Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro
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- Francis
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- 20 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 20 Aug 2020OIS does not make for a significantly less blur free photo ... moreOk thanks for the nice explanation. Therefore, you can conclude that OIS is not that important if just using main camera and not telephoto & ultrawide, right? And also, can we say is POCO F2 Pro better in photography and video compare with Oneplus nord when using gcam?if yes, then i can now decide poco even if i'm not a gamer but for long lasting usage and display/camera enthusiast.
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 20 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 20 Aug 2020I beg to disagree. Most of your complaints are down to cust... moreYou got it wrong. I mean to say the phone is overkill for the price.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 20 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 20 Aug 2020I bought the poco f2 pro 8gb/256. I'm using it for 3 d... moreI beg to disagree. Most of your complaints are down to customization and gut feel. If you don't customize your phone interface ever and just stick with the phone's default launcher, then you might as well have an iphone. Audio enjoyment is largely subjective. All phones have their signature sounds and default equalization settings. If you're not using an equalizer app, you'll never truly realize a phone's audio potential and truly made it's sound signature your own. As for your claim it's like a midrange device with snapdragon 865, I beg to strongly disagree. The premium metal build alone, the huge battery and the huge all screen display without notches or punch holes like your Huawei Mate 10 is simply beyond comparison. And with Huawei getting banned by Google, I don't think a Google-less experience is anything BUT premium.
$480 for 256GB of top of the line UFS 3.1 internal storage and with snapdragon 865, and perfect, HDR 10+ punch hole free and notch free flat screen display and with premium metal build that survived Jerry Rig Everything's torture tests is not a joke. It's a steal given the price! And forget about GCam with Night Sight on the Huawei with its Kirin Processor. Also forget about custom ROM development when that Huawei phone of yours loses the updates after official support from Huawei is over. Just look at the custom ROM support for Poco F1 and you'll have an idea. All those things are certainly not overkill for the aggressively affordable price of the Poco F2 Pro which NO, I repeat, NO Huawei flagship phone in existence can possibly ever offer, not before, not now, and certainly not in the future. Snapdragon rules and a Google-less experience is crippled unless you live in China.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 20 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 19 Aug 2020Agreed. But huawei is just a more premium looking phone and... moreNope. Both are practically the same software wise. EMUI and MIUI both have annoying quirks and it's not about the 'look' and 'feel' of the user interface which can be easily be made similar by customization using Nova launcher and developer options.
Memory handling of apps, multi - user functionality and micro sd card encryption are weaknesses of both compared to OneUI and those on near stock Android skins. Elegance in icon shapes, sizes, animations are largely cosmetic, customizable by custom launchers and developer settings. You can have practically identical icon appearance, size and layouts/grids and animations with custom launchers like Nova Launcher Prime. It's the memory handling of EMUI and MIUI and all those I've mentioned above that makes the most difference but no, EMUI is certainly not better than MIUI. It just boils down to how much android customization you like to do on your android device.
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 20 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 23 Jul 2020The issues you see or read about this phone are actually mo... moreI bought the poco f2 pro 8gb/256. I'm using it for 3 days now, my initial take on this is it really is a powerful beast phone. But I'm a bit disappointed. It do get warm especially when charging and gaming though I think it's normal, the battery drains faster than I thought maybe I'm just overhyped because I watch a lot of reviews of it and the Ui, icon, keyboard, the phone app is ugly but it can be change anyway thats the perk of android. The haptic, the display and the audio and the 3.5 audio output is not that great my mate 10 is still better on that department with qhd and stereo speakers but poco has amoled though and aod I feel like it's unnecessary. It has lots of ads which you can remove may take some tweaking. Miui really is buggy Emui is way better I like the way it handle things. Fingerprint is faulty sometimes. The camera I haven't test that much yet but I think it's great except for the night mode. When I use the poco I feel like it's just a midrange device with snapdragon 865. My old phone still give me that premium feels even after more than 2 years. Overall poco f2 pro is a great phone. For $480 8gb/256? It's an overkill.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 20 Aug 2020
Francis, 19 Aug 2020Okay. Considering no OIS at Poco F2 Pro? Comparing gcam sho... moreOIS does not make for a significantly less blur free photo in wideangle cameras when shooting in low light - with the built in camera, and especially when using GCam with night sight. OIS only gives significant advantage in providing less camera shake/less camera blur in telephoto cameras which both the Poco F2 Pro and the lower specs Nord doesn't have. To repeat, OIS in wideangle and ultrawide angle cameras offer negligible benefits in low light and practically no benefit at all when using GCam with Night Sight or when shooting at day time or at brighter light conditions.
As for video, OIS has even less pronounced effect as regards video shakiness. No OIS is going to make better, professional looking videos if you're not using a gimbal. If you want professional looking results, only a gimbal will do. Smartphone 'steady modes' may look smoother, but they absolutely lose so much detail it's not worth it. And the stabilization they provide is soso compared to a gimbal. You'll still produce nauseating videos especially when walking around engaging those internally or electronically stabilized videos. If you are serious about high quality 4K or 8K video, only a real gimbal will do.
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 19 Aug 2020
MesmerizedJack, 17 Aug 2020Just to mention that iphones have poorer modems currently a... moreWhat iphone do you own and what sd 865 do you own?
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 19 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 18 Aug 2020I don't think punch hole designs that waste so much sc... moreAgreed. But huawei is just a more premium looking phone and software is way better. I own a huawei mate 10 and poco f2 pro.
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 19 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 19 Aug 2020Should I get the base model of 6gb of ram or the 8gb varian... moreIt doesn't have memory expansion so better go for the 8gb/256 variant and LPDDR5. I got mine for only $479
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 19 Aug 2020
Francis, 19 Aug 2020Poco F2 Pro or Oneplus Nord? And why? I am not a gamer but ... moreWatch the durability test of oneplus nord by jerryrig. It did not pass so meh. Poco f2 pro is better build wise
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 19 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 19 Aug 2020This phone has so much considering the price it goes on sal... moreActually it's not a really big phone I got it 3 days ago it's design is ergonomic. My huawei mate 10 is bigger but shorter
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- Francis
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- 19 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 19 Aug 2020This phone has so much considering the price it goes on sal... moreOkay. How to compete a Nord with OIS from this Poco F2 pro without using gimbal? Is there any huge difference in photography when using gcam for both of these phones? We all know SD865 is far better than SD 765g, its a nice thing for poco. I just want to know how to take advantage on using it's camera without OIS if I know the amount of difference on the photography.
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- Francis
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- 19 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 19 Aug 2020They're not comparable. The base models for both are a... moreOkay. Considering no OIS at Poco F2 Pro? Comparing gcam shots from poco f2 pro and nord, is the nord has its advantage considering it has an OIS?
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Aug 2020
This phone has so much considering the price it goes on sale for. The only thing that bothers me is the size/weight, and the lack of OIS (on main cam).
I'd buy it, but at the moment it's lacking a 3rd party development community. Why...? This is the perfect phone for it. With a screen refresh rate mod and a good Gcam (with stabilization) this phone would have pretty much every feature you could ask for (-OIS on main cam).
Maybe I'll buy it and just hope the development for it gains traction. It's either this or the OnePlus Nord...
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 19 Aug 2020
Francis, 19 Aug 2020Poco F2 Pro or Oneplus Nord? And why? I am not a gamer but ... moreThey're not comparable. The base models for both are about the same price but the Poco F2 Pro absolutely massacres the Oneplus Nord.
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- Francis
- 7XY
- 19 Aug 2020
Poco F2 Pro or Oneplus Nord? And why? I am not a gamer but want nice display and camera. And long lasting device.
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- Anonymous
- K0m
- 19 Aug 2020
Should I get the base model of 6gb of ram or the 8gb variant? Thanks.
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- 18 Aug 2020
S10 lite or F2 pro? Camera on S10L is better?
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 18 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 18 Aug 2020Just would like to add a recent experience from a zoom meet... moreBlunders like these are going to be a lot more common in these Covid19 pandemic times with lots of zoom meetings, online classes and video conferencing and interactive webinars becoming the norm. It's silly, but people do forget their settings or mistake a they have disabled video upload while listening to a webinar in an inappropriate place or attire. They interact with chat messages while the webinar is on going thinking they got the settings correct and are an 'invisible' attendee except for their live chat messages.
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- Anonymous
- I@a
- 18 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 16 Aug 2020I love the pop up camera. You know why? It is truly a nifty... moreJust would like to add a recent experience from a zoom meeting. Apparently, many parents who attended a school's online school Zoom webinar about the school's teaching and learning methodology did not know they were visible to the group. It's funny seeing them wearing inappropriate clothing for that meeting, forgetting their default Zoom app setting has video enabled. It's funny to say the least and sometimes gross. You'll never mistake streaming a video of yourself to a video meeting with the Poco F2 Pro because the selfie camera would have to pop out and rise if it sends out your selfie video feed - you'll instantly notice you're live.