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Looking for the best Android phone under ₹25k–₹30k.

My biggest priority is the camera. I want excellent photos and videos in both daylight and indoor lighting. Indoor shots shouldn't be blurry or overly noisy. 4K video recording is preferred, but overall camera quality matters more than just resolution.

Other things I'm looking for:

- 5000+ mAh battery with fast charging (I have 7+ hours of screen time daily).

- 256 GB storage, 8 GB+ RAM.

- AMOLED FHD+ 120 Hz display.

- Good processor (Snapdragon 7 series/8 Gen 2 or Dimensity 7300/8200/8300 level).

- Good build quality and software experience.

I'm open to any brand. If you've personally used a phone in this price range, which one would you recommend and why? Especially interested in real-world camera performance.

I moved from a town to a rural place. Fiber connection is not possible, every ISP providers told me that, they can’t setup more posts for a single house, airfiber is also not possible, now tell me what is the way to setup a wifi,
In my location, jio 5g is pretty good sometimes, but not very stable, fluctuate according to traffic, VI 4G is stable and pretty good. (I didn’t checked airtel, will update later)
I’m thinking sim inserting router or something like that, I don’t have enough knowledge about that. Can anyone guide me?

I'm currently looking at oppo enco air 5 pro and oneplus buds 4 , I'm open to any other suggestions. Pls let me know

I've been interviewing candidates recently, and the pattern is hard to ignore.

Ask a question. Candidate pauses. Looks away. Reads off an answer that sounds polished but the wheels come off the moment you Ask them to explain their reasoning, dig one layer deeper, or pivot to an edge case.
The culprit is obvious. But the problem is deeper than just "they used ChatGPT in the interview."
The scary part? It's not just one candidate. It's the majority.

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Also something happened on a flight recently that put it all into perspective.

I had some data analysis work pending, so I opened my laptop and got to it. The fresher sitting next to me watched for a while, then asked me, "Didi, how are you coding without GPT? We don't have internet here right? Do you have a local model deployed?"
That question moved something in me. Not because it was funny. Because it was genuine. He genuinely couldn't imagine writing code without AI assistance. It wasn't laziness. It was a gap he didn't even know he had.
I spent the rest of that flight talking to him about why fundamentals matter. How to survive and thrive in an AI world by actually understanding what you're building.

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I'm not against AI , I use it daily. But there's a difference between using AI as a thinking partner and using it as a replacement for thinking.

Many early-career folks have never had to wrestle with a hard problem on their own. No debugging at 2am. No figuring out why the pipeline broke. No forming your own mental model. We're not just seeing AI usage in interviews. We're seeing the outcome of AI replacing the learning process itself.

Strong engineers, analysts and data professionals are built through struggle. Through being stuck. Through figuring it out. AI has quietly removed all of that friction. And friction is where skills are formed.

The industry is heading towards a generation of professionals who can paste answers but can't reason through problems. I do think the industry needs to have an honest conversation about what "job-ready" actually means now, and how we assess it.

If you're an early-career professional reading this: AI is a tool, not a crutch. Build the fundamentals first. The shortcuts will catch up with you.

Would love to hear from others hiring or mentoring early-career folks. Are you seeing the same thing?

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Guys pls suggest me a good phone under 35k , my requirements are good camera and better battery backup

Give ur opinion whether I should buy now or else I should wait for sept sales like Amazon great indian sale and Flipkart bigbiillon days

If you look at the success of things like the New York Times puzzles (Wordle/Sudoku), what are the psychological triggers that make a 1-minute daily mental challenge engaging enough for people to never skip it?