Budget 25-30k Need a phone under 30k

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My 6 yr old poco f1 got stolen so i need a new phone and no phone existing can match the price and specs so i would like some suggestions. I am a casual gamer genshin probably everyday for half to one hour. A good camera is always a flex, am a bit confused about the existing options in this price range as there are so many. Thanks in advance!
Phones advised by others :- s21fe, a refurbished i phone 12/13 , moto edge 50 pro , one plus nord ce 4
 
Moto edge 50 pro has good camera, good processor and good battery backup. I'm also considering buying it for my sister
 
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Is Moto putting the Glance stuff on Edge series phones? I got that on a G32 I bought for someone else. I shook my faith in them tbh, it can only go downhill from here. Nothing is the only company safe from that now I guess.
 
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roadrash99 said:
Is Moto putting the Glance stuff on Edge series phones? I got that on a G32 I bought for someone else. I shook my faith in them tbh, it can only go downhill from here. Nothing is the only company safe from that now I guess.
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As far as I know, there's no bloatware in moto edge 50 pro and even if there was, you could just de-bloat them.
 
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Comparatively, Moto edge 50 pro is a better choice when compared with the nothing 2a in terms of processor and front camera. Additionally, the moto has 3.1 USB while the nothing 2a is equipped with a 2.0
 
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Here's an unpopular opinion : Poco X6 Pro. You could get the 12GB RAM variant for 27.5K at flipkart. In terms of performance, it beats every other phone in this segment by a landslide. Just don't expect to be able to flex with the cameras though. One major annoyance is Xiaomi's Hyper OS and it's usual crap-ton of bloat. If you are willing to spend half a day tweaking and removing all those unnecessary stuff, you'll be left with a snappy device. Also, if you are concerned about privacy, use a firewall to block everything except the essential services and the apps that you would use. If you can't afford to lose too much time setting up the device and want a great out of the box experience without compromising your privacy, go for Moto edge 50 pro as suggested by the people above.
 
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Poco X6 pro is the performance king under 30k right now as the SoC is just slightly inferior to 8+ Gen 1 CPU wise & GPU wise while being significantly better than 7 Gen 3. Cons are that OS updates are slow & cameras aren't the best under 30k (Moto Edge 50 Pro is better camera-wise just a slower SoC, best cams should be S21FE & Pixels but those have perf & battery woes).

Avoid phones with flagship SoCs made at Samsung fab, like exynos, tensor, S888/888+, 8 Gen 1 (not 8+ Gen 1 as that's TSMC), etc. These throttle a lot under heavy load like gaming & have poor efficiency in general, so lower battery life as well.

If you can stretch your budget, get iQoo Neo 9 pro at 35k. It has 8 Gen 2 which will be pretty good in terms of performance for gaming. Cameras are decent as well. It will get just 2 OS updates but BBK is faster in rolling out updates vs Xioami & Moto.
 
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