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In device specs

• In Xiaomi Poco F5, 12 May 2023
  I've been using Xiaomi since 2019, Global versions. You get ads in a handful of their own apps, which you c...
• In Xiaomi Poco F5, 11 May 2023
  All the reviews I've seen are praising it. It isn't perfect, of course, but even in its weakest points...
• In Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, 29 Apr 2023
  I know you've been very adamant against it, you've said it before, but you'll probably have to ma...
• In Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, 28 Apr 2023
  Sadly this model suffers from battery drain issues across all MIUI versions, with no reliable way to know the cu...
• In Apple iPhone 11, 20 Apr 2023
  I'm still on iOS 15. We're almost a year into iOS 16, would You recommend me to update? Any battery is...
• In Motorola Moto G71 5G, 17 Apr 2023
  Bought this one as an spare phone since I found a good deal. Screen is pretty, would be even better if it had a ...
• In Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, 31 Mar 2023
  MIUI 14/Android 13 has definitely given a breath of fresh air to this device. After a few weeks using it, undoub...
• In Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, 02 Mar 2023
  Hi, I just went along with flashing the EEA rom because I couldn't wait. I flashed the latest MIUI 13 and d...
• In Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, 02 Mar 2023
  I just flashed the latest EEA rom into my phone and wow, you weren't lying. Some of my apps open really fas...
• In Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro, 01 Mar 2023
  Okay I see. And not much of a difference actually, mostly in the preinstalled bloatware. But my signal drops ran...

In news/blog articles

• In Weekly poll: Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro tempt you w..., 21 May 2023
  Definitely want one (base F5). Flagship performance at half the price.
• In Apple reportedly hoards 90% of TSMC's 3nm capaci..., 16 May 2023
  I would again if they do better products. My last phone had a Samsung fab SoC and suffered some issues related t...
• In Apple reportedly hoards 90% of TSMC's 3nm capaci..., 16 May 2023
  Consumers need Samsung to step up their game. Having TSMC as the only good chip maker can't be good for everyone.
• In Poco F5 in for review, 09 May 2023
  Can't wait. Hopefully this will be my upgrade from Redmi Note 10 Pro.
• In Poco F5 Pro and Poco F5 launch globally, 09 May 2023
  Now I only wait for the reviews. The base POCO F5 appears to be the best performance/value phone in years.
• In Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro officially debut in UAE, 08 May 2023
  My real gripe is if POCO has left these sudden death issues in they past. Their motherboards used to be near the...
• In Apple updates trade-in values for its devices, 04 May 2023
  Lol what a ripoff. I was looking at that with a friend, she owns an iPad Pro 11 from 2020, the A12Z one, and an ...
• In Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 coming with 3.7GHz prime core..., 30 Apr 2023
  Smartphone chipsets have become very strong, probably more powerful than a high end processor laptop from a few ...
• In Xiaomi MIUI 14 (Android 13) walkthrough, 28 Apr 2023
  It improved a lot over MIUI 13 which is just a clutter mess. Still isn't as polished as it should be though.
• In Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 coming with 3.7GHz prime core..., 28 Apr 2023
  7+G2 is confirmed to be in the POCO F5. But yeah they still use these older designs because they're cheap.

In review articles

• In Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo review, 15 May 2023
  That alleviates the problem but is still very unreliable though. MIUI has a very aggressive behavior built in wh...
• In Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo review, 12 May 2023
  The performance it offers at that price can't be beat. However, there are more balanced options around, if ...
• In Google Pixel 7a hands-on review, 10 May 2023
  So... You won't release a full review?
• In Xiaomi 13 Ultra review, 28 Apr 2023
  Impressive. Very nice.
• In vivo V27 review, 21 Apr 2023
  A715 is a refresh of A710, those were the ones with issues. A510 also had an update but they didn't change ...
• In vivo V27 review, 21 Apr 2023
  That SoC would be very appealing if it can find its way to more midrange devices. Great performance for the class.