes high rn

[vast river]

THIS IS WHAT I WANT ONG

[vast river]

And no complain at all?

[vast river]

FUCK YES

THIS IS THE ANSWER I WANTED

[keen galleon]

i ain't even lying. my boss saw my phone and immediately bought it

videos are just too amazing

[vast river]

WHAAAT

[vast river]

Will let you know once I buy it

[vast river]

Will prolly buy it day after

[vast river]

JEEEEZUS

[keen galleon]

haha

[keen galleon]

sure thing

[vast river]

Yesss

[keen galleon]

very minor issues they will fix in security patch updates

they have also

[vast river]

Ohhhh

[keen galleon]

battery is really good

i get 7hrs minimum on continuous usage

[vast river]

That's crazy

I mean I wanna maintain a decent screen time

So 5000mah

Is a blessing

[keen galleon]

yeah lol

[vast river]

Thanks a lot boss

[keen galleon]

it's got glyph lights btw

if ukwim

[vast river]

Dude

I've watched minimum 50 yt videos

Regarding reviews of only

3a

[pearl silo]

bro just stop overthinking it lol

[pearl silo]

battery on my 2a is also very very good

[vast river]

I've been a fan of nothing since the beginning

[keen galleon]

ui is the best one

[vast river]

Overthinking is my 207th bone

[vast river]

Ikkkk

[keen galleon]

even apple guys agree

[vast river]

Noro is prolly so annoyed atp

Cuz he's been noticing me for wayyy too long

[keen galleon]

yeah

[vast river]

JEEZ

[pearl silo]

let me share my homescreen

[keen galleon]

yesss do it

[pearl silo]

i think you lads will appreciate this @keen galleon @vast river

[keen galleon]

clean asf

is that yt music widget?

[pearl silo]

yeah i have yt premium, i dont use spotify all that much

[vast river]

That's flipping amazing dude

[keen galleon]

ah i use spotify premium lol

[vast river]

So fucking clean

[pearl silo]

im unemployed 🥀

[vast river]

Exactly

[keen galleon]

lmao i used the offer

[pearl silo]

yeah you can see im a nerd, thats wikipedia, desmos and anki on the homescreen

[keen galleon]

129 for 3months

[pearl silo]

my brother pays for mine so i cant rlly say much

[keen galleon]

ahh

[pearl silo]

there's also a widget where nothings cfo reads the news for you

its unique

[vast river]

How old is you

[vast river]

And you

[pearl silo]

although not that useful

[vast river]

Do y'all think nothing ai might be coming anytime soon

[keen galleon]

im 21

[pearl silo]

ive finished college and im unemployed now so 🥀

[vast river]

Ohh okay

[pearl silo]

yeah im 21 too

[keen galleon]

wbu

[vast river]

🥀🥀🥀

[vast river]

Well

Guess first

coughs

[pearl silo]

same age?

[keen galleon]

it's really good

[pearl silo]

essential space?

[keen galleon]

especially the recorder ai feature

it's accurate asf

[pearl silo]

i dont have the button so its not that useful for me

[vast river]

18 years 9 months

[keen galleon]

we spoke in hindi and it recognised so accurately

[pearl silo]

oh right

[keen galleon]

makes sense

[pearl silo]

3a and onwards have the button tho so it might be useful

[vast river]

😭😭

It's also my first phone so jaifiisjfncnsi

[keen galleon]

go for it man

[pearl silo]

i had an old ahh samsung when i was 18, consider yourself lucky

[keen galleon]

you'll love your choice each day

[pearl silo]

this is the first phone i ever bought for myself man

[keen galleon]

if budget can be extended

go for pixel 9a

[vast river]

Nah brother

25. Itself is 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[keen galleon]

lmaoo okay

[vast river]

Also you use the 8 or 12gb variant?

[keen galleon]

3a only got 8gb variant ig

[vast river]

And do you game?

[keen galleon]

3a pro has 12gb mostly

[keen galleon]

not on phone lol

[vast river]

Ohhh

[vast river]

Ahhh valid

[keen galleon]

yup

[vast river]

Let's talk about earbuds now 😭😭😭

Below 3k

[stuck flax]

uhm nothing 3a i will see

are they available in croma

gotta check

[stuck flax]

boat ?

one plus?

nothing?

ig all are under 3k

[vast river]

Yeah it's either one plus or cmf

[stuck flax]

yea

[vast river]

Yeah

[stuck flax]

jbl do they maek earbuds

aah yeah

bruh

[vast river]

Ikkik

[stuck flax]

woh these airdrops new thing

airdopes*

arent these wore by deaf ppl?

[vast river]

We see what they did there

[vast river]

[stuck flax]

i have redmi earbuds

they were for 2k

[vast river]

Ohhhh

Rate it

[stuck flax]

the fitting isnot good i haev to push it very hard so 4/10 else eveyrthing isgood

[stuck flax]

i have somewhat similar to this one

i would say get those ones with a tail 😭

my ones fall very quick

[vast river]

Oh shi

[vast river]

EXACTLY

OBVIOUSLY

[vast river]

Oh oops

[stuck flax]

yeah

[stuck drift]

Men already have 207

[stuck drift]

I use brave browser

[stuck drift]

One plus is not that great

[stuck drift]

If u wear canal type, u become one

These r good if you're not concerned about a bit of outside noise

[keen galleon]

nothing or oneplus

[keen galleon]

yes

[keen galleon]

i use cmf it's amazing

no issues so far

[keen galleon]

browser uh

[stuck drift]

Not gonna pay shit if already available for free

[keen galleon]

what's for free

[stuck drift]

Spotify is for music n playlist na

U get it on yt

Run on brave n no ads

[keen galleon]

no i use it for high res

and jam feature

[stuck drift]

Hmm

I jam in vc

[keen galleon]

i used to as well but i love music so i wanna feel every beat

high res is a big deal for me lol

[vast river]

Ummmm

[vast river]

ME TOOOO

[vast river]

Oh-

[vast river]

Exactly what I said

[vast river]

Ayyyyy lesgoo

[vast river]

I guess we gonna twin soon

[keen galleon]

yessss

[keen galleon]

yesssir haha

[vast river]

Lwsgooo

[keen galleon]

i got the blue 3A and black cmf buds

[pearl silo]

https://www.amazon.in/soundcore-Reduction-Cancelling-Environment-Bluetooth/dp/B0BZV5MQKM?th=1

i have these, the only issue is that the battery doesnt last

they charge super fast

mine are more than a couple years old tho

[vast river]

Cool cool

[vast river]

I FINALLY GOT ITTTTTT

[keen galleon]

LESGOOOOO

256gb variant?

[keen galleon]

which colour?

[vast river]

YESSSSS

[vast river]

YESSIRRRR

[vast river]

BLACK 😭

[keen galleon]

looks amazing

even the glyphs are black

[keen galleon]

what about buds?

[vast river]

Eh no

[vast river]

Not yet bro

Soon tho

Thinking of using wired ones for a while

[keen galleon]

before they lit up

[keen galleon]

ahh

[earnest plank]

Congratulations bondha

[vast river]

Oh yeah

[vast river]

Yesss

[vast river]

Tytytyty hoebhai

[stuck drift]

Congrats on ur first one

[vast river]

Thanks Teja bro

Also coming towards fruits market???

[stuck drift]

Haha... I'm home bro

Will return over month end

[vast river]

Ohh yeah

[vast river]

Ohh aight