Xiaomi Poco F5
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- pompom
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- 01 Jul 2023
Anonymous, 27 Jun 2023Poco F5 used stack cpu like x3 pro. Dead issue sooni heard poco f4 also used the same stack cpu design and no news about motherboard issue or dead, can be wrong though
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- JimmyTheGreatest
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- 01 Jul 2023
Akame, 01 Jul 2023I am using the POCO F5 8/256 Eu version since 1 day:
Dis... moreThanks for sharing your personal experience with the Poco F5, I find it helpful so far.
Where exactly did you buy your unit from and how much did you pay for it?
Did they send you headphones, a case and a screen protector? And was the screen protector factory-applied?
It's possible to buy this phone cheaply from outside of EU, but then you'll get non of the above-mentioned, you also risk getting the wrong charger that doesn't fit your standardized national electrical outlet, that's outright dangerous!
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- Akame
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- 01 Jul 2023
Anonymous, 01 Jul 2023""Built quality 6.5/10 its plastic and the back i... moreBend easly? What do you mean by that? Like as in trying to bend it with both hands? As for the back yes the plastic if pushed down you can see that it goes inwards cant really explain it better than that my english is bad, anyways for the feeling in hand is not that comfortable when gaming due to the edges not being rounded. Also i want to mention that i have used an iPhone 13 Pro Max for around 8 months and it does not vibrate when the speakers are at max level. I am aware its not a fair comparison but just letting you know that its not true that all devices feel the vibration of the speakers if touched on the back. It has to do with how well put together the components are.
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- 01 Jul 2023
Akame, 01 Jul 2023I am using the POCO F5 8/256 Eu version since 1 day:
Dis... more""Built quality 6.5/10 its plastic and the back is a fingerprint magnet, also you can feel the speakers vibrating from the back of the phone if the volume is turned up to the maximum, nothing serious tho.""
What the heck ??? What of it is about the build quality ? Fingerprint magnet on surface or the back is something to do with build quality ?? On max volume i expect all phones in what ever material they are made to have some vibration cause you know sound is vibration.
What about all that is build quality ? Do the phone bend easy and on touch is it soft or something ? Is the rear of the phone on touch like paper that bends in ? Any comparison to give on other plastic phones with more known brands to say that there plastic phones are in better quality and then how ?
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Jul 2023
Puszy, 01 Jul 2023Can you tell me how good is camera, battery life and are th... moreI am very wrong person to give you any feedback on this you ask. First of all i dont care about camera at all on a phone as that is good enough for me even when the phone cost 100 euro. It gets it's job done for my needs in life. Also i dont do any videos ever but with this phone i tried to make the 240fps video to see the slow motion but 240 fps is not slow enough to get the fun out of it.
Battery life is good but that is totally different person to person as it all depends on how much anyone use the phone and what they do with it as do they play lots of games or watch lots of videos or listen lots of music and so on and on.
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- Akame
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- 01 Jul 2023
I am using the POCO F5 8/256 Eu version since 1 day:
Display 7.5/10 even if this is a 12bit screen with dolby vision and HDR the colors look washed out compared to the likes of Samsung, i had to change the quality to vivid and make it look more alive, regardless this is still a good and responsive display.
Performance 9/10 very fluid and runs cool all the time, games like Genshin run at 60fps medium without problems and 50fps at Very High graphics.
Camera 7/10 its a discrete camera, faces look pale but i believe you could tune the temperature to your likings, i was also expecting more details with the 64MP on, i believe my A52 does a little better job in the camera department.
Audio 7.5/10 could be louder and bass is discrete.
Battery 8/10 lasts long enough and the charging is fast i did a cycle 30-90% in 20ish minutes.
Built quality 6.5/10 its plastic and the back is a fingerprint magnet, also you can feel the speakers vibrating from the back of the phone if the volume is turned up to the maximum, nothing serious tho.
System and UI 7/10 this is just a temporary score , i am not used to MIUI yet but there are some features that were taken from Apple and Samsung so it will not be too hard to get used to.
I will update this in the next week for anyone that is interested.
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- 01 Jul 2023
Anonymous, 01 Jul 2023In my country official Xiaomi store (mi-home.ee) have only ... moreCan you tell me how good is camera, battery life and are there a lot of bloatware?
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- 01 Jul 2023
Yakamoz, 30 Jun 2023No. It's was an offer in the official Poco store. Ende... moreIn my country official Xiaomi store (mi-home.ee) have only 12GB version where blue and black color is 479 euro while white color is 499 euro
It be really annoying to refresh page daily and wait when the phone have lower prices to be sold. It took like 2 months before Poco X5 Pro was stable with it's price starting 319 euro.
But well for me it's too late as i already bough it for 410 euro and it was at it's first week like first 5 days in my country shops and also only 2 days for that price for the 8/256GB version so i am still happy for that price and think it was fair price for the phone
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- 30 Jun 2023
Anonymous, 30 Jun 2023I just looked in amazon.de there is only either 429 euro wi... moreNo. It's was an offer in the official Poco store. Ended today at 10am. Amazon prices are usually not that good when it's about Poco or Xiaomi devices.
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- 30 Jun 2023
Yakamoz, 30 Jun 2023So similar prices in Germany. 329€ was the early bird price... moreI just think that is the Indonesian version without the B20 band for 4G that is needed in Europe. I looked trough several sites right now and i cant see these numbers you talk about.
Maybe all these sites just show me the prices by taking account my location that includes all the tax without shipping cost.
Or it's the India version that also have all the bands like global version but for some reason there are some differences still. To have global and India version. When i look trough kimovil site
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- 30 Jun 2023
Yakamoz, 29 Jun 2023Price in Germany is currently 335€ for 8/256GB. Official Po... moreI just looked in amazon.de there is only either 429 euro with 4 stars seller or no star seller and 385 euro by just searching poco f5
But that dont even matter for me now cause as i already have the phone for a month and i got it for 410 euro. Also about the AOD i dont care for it as i dont use it anyways. To see clock it's not hard for me to tap 2 times on the screen to see it or click on power button.
That 335 euro probably is the Indonesia version that probably dont have the B20 band for 4G.
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- 30 Jun 2023
Yakamoz, 29 Jun 2023In Germany early bird price was 379€ for the 8/256gb versio... moreYeah well i got the phone for 410 euro month ago as amazon didnt show deliver to Estonia on these 380 euro prices and at the time i bough the phone it was 429 in amazon.de
Even tough it's a law in Europe that all countries need to deliver to all European union countries but still a lot of countries dont do it for what ever reasons.
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- Yakamoz
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- 30 Jun 2023
Chrisz, 30 Jun 2023Yes it includes tax, but it actually costs $320 on Poco.id.... moreSo similar prices in Germany. 329€ was the early bird price with 50€ discount coupon for the 8/256 version. 12/256 was 30€ more if I remember correctly. In Germany Vat is 19%. If I'm not wrong vat in Indonesia is around 10%?
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- 30 Jun 2023
Yakamoz, 29 Jun 2023Tax included? Yes it includes tax, but it actually costs $320 on Poco.id. If at Tokopedia there is an electronics discount for $15, you can buy the lowest Poco F5 variant for $305 (8/256). Coincidentally I had a discount voucher, At that time I got the 12/256 variant for only $335 USD 😌
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- 30 Jun 2023
anon, 30 Jun 2023so is it software or hardware issue?Xiaomi is blocking display feature by limiting its software. The device could have full AOD but Xiaomi doesn't allow it. Don't know if a custom ROM can solve that.
Xiaomi just don't want cheaper phones to have premium features although the hardware is capable of. Don't know if custom ROMs can solve that software issue.
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- anon
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- 30 Jun 2023
Yakamoz, 29 Jun 2023It's just software. Xiaomi is limiting hardware in che... moreso is it software or hardware issue?
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- 30 Jun 2023
Yakamoz, 29 Jun 2023Price in Germany is currently 335€ for 8/256GB. Official Po... moreThat’s great, but I hope that it spreads to other European countries, because I can’t get it from there. And I’m interested in the 12/256GB version anyway.
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- 30 Jun 2023
Anonym, 23 Jun 2023Can xiaomi confirm this poco f5 won't have motherboard... moreno. why? because poco f5 never let you go above 42c long hours extreme gaming
and poco x3 pro even gaming for 10 minutes temp goes crazy
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Jun 2023
Yakamoz, 29 Jun 2023Tax included? yep include tax or whatever you can get 12gb+256 for 300$ below
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- 29 Jun 2023
Lithuania, 28 Jun 2023European and American models are more expensive than asian ... moreDon't think so. You would have to run different production lines. Buy components from different suppliers in lower quantities so no discount for huge orders.
Reason why smartphones more expensive in Europe and USA: people here have money. Economic power House. People here have money to spend for things they don't really need. You pay extra and the Asian guy pays less.
Volkswagen does the same: offering it's E-cars cheaper in china. And when a German VW dealership imports such car from China VW threaten with a lawsuit. Germans pay extra so that VW can sell cheaper in china (to get bigger market share).