Xiaomi Poco F5
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- Anonymous
- p7k
- 01 Aug 2023
Anonymous, 30 Jul 2023got mine with 2 dead pixels and returned it. its disappointingWith your luck, you probably should play lotto if you hit a jackpot and get the one example with dead pixels.
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- Anonymous
- p7k
- 01 Aug 2023
Rocky, 31 Jul 2023It's worth upgrading the x3 gt to thisIt's not worth to buy a new phone in the first place if you have X3 GT that is only like 2 years old.
What is your reason on wanting new phone ? Is the X3 GT broken in some ways ?
I would think it should still last 3 or more years and only thing that can give up on is battery life. Performance wise it should still be good even after 5 to 10 years from now as it is around 580k on Antutu v9 score that is around SD778 range.
Basically only worth to buy F5 now is if you want it for specific games that need a lot of resource on hardware to run on high fps that are maybe only few games in the market as of now what we can count on one hand fingers and have fingers left too.
Something like Genshin that i have heard wants a lot of power from your device to run on high fps. I dont know much about games on phones but still i dont see why would anything change in 5 years or more in gaming where all games want super computers to run them when as of now 300-400k Antutu v9 score phones are in the majority of the market with all the Dimensity 700/800 and the rebranded 4 digits numbers of them and then Helio G8x and 9x plus on the snapdragon there is these SD695/480/4gen1/4gen2 and the like plus even SD778/782/870 that also are a lot in the market but not as much as the earlier mentioned. While these are more higher end middle class chips with higher price on the phones too.
So are you bored of your phone and just need a new toy ? I dont really understand the reason.
Pretty much what i see in change with this is that you get 120Hz AMOLED screen while you have LCD 120Hz screen and chip from Dimensity 1100 to SD 7+ Gen 2.
Other then that maybe a bit improvement on camera but not so much. And rest is pretty much same. Actually one more thing to add X3 GT dont have 3.5mm jack but that is simple fix to just buy the converter that is usb-c to 3.5mm
To be honest i have like 2 esternal headphones sound cards as i got one with creative sound blaster headset and other one was Logitech so i need like only usb to usb-c converter to make it work while that lose the headphones microphone if the headphones dont have 2 plugs as one for sound and other for microphone
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- Rocky
- 8qy
- 31 Jul 2023
It's worth upgrading the x3 gt to this
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- oslikoff
- mbx
- 31 Jul 2023
Anonymous, 30 Jul 2023got mine with 2 dead pixels and returned it. its disappointingTwo dead pixels? ha-ha-ha! Sharp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Jab
- pI7
- 31 Jul 2023
So... Does the phone have aptx lossless or not?
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- Anonymous
- t7x
- 30 Jul 2023
got mine with 2 dead pixels and returned it. its disappointing
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- Anonymous
- uCh
- 30 Jul 2023
Unkl Moore, 30 Jul 2023You can all miss me with the so called upgrades and variant... moreGood point bro 👍
There is no phone without any flaws nowadays, for me the poco f5 delivers good gaming performance is enough for it's price, much better than my previous xiaomi 11t and realme 9 pro. For those who complained about MIUI you can try realme phones which is worst performance after update.
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- Unkl Moore
- 0FY
- 30 Jul 2023
You can all miss me with the so called upgrades and variants and F-numbers.
NOTHING BEATs the original Poco F1, Point blank period. I've had mine for donkey years - Once original, always original. Same battery for years... Daily driver, like serious usage. Games etc. Dropped it several times, no crack on screen. Clear and clean sound quality and videos like when I first purchased it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, as they say.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS ON ABOUT?
THERE IS NO PHONE ON PLANET EARTH THAT WILL SATISFY EVERYBODY's IDEA OF HOW A PHONE SHOULD PERFORM. EVEN IF THERE WAS, YA'LL COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
PEACE!
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- Spanky
- nD@
- 29 Jul 2023
Notomoto, 29 Jul 2023Good value for money for higher end specs. The best for thi... moreBesides individual application settings for unrestricted battery usage, check to see if the settings to automatically close apps and clear cache after 10 seconds of stand-by are not active! There are various „oprimization“ settings in the Security application, which might cause problems for you, such as automatically disabling WiFi and 5G after a certain period of stand-by. So, if the phone has lost the internet connection, it can’t receive and notify you of new e-mails.
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- radwind
- fIU
- 29 Jul 2023
werk, 25 Jul 2023Great phone overall provided you're ready to deal with... moreYou need to go to Gmail settings > Manage labels > Inbox, then enable notify for every notification, tick both checkboxes, along with other notification settings the Gmail app itself, then you get 0 delay. On my F5, the phone always notifies me faster than my PC.
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- Anonymous
- m}F
- 29 Jul 2023
Somewhat too expensive but looks like nice work by Xiaomi.
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- radwind
- fIU
- 29 Jul 2023
Notomoto, 29 Jul 2023Good value for money for higher end specs. The best for thi... moreI found that if I turned off Pocket mode in the settings then it works perfectly, no accidental unlocks and touches when in my pocket. So remember turn it OFF to make it work lol.
And no, apps don't close so quickly or refresh at all when switching, and I only have 8GB, something must be wrong with yours. Look at the A54 vs Poco F5 comparison on youtube by Nick Ackerman, F5 holds more apps on switching than the A54.
No notification delay on mine, all the common apps arrive on time, Gmail receives notifications faster than my PC, I hear it notify first on the phone, but you have to enable for all labels in Gmail's settings. So you probably didn't set it properly.
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- Notomoto
- 3a0
- 29 Jul 2023
Good value for money for higher end specs. The best for this on the market currently.
Positives:
Nice screen quality and size
Nice design that's very comfortable to hold and use
Fingerprint reader is insanely fast and accurate
Has a proximity sensor (although Pocket mode is still broken).
Fast processor
Seems to run cool
Negatives:
All software really.
MIUI is bad, as explained below.
The pocket mode still doesn't work many months later. Apparently a fix has only just arrived in the Chinese ROM now, almost half a year since Note 12 turbo release... Ridiculous...
Apps are constantly closed in the background despite lots of free RAM remaining out of the 12GB. All power saving options etc are turned off for these apps. To compare directly Oxygen OS can keep apps running all day if there is enough RAM.
Notifications are heavily delayed sometimes, again despite removing battery saving.
You cannot even view simple battery stats like screen on time
The camera is not great in anything apart from daylight conditions.
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- werk
- Myh
- 28 Jul 2023
Spanky, 27 Jul 2023Well, I’ve had a pair of headphones and a set of desktop sp... moreVery strange... I must have been really lucky I guess. From countless speakers and headphones I've never had this occur although I don't typically listen to really loud levels either.
It's true that I can probably send this in for repair but considering how much hassle that is and that I will have to be without a phone for who knows how many weeks... I'm just not going to bother to be honest. The "solution" I found is to enable Mono sound and move the channel balance all the way to the Left (the non distorted channel) from the Accessibility menu. It's annoying because when I want to listen to music via headphones I need to go into the menu again and revert to default setting but I can live with it. For all other uses of the speakers I don't find a big problem, like I said the stereo speakers never sounded that great on this phone anyway (with or without Dolby Atmos) so for the occasional YouTube video or social media the sound from one speaker in mono is okay. I will probably seek out a local repair centre one day that can replace the damaged bottom speaker but I'm in no rush to do that. The replacement part itself is very cheap and already available online...
Sending it to Xiaomi just doesn't seem plausible to me, I live in Bulgaria where this phone isn't even available officially for sale which probably means that whatever authorised Xiaomi repair centre we have (if we even have one) will not want to deal with it.
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- Noname
- YUU
- 28 Jul 2023
Nicko, 27 Jul 2023Card slot pleaseMore memory...more money 😅
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- Spanky
- nD@
- 27 Jul 2023
werk, 26 Jul 2023I'm presuming it was the moisture as really not sure w... moreWell, I’ve had a pair of headphones and a set of desktop speakers getting damaged by accidentaly playing very loud noises (both of them only on one channel). After those accidents, whenever the volume was a bit high, it started to make „scratching noises“. I have also not seen any other such problems with this phone, so perhaps your problem is isolated (it can happen) or a factory defect. I recommend sending it for repairs, while it’s in warranty.
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- Nicko
- Kx6
- 27 Jul 2023
Card slot please
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- Spanky
- nD@
- 27 Jul 2023
Gino76ph, 26 Jul 2023I'm more than happy to ditch OIS on the main camera fo... moreThese are very nitpicky details which you ask about and some of them are subjective, so the best thing to do would be to just research reviews of both of those phones, written by the same person.
Other than that, I encourage you to continue this discussion on those phones’ user opinion pages, not here, unless you have questions about the Poco F5.
- Gino76ph
- LhZ
- 26 Jul 2023
ashrobb, 26 Jul 2023Valid points. Well, one thing I don't like on the 12P5... moreI'm more than happy to ditch OIS on the main camera for 1080p/30 or 1080p/60 in exchange for EIS on 4K/30 but only if:
There are no wobble effect
The audio pickup is better (128k stereo or above)
Skin tones are natural and not too contrasty
Focusing is faster
Low light is above average (w/ minimal loss in detail, no yellow/purple hues, etc.)
Sensor is bigger overall
Dynamic range is equal if not better than the 12P5G.
With these in mind...do you think the X5 Pro is better than the Redmi Note 12 Pro?
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- werk
- 8X@
- 26 Jul 2023
Spanky, 25 Jul 2023That’s a bit strange to only have damaged speakers and noth... moreI'm presuming it was the moisture as really not sure what else it can be. I've had 5 different phones in the past I've done this with and I've never had any issues... Not like all of them have been flagships either. It is only the bottom speaker that sounds distorted, the top one plays fine still..
Either way if a phone's speakers can be so badly damaged by playing certain frequencies then that is a badly designed phone period. The other option is that the phone's speakers have always sounded so bad and I've only just noticed how bad they actually are. They're definitely no way near as good as my LG G7 in terms of fidelity or volume but what I'm hearing on the F5 is actual distortion and certain higher frequencies exhibit it very badly. I tried playing with the EQ settings and nothing can be done. Definitely can't bother with sending it back for repair or w/e, it's my first Xiaomi phone so wasn't expecting miracles but that is a rather lame hardware fault that developed basically out of nowhere and it doesn't inspire me with much confidence in buying another of their phones in future.
My phone is the 12GB ram version and I always have between 6 and 7GB free ram so that shouldn't be a problem for the notifications. They work fine most times but not always, just inconsistent performance in that regards.