Pocophone F1 long-term review

11 January 2019
A little phone that isn't small. A flagship that costs a third of what you'd expect. A contradiction? No, it's the Pocophone F1. Shocking? Awe-inspiring? Yes and yes. The most intriguing handset of the year isn't the most bezel-starved, or one with sliding bits and pieces, or one with an in-display fingerprint senso

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Anyone, 03 May 2019It is because that there will be no space for the notificat... moreYou both are aware that the notch can be hidden, right? Youl'll lose a bit of screen real estate but you'll see the notifications without any obtrusions. Hopefully they'll correct this on the Pocophone F2...

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    • Nazmul
    • XRM
    • 18 Aug 2019

    PunkHazrd27, 11 Mar 2019How's your experienced with POCO? I'm also a Filipino and w... moreIf you buy authorized pocophone f1 you cannot face any problems when you updates regularly. This poco f1 is able to browse all day long in one full charge. You can use 10-12 hours havy use with uninterrupted.

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      • Nazmul
      • XRM
      • 18 Aug 2019

      Poco F1 user, 21 Jan 2019I have Poco F1 and the "No notification icons in the status... moreYou should updates regularly then all the problems will solve.

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        • Anonymous
        • HsL
        • 15 Aug 2019

        93mvg, 10 May 2019I'm so confuse which one is better. Honor Play, Nova 3i or ... moreBro Poco is good for gaming honar play is not that fast as well as Poco have better camera

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          • hummer
          • 3AI
          • 06 Aug 2019

          Anonymous, 12 Jan 2019LOL ROFL Poco is the most innovative of 2018. Seriously is ... moreReally? You do realize in day to day use most of those features don't matter? Plastic body? Don't care, I use case anyway. Fragile display? Not sure, I use a screen protector. No OLED? Not an issue, with it's big battery ambient display is possible even with an LCD. Sound quality is good, the camera is great for 320Euro phone (if you use Google Camera of course!). What makes it a flagship is indeed the SoC. Something a lot of people care about. I don't watch netflix, when I want to watch something it is on my Plex server and I watch it on my computer, on a good, big monitor so display resolution or lack of any HDR is a non issue for me. As for the bleeding, the only place I can spot it is on the lockscreen. Not in Youtube playback, not in calling, not in web browsing, not in the camera app. So it is a non issue, yet again.

          The reason why GSMArena dunks on flagships is because of the lack of innovations they provide. With S9 to S10, we knew we would get faster SoC, bigger display, better camera etc. Nothing unexpected. If S10 launched with S855 at 400Euros, that would be something new. But it did not.

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            • 3AI
            • 06 Aug 2019

            So, it is not worth trying MIUI 10 again.
            I have been a few month Poco user, running HavocOS since day 4 (72 hour bootloader waiting period, remember). Tried MIUI (in Xiaomi.eu form) only once and notifications were a dealbreaker. Or, lack thereof.
            How to fit more into the notch? Well, either move statusbar below (yes, MIUI allows that but rounds corners in software for some reason), or just make the clock smaller. I can fit 2 icons + the dot next to my clock.
            Second, when I tried Xiaomi.eu MIUI 10.3.5, there were 0 notifications on the lockscreen. None at all. That is unusable.

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              • Feliciano
              • SXm
              • 19 Jun 2019

              93mvg, 10 May 2019I'm so confuse which one is better. Honor Play, Nova 3i or ... moreGo with the pocophone. it's fast, and good. battery lasts long.

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                • 93mvg
                • vpa
                • 10 May 2019

                I'm so confuse which one is better. Honor Play, Nova 3i or Pocophone F1. From Philippines here and I'm kind of hesitating to buy the Poco because of the issues I've read. Better Chipset, 6gb ram. Please guide me who should I buy.

                  Dear Poco Users!

                  I have echo issue during calls. Does anyone have that same problem? Thank you for your answers!

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                    • Anyone
                    • I@H
                    • 03 May 2019

                    Anonymous, 20 Jan 2019Bottomline is, my Asus ROG phone and Mate 20 Pro is better ... moreI agree, the ASUS ROG phone comes with 90 hz display.

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                      • Anyone
                      • I@H
                      • 03 May 2019

                      Poco F1 user, 21 Jan 2019I have Poco F1 and the "No notification icons in the status... moreIt is because that there will be no space for the notification icons as the notch area blocks the middle part of the status bar, and yeah that's what I hate from notched phones. But about it's performance, it is worth it in its price especially when you love games.

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                        • Anyone
                        • I@H
                        • 03 May 2019

                        miki, 30 Jan 2019Disappointing as this phone seems to have hard coded filter... moreNo, it doesn't. Maybe because of your network provider?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • sxs
                          • 02 May 2019

                          s-pen pusher, 28 Jan 2019i had mine delivered two days ago. this is actually an emer... moreWow, very good review

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                            • XSU
                            • 24 Apr 2019

                            miki, 30 Jan 2019Disappointing as this phone seems to have hard coded filter... moredont make conclusions without verifying it first, learn to do something about your problem. we're in the age of internet.

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                              • PunkHazard27
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                              • 12 Apr 2019

                              s-pen pusher, 26 Mar 2019about the ads in the os, i am not getting them for some rea... moreThanks for all of this info dude ^^

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                                • PMT
                                • 26 Mar 2019

                                PunkHazrd27, 11 Mar 2019How's your experienced with POCO? I'm also a Filipino and w... moreabout the ads in the os, i am not getting them for some reason. my wife has a xiaomi smartphone and she do get ads in some parts of the settings. it is not that intrusive though and mostly appears in parts of the settings where there is very little items on the list so that it doesn't fill the screen. so far for me i have not seen ads on the settings itself except for the theming app.

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                                  • PMT
                                  • 26 Mar 2019

                                  PunkHazrd27, 11 Mar 2019How's your experienced with POCO? I'm also a Filipino and w... morehi, sorry it took me awhile to respond. everything so far have been positive. i am on globe telecom and i have had no issues with the network speed at all. as for the phone, i think i got the later batch, which did not have any issue on it. really my only complaint is that there is no room for notification icons on the "ears" of the screen. there also is this occassional thing on the screen that looks like a "burn in" issue, but it lasts only several minutes and occurs very rarely; it is not noticeable at all unless you look really hard. overall, this is a good buy and is getting even better with each update from xiaomi.

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                                    • 11 Mar 2019

                                    s-pen pusher, 28 Jan 2019i had mine delivered two days ago. this is actually an emer... moreHow's your experienced with POCO? I'm also a Filipino and was planning to get this phone, Im just curious if this phone works best with our network here and also about the said ad filled OS is it true>

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                                      • vxs
                                      • 11 Mar 2019

                                      s-pen pusher, 28 Jan 2019i had mine delivered two days ago. this is actually an emer... moreGood to see a Filipino comment here!

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                                        • Dkw
                                        • 20 Feb 2019

                                        Glycocalyx, 21 Jan 2019Is this phone still worth buying mid 2019? I'm a student lo... moreYeah bro definitely you should go for it

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