Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo review

12 May 2023


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Side-mounted fingerprint reader IS NOT a Cons

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    • 13 May 2023

    CPUHANG, 13 May 2023The Always On feature cannot be constantly on and only last... moreWell that sucks. Hard.
    If they told this beforehand, I'd say they are using cheap tricks to get you to buy the Pro. But this is not advertised, so it's just being lazy.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 13 May 2023

      Alex 94, 13 May 2023First, i dont have a54. Second i used Poco with double raw ... moredont use poco M series as a judge.stop using helio crap try using poco F series then talk

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        • 13 May 2023

        Fa14bi, 13 May 2023Yet the dxo Mark one still switches scores around, Zoom rat... moreSeriously ppl believe dxomark scores?

        Huawei that uses now super wide 1/2.8" gets higher score than previous huawei that had much larger 1/1.5" (when huawei had help from Leica). Something that is impossible.

        Two phones with very different white balance both get label of accurate color. Another impossible thing. If one is correct, the other cant be correct if different.

        Everybody knows that among phones above $700, pixels are the worst for video. Still they get high score.

        This is why many brands no longer bother to send devices and pay to be tested. When phone takes months to be reviewed, it is because phone was bought not sent by oem.

          Nika Boy, 13 May 2023Yep enjoy your A54 with "Optimized" One UI, super... moreFirst, i dont have a54. Second i used Poco with double raw power then my current phone , and it was slower cause of miui. Dont worry for me, i enjoy anyway, and i am happy.

            Alex 94, 13 May 2023Totally wrong. My experience telling me different.Yep enjoy your A54 with "Optimized" One UI, superior UI but with crappy exynos (even s23 series using Snapdragon chips this year), no power brick, slow charger. And your superior UI cannot match the raw of Snapdragon 7+Gen2 (about 400.000 difference in AnTuTu)

              Anonymous, 13 May 2023MIUI is fast and is less prone to stutters than OneUI. OneU... moreTotally wrong. My experience telling me different.

                Anonymous, 13 May 2023This phones biggest competitors in Europe are Samsung A54 a... moreAnd a34.

                  AnonD-986504, 13 May 2023But it is not that other comapnies with worse chipsets are ... moreThere are many examples. I tested many phones.

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                    • AnonD-758491
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                    • 13 May 2023

                    Oh! It's pretty disappointing! We're waiting for this handset for a long time but it's overall performance has let me down.
                    And this is all Xiaomi's fault that they couldn't have optimised this as flagship one.
                    This is the reason we don't like Xiaomi. Now afterall we are switching to Vivo IQOO 11.

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                      • AnonD-986504
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                      • 13 May 2023

                      Alex 94, 12 May 2023Software optimization is more important then raw power.But it is not that other comapnies with worse chipsets are optimising any better than Xiaomi. In which case, raw power is more important.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 13 May 2023

                        How release this fon date

                          Zuzuz, 13 May 2023That's the difference between DXO and any other review... moreA54 didn't score so well on dxomark anyway, only 107 for camera, released near the same time was Note 12 Pro+ which scored higher at 113. meanwhile Pixel 6a is 122.

                          Regardless, by dxomark's score, the latest iPhones and Pixels are the to go for better camera results, just look at the top rankings. F5 camera results with the default app won't be close and neither will IMX766 on the A54 or Nothing Phone (1).

                            Aierlan, 13 May 2023Dxomark has had 5 updates in their testing protocol and are... moreThe Redmi Note 10pro and Realme 8pro are still from the Same time Period, and again, look at the Position of the Edge 40pro.

                            The Pixel 6 is also not greyed out, so it appears to use the current protocol, and it still scores below the Edge 40pro.

                              Fa14bi, 13 May 2023Yet the dxo Mark one still switches scores around, Zoom rat... moreDxomark has had 5 updates in their testing protocol and are currently on protocol 5. The scores are not at all comparable across protocols and therefore you can't compare phones tested on older protocols like 3 or 4 with the new ones. They just don't compare

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 13 May 2023

                                This phones biggest competitors in Europe are Samsung A54 and the excellent Google Pixel 7A. Both deliver better camera experience than Poco F5. I would live with the smaller display and chose the Pixel 7A

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 13 May 2023

                                  Anonymous, 12 May 2023The performance dip worries me in the long run..It should, if you're a heavy gamer. But, if you're just a casual gamer, I don't think there's a need to be concerned.

                                  I think this phone is good for those who want a cheap phone that will last them a long time. Hopefully flashing a custom ROM onto this thing after Xiaomi stops supporting it won't be too difficult.

                                    Zuzuz, 13 May 2023That's the difference between DXO and any other review... moreYet the dxo Mark one still switches scores around, Zoom ratings often don't make any sense (just Compare the Xiaomi Note 10pro and realme 8pro zoomed in images).

                                    And some phones scoring really low like the Moto One zoom at the time, while having Great colour accuracy, two OIS.

                                    The Moto Edge 40pro somehow got 130 Points while it the weaker edge 30Ultra in camera, and I got the 30 Ultra and moto One zoom, and they come with similar low light Performance. The One zoom got better colour accuracy and more natural appearance in Texture, while also always winning if it comes to zoom.

                                    Yet somehow it got only 87 Points back then.

                                    The P30pro got 116, and we do have the P30 with the same main sensor, it just stands no Chance woth the Moto One zoom if it comes to colour accuracy, it's simply incapable to display Red coloured flowers. They get displayed as rather pink on Huawei.


                                    Also, that Edge 40pro (Telephoto lacks OIS, main camera is also not a Flagship sensor) somehow scores above the Pixel 6.

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                                      • CPUHANG
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                                      • 13 May 2023

                                      The Always On feature cannot be constantly on and only last for 10sec. :(

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 13 May 2023

                                        Alex 94, 12 May 2023Just on paper. Real usage experience is something different... moreMIUI is fast and is less prone to stutters than OneUI. OneUI only fast with flagship chipsets. The only performance complaint for MIUI is default battery management that aggressively kills background apps.

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