20k phone- a complicated querry to expert digitians

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Since the windows phones are going to die and IOS has a very low compatibility in India, and Google-extra-OEMs-bloatware there's are almost no handsets which can be customized and be 100% utility maximized. I use Lumia 640 XL and Microsoft has took over the onedrive space, Support for Office 365, and there's actually no future except 650 and 650XL (+1GB RAM, or continnum support).
I'm really frustated of hybrid-sim-sdcard . Redmi Note 3 is a good handset but I want to use two sim with an microsd card.
Have also used different android devices and failed to remove all the bloatwares provided. I found Mediatek are difficult to root too. So, here's a complicated questions to my helpful fellow digitians.

Budget of 20k.
A handset which can be rooted without loosing warranty (won't use custom rom, not for now at least)
3 GB or 4 GB of RAM (more is better)
16 GB or more internal storage
5.5, 5.7 or 6"
Battery should be good (at least)
Scratch-resistant glass
Full HD screen, Full HD Video recording
Fingerprint reader
accelerometer, proximity, compass and gyroscope
Offline gps such as GLONASS, BDS etc

If anyone can give me any ideas, it would be very very helpful. Thanks in advance.
 
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ZTR said:
Increase your budget and get OP3

Sent from my Redmi Note 3
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Thanks. Can't increase budget that much. But it doesn't have MicroSD slot, and 64 GB ain't enough. Also it is not mentioned that rooting will void its warranty or not. Otherwise this phone could have been perfect.
 
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d3b said:
Thanks. Can't increase budget that much. But it doesn't have MicroSD slot, and 64 GB ain't enough. Also it is not mentioned that rooting will void its warranty or not. Otherwise this phone could have been perfect.
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OP phones warranty is only voided when you brick it
And there isn't any other phone which meets your demand in your budget
Best is RN3 but again it has hybrid sim slot

Sent from my Redmi Note 3
 
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ssb1551 said:
+1 for OP3. If OP cant increase the budget then OP2 might even be an option.
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the 64 GB variant is only available in refurbished condition, now that's bad. The same problem still holds- no sd card.

Can ASUS phones be rooted without voiding warranty? What about all the 4 GB variants of ASUS ? and How are the battery? Can anyone add any info about ASUS phones? Also as I've previously used Zenfone 5, is the latest UI customizable (other colored themes, eg Black) ?
 
$hadow

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There aren't really that many options when it comes to a dedicated sd card option. Hybrid sims are the mainstreams.
 
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azvnoit

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So, you're looking for a dual SIM phone with dedicated expandable memory slot and warranty that can't be voided on rooting?

It's a tough requirement. The other specs are almost standard most phones.
 
dashing.sujay

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Go for Redmi 3s Prime. If you really think that you require a SD card after 32GB internal + OTG support, then you need a portable laptop, not a smartphone.
 
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$hadow said:
There aren't really that many options when it comes to a dedicated sd card option. Hybrid sims are the mainstreams.
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azvnoit said:
So, you're looking for a dual SIM phone with dedicated expandable memory slot and warranty that can't be voided on rooting?

It's a tough requirement. The other specs are almost standard most phones.
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After long searches, I found these three considerable.

1) Lenovo Vibe P1 Turbo
2) Lenovo K4 Note
3) Yu Yureka Note (didn't liked it too much though)
and
4) Xiaomi Mi Max 128GB

Now the problems are-
1) could not find any proper review on Lenovo Vibe P1 Turbo (P1 is there, but nothing much about P1 Turbo)
2) Lenovo K4 Note and Yu Yureka Note- Don't particularly like MediaTek MT6753, is it good ? I found MediaTek are difficult to root and becomes hot too.

Lastly, and sadly, found no availability of Xiaomi Mi Max 128GB anywhere (has it launched in India?).

I'm also thinking about Xiaomi Mi Max 32GB (it's little big for pocket while driving + sacrificing storage)

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dashing.sujay said:
Go for Redmi 3s Prime. If you really think that you require a SD card after 32GB internal + OTG support, then you need a portable laptop, not a smartphone.
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Even my 1 year old LM640 XL has 8+128 GB of storage, and I own a tablet and a laptop. I never mentioned OTG as I don't need that.

I was wondering as you mentioned Redmi 3s Prime, if 3 GB Ram+32 GB storage is available in only Rs 9k, then why can't I find 4 GB/ 6GB + 64/128 GB around Rs 20-25k ?

I remember Karbon and Micromax one year ago and they are almost gone, what will happen to Xiome/ Yu/ Vivo/ etc , and this new era of damn-save-space-hybrid-sim business, what will become of this? I still wonder.
 
lywyre

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You could try Lenovo Vibe K4 Note if your are willing to make two compromises:
1. MediaTek chipset
2. Heavily modified Lenovo UI

Other wise, this mobile has all that you ask for and with an above average built quality.
Lenovo Vibe K4 Note - Full phone specifications
 
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I will probably go for One Plus 3 if I can increase my budget. After long hours of research, I found this one to be the best and also I heard OOS is almost like stock android, don't know about their update schedules though.

Otherwise I would've gone for mi max 128 but it's still not available on any site. ( 128 GB variant is on Snapdragon I guess)

For ASUS Z3, yes, the configuration seems good, but I hate ZenUI or even MIUI (as on Redmi devices). Also Black interface is always preferable plus OP allows rooting (as one of the digitians has mentioned before).
 
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