Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo long-term review
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- Anonymous
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- 22 Nov 2023
Wann, 20 Nov 2023Just give ud fingerprint and wireless charging perfectIt has sidemounted finger print.
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- thg
- 21 Nov 2023
Petros Ch, 16 Nov 2023Although it is a great phone, it is limited to its original... moreCloud storage exists.You guys really should just give up on the SD card battle 'cause you're not winning it. Just accept the fact that it's never gaining any widespread adoption again.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Nov 2023
Neo, 20 Nov 2023However, the phone is very good. Has its limitations, such ... moreActually I had an intention to buy another smart phone. After looking at F5 spec. & price and compared to my Poco X3 NFC. To my surprise Poco X3 NFC is much superior than F5.
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- 20 Nov 2023
Neo, 11 Nov 2023I have a second unit and the quality seems to vary quite a ... moreHowever, the phone is very good. Has its limitations, such as lack of SD card or little bit dim display, but I like it. The (main) camera is actually very good on auto.
There are just some guys on telegram who never held a real camera and don't know what they are talking about. These guys are just jumping between gcam configs, doing selfies in low light indoor and complaining about anything without any relevancy.
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- 20 Nov 2023
Just give ud fingerprint and wireless charging perfect
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- Anonymous
- Sr6
- 19 Nov 2023
JimmyTheGreatest, 17 Nov 2023Are you high on something?high on life
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- 19 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 14 Nov 2023What is most important to me is whether I can get a clear s... moreBought the phone for the gaming capabilities and I don't like taking pictures. If I have to take pictures, I'd use a gcam or something no problem. But that processor is awesome and the ui is ok nothing bad happened till now and no problems
Used miui for the 1st time and still nothing bad about it waiting for hyperOS tho
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- 17 Nov 2023
Huuu, 16 Nov 2023Worst cameraThe camera is quite underwhelming on classic auto, I find it somehow trading blows with my previous Mi9T, however there is way to increase the quality of photos for most setups. I found that the camera on auto oversharpens/smoothens photos, to try get some sharp details and to eliminate noise pixelation in dark. What I found works quite well, turning on Pro mode in photography and leaving every setting on auto, then in provides quite better results.
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- 17 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 16 Nov 2023fm radio or no buy no ips panel no buy no audio jack no b... moreAre you high on something?
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- 17 Nov 2023
Huuu, 16 Nov 2023Worst cameraCompared to what ? it's not great but far from the worst, don't say anything like that if you never compare it to anything at the same price and from the same generation
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- Anonymous
- Sr6
- 16 Nov 2023
JimmyTheGreatest, 14 Nov 2023I own the blue 12/256 EU model.
I have been using the F5... morefm radio or no buy
no ips panel no buy
no audio jack no buy
no sd card no buy
it's simple.
yes in 2023 and 2024 and beyond to infinity!
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- 16 Nov 2023
Worst camera
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- 16 Nov 2023
I have the Turbo with 1TByte. I purchased it (CN version) because I dislike the optical fingerprint and indeed the side ultrasonic reader is a dream. I loaded up the memory with maps of the whole of Europe, Asia, and N. America without problems. The speakers are awesome. Audio jack is a necessity for me. What brings the whole phone down is the display. Lousy. GSMArena's description of a great display is nonsense. Xiaomi had let me down because I went with their specs of extra color. In retrospect I should have realized that the audio jack and the ultrasonic reader were in Xiaomi's mind the midrange characteristics and they did not expect me to look critically at the well-spec'd display. Now, I do not like this phone much. Certainly not a flagship anything. From now I will not buy any phone without first trying it hands-on for a few minutes at least. The mid-ranger phone that is better than this Turbo in the (main) camera and display departments is the Redmi 10X Pro.
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 16 Nov 2023
Duan, 16 Nov 2023I've been using wifi6 transfering between devices, and... moreI prefer to have both. Phones with USB 3.0 can still use wifi 6. Just like phones with headphone jacks can still use Bluetooth headsets.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Nov 2023
Petros Ch, 16 Nov 2023Although it is a great phone, it is limited to its original... moreIf only DImensity chips will have cfw support, we wouldn't have to put up with things like these since they still have microsd cards and jacks in tandem.
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- 16 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023Usb 2.0 transfers speed. ☠️I've been using wifi6 transfering between devices, and it reaches or more than USB3 speed transfer rate from my other device.
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- 16 Nov 2023
Although it is a great phone, it is limited to its original memory. There is no SD card slot at all. I use my phone SD card for photos and music libraries and I am not willing to buy a phone with reduced memory capabilities. This is a huge Xiaomi fault, a lot of people will look for alternatives.
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- 15 Nov 2023
JimmyTheGreatest, 14 Nov 2023I have seen your comment in another thread, which is why I&... moreI actually based my comment on the experience from MiUI2 to the latest MiUI14. If you think MiUI is "not bad," it's probably more because you got used to it, or you're on custom ROM and not even using MiUI. But side to side compared to even ColorOS, one can see that MiUI is clearly dated, inconsistent, and way buggier.
And since their support window is very short for most of their devices, many users ended up with still a buggy OS as their last update before Xiaomi ditch the device. Even on devices that are still supported, the length of time between updates can be quite far that users have to wait for months or longer for a fix. Of course, I hope things will get better with so called HyperOS and some of their flagships getting longer support, but Xiaomi still needs to prove itself in my book. They are operating with thin margins thus I have no confidence they have enough resources to really focus on the software.
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- 15 Nov 2023
Everything it's good except SD card support. so I wouldn't buy it.