Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S

Advantages: + Design, ceramics in the case, originality (does not copy the front panel of the iPhone, no eyebrows), outwardly and tactilely very pleasant.
+ Framelessness from 3 sides, including the top (reverse side of the uncomfortable location of the front camera).
+ Excellent dual main camera with optical zoom (photo in portrait mode I attach it).
+ Top iron gives a good headroom.
+ Support for wireless charging (small advantage, but not all Xiaomi flagships have such support, so we single out separately).
+ We get a quality flagship of a well-known manufacturer for the price of medium-sized Samsung models.

Disadvantages: - Weak and uncomfortable frontalka.
- The sound quality when recording video resembles the search for UFO signals :) (judging by the reviews, this is a trouble for many Xiaomi, software fix is ​​expected).
- No water protection.
- + IPS matrix (minus relative, because it burns less and pressure on the eyes is less).

Comment: I summarize: Mi Mix 2S is a very pleasant, powerful designer without an eyebrow with an excellent main camera from a well-known company at a normal price.

And it is clear how the price is formed and what you pay for. If they add water protection and a good front-end, the phone rises sharply in price and it will have to compete with the S9.
In addition, if you make a good front-end, then it will still be heyt for the inconvenience of location.
Therefore, Xiaomi place accents in the design, make a balanced phone in the middle price category, but with such iron, such appearance and materials, that you can’t call it average. A good main camera displays the phone immediately in the line of adult original flagships. That is why in the reviews it in full seriousness now and then glows in comparisons with the Iphone X, Samsung S9, Pixel 2XL. And snatches his points in the design, in the chamber, then in the absence of eyebrows. And it is crowned with all reasonable price.

Like a powerful iron in a cool expensive wrap? Want to get a flagship without putting a bucks out? And if this is still not obsessed with self. Then this is the phone for you!

PS: I am not a fan of Xiaomi, I took the phone from them for the first time. Therefore, 0 preconceptions :)

PPS: I note that I attached a photo that was greatly reduced, ready for transfer, so as not to load samples of 10 MB here. Just pass the work of the dual camera. This is my first photo in this mode. I think the portrait mode in inexperienced hands and in the bustle of the stadium worked well. No post processing and filters. MIUI according to the standard 9.5, did not bet the top ten. There, they say, it will be possible to play with depth and other parameters of the portrait mode on an already finished photo.

Advantages: 1. Work at heights, installed the latest Snapdragon 845 processor, 6GB of RAM allows applications not to reboot into the background, and the opening of applications is also very fast.
2. Implemented convenient gesture management.
4. NFC module - and the plus and minus of this smartphone, allows you to pay for purchases without problems, but does not work on all terminals, although other smartphones worked without problems.
5. The main cameras give excellent pictures, and finally a good sound is written in the video not as a bucket.

Disadvantages: 1. The screen, it is not as bright and colorful as, for example, Samsung, well, it is understandable, it uses the IPS matrix instead of Super Amoled, but the screen brightness in some situations may not be enough, especially on a sunny day.
2. NFC module does not work on all terminals, checked on two smartphones, one Iphone with Apple pay, the other actually this one, with Google pay. You apply Mix, payment does not work, you apply Iphone - everything is successfully paid. What is the problem I do not know, it is not reproduced at all terminals, but only at some.
3. No 3.5 mm headphone jack.
4. There is no possibility to expand the memory by microSD card.
5. The inconvenient location of the front camera is not critical for me, I don’t take much of a selfie, but note to the girls.
6. The curve is unlocked on the face, triggered once, as the front camera is used, which is located at the bottom of the smartphone.

Comment: In general, this smartphone leaves positive emotions, waiting for the release of Mi Mix 3 :)
Before buying, I recommend checking the screen for yellowness at the bottom on a white background and at maximum brightness. If the screen is yellow - then this is a copy of the marriage. Also in the first installments there was a problem with the peeling of the glass of the main chamber.

Advantages: All the advantages inherent in the flagship models:
- performance
- great camera (really great),
- build quality,
- a pleasant cover of the back cover, you don’t even want to wear a case because of this.

Disadvantages: It is difficult to find a case for this model, although a silicone bumper is included, but I would like to have a choice.
Wireless charging was not put into the box (but no manufacturer included in the package), so I had to buy separately - it cost 2.5 tr. Brand from Xiaomi, charges fairly quickly.
The front camera is located at the bottom and with all the advantages of such an arrangement, it is still inconvenient to make selfies in a horizontal orientation.

Comment: As a result, the device deserves all praise and is recommended for purchase. But you should definitely pay attention to the screen size - it may not suit everyone, although 6 inches have already become kind of standard.

Advantages: design
camera
price
face unlock
gestures

Disadvantages: Screen "normal" (after samsung)

Comment: I am a professional photographer. Both in reviews and blogs, little attention is paid to the features of the 2nd camera. It is very important for me.
In short, only "big" iPhones, Samsung, Huawei p20pro, hts u12 + have optical zoom
This devices for 50 + sput.
There is a mi8 and mi mix 2s for 30yr. (the quality of the phones is higher)
And there is a mi6 and mi note3 for 20yr. (quality is not really - it corresponds to the price)
And there is also a mi A1 for 12yr.
And that's it !!!! The rest of the 2nd camera is either black and white, so that there would be less noise, or little demand for supershirik (asus 5), or generally a low-pixel gag that would only wash the background. (xiaomi redmi).

Mi Mix 2s has a full 2x zoom. This is a convenient focal for portraits. Compared with iPhone 7+ portrait mode works much better.
Prior to that, he used the Galaxy C6 for 3 years. - the camera on the mix unexpectedly head and shoulders above. "premium" too.
Anyone who is in doubt - highly recommend. With such a price and a camera there are no competitors. Zenfon does not have a portrait focal, In a huave, only in P20pro, Honor 10 - he has a 2nd black-and-white camera. One +6 - also does not have a "zoom"

Advantages: 1. Tremendous speed of work. I was surprised by the MIUI shell, after the galaxy S8 it just flies. A perfectly working system of gestures, even more convenient than on the iphone X, you get used to it in 5 minutes, finally got rid of the useless buttons on the screen, which eat up part of the screen and are wildly uncomfortable.
2. Excellent rear camera. The camera has always been a weak point of Xiaomi, but not now. It feels like it shoots no worse than galaxy s8, and the camera is very decent, including night scenes with minimal lighting. The autoradiator works fine, not too zamylavaya pictures, but at the same time making them much more interesting.
3. Battery life. On the vskidku, holds the battery three times longer than one year old galaxy s8. He sits down for 4 hours with intensive use (games, social networks, Internet, navigation), this one lasts until the evening, although I sometimes spend all day sitting in an online toy (2D).
4. The fingerprint scanner works instantly, Samsung does it much more slowly. I did not have time to bring it, the screen was already unlocked.
5. Even in heavy 3D applications, it does not heat up at all.
6. Design. Very nice in the hand, does not look usually. Though 6 ", it is comfortable to use one hand.

Disadvantages: 1. Front camera. This is the main drawback. Not only does the apparatus need to be turned over in order to catch a normal angle, it doesn’t shoot at all in the gloom and darkness, the photos are very blurry during the day, even with perfect lighting (apparently in processing algorithms). The phone is not for selfie !!!
2. Screen. After AMOLED, go to IPS hard. But in principle, tolerable. They say it is of good quality for IPS matrices, but it is difficult for me to estimate that the last 5 devices were with AMOLED.
In the sun, the readability is excellent, in addition to brightness, the contrast automatically rises.
3. Strength. As soon as I bought it, I packed it in a corporate case and even glued a protective glass, although I had never glued it to Samsung before. The phone was only a month old, went on vacation, walking down the street, dropped from the hands on the asphalt from a height of 1m. Broken as a protective glass, and the glass device, and in the small mesh. The cover cracked and did not save. At the same time, the touchscreen continued to work, and the matrix itself was intact. Upon returning to Moscow, I went around 4 services, refused to glue the glass, replacing the module with 12,000! (for IPS this is not normal), and for all that, there were no white modules anywhere. Another two weeks waited for the module with alibaba for 6 tons of rubles. I replaced it quickly, by the sensations, the quality of the screen is even better than the original)

Comment: All the time I compare with the Samsung, because, until this age of 7, I was a devoted fan of this brand. The last unit, the S8, was a great disappointment for me, and let me down many times. The transition to xiomi was a kind of experiment, and I was skeptical, but in the end I was very pleasantly surprised by the device. In terms of price / quality ratio - just perfect. For those who do not take a selfie, of course :)

Advantages: Download speed and work speed, after lg g6 the phone just flies and no lags.
RAM size
Android p support

Disadvantages: The proximity light sensor is periodically buggy. Through time. You call. You pick up the phone, bring the screen to your ear does not go out. In the developer settings, the sensor works even very well. Calibrated did not try.Most likely a glitch in the firmware
Selfie Camera. But I do not use it, so I could not do it at all.

Comment: After lg g6 the phone is not bad there are pros and cons

Pros :
Cool design and look
Wireless charger
Screen size
Work speed
Autonomy of work
Not heated
Includes a good cover
Price compared to competitors

Minuses:
The screen does not reach lg. no olvis he display
No ip protection for moisture and dust
No wide-angle camera
Separate DAC to the music
Sound from a common speaker
The lack of 3.5 jack, but I do not need it, I use wireless marshal mid
Key sensor, most likely solved minus
There is no possibility to add a micro sd card

Advantages: Screen, navigation in the firmware (gestures), wireless charging, NFC, rear cameras in photo mode, speed of iron.

Disadvantages: The quality of the front camera, the location of the front camera. "Raw" software - software jambs when shooting video, the night mode is not to hell, selfie in general is terrible. Boke mode is also not very good, because it is based on a software algorithm, and not using 2x camera modules ...

Comment: I hope that programmers optimize the software to the level of the hardware on which this device is based. After all, with the display matrix could. In general, the impressions are positive in comparison with 7+

Advantages: What attracts attention above all ... The absence of the upper band on the screen and monobrovi, as its special case. Excellent performance in terms of energy saving (one and a half days of standard use from charging to charging). Against the background of my previous Samsung Galaxy S6, battery life is just a song. Beautiful screen and an interesting decision on the frontal. At first it was unusual, now it has already adapted to turn over the phone during the selfie, so as not to accidentally close the camera with a finger. Management is intuitive, at least I have not experienced any particular difficulties. Fingerprint scanner is just plain. The reaction is instantaneous. The camera is very decent. However, on the Chinese device for such money it is expected. Wireless charging is an obligatory feature for me. No comments on it. Well, of course, the device is smart from the word "ah." What is no wonder with such a processor. In short, the device justifies its price completely.

Disadvantages: Slightly heavy and the notification line is too small. But this ryushechki.

Comment: Initially I wanted to change my six to S9 +, but after analyzing the characteristics of the subject and watching videos on its use in the internet, I decided to try a Chinese. So far no regrets. Even with the Samsung clock made friends without any problems. In general, I recommend.

Advantages: Very powerful and fast, applications, even heavy ones, open in seconds. Games pulls without brakes, while heating up very slightly. A smart camera, the video has not yet been shot, but the photos look very cool. Optical double zoom - real optical, without loss of quality. The appearance attracts attention (I use the model in black): a frameless display (without a “monobrow”, hallelujah!), A ceramic body, a camera — everything looks very stylish, high-quality and expensive.

Disadvantages: The case is quite brandy, 100% need a cover. Battery for a day is enough with a margin, but could do more. Other deficiencies have not yet revealed.

Comment: Beautiful, high-quality smartphone on the top-end gland for quite reasonable price.