P8 Lite VS P8 Lite 2017
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Today i buy a P8 lite 2017 for my wife and compared with my P8 Lite ALE-L21.
And i like more my phone than the new version ( talking about software), 2017 version have better hardware but it lacks in functionality ... And on a regular usage i doesn't fell any difference, i think my (old version) felt better... Can be from the mods???
What is your opinion???
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It has some major improvements. Fingerprint Sensor, 4 cores with up to 2.1 GHz, the other 4 are a bit lower, just Google it, there are comparisons with the old P8 Lite.
Funny thing is, that this device is the exact same as the P9 Lite 2017. The Hardware is 100% the same. They are both called PRA-LX1 or slightly different. That's just insane imo. The design may differ, but that's it.
Vinnipinni said:
It has some major improvements. Fingerprint Sensor, 4 cores with up to 2.1 GHz, the other 4 are a bit lower, just Google it, there are comparisons with the old P8 Lite.
Funny thing is, that this device is the exact same as the P9 Lite 2017. The Hardware is 100% the same. They are both called PRA-LX1 or slightly different. That's just insane imo. The design may differ, but that's it.
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I read that to.
I think that with the hardware he have, he can do more...
If the phone was for me i try to change the firmware to get more from him... The only thing i don't like is the gpu, only have 2cores.
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persona78 said:
I read that to.
I think that with the hardware he have, he can do more...
If the phone was for me i try to change the firmware to get more from him... The only thing i don't like is the gpu, only have 2cores.
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I don't even care that much about GPU, I don't game on my phone. The thing that annoys me the most is that the 2017 version still doesn't have USB-C or more importantly 5GHz WiFi. The S4 mine has 5GHz and that came out like 3 or 4 years ago.
But I really like that the phone has a fingerprint sensor. Makes things a lot easier.
Still, my next phone should have 5 GHz and USB-C. So, for a 2017 phone, that's a no go for me. I got the old one because I was low on money and needed a new phone really fast. Huawei makes great smartphones, but they do some very strange things.
A friend of mine just got the Xperia L1, which I like a lot. It doesn't have a fingerprint sensor, but it has USB-C and 5GHz. It makes a lot of difference. Like, its insane.
I had to use his phone ones, because my banking won't work on this phone. I've clicked on download, continued setting my online banking up on my pc, expecting it to take some time like usual, but nope, just layed down it it was done.
What I'm trying to say is, that the P8 Lite 2017 is outdated and not future proof. Not worth the money. There are way better phones in that prize category that have those, for me, important features.
@Vinnipinni from the phone i just want, higly: monster gpu, good cpu, ram (and open source kernel, or at least some ex kernel, so i can overclock) medium: wifi 5 ghz, otg support, android 6+ (let's say 5 ishh..) don't care: fingerprint, camera, battery(somehow), brand name.
Btw, banking aps work exactly as it should, on my rooted phone, just use magisk.
Up:Jesus fking Christ i saw 3d score from this phone, 9k-10k, we only achieve 2k-3k whit no modifications and with modifications 5k... Those 2core are 2x better than our 4 cores, i guess it's mali-t760
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@Vinnipinni from the phone i just want, higly: monster gpu, good cpu, ram (and open source kernel, or at least some ex kernel, so i can overclock) medium: wifi 5 ghz, otg support, android 6+ (let's say 5 ishh..) don't care: fingerprint, camera, battery(somehow), brand name.
Btw, banking aps work exactly as it should, on my rooted phone, just use magisk.
Up:Jesus fking Christ i saw 3d score from this phone, 9k-10k, we only achieve 2k-3k whit no modifications and with modifications 5k... Those 2core are 2x better than our 4 cores, i guess it's mali-t760
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Yes, 2 cores bit a high frequency. And with some software modifications can be super.
Our old p8 lite and 2017 série doesn't fell diferencie so even with that powerful hardware.
Some must try to do something ( i can't or my wife kill me! :laugh
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why have they put an old model processor in there? why not the MSM8255?
i am holding out for a little bit, i am due an upgrade now, but dont want to rush into buying this phone if something better is coming.
Plus want to see what modding can be done to the software / themes, 3rd party apps etc
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why have they put an old model processor in there? why not the MSM8255?
i am holding out for a little bit, i am due an upgrade now, but dont want to rush into buying this phone if something better is coming.
Plus want to see what modding can be done to the software / themes, 3rd party apps etc
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because Microsoft only support the "old" snapdragon .
why apple customers don't ask them the same question , they use the same GPU as what is in 3gs a year ago ,
a second thing wp7 is developed on the snapdragon which is more than enough for now with it's improved drivers and direct x 9 support , it will perform even 2x better than a DHD with 8255 processor
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but dont want to rush into buying this phone if something better is coming.
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Sorry I'm the one that had to break the news, but there is always something better coming...
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why apple customers don't ask them the same question , they use the same GPU as what is in 3gs a year ago ,
a second thing wp7 is developed on the snapdragon which is more than enough for now with it's improved drivers and direct x 9 support , it will perform even 2x better than a DHD with 8255 processor
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t3rm3y said:
why have they put an old model processor in there? why not the MSM8255?
i am holding out for a little bit, i am due an upgrade now, but dont want to rush into buying this phone if something better is coming.
Plus want to see what modding can be done to the software / themes, 3rd party apps etc
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I have an HD7, it is lag free and very responsive, I think the processor will be up to the task as long as the coding is optimal.
Because having the next most powerful processor isn't important. It doesn't matter what kinda specs a device is running s long as the device runs well. Apple has proved that.
And from what I have seen, MP7 runs beautifully.
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Because having the next most powerful processor isn't important. It doesn't matter what kinda specs a device is running s long as the device runs well. Apple has proved that.
And from what I have seen, MP7 runs beautifully.
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True that.
Old processor?
Maybe this is a bad news to you, but it's good to me cause of my hd2.
I probably would have been crying about the same thing, if technology was growing by leaps and bounds. But its not right now, technology is kinda stagnate as of lately. Yes, the HD7 has the same processor as its predecessor the HD2, but its not a bad thing. especially now that the new rom has came out for the HD2, it feels faster than ever (you can go on the HD2 and Leo boards to attest for yourself). Another thing to remember, is that the new Windows Phone 7, is not an OS that needs a 2Ghz processor to run buttery smooth. I think that we are used to the PC ideology that the next thing should have a higher number than the last, in order to be considered and respectable upgrade. But even those Intel and AMD processors, reached their, threshold for raw computing power (for now) and the companies are now refining their codes, and drivers, in order to utilize and maximize peak performance out of what they already have. (That's why 4Ghz desktop processors aren't mainstream yet)
Another thing is the WP7 is standardized with base set requirements for internal specs. I truly doubt that you'll find a noticeable difference between all the launch devices behavior with the OS, because of their processors. The mail screen might open up a little quicker on one device, but again, that could be a driver code magic for the display adapter in a particular phone, so the one that "wins" in our mind, should have been the "newer, speedier" processor but because of the refinement and more developed drivers, the one that displayed the inbox quicker was the "older" processor. (I hope you guys got that...lol)
So what I'm trying to say at the end of the day, is it really doesn't matter about the processor spec, because whats inside the HD7 is more than plenty to run the OS and its apps very very nicely.
I ran today compute geekbech 4 and I am amazed.
This thing beats an Samsung Galaxy S5 at compute by almost 600 POINTS. And I just turned on Force MSAA 4x in developer options. This is just the stock rom, without any custom kernels or cpu patches. I know this is not the CPU bench, this is more based on.the GPU, but I can't belive that this phone is. 100 points far than a samsung galaxy s6, what is much more expensive and powerful.
This phone still has life in it, maybe even with patches, overclocking, etc. we can actually beat an s6 at the compute benchmark. I will try kernel esal and other patches, maybe we can reach 2000 points on compute benchmark, and maybe even some cpu improve in performance.
I let and a screenshot of the score, too, at the attachments
Oh?! Really?! Amazing!
Sent from my HUAWEI CHM-TL00H using XDA Labs
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/2485382 my test :d
D1stRU3T0R said:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/2485382 my test :d
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I am getting the same scores at the CPU bench, I'm talking about the COMPUTE bechmark.
But still, on that scores you have custom kernel/patches?
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I am getting the same scores at the CPU bench, I'm talking about the COMPUTE bechmark.
But still, on that scores you have custom kernel/patches?
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Stock kernel with patches...
I enabled Force MSAA 4X,but the score is lower than before (a few days before on GB4.1.0: 1762, now: 1652). My GeekBench account: zhaozihanzzh ,you can check it.
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I enabled Force MSAA 4X,but the score is lower than before (a few days before on GB4.1.0: 1762, now: 1652). My GeekBench account: zhaozihanzzh ,you can check it.
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Lol, I had even backround processes and I got a bigger score by 100
I've looked a bit into developer options and I had at the time of the benchmark I had turned on also "Force GPU rendering"
vs my iPhone 7
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/644564
My P8 Lite 2017 with blocked bootloader and no root or custom kernel (no source yet)
haky 86 said:
My P8 Lite 2017 with blocked bootloader and no root or custom kernel (no source yet)
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Well, this phone has the new Kirin 655 CPU, of course it's fast
If this phone is getting bigger scores than a oneplus 3, I'm.definitely getting it.
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Well, this phone has the new Kirin 655 CPU, of course it's fast
If this phone is getting bigger scores than a oneplus 3, I'm.definitely getting it.
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I thought you wanted to learn building ROMs etc. That's not that easy with another phone without source code. I'd suggest you to get a phone where its easier.
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vs my iPhone 7
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/644564
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For me, iph 7 is a piece of cardboard. And it is not the internals about. It's about the system. Too much worse than android. No customizations. Just to get root or "jailbreak" acces, you need to install some no-name chinese app and hope you don't brick your iphone.
And still, why you post this here? This thing is totally different than an android phone. If you have a Huawei P8 Lite/P8 Lite 2017 or at least a Huawei branded phone, or have android on your iphone, then post something.
Your reply is pointless.
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I thought you wanted to learn building ROMs etc. That's not that easy with another phone without source code. I'd suggest you to get a phone where its easier.
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Lol, don't panic. IF I am going to buy a P8 Lite 2017, I'm going to buy in august, september, but still, IF I am going to buy it. If I buy it at this moment there are no custom roms, root I think just appeared, and I want custom roms.
I looked all day on google and youtube and, it is not that hard, IF I'm not going to get errors.
Next week I'll start developing, when I will be in vacation.
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For me, iph 7 is a piece of cardboard. And it is not the internals about. It's about the system. Too much worse than android. No customizations. Just to get root or "jailbreak" acces, you need to install some no-name chinese app and hope you don't brick your iphone.
And still, why you post this here? This thing is totally different than an android phone. If you have a Huawei P8 Lite/P8 Lite 2017 or at least a Huawei branded phone, or have android on your iphone, then post something.
Your reply is pointless.
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You can get (almost) all the customization you need while Jailbreaking and can make the app yourself You can't brick an iPhone, you can restore it through itunes and always bring it back to life, while that isn't necessarily the same on the Android side. Does having an iOS device mean I can't visit or post on these forums?
You said the geekbench score was "amazing" and I posted something that really is amazing ( double the score of the Android counterpart equivalent, for real?)
Why so much negativity? If I didn't have a Huawei device, do you think I'd be here ghosting through these forums? We don't need so much negativity mate, make love not war, why should different operating systems hate on each other?
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Lol, don't panic. IF I am going to buy a P8 Lite 2017, I'm going to buy in august, september, but still, IF I am going to buy it. If I buy it at this moment there are no custom roms, root I think just appeared, and I want custom roms.
I looked all day on google and youtube and, it is not that hard, IF I'm not going to get errors.
Next week I'll start developing, when I will be in vacation.
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Bă, ești român, lol.... Nu-ți cumpăra 2017, rămâi cu cel vechi
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Bă, ești român, lol.... Nu-ți cumpăra 2017, rămâi cu cel vechi
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Si tu esti roman? Lol, nu credeam ca sunt asa multi romani pe forumul acesta.
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You can get (almost) all the customization you need while Jailbreaking and can make the app yourself You can't brick an iPhone, you can restore it through itunes and always bring it back to life, while that isn't necessarily the same on the Android side. Does having an iOS device mean I can't visit or post on these forums?
You said the geekbench score was "amazing" and I posted something that really is amazing ( double the score of the Android counterpart equivalent, for real?)
Why so much negativity? If I didn't have a Huawei device, do you think I'd be here ghosting through these forums? We don't need so much negativity mate, make love not war, why should different operating systems hate on each other?
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I don't make hate, you can post wherever you want, and there is no war, I love android for more apps, etc. , and I love ios for smoothness, esthetics and looks. If there would be an iPhone 7 Plus with android on it and same geekbench results, that would be amazing.
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I ran today compute geekbech 4 and I am amazed.
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This phone still has life in it, maybe even with patches, overclocking, etc. we can actually beat an s6 at the compute benchmark. I will try kernel esal and other patches, maybe we can reach 2000 points on compute benchmark
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Hello there. I've been owning a P9 lite for 8 months now and it has made my life simpler. I like the interface of EMUI, especially in nougat. I know a lot of people find huawei's EMUI a bit disturbing but I believe it's great. I own a VNS L21 model with 2 GB of RAM. I'm completely satisfied by my phone. The only thing I would like is to be able to keep the apps active more often. This is definitely due to the 2 GB of RAM . Otherwise the phone is very fast in opening apps and web pages. I totally love the screen quality and the saturation of the colors. I've got an iPad as well and sometimes I prefer my P9 lite for reading some articles or scrolling through social media. I know the competition is stiff and I would like to ask, is the P9 lite still considered a good phone nowadays? Because I like it really much and I don't want to upgrade soon.
You upgrade when you need to. Its fine for its cost.
Yep, so pleased with mine. 2gb version D.S.
I have the 3GB version, I've had it for 1 year, it works like a charm, everything is smooth and every application works perfectly, still a very good phone.
It definitely is.
My Girlfriend got the Huawei p10 lite and it doesnt differ much hardware wise.
P10 lite got 100Mhz more per CPU core and 3GB RAM which is one more than p9 lite has.
Did a couple of benchmarks and managed to score a bit higher with my p9lite with EliteRom v3 in performance mode compared to the stock p10 lite.
The p10 lite also feels smoother in the hand, has smoothed edges etc. and a quick charge function, which the p9 lite does not have.
I still love my p9 lite and will probably continue to do so for a long time...
Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Huawei P9 Lite, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Huawei P9 Lite is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I currently have a Moto G (3rd Gen) model with XenonHD 7.1.1 firmware. I was interested in the P9 Lite 3GB RAM model as an upgrade from this phone. What do you think? Is it worth the upgrade? Btw I am planning to root/flash the firmware that comes with it anyway, but what are you thoughts overall? Hardware? Software?
P9 lite is better at performance than P8 lite 2017
Well, the development strength is nowhere near a Qualcomm device, but I see OpenKirin and other people trying to get things going which is very nice. Maybe more android enthusiasts will buy Huawei, maybe Huawei will start to provide source code when it's needed...
I love the design of the phone, the hardware is OK, the only thing that disappoints me is that they released a model with 2GB RAM which was handed to carriers, so if you got the P9 Lite from a carrier like me you won't get that extra 1GB RAM which is a pretty huge deal if you ask me. Other than that, I'm satisfied with it.
Will I buy Huawei again? If they become more open sourced maybe... The design is nice, the hardware is good, the only thing they should be improving is the software and developer relations.
kiko_italia said:
I currently have a Moto G (3rd Gen) model with XenonHD 7.1.1 firmware. I was interested in the P9 Lite 3GB RAM model as an upgrade from this phone. What do you think? Is it worth the upgrade? Btw I am planning to root/flash the firmware that comes with it anyway, but what are you thoughts overall? Hardware? Software?
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Get the Redmi Note 4 3GB(snapdragon not mtk). Performance is good, and plenty of roms. Go check xda of rn4 right now
I learned how much I like my P9 Lite when it was stolen :crying:
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I currently have a Moto G (3rd Gen) model with XenonHD 7.1.1 firmware. I was interested in the P9 Lite 3GB RAM model as an upgrade from this phone. What do you think? Is it worth the upgrade? Btw I am planning to root/flash the firmware that comes with it anyway, but what are you thoughts overall? Hardware? Software?
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Yes, I think it is worth the upgrade The hardware is good, EMUI comes with too much bloatware in my opinion - some camera features and the backup app are great though. The flashing process can be quirky - unfortunately the use of last resort DC Phoenix comes with charges.
Low price, nice features phone!
P9 lite is a great device with battery and performance at a great price.
However, you can go for HONOR 5C. It's similar to p9 lite in terms of specs.
The difference between those 2 is Honor 5c having a metal body.
The software is just something that really ruins this phone and it's potential
Freezes most of the time when using any app, camera takes forever to load. Using stock rom, not rooted.
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Freezes most of the time when using any app, camera takes forever to load. Using stock rom, not rooted.
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I think you have a serious problem. I own p9 lite 2017 and it's smooth and fluid. Overal beeter then other brands for the same budget
Don't buy a huawei phone at all.
I absolutely love my original P9 lite, i have it for almost 3 yrs now and its really one of the best phones i've experienced (99,99% bug/glitch/error free).. Battery life is still amazing getting me trough a whole day and still performs fast and "fluid" even after 3 yrs and the screen quality is beautiful and top notch. I find it funny that this phone has all the great features, more than the newest generation smartphones these days.. features like FM Radio, NFC, 3.5 headphone-jack, excellent fingerprint reader etc etc
Hello guys,
I've considered buying MiA2 this month for my daily driver. Previously I used Pocophone f1 and sold it immediately after 1 month usage because I'm so tired of that stupid touch issues. And I also already used Redmi Note 5 (whyred) before, I bought it in first week release. And I'm not really satisfied with the performance (it's underclocked version of 660) that's why I upgraded to poco.
Currently I'm using my old s7 edge, and it's really not optimized for pubg mobile.
The MiA2 battery life won't bother me, even tho it has 3000mah. I always use greenify and it also has qc3.0 so that won't be problem.
I play pubg in my free time, so tell me about the gameplay performance (if you use gfxtool or such thing for 60fps) because I've seen everywhere that SD660 and adreno 512 is capable and optimized for this game.
The only thing I scared is the touch issues, I want to know about the touch responsiveness and touch latency on this phone. Is it good? Normal? Or there is problem and it's kind of laggy and not responsive to swipe, scroll or typing fast?
It's really annoying issue on poco, you can't type fast, you can't swipe or scroll freely without lags, and you can't play games because of the unresponsive crazy touch. I hope there is no such thing on MiA2
fyi, I also root my phone. So root or twrp to fix some problems is okay for me as long there is a fix for the problem.
I want to know your opinion, thanks
In my opinion don'y buy this phone for PUBG, it doesn't even run stable 60fps and idk if it's the same problem you mentioned with the Poco, but I'm having touch and responsiveness issues myself. Get something with a SD8xx.
KreeeKz said:
In my opinion don'y buy this phone for PUBG, it doesn't even run stable 60fps and idk if it's the same problem you mentioned with the Poco, but I'm having touch and responsiveness issues myself. Get something with a SD8xx.
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That's why I made this thread, I saw videos on youtube showing touch problem also exist on this phone.
By the way, thanks for your reply :good:
ferdieses said:
Hello guys,
Currently I'm using my old s7 edge, and it's really not optimized for pubg mobile.
The MiA2 battery life won't bother me, even tho it has 3000mah. I always use greenify and it also has qc3.0 so that won't be problem.
I play pubg in my free time, so tell me about the gameplay performance (if you use gfxtool or such thing for 60fps) because I've seen everywhere that SD660 and adreno 512 is capable and optimized for this game.
The only thing I scared is the touch issues, I want to know about the touch responsiveness and touch latency on this phone. Is it good? Normal? Or there is problem and it's kind of laggy and not responsive to swipe, scroll or typing fast?
It's really annoying issue on poco, you can't type fast, you can't swipe or scroll freely without lags, and you can't play games because of the unresponsive crazy touch. I hope there is no such thing on MiA2
I want to know your opinion, thanks
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I use gfx tool and get a stable 60 fps on balanced graphics. The performance of this phone is pretty solid and can play any games at almost max settings. There's no problem in touch responsiveness and the stock OS feels great. I'd have gotten the poco f1 if I simply needed pure gaming performance. The difference between normal day to day usage experience of Mi A2 and poco f1 is negligible. Typing, scrolling and basic touch functions are great. I'd recommend this phone to you if you can overlook a few bugs like the proximity sensor.
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KreeeKz said:
In my opinion don'y buy this phone for PUBG, it doesn't even run stable 60fps and idk if it's the same problem you mentioned with the Poco, but I'm having touch and responsiveness issues myself. Get something with a SD8xx.
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I never had any touch and responsiveness issues whatsoever. Might be a software bug. Try a factory reset and see if it fixed it.
[email protected] said:
I use gfx tool and get a stable 60 fps on balanced graphics. The performance of this phone is pretty solid and can play any games at almost max settings. There's no problem in touch responsiveness and the stock OS feels great. I'd have gotten the poco f1 if I simply needed pure gaming performance. The difference between normal day to day usage experience of Mi A2 and poco f1 is negligible. Typing, scrolling and basic touch functions are great. I'd recommend this phone to you if you can overlook a few bugs like the proximity sensor.
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Oh nice to know that, so you're using stock pie?
And about that proximity bug, is there any fix yet?
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Oh nice to know that, so you're using stock pie?
And about that proximity bug, is there any fix yet?
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I am using stock pie and the proximity bug is kind of a hit or miss situation. It works most of the time, but when it doesn't it's really annoying. The placement of the sensor is a little odd and I don't think it is simply a software issue. Although in pie, it's much more better than Oreo.
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I never had any touch and responsiveness issues whatsoever. Might be a software bug. Try a factory reset and see if it fixed it.
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From what I see on forum, most people fixed it by doing a factory reset just like you said. Well, I hope it's true
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I am using stock pie and the proximity bug is kind of a hit or miss situation. It works most of the time, but when it doesn't it's really annoying. The placement of the sensor is a little odd and I don't think it is simply a software issue. Although in pie, it's much more better than Oreo.
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Ahh I see, then it's not the software problem anymore. It's just the placement
ferdieses said:
Hello guys,
I play pubg in my free time, so tell me about the gameplay performance (if you use gfxtool or such thing for 60fps) because I've seen everywhere that SD660 and adreno 512 is capable and optimized for this game.
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I personally never had any major issues with this phone, i'm really enjoying a great cheap phone. The closest competitor in Brazil, hardware wise, is roughly double the price, which is the Moto Z3 Play running the SD636. I Had the CPU Maxed out bug but Xiaomi solved it on the 2nd October Update. Since then the device is running great, but heavy gaming isn't good. Regular games like Clash of Clans, Temple Run 2, Clash Royale, etc will run absolutely fine, but heavier titles like PUBG will struggle. It's definitely playable, but not the smoothest experience. For that you should look into the OnePlus 6/6T or anything else running an SD835 or SD845.
Even though it's a 3000mAh battery, It performs admirably, and people are saying it get's even better on Pie, which I didn't receive yet.
did you try the lineage build on the poco? same touch issues?
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did you try the lineage build on the poco? same touch issues?
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Same, whatever custom rom based on oreo and pie including Lineage. Nothing's changed, and it's only get worse on MIUI beta where they said they fix it in that firmware update. Some said on Lineage 16 it's better but not fixed, the problem still there.
And I sold it immediately, xiaomi and poco team seems like they don't even care about that problem.
Well I just hope that this MiA2/6x got the fix for the issue. I hate notches, this is one of the few 660 without notch.
Anyone using Mi6x? Is it good as the A2 besides the Android One and MIUI?
ferdieses said:
Hello guys,
I've considered buying MiA2 this month for my daily driver. Previously I used Pocophone f1 and sold it immediately after 1 month usage because I'm so tired of that stupid touch issues. And I also already used Redmi Note 5 (whyred) before, I bought it in first week release. And I'm not really satisfied with the performance (it's underclocked version of 660) that's why I upgraded to poco.
Currently I'm using my old s7 edge, and it's really not optimized for pubg mobile.
The MiA2 battery life won't bother me, even tho it has 3000mah. I always use greenify and it also has qc3.0 so that won't be problem.
I play pubg in my free time, so tell me about the gameplay performance (if you use gfxtool or such thing for 60fps) because I've seen everywhere that SD660 and adreno 512 is capable and optimized for this game.
The only thing I scared is the touch issues, I want to know about the touch responsiveness and touch latency on this phone. Is it good? Normal? Or there is problem and it's kind of laggy and not responsive to swipe, scroll or typing fast?
It's really annoying issue on poco, you can't type fast, you can't swipe or scroll freely without lags, and you can't play games because of the unresponsive crazy touch. I hope there is no such thing on MiA2
fyi, I also root my phone. So root or twrp to fix some problems is okay for me as long there is a fix for the problem.
I want to know your opinion, thanks
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I never had any issues with PUBG. It automatically detected and set to medium texture and I even played in HD and it worked flawlessly. I never had a single lag or freeze. The performance is solid. Go for it.
My opinion is that the phone is overall great. Not the best value for the money and I'm certainly not happy with the state of custom development or lack thereof. But a SD660 should be good for gaming (which I don't care about), the phone is snappy in day to day usage and the battery is decent. Cameras are also pretty good.
The thing is that it's just not what I wanted or thought it was going to be like and if I could choose again, I'd probably choose the Note 5 Plus (SD636) or the A2 Lite at the time that I've bought it, and definitely the F1 had I waited 2-3 months more.
Never the less, I'll keep on using it because there is simply nothing wrong with the phone, it's just not the best value.
@ferdieses
I've had the Mi A2 since launch (the 6GB/128GB variant) and, because I never had high expectations (e.g., flagship performance/features), I'm generally happy with it.
The first few months were hit and miss with stability issues (CPU frequency/eMMC slowness/battery life) but the Mi A2 is at a point where it works well enough to recommend. Everything about it is far above average but not quite excellent (e.g., 7.5/10).
The only caveat is cellular connectivity. In Canada, it works okay. In the US, it's hit or miss but in Asia, its intended territory, it excels.
mrumais said:
I never had any issues with PUBG. It automatically detected and set to medium texture and I even played in HD and it worked flawlessly. I never had a single lag or freeze. The performance is solid. Go for it.
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That's what I thought, SD660 is good for pubg. Even not all SD835 devices optimized for that game.
ILA said:
My opinion is that the phone is overall great. Not the best value for the money and I'm certainly not happy with the state of custom development or lack thereof. But a SD660 should be good for gaming (which I don't care about), the phone is snappy in day to day usage and the battery is decent. Cameras are also pretty good.
The thing is that it's just not what I wanted or thought it was going to be like and if I could choose again, I'd probably choose the Note 5 Plus (SD636) or the A2 Lite at the time that I've bought it, and definitely the F1 had I waited 2-3 months more.
Never the less, I'll keep on using it because there is simply nothing wrong with the phone, it's just not the best value.
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Ahh I see, you're right. It's not the best value, but it's not bad either.
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@ferdieses
I've had the Mi A2 since launch (the 6GB/128GB variant) and, because I never had high expectations (e.g., flagship performance/features), I'm generally happy with it.
The first few months were hit and miss with stability issues (CPU frequency/eMMC slowness/battery life) but the Mi A2 is at a point where it works well enough to recommend. Everything about it is far above average but not quite excellent (e.g., 7.5/10).
The only caveat is cellular connectivity. In Canada, it works okay. In the US, it's hit or miss but in Asia, its intended territory, it excels.
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I live in Asia so cellular connectivity won't be problem. It's a good phone but not the best. From what I see most Xiaomi devices suffers from issues on the first few months, it's usual thing for Xiaomi and that's kinda sucks.
Nexus S -> galaxy S2-> Nexus 4 -> LG G2->oneplus one, and now Mi A2 128GB 6GB ram.
What can i say...
Nexus S 350 euros (second hand)
Galaxy s2 360 euros (new)
Nexus 4 almost 500 euros (second hand)
Lg g2 190 euros (second hand)
Oneplus one 64GB (second hand) 230 euros
Mi A2 128GB 6GB ram 230 euros (new)
So the OPO was with me from beginning of 2015 up to a week ago. Went from COS, to CM, to Lineage OS, had to change firmware files for modem and such, data would stop working, random reboots when using waze, etc. Loved the opo, and if it wasnt these issues, mainly the lack of battery life and the rabdom reboots, i would have stayed with it one more year.
Back to now, Mi A2, is a Nexus, or a pixel for the "poors", we will have the updates thats sure, and sure it wont take 6 months like skinned android. So thats great. And one of the things im most looking for.
SD660, is great, but the gpu... It's nothing special. Expect medium settings.
Ram? More than enough. Now where it may lose most of it speed is in the emmc department, emmc 5.1 is fast! But nothing like UFS wich is basically equivalent to a good sata ssd.
I dont regret my purchase, its way faster than the opo althought it also had emmc 5.1, the screen looks great, camera had me impressed, battery life ? (65GB of apps and games?). Better than this, there is the F1 but... Plastic? Iphony android? Almost 100 euros more for half the storage (which is ufs on the F1), infrared for faceunlock (could not care less for that),a "better'" camera and SoC.
If gaming is your main point, go F1! Or since you had a bad experience, go 6T?
If gaming is secondary like for me it is... Got a 1070 Ti at home, no need to game on the phone ? for me, my phone is listen to music, mail, messages, take random pics and browse the web.
And you prefer updates, build quality, and saving some money to buy cases, a powerbank, a QC 3.0 charger,... Go Mi A2 ?
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One more thing i need to had... I like modding my phone and such, but i got into a time of my life that ain't nobody got time for that ?
So i apreciate updates and right off the bat clean android.