If you’re looking for a smartphone under
25,000 with good software experience, then you have these three options. I’ll compare these phones
on all the parameters to help you decide
or to confuse you further. Let’s get started. Okay, the Nothing Phone 2a
looks very different than the other phones and that’s what makes this phone
stand out but it's also the heaviest
and the thickest. Plus, it feels big in the hands. The Nord CE 4 doesn’t look any special
but it's more functional as it gets the IR blaster
and the microSD card slot which other two phones miss out on. Lastly, the Moto
Edge 50 Fusion’s in-hand feel is the best as it’s the sleekest and lightest. The Vegan
Leather back gives it a premium look, and it also has an IP68 rating which no
other phone offers in this price segment. Other than that, it’s plastic
on all phones be it the back or the frame, they’ve got all the usual ports and buttons
except for the headphone jack, obviously, and in case you’re wondering
about the alert slider on Nord, well, it’s not there. Now in terms of design, I personally prefer Moto
but don’t make up your mind yet, because we have a lot to discuss. First of all,
it’s a curved display on Moto and flat display on the other two phones. Most people can make decision
based on just that but if you’re still here, let me explain. See, the display on Moto
is the best on paper but you miss out
on HDR on Netflix and YouTube, as of yet. The stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos
are the loudest on Moto. Lastly the PWM numbers,
are on the lower side. Now, if you’re someone who watches
a lot of HDR content, then OnePlus display is the best for you, because it offers HDR support
on both Netflix and YouTube. The stereo speakers are not the best
but they come very close to Moto. The only downside
is the display protection, as it comes with Panda Glass Protection while the other two phones
offer Gorilla Glass 5. Lastly, Nothing Phone 2a’s display
is the brightest of all. If you’re buying a phone for your parents,
I think this should be the one. And If I talk about the negatives, you don’t get HDR on Netflix here
due to zero bloatware policy, you also can’t use it with wet hands, and lastly the speakers are not very good. By the way, you do get in-display
fingerprint scanners on all phones and they work fine,
and for the haptics, well, Nothing and Nord feels the same, but Oxygen OS surely has better haptics
integration throughout the UI, and the vibrations on Moto feel like, drum beats when compared to these two. Let’s start with Moto here. The Edge 50 Fusion comes
with Hello UI based on Android 14. See, when I first tested Hello UI
on the Edge 50 Pro, I didn’t like it much. It was unoptimised and buggy
but when I tested it on this phone, everything changed. It felt very smooth to use and I didn’t
encounter any weird issue whatsoever. In-fact, I have been using this phone
since the launch and not even once this phone threw
tantrums at me. Plus, it has a lot of features. You get Moto UnPlugged, Moto Secure Family Space,
and even AI Wallpapers. On top of that,
you also get Moto Ready For, which is very useful and you can use it to connect with your Windows Laptop
for more options. The animations are
also very good on this phone and the edge detection works well too. Now, it’s not the cleanest out there as you do get some bloatware and ads. Plus, Moto is slow in terms of updates,
but other than that, I think Hello UI offers a very
good experience and is quite under-rated. Now if I talk about OnePlus, OxygenOS does come with some bloatware along with ads in the global search but it offers some neat features
like Zen Mode, Private Safe, Smart Sidebar and even
full Windows Link Support. Although, the lack of app opening
animation gets boring after a while and you only get 2
years of software updates and 3 years of security patches. Lastly, NothingOS is the cleanest with
zero bloatware. The animations are very smooth
and in terms of features, you get lock screen widgets, a new camera widget, Glyphs customisation, ChatGPT Integration
and even AI wallpapers. It’s definitely not as feature rich
as the other two but the software support is the best here because you get regular
and timely updates on Nothing. Now to sum it up,
if you care about the features, than you can either go with
Hello UI or OxygenOS but if you want the absolute
clean software experience then you can go with NothingOS. By the way I want
to point out one quick thing from the day of launch
Nothing has received 7 OS updates. Oneplus has received 4 OS updates
and Moto none. In terms of performance, Nord CE 4 with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and UFS 3.1 storage comes on top
especially in the AnTuTu scores, followed by Nothing Phone 2a
and the Edge 50 Fusion. In GeekBench CPU too, Nord comes on top but here
the difference is minimal, and lastly in 3D Mark,
Nord CE 4 is again standing tall. In CPU throttling though, Nothing performs the best
followed by Moto and Nord. And although both Moto and Nothing
has UFS 2.2 storage, the scores on Nothing
are at par with UFS 3.1 storage. Probably because of the optimisations. Now, with such a big difference
in benchmark numbers, you would expect big difference
in gaming as well, But surprisingly, that’s not the case. In BGMI and COD Mobile, all three phones are limited to 60FPS and the gameplay was also quite similar. In Genshin too, with the highest settings, the frame rate is around
the same 40-45 FPS, for all phones. Apart from gaming I did not face
any issues in the day-to-day usage on any of these phones. They were snappy, had good RAM Management and I didn’t face any
disturbing bugs at all. On Moto though,
the camera app lagged a couple of times but other than that, it was all smooth. Now before the launch
of Edge 50 Fusion, Nothing Phone 2a was
the best camera phone under 25,000. Let’s see if that changes today. First of all, these are the camera specs
of all phones. Moto has an edge here
with the brand new LYT 700C sensor but that’s not all. You can record 4K 30 on all cameras on Moto which is a big plus compared
to the other two phones and it even supports camera switching
while recording. Let’s check out the camera samples now, In Daylight shots,
It's really hard to tell the difference. All the phones take good photos
with good details and natural colurs, in fact if I remove the watermark,
and shuffle the images, I don't think you will be able
to tell the difference In Ultrawide camera,
the Color Shift between the main camera and the ultra-wide camera is slight but the details are captured
more on Nothing. Now it’s not a huge thing though
but you can take macro shots from Moto’s ultrawide camera
as it comes with Auto Focus. In low light shots,
for both main camera and ultrawide, Moto takes the lead here
with better colors and details. Nothing tries to take good photos
but the image comes out blown up. In portraits, Bokeh is evenly matched
on all phones but the skin tone is natural on Moto and it’s a bit over-saturated on Nothing. In Selfies, OnePlus applies
a lot of smoothening, Nothing does it too, but Moto keeps it natural with on point
colors and details. So that you can apply the filter
directly from Instagram. In terms of videos,
both Moto and Nothing looks the same but OnePlus clearly
lacks the stabilization. All in all, in terms of Cameras
Moto comes on top, followed by Nothing
and Oneplus is distant far. By the way, I’ll leave
a drive link with all the camera samples so that you can check them out
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please subscribe please. Now when it comes to the battery OnePlus has a bigger battery
and faster charging support but the bundled charger
is not a PD charger. Moto has a 5000 mAh battery
and 68W fast charging support and you also get a PD charger in the box. Nothing also comes with a 5000 mAh
battery with 45W charging support but you’ll have to buy
a charger separately. Now, the battery specs
is quite straightforward but the story of battery
life is quite interesting. See, even though OnePlus
has a bigger battery, Moto lasted longer and I am not sure if it’s the optimisation or the comparatively weak processor
but whatever it is, the battery life on Edge 50 Fusion is
insanely good, as you can see here. In terms of connectivity, I did not face any issue
on any of these phones. In-fact, I’ve used them
as my primary device on multiple instances over the last couple of weeks and during those times, the call connectivity, 5G, Wifi
performance was good on all three phones but there are some things
that you should know. OnePlus is a bit more functional as it offers a dual sim hybrid card slot
and an IR blaster although it misses out on NFC
and comes with only 7 5G bands. I know you must be worried about
less 5G bands in OnePlus, but we tested these phones
with both Jio and Airtel and I had no problem with network
reception or calls on any of these phones. The Edge 50 Fusion starts at 23,000 Rupees and with 2000 Rupees bank discount, you can get it for 21K. The Nord CE 4 starts at 25K
and with 1500 Rupees bank discount, you can get it for 23,500 Rupees. Lastly, the Nothing Phone 2a starts at 24K and with bank discount,
you can get it for 23K but do note that you’ll have to buy
the charger separately. Now, If you want a feature rich
software experience, with very good cameras,
and exceptionally good battery life with a charger in the box but you’re okay with slow updates, not so powerful processor,
and a curved display, I think Moto Edge 50 Fusion
makes a lot of sense for you. However,
if you want the most powerful phone with cleanish software experience and cameras do not matter much to you, I think Nord CE4 will be
a very good option for you. And, if you want absolutely
clean software experience, very good cameras and you don’t mind
buying a charger separately, I think you can go
with the Nothing Phone 2a. I hope this video confused--
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