[Help] Suggest smartphone under 10k

nac

Aspiring Novelist
1. Budget?
Under 10k. And please ignore the upcoming sales and its offer price.

2. Display type and size?
I see most are over 6", so that's about fine.

3. Dual sim?
Yes, dual Volte

4. Preferred choice of brand?
Not preferred but, eyeing Redmi or Poco as they are in the price band.

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
I don't think mobile cameras in this budget would be great, so as best as possible in the budget is fine.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS,Stock Android etc).
Android

7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC/5Ghz(not 5g mobile network) wifi).
Again as best as it gets in this budget.

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?
Generic phone use like calls, texts etc. Then social media, school related stuff including online meeting/conference, creating/viewing/editing word/excel/pdf kinda documents, will listen to music, watch social media/youtube videos and absolutely no gaming. Camera as best as possible in the budget. Overall, kinda of an allrounder.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
Leaning on Poco than Redmi as Poco have no or less ads in comparison. If Poco C3 (alternate option Redmi 9) suffice for the use case, don't want to spend more. The next in line is Poco M2 Reloaded (Redmi 9 Prime), specification wise almost exactly the same and priced same as of writing this post. I don't know if I should consider Poco M3 (Redmi 9 Power), one it's going over the budget and I don't know the perfomance is gonna be any different for the use case.

10. Any other info that you want to share.
All the models considered are 4+64GB variant.
User is about 50yrs old and currently using Redmi 9A base variant.
Require a lot of storage, since all the models considered are having dedicated memory slot, I guess we can get away with 64GB storage variants, no need of 128GB or more.

If there are any other model which would be better fit than the above models, please do suggest them.
 
Samsung M32 is 12.5k - 500 coupon available. With card discount, it will be under 11k.

Otherwise get Poco M3, 10.5k on FK sale, lower with card offers.
 
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Samsung M32 is 12.5k - 500 coupon available. With card discount, it will be under 11k.

Otherwise get Poco M3, 10.5k on FK sale, lower with card offers.
Thank you. Don't think would go over the budget.
Is it worth going for M3 over M2 for the use case? Currently M3 is quoted @ 11k.
Should I go for M3 by spending 1k over M2? If M2 is good enough, would settle for that.
 
Thank you. Don't think would go over the budget.
Is it worth going for M3 over M2 for the use case? Currently M3 is quoted @ 11k.
Should I go for M3 by spending 1k over M2? If M2 is good enough, would settle for that.
FK sale might not have begun for you as you aren't a FK plus member. Wait till 12AM. I can see 10.5k for Poco M3, as I mentioned earlier, not 11k.
 
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FK sale might not have begun for you as you aren't a FK plus member. Wait till 12AM. I can see 10.5k for Poco M3, as I mentioned earlier, not 11k.
Okay. Thank you.
So no to M2? Wouldn't M2 good enough for the use case?
I would like to justify my M3 purchase if I opt for it. So why should I pick M3 over M2? What's better in M3 over M2? Especially keeping in mind the use case.
 
Okay. Thank you.
So no to M2? Wouldn't M2 good enough for the use case?
I would like to justify my M3 purchase if I opt for it. So why should I pick M3 over M2? What's better in M3 over M2? Especially keeping in mind the use case.
Compare Xiaomi Poco M3 vs. Xiaomi Poco M2 Reloaded - GSMArena.com
You get a bit more efficient CPU, 6GB vs 4GB RAM. better camera, faster storage & better battery life. So good enough for 1.5k more, if you can spend it. If you can use the card offers, anyways Poco M3 will be under 10k.
 
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Compare Xiaomi Poco M3 vs. Xiaomi Poco M2 Reloaded - GSMArena.com
You get a bit more efficient CPU, 6GB vs 4GB RAM. better camera, faster storage & better battery life. So good enough for 1.5k more, if you can spend it. If you can use the card offers, anyways Poco M3 will be under 10k.
Oh! that was 6GB's price?. The price I quoted was for 4GB, but like you said that was before the offer opens for everyone. But now after it opens, I can see the offer price and for 4GB it's 9.5k without card. Don't think will be using a card, so the reason for asking to ignore such offers in my OP.
500/- price difference isn't much, can very well go for M3. Just that most of videos on online comparing the two suggests that the CPU is comparatively powerful in M2 than M3. So the reason for leaning towards M2.
Don't expect much when it comes to camera quality, so Quad cam in M2 vs Triple cam in M3 is not a big deal. If M3's primary camera is better than M2's, fine and good. And for the extra 500/- I get fast charger, case, bigger battery.
Thank you so much.
 
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Placed the order, Poco M3 4+64GB variant for 8999/-. Got a relative who got ICICI card, used it to get the discount. Will get it by this weekend, will see how it is in flesh.
 
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