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Hey guys,
So my Droid DNA is really starting to show its life right now, and my contract with Verizon ends this November and I'm looking to switch to an unlocked phone to use with a cheap carrier like MetroPCS(Tmobile towers)
I've been looking mainly at the Oneplus 2 like everyone else, but upon watching Phone authority's YouTube, i stumbled across this what seems to be a very amazing gem. I have a few questions that, I feel if answered with what I really want to hear, it'll definitely be a must buy later this year
1. The screen, its 2K so there's no issues with clarity, I hear the colors are very nice, but then I've heard a few reviewers complain about the brightness. How is it? How is the screen in general compared to a note 5 or iP 6+?
2. Will this even work on Metro? I mean, it uses T Mobiles towers so it has to work.... Right?
3. The heat. Everyone in the Android community knows about the heat of the S810, and though I've heard many people quoting Xiaomi mentioning their 5 heat patents, I've still seen people complain that the phone gets uncomfortably hot. Does anyone have any temperature readings?
4. And finally the battery, this I'm not TOO worried about, I'm sure the oneplus 2 would have a bit better battery life with its 1080p screen and slightly bigger battery, but lack of quick charge upsets me.
Thanks for all who help!
1. The screen is probably one of the best thing about this device. Bright, clear and beautiful. I really like this screen, you won't be deceived.
2. I don't know about this. I'm in France and I've never lost the datas but I don't know about T Mobiles.
3. There are a lot of divergent opinions about this. I personally play a lot of games but I've never felt any abnormal heat. They say it's the 2.1 revision so I don't really know if there's any real improvements but it's fine IMO.
4. The battery is good but not amazing. Honestly it's quite better with MIUI V7 but it's not like a Galaxy Note 4.
1. It's a very bright screen, I haven't had any problems with it outdoors in the California summer Sun. I'd say it's on par with the iPhone 6+, but not as good as the Note 5.
2. Yes, it will work on Metro no problem. You are restricted to HSPA+ though since it doesn't have U.S LTE bands. It's more than enough.
3. The phone does get warm quick when playing games such as Clash of Clans and get slightly warm when playing YT videos in 2K, but it's nothing to be afraid about. It does not get uncomfortably hot.
4. It's a decent battery. I've only been using it on MIUI 7 beta on 5.8.20 which has slight battery drain.
Also, I recommend buying it on http://aliexpress.com It's a website for buying items from Alibaba which is China's version of Amazon, but more for personal use instead of buying in bulk. I got mine for around $510 which came with a glass screen protector and that includes DHL 2-day shipping. The sellers on eBay rip you off, they sell it for $570+!
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Thank you both for your replies, you both are definitely leading me towards picking the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, the OnePlus 2 isn't even on my mind anymore, right now it seems to be a battle between the Mi Note Pro and the ZTE Axon Pro.
However, I still mainly have my doubts about the heat issue, I'm assuming you both are rooted by now, and I'd like for you guys to do something if you don't mind. Can you guys download and install Trickster MOD Kernel Settings from google play, and maybe game for a while or benchmark for a while (10, 20 minutes?) and quickly recent apps and switch back to trickster and check out the temperature? I think based on that, if it's a number I'd like, there is absolutely no doubt about it that this'll be my next phone. Thanks!
Also, it's pretty weird that only two people out of this entire Mi Note Pro forum would like to give their opinions on the device lol
Not a gamer so can't really help, except I like it, was a choice between note pro and letv max but that was delayed so went for note pro.
My wife is gonna beat me down but I'm sick of this Droid turbo. I'm aware the 5 will be out within the next few months or so and will wait to get a 5t when that comes avail.
For this new phone anything I should do to prep?
How is the durability?
Picked up a default case from one plus. Should that be fine? Or should I consider an otterbox.
Looking forward to loading a rom on it.
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For this new phone anything I should do to prep?
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You better buy a helmet, and strap yourself in, because this phone is gonna blow you away!
No, seriously, I wouldn't say there is anything special you need to do, to prepare. Since you stated you are going to put a custom ROM on the phone, do the usual due diligence and read the general process on unlocking the bootloader, flash TWRP, etc. (plus you probably want to read up on dm-verity and understand what it is). But most of that is not too different from modding other Android devices - and you may in fact find it's even easier with the 3T (as Oneplus seems to be very friendly to the mod community).
Know how to flash the stock update files (return to stock), etc. I always read for at least an hour or 2 when getting a new phone. To me, that is the basic required research. And heck, it's fun to read about your new toy.
Other than that, you already bought a case, and the phone usually comes with a screen protector (although reports vary on whether it comes with a plastic or tempered glass protector). But you may want to research if you want a particular screen protector.
Other than that, the phone will arrive, just throw in your SIM, and you should be good to go. Well, on that note if you are using a smaller carrier (or buying version not specific to your region, etc) read up on whether you will need to manually input the APN.
You may even be pleasantly surprised at the stock ROM. It's amazing clean, to the point that some folks are calling the phone the spiritual successor to the Nexus line (since the Pixel basically priced itself out of any such comparison).
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How is the durability?
Picked up a default case from one plus. Should that be fine? Or should I consider an otterbox.
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Well, I suppose that depends on how rough you are with your phone, and what level of protection you prefer. I'm take reasonably good care of my phones. I don't baby them, but I don't abuse them either. Keep it in my pocket, with the official bamboo case, and it gives me sufficient protection. But the default cases are thin, and really more for just preventing scratches; and don't give any protection from impacts, drops, etc.. If you want impact protection, go for something else.
I can only speak to the durability after about 3 months, as that is how long I've had mine. With the official bamboo base, and the plastic screen protector it came with, the phone itself still looks virtually as good as new.
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You better buy a helmet, and strap yourself in, because this phone is gonna blow you away!
No, seriously, I wouldn't say there is anything special you need to do, to prepare. Since you stated you are going to put a custom ROM on the phone, do the usual due diligence and read the general process on unlocking the bootloader, flash TWRP, etc. (plus you probably want to read up on dm-verity and understand what it is). But most of that is not too different from modding other Android devices - and you may in fact find it's even easier with the 3T (as Oneplus seems to be very friendly to the mod community).
Know how to flash the stock update files (return to stock), etc. I always read for at least an hour or 2 when getting a new phone. To me, that is the basic required research. And heck, it's fun to read about your new toy.
Other than that, you already bought a case, and the phone usually comes with a screen protector (although reports vary on whether it comes with a plastic or tempered glass protector). But you may want to research if you want a particular screen protector.
Other than that, the phone will arrive, just throw in your SIM, and you should be good to go. Well, on that note if you are using a smaller carrier (or buying version not specific to your region, etc) read up on whether you will need to manually input the APN.
You may even be pleasantly surprised at the stock ROM. It's amazing clean, to the point that some folks are calling the phone the spiritual successor to the Nexus line (since the Pixel basically priced itself out of any such comparison).
Well, I suppose that depends on how rough you are with your phone, and what level of protection you prefer. I'm take reasonably good care of my phones. I don't baby them, but I don't abuse them either. Keep it in my pocket, with the official bamboo case, and it gives me sufficient protection. But the default cases are thin, and really more for just preventing scratches; and don't give any protection from impacts, drops, etc.. If you want impact protection, go for something else.
I can only speak to the durability after about 3 months, as that is how long I've had mine. With the official bamboo base, and the plastic screen protector it came with, the phone itself still looks virtually as good as new.
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Thank you for the reply
Have been reading up about it. Pretty much researched between the pixel and s8 and the oneplus. Couldn't pass up the price over the hardware. Figured I would hand it off to the wife when the 5t comes on as long as my experience is good with the 3.
I did read their was support issues with the 2 series after the 3 came out. Hopefully oneplus continues support somewhat when the 5 comes out. I do understand that they want to keep costs down and would want people to move to the newer hardware though.
I am pretty good at Maintaining phones but in the second year of owning my turbo, I literally dropped it about one and half feet and the unbreakable screen broke. ? first ever time dropping it too!
You did give me some great ideas for reading. I read up on the unbrick post and have downloaded the latest stock firm from oneplus. I've never dealt with dmverity before, so definitely checking that out. Ive noticed Magick has that option but never checked that box though.
For unlocking I would think going into bootloader (fastboot), could simply just run the unlock command right?
Anyways, thanks again!
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I did read their was support issues with the 2 series after the 3 came out. Hopefully oneplus continues support somewhat when the 5 comes out.
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That is what we all hope. History hasn't been kind to Oneplus on this point. But it's practically a startup company. So who knows how this may change going forward.
Worst case, the dev community will keep this device alive for years to come, through custom ROMs. It's currently the most active device on XDA, so I feel good on this point.
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For unlocking I would think going into bootloader (fastboot), could simply just run the unlock command right?
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That is correct. The phone will be wiped when you unlock, but that is pretty typical, so probably not news to you.
There is also a slightly annoying warning screen that will come up every time you boot the phone, saying the bootloader is unlocked. It comes up for 5 seconds, or you can press the power button to bypass it. No way to be completely rid of this warning screen, without relocking the bootloader (which you should not do with TWRP, root, etc. or you will soft brick).
Short story, the bootloader warning screen is something you live with, if you want to run with a modded phone (TWRP, root, custom ROM, etc.).
Everything on the 3T in my eyes is 10/10
OOS is my favourite Stock Os I have came across, yes pixel owners have pure stock and on the dot security updates but OOS offers the same experience with some extra customisation and flair.
Screen is great for the size, welcome to AMOLED. Yes it is a pentile display but it has no impact on daily use or image quality unless you come from a qHD. If you find the colour to punchy turn on sRGB.
Audio is pretty dam good through headphones even from the bottom speaker I was surprised that it had some depth. Pocketnow on YouTube has a great review on audio performance.
Performance well it is now the second fastest Chip but it will fly with everything but I will say try Blu-spark kernel and be blown away, 6GB of ram gives peace of mind if you have every app open and chrome tab insane that nothing with redraw upon opening.
Camera performance is where I would say it loses a point but not the actual sensor but more of the post processing as any still shot will look gorgeous, but it struggles with movement so if you like to take photos of kids or animals it will be luck of the draw. My tip is hold the shutter and take a chain of pictures with auto HDR disabled.
Charging is blazing fast I no longer charge overnight by the time I get up and ready I have plenty to go a day and more.
I was first very dubious of this phone when I ordered it as I came from Galaxy S3, Xperia Z2, Z3 and then Z3+ which destroyed my Sony loyalty. When I opened the great looking box and picked up my 3T I was like WOW and will stay with this brand till the day comes they piss me off. Some excellent craftsmanship that makes you want to keep it naked I know some OP2 owners got upset at the short support but I have always been into flashing and tweaking and they are not short of some great official ROMs. So that is my take a bit much but worth giving it a good shout and please stay away from oneplus's official forum as it is full of s***. :good:
the phone is great, well built, good battery, fantastic signal strength, I have not had any camera issues it does what I expect of it. the menu is a little different to stock so finding some settings is a learning process.
What I don't like is the alert slider with no way to turn it off or disable it also the customer support is unfortunately still terrible but community support is great.
Hey guys, I owned the pocophone f1 and liked it a lot but since it had a severe touch input issue I had to refund it and stick with my RN3.
The past couple of weeks fixes started to emerge for the touchscreen with lots of positive feedback about them which made pocophone f1 a viable choice again.
But in the meantime, I was looking at the mi8.
Although it's very compelling I have some questions in my mind before I end up getting it or not.
Your answers will help determine which phone I pick in the end.
1) Is the battery of the mi8 enough for day to day usage?
Using my device mainly for browsing and chatting.
2) Is it safe unlocking the bootloader and flashing let's say HavocOS?
I read it had rollback protection and you could screw up your phone, can this happen easily?
3) Is the development good enough? I saw LOS16 is not official which is never a good sign, same for twrp, two kernels available, and 5-6 roms.
The RN3 that I use is from 2016 and has 5 kernels, well over 10 roms, overall good development strength.
Do you think the mi8's development strength will increase over time?
4) Does the stereo speaker mod work on custom roms or in miui only? I really won't stay on miui long no matter what device I have.
If it doesn't work is the single bottom firing speaker loud? Does it have good quality?
5) Is 64gb of storage limiting? The lack of micro sd may force me to get the 128gb version. What about the lack of headphone jack, does that annoy you?
6) Does the device thermal throttle to the point that annoys you?
Is there any mod for that?
Feel free to answer anything you want, and add anything I missed if you see something important not mentioned.
Thanks to anyone involved in this.
I will reply to what I know I can answer to : battery life is absolutely superb and pretty much unbelievable, anywhere from 7 to 9 hours with extra high usage (8 hours screen on time with plenty of browsing, YouTube, messenger, and one of the most battery consuming games imo, fate grand order and on mobile data enabled 100%).
It's easily a one and a half to two days phone for average to high usage and for high usage it's around one day to one day and a quarter / half.
The single speaker is pretty loud and very clear, I enjoy how it sounds.
For me at least I'd say the 128 is the best buy since that's what I got and I couldn't see myself surviving with less but then again I'm a hoarder : I keep all the photos, videos, games, apps and most of the games I have are pretty big too.
And the screen is incredibly gorgeous and a joy to use too
Dekkerlion said:
I will reply to what I know I can answer to : battery life is absolutely superb and pretty much unbelievable, anywhere from 7 to 9 hours with extra high usage (8 hours screen on time with plenty of browsing, YouTube, messenger, and one of the most battery consuming games imo, fate grand order and on mobile data enabled 100%).
It's easily a one and a half to two days phone for average to high usage and for high usage it's around one day to one day and a quarter / half.
The single speaker is pretty loud and very clear, I enjoy how it sounds.
For me at least I'd say the 128 is the best buy since that's what I got and I couldn't see myself surviving with less but then again I'm a hoarder : I keep all the photos, videos, games, apps and most of the games I have are pretty big too.
And the screen is incredibly gorgeous and a joy to use too
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Thanks for your contribution.
1) Battery life is good enough for a full day without worrying how much you use the phone
2)You'll always have to pay attention, no matter the device you buy. Read carefully and you'll be fine
3)I tried 3 early roms, now I'm back on Miui. They were overall pretty good, ready to be used on daily basis despite being published days before. I would say that you'll have good alternatives to Miui.
4)Don't know, I'm satisfied with the speaker, but I hardly use it to listen music. It's enough for me to listen audiobooks when I'm under the shower tough, and it's way better than my 24 inch philips monitor speakers. Btw the bluetooth is dope and super stable, I can go around the house with my bluetooth earphones while the phone is charging in my room. I think it's relevant if you're interested in music quality.
5)I went for 128GB. Better safe than sorry. It's not something you can fix later.
6)The phone is cold even when I play for a long time, and even if is charging. I may have read somewhere that after multiple benchmark tests one after the other the scores may go down, but it's an unrealistic scenario in normal usage.
Agorina, if you are a flashaholic, then the clear choice is the Pocophone. Having to wait 15-30 days to unlock the bootloader was a torture (Luckily i flashed Global Dev Rom in the meanwile and it was a night and day difference on many aspects).
Coming from an S8, i couldn't imagine my self going back to an IPS display.
Headphone jack is not an issue, the type c to 3.5mm is always attached on my earphones, so it doesn't really bother me.
I personally have the 64GB and untill now i am satisfied (totally depentant on your personal needs).
I haven't noticed a thermal throttle, but i only play light games (no PUBG).
i am currently on a custom ROM (Havoc OS), custom kernel (Sphinx btw made from a fellow Greek dev) and have dual speaker mod running.
Long story short : If you base your selection solely on the rom and general tweak availability then the Poco is a clear winner. Also, if you are tight on your budget, then the Poco is a good pick.
In any other case, i think Mi 8 is the winner.
Now we're really making progress.
Thanks guys, I really appreciated your comments!
Hi guy's, so im new at Xiaomi devices for myself...yes, look strange to me that i have recomended all kind of Xiaomi devices to my family and myself didnt have one, so that is about to change.
Long story short, Xiaomi fan since 2016 and buying all kind of things (Powerbank's, selfie stick, mi band 1S and Mi Band 3, Mi Speakers and so on) but never going for a phone...all recomended by me then, my girfriend buy a Redmi Note 4 almost 2 years ago, my mom a Redmi 5 last year, my brother a Mi A2 last christmas, my father a Mi A1 in May, and my cousin a Redmi Note 7 in May too.
I see everyone happy with their phones so i will go for a step above and buy a Mi9 cause i only can live with a "higher spec" one - dont compare with expensive one, cause i never buy expensive ones (more than 500 euros).
Now, im here and a Mi 9 should arrive within 2 weeks, i only have one choise: 6Gb/128Gb cause, storage for me is a must and since this phone cant handle a microSD, i be sure that my 25Gb of FLAC audio need to go somewhere big and i need space for more and more, and videos and pictures.
The color is a black one, cause i want straight and simple, elegant but i need to admit i already touch and use a Mi9 at store in blue color and i love it so damn too but for me is all black. Why my choise about Mi 9? easy, im usually buying phones with IR blaster cause i need it, and love to have it (trolling mode, and my job at repair store is a easy for me).
In search for a need of a phone with wireless charging, is a no brainer to chose a Mi 9, i want to try out that on display fingerprint scanner and i already did, and fall in love too, is a quick and easy step in technology in general.
Overall, Mi9 have it all, all i need and want.
So my questions to Mi 9 users and to try improve my experience with my device are:
1 - what the best method to debloat the phone without unlocking the bootloader? - in my LG G6 have a cmd list and then debloat by using it, they are not deleted but is deativated in the phone so they wont run and save memory. - are something similar to do with Mi 9?
2 - for who use wireless charging: do the phone gets too hot that you are affraid of glass back to look like or you think it will break?
3 - right now, the stock rom have some "big deal" bugs?
4 - the back scratch easy? i mean, you do the first 2 or 3 cleans and they already have scratches?
5 - best glass screen protector? i see a lot of 3d, 4d or so new type of screen protectors but im afrraid because of the corners will not adhere fine or lift when the phone be inside a case. Nillkin someone? - i usually use that brand for my G6 and until now is perfect.
6 - for people who are in Global ROM, there still ads all over stock apps or is gone?
For now is everything, sorry for this long text but im hype right now, is a new toy coming and i need to threat them right.
As a Mi9 user, I only can answer 3 questions properly;
3.- Stock rom doesn't have any major bugs (Not that I have found) but they're updating it pretty slow.. we're a couple of versions behind other devices like the redmi ones.. Although, I always see flashing a xiaomi.eu rom as a "must do", because is debloated, has better ram optimization, many extra options, etc. But that's just preference.
4.- I don't see the back panel scratched till today, I've been using this phone since a couple of months, but I would recommend using a case just in case.
5.- I use hydrogel screen protectors on almost all my devices, you can search what are those if you want, but I recently found one from the brand "Jasinber" on Amazon, it feels premium and it's pretty cheap, includes all the usual installation kit and 2 pieces, it has a black border but doesn't "eat" that much from the screen tho.
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Daenjel said:
As a Mi9 user, I only can answer 3 questions properly;
3.- Stock rom doesn't have any major bugs (Not that I have found) but they're updating it pretty slow.. we're a couple of versions behind other devices like the redmi ones.. Although, I always see flashing a xiaomi.eu rom as a "must do", because is debloated, has better ram optimization, many extra options, etc. But that's just preference.
4.- I don't see the back panel scratched till today, I've been using this phone since a couple of months, but I would recommend using a case just in case.
5.- I use hydrogel screen protectors on almost all my devices, you can search what are those if you want, but I recently found one from the brand "Jasinber" on Amazon, it feels premium and it's pretty cheap, includes all the usual installation kit and 2 pieces, it has a black border but doesn't "eat" that much from the screen tho.
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thanks for your reply, as about the xiaomi.eu ROMs, you can flash it right away or need to unlock bootloader in order to flash them?
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thanks for your reply, as about the xiaomi.eu ROMs, you can flash it right away or need to unlock bootloader in order to flash them?
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need to have bootloader unlocked to flash xiaomi.eu or ROS etc.
If you have the global version you can jump between the europe and global version ROMs with bootloader locked using XiaomiMiTool V2 but never to china rom
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need to have bootloader unlocked to flash xiaomi.eu or ROS etc.
If you have the global version you can jump between the europe and global version ROMs with bootloader locked using XiaomiMiTool V2 but never to china rom
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so, obvious i am gettin a Global version...i am reading with, with MiTools v2 you can flash .eu firmwares without unlocking bootloader?
if so, thanks...i will do it sure, only thing i dont want is unlock the bootloader for now, i will give time, 3, 4 months until i do that cause im affraid of the phone have some kind of issue and let me down with booloader unlocked and my guarantee is void after that.
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Xiaomi ADB Fastboot tools is the easiest way to debloat IMHO, you can choose to disable/delete apps from a preconfigured list. https://github.com/Saki-EU/XiaomiADBFastbootTools
SirTAVARES considers a lot more things "bloat" but has a great list you can use with ADB to delete things
https://forum.xda-developers.com/Mi-9/themes/xiaomi-mi9-debloat-root-root-t3910021
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No, but I haven't got the 27W charger so it's not going that fast. It does get quite hot playing games while fast charging using a cable, but it's just uncomfortable, I'm not worried about it breaking
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Was happy enough on stock, but there were a bunch of quirks that weren't quite "dealbreakers". I tried out xiaomi.eu and am much happier, it's pretty much stock but outright better. Not sure about the current state of stock, but notifications missing from the status bar was the worst.
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Glass back does scratch, but not through just cleaning. I think I have faint key marks but it still looks amazing and you wouldn't notice.
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Am using a Cafele that came free with their cheap case.
+ Has a front camera cutout
+ Has this edge solution that works great, and can be used to hide existing scratches
- Not 3D, doesn't feel as nice doing edge gestures
I read the drawback of some (all?) of the Nillkins was the camera hole gets dusty or if you misalign it it's in photos. Ones with cutouts are probably better
So, im learning and reading something around i have seen a lot of people complaining about audio latency on bluetooth headset and low volume problem, anyone can confirm is general or affect only few devices?
its software related and if it is, how to solve that?
Bluetooth hasn't been a problem for me in xiaomi.eu. (I use LDAC/APT-X codecs only though) Low volume is software, if you forget the device and repair it should get it's normal volume back. It only happened a couple of times for me.
1. you have a tool to debloat it via fastboot, a java app is available in this subforum, called Xiaomi ADB/Fastboot tools. You can manually select what to remove.
2. Phone doesn't get hot while fast charging, though I am using a 5w Samsung wireless charger.
3. No major issues in the stock rom, other than the fact that the notifications only briefly show on the bar. Easy to solve without root by installing NotchTest from the playstore.
4. Have no scratches on the back and I also don't use any phone cases most of the time.
5. I bought this case because it looks typical spygen and only have good things to say about it.
6. I've never seen an ad on this phone.
By far the best phone I ever used. Super fast and smooth, incredible camera, MIUI is not really bloated imo, overall a great experience.
Hello everyone
Im considering Note 10 pro and it seems like a nice deal but I saw a few reviews on yt and they said that
-the cpu is slow for android 11and the phone lags/gets slow.
-the phones touch is too sensitive causing it to register touches just by hovering over the screen,
-the virtual proximity sensor causes the screen to randomly turn off thinking its being lifted to the face and turn on during calls, and switch from loud speaker to call speaker etc
I was wondering if you experience these problems (still) or if they were fixed with new software
thanks in advance
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Hello everyone
Im considering Note 10 pro and it seems like a nice deal but I saw a few reviews on yt and they said that
-the cpu is slow for android 11and the phone lags/gets slow.
-the phones touch is too sensitive causing it to register touches just by hovering over the screen,
-the virtual proximity sensor causes the screen to randomly turn off thinking its being lifted to the face and turn on during calls, and switch from loud speaker to call speaker etc
I was wondering if you experience these problems (still) or if they were fixed with new software
thanks in advance
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It depends on what you want to invest for a smartphone , of course it's not the flagship ever, but I think in this price segment (or even 100% more expensive) it's the best.
The problems you've written, depend on firmware and ROM. If you've got experiences in flashing modifying then you'll get a phone which you can get better in photos and battery consumption with a smooth running system (sometimes every software can crash...)
For me it's good as mi9 (I've thought to get much better pictures as in mi9 but it's around the same after booth are modified, some situations are little better some not so good )
If you decide to buy another smartphone and you want to root and or try custom roms... Flashing... modding.... I recommend to take one with sd card slot. This was my reason to move away from mi9.
Aserar said:
Hello everyone
Im considering Note 10 pro and it seems like a nice deal but I saw a few reviews on yt and they said that
-the cpu is slow for android 11and the phone lags/gets slow.
-the phones touch is too sensitive causing it to register touches just by hovering over the screen,
-the virtual proximity sensor causes the screen to randomly turn off thinking its being lifted to the face and turn on during calls, and switch from loud speaker to call speaker etc
I was wondering if you experience these problems (still) or if they were fixed with new software
thanks in advance
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First of all its a great phone, worth the money in my opinion. But coming to your questions..
Yes, the CPU is slow, not a flagship, so there is that, but I have never experienced any lags or major stutters in my day to day usage, not sure about gaming tho. I am on PE ROM, not MIUI.
Yes, the phone touch is too sensitive, I have been experiencing the issue you mentioned, a slight touch registers it, never happened that with my XR.
Yes, there is proximity sensor issue..it annoys me a lot, even my friend has the same proximity sensor issue, but after switching to PE, I think it has reduced, but I do experience it occasionally even in PE.
Again, I can live with all those issues I mentioned, RN10 Pro is not my main device, work sim is on the apps, so the usage is less.
Your mileage may vary.
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First of all its a great phone, worth the money in my opinion. But coming to your questions..
Yes, the CPU is slow, not a flagship, so there is that, but I have never experienced any lags or major stutters in my day to day usage, not sure about gaming tho. I am on PE ROM, not MIUI.
Yes, the phone touch is too sensitive, I have been experiencing the issue you mentioned, a slight touch registers it, never happened that with my XR.
Yes, there is proximity sensor issue..it annoys me a lot, even my friend has the same proximity sensor issue, but after switching to PE, I think it has reduced, but I do experience it occasionally even in PE.
Again, I can live with all those issues I mentioned, RN10 Pro is not my main device, work sim is on the apps, so the usage is less.
Your mileage may vary.
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Thank you for your reply. That was very helpful
If you aren't gaming or have other high requirements, the CPU isn't exactly slow. I use ArrowOS 12 and it's extremely smooth. No lags whatsoever. Plus the battery can last up to 4-5 days if you don't use the phone much.
I also never had any issues with touch or the screen turning off when it's not supposed to.
But today I wouldn't pay more than 240€ for it, because it's quite a few months old by now and maybe newer phones will become available soon.
Major drawback for me with this phone is the lack of good camera support for custom roms. The camera might also be good for the price class, but it isn't really anything special. If you have more money and want a good camera, I'd suggest looking at the OnePlus 9RT.
But what I really enjoy about the Redmi Note 10 Pro is it's awesome screen!
dude1337 said:
If you aren't gaming or have other high requirements, the CPU isn't exactly slow. I use ArrowOS 12 and it's extremely smooth. No lags whatsoever. Plus the battery can last up to 4-5 days if you don't use the phone much.
I also never had any issues with touch or the screen turning off when it's not supposed to.
But today I wouldn't pay more than 240€ for it, because it's quite a few months old by now and maybe newer phones will become available soon.
Major drawback for me with this phone is the lack of good camera support for custom roms. The camera might also be good for the price class, but it isn't really anything special. If you have more money and want a good camera, I'd suggest looking at the OnePlus 9RT.
But what I really enjoy about the Redmi Note 10 Pro is it's awesome screen!
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I don't really play games but I don't like switching phones a lot and I keep a phone for about 3-4 years so I tend to buy phones with cpus that would last that long. I also use dual apps a lot since I switched to k20 couple years ago so I stick EU roms even tho I Used PE and LOS mainly on my previous phones.
I agree. The screen is the main attraction for me too. I think I might get the poco f3 if I decide no on the RNP10, even tho it seems like it has the same proximity issue . I love OnePlus brand but it's too pricy especially in my location compared to Mi
i am coming from the mi8 (an older flagship)
not missing anything eventhough the cpu is worse than my old mi8. cameras are pretty equal. the cpu is on paper is a bit worse than in my old mi8, but in reallife you wouldnt notice anything until you´re not playing heavy games.
but!!!! the biggest thing is the display. it´s really impressive for that price. and the sound is also better since it has got two speakers. for me it was a nice upgrade going from an older flagship to a newer midrange phone.