Xiaomi Pocophone F1

Advantages: Fast as the wind.
Screen - a delight for the eyes.
The battery competes in a tank with a steam heating battery in the apartment.
The body does not play.
Does not attract attention. (I love beautiful things, but I do not like the attention of others). If Maza would have taken the 16th, it would not have escaped this attention. And so friends see a new plastic remnant, ask what kind of phone, say that it is a pokofon and watch how they wonder what I switched from iPhone to Chinese nouneym. And all the others do not pay attention to this plastic. The case when you do not mind putting the phone in the case, because it will not cover the beauty. And the cover is needed only for the sake of screen protection.
I understand that for my needs (as well as the obsalyutny majority of people), Srednechka would be enough, but for some reason I couldn’t bring myself to buy a device not on a topoi gland. And the toad is choking. And that happened on the specs all the buzz, and from the toad even a trace on the neck is left.
Fast, high quality, not expensive. Such a Toyota, as it was in the 90s.
I hope that the device will work stably for several years. At least at the moment he is giving hope.

Disadvantages: The camera is worse than the iPhone 7. There you could quickly click the document and be sure that it will not be blurred. This camera smears. It is necessary to approach photographing a little more thoroughly. The artistic part of the camera does not interest me, so I did not check it. I hope to get used to the size.

Once rebooted by itself. Once the maps did not go into landscape mode. Passed after reboot. In general, sometimes some trifle negative slip, but it's really little things.

*Bang*. I do not like copying at all, but there is also copying for the sake of copying. But apparently this is part of the culture of the manufacturers of this phone. But for this price, I decided that I would survive. Moreover, you can hide the bangs.But, as it turned out, I quickly stopped noticing the bangs, although I thought that I could not live with her, but hiding the bangs is implemented so that the screen is cut from above as if by a ruler and it turns out that the upper corners have a right angle and the bottom corners are very smooth. rounded. It turns out such a discord that I can not look at. Therefore, I live with a bang. I do not notice her at home, but I see it well with others and then I remember that I have exactly the same and becomes a little ashamed of her in front of others.

Although, I understand that perhaps most do not have such aesthetic leap. My wife did not notice any bangs at all. She is important big screen, battery and iridescent case. Well, a little fotochki. When I share my agony of choice with her, in her eyes, on the one hand, sympathy for me is read, and on the other, I don’t have a complete understanding of what I'm suffering here. If this question does not bother you, then you should not begin to do this.

Comment: I have used Windows for years with backgrounds and eipl products. I had enough of the basic functions, but the priority was stability. I buy equipment, with the expectation that it will serve me for many years. Although I follow the world of new products in this industry quite closely, this is my hobby, I don’t like to change devices, this is a necessary measure for me. In this case, I needed the screen more than on the iPhone, less than on the Aipad, and the big screens at Apple are worth much more than my pain threshold and I see no reason to buy them. In addition, I have shaken faith in the products of Apple. Now with the updates here, there are also jambs, which they fix for a long time. Now I'm not in a hurry to update, because I'm afraid, but you can not roll back.

At the moment I have MacBook, Ipad and, until today, there was an iPhone 7. Because of this, I was afraid to switch to android, bearing in mind the traumatic experience of using Eiser on Android 4.4.
For a start, I bought my wife a Mi A1 sample in October last year, and was surprised by the stability of the system throughout this year. A friend, a fan of the shell from Xiaomi, also confirmed from his own experience that even Xiaomi state employees work well.

If you can wait, then I would wait for the 16th Meise price drop. Very beautiful device and has NFC (which is very desirable for me), a fingerprint sensor on the screen, etc. So far, white color has not been delivered to our city, otherwise I would have already bought it. However, it suddenly turned out to grab this Pocophon for 18 thousand, and I did not hesitate.


UPD

As I read, it is better to take the version not for Russia. Because The global version will be updated faster and more often. For me to change the device is a whole story, so I will think how to proceed. It is fashionable to solve it in the official Xiaomi service for the money. To determine the firmware version, you can spell RU in the description. In the settings - on the phone - in the MIUI column - 9.6.23.0 (OEJRUFD) - here we are interested in RU.

On sale many global versions introduced in Russia. Surprisingly, in this case gray phones are preferable to official ones.

Advantages: 1) Finger recognition is very fast.
2) Excellent volume
3) Neoleophobic coating copes with fats and other dirt better than some oleophobic phones.

Disadvantages: 1) There is dust and debris between the case and the smartphone, as a result - all the paint is scratched and chipped from behind (but in the case these flaws are not visible)
2) There are still problems with the software - the Voice Match does not work (Ok, Google which, until you click on the microphone icon), face recognition only for the indium region so far, and minor flaws arising from the novelty and price of the phone

Comment: In order not to repeat a million times about the clear advantages / disadvantages that are written in the characteristics of the phone, described what remains in the attention after more than a month of use.
Having learned about the phone, I revised my priorities and did not wait for Pixel 3 XL, for the price 3 times lower I received almost the same, with my own shortcomings and more interesting design, but all the shortcomings are so uncritical that I close my eyes to them and I am glad that the people around me with the flagships of other brands nervously smoking upon learning that their expensive phone is worse than some other recently cheap "nouneym"

Advantages: 1) Performance - here without comments
2) The practicality of the case. Yes, plastic. But it is very pleasant to the touch, matte, the prints remain weak, there is no backlash, it does not creak, it is very dense, in the cold hands do not freeze on it like on metal, the buttons are well pressed, moderately hard.
3) Battery - a very good one and a half days. at any load minimum screen 7.30h
maybe even a little later it will be better able to optimize
4) Cheholchik as a gift -a small, but nice
5) Super price - the best offer in the whole market.
6) Speed ​​on / reboot. Very fast internal storage
7) Stereo speakers
8) Very good wi-fi and internet speed in general
9) Two sim cards

Disadvantages: 1) Monobrow (I never liked it, especially so huge, but if you hide it tolerantly), especially since with such a monobrow they could not add useful information (for example, acb in percent)
2) Frames. below there are a lot of places left + roundings + black bars around - it turns out a little cheating effect
3) Someone has NFC (but I don’t need one, so it’s not important for me)
4) Noticed no big bugs when working with two SIM cards. On one, either the network can fall off, or the SIM card in general becomes completely unavailable (the bug is not frequent, but it happens that it can be treated by rebooting).
5) Some applications are not optimized for this screen - because of which there are black bars at the bottom (for example, some games, let's say the same royal klesh)
6) The main camera: shoots worse than the front camera, less luminosity, in the dark the trouble is - it's a shame, I do not like selfie.
7) A speaker cracks when talking at maximum volume - especially if the connection quality is average or bad

Comment: Verdict: I recommend to buy. Over 20 thousand, it would be better to find better, although, of course, looking at what to do. This unit is definitely not suitable for those who want a device for less and will use it as a cameraphone or just chat. But gamers without extra overpayments is a great choice. Those who want everything at once is also a good option.

I also found some bugs that are cured by the current reboot, but they are not critical and are associated with some applications and themes, maybe later they will fix the firmware, the device is still very fresh and is not a flagship (not in terms of performance, of course). The general impressions are good, the device works extremely fast, after it, my xiaomi redmi note 3 pro seems small and very slow.

Price - Quality - Performance: 9.5 / 10
Design
6
Screen
8
Sound
8
Practicality
8
Performance
10
Main camera
6.5
Front camera
9
Autonomy
8.5

Advantages: Price
Dragon 845
adreno 630
4000 Battery

Disadvantages: For whom the camera is important, do not take it here not very (I don’t need it at all)

Comment: On the forums they write that there is throttling. Actually, performance is constant.
It is also difficult to find a protective glass.

Advantages: Iron, Battery, Micro SD slot, Price

Disadvantages: Mono Brow, Raw Software

Comment: Well, what to say ... It seems to me that all this noise around Pocofone is not entirely justified. Yes, if you compare it with the flagships of other companies, then its cost is quite tasty, but if you compare it with the same Redmi Note 5, it turns out that we overpay 6-7 thousand roughly speaking for 845 Snapdragon, and the rest is very similar devices - and here and there 6 Full HD IPS, 4000 mah batteries, memory card slots. I think even the cameras plus minus the same. Well, maybe a little better on Pocofone. But on Note 5, the design is more interesting - there is a metal in the case and there is no stupid monobrow. Therefore, Pocofone costs about as much as it should. In truth, I think that Note 5 is now the most worthwhile phone from Xiaomi in terms of price and quality, since in terms of gaming performance, he is not so much behind Pocofone (despite the numbers in the benchmarks), but otherwise I like it even more. Therefore, it is necessary to wipe the foam from his mouth and soberly look at things - there are no miracles. I do not say now that the Pocofone is a pass-through model and should not be taken.Just the same, it is a very interesting device, which certainly has the right to life and will appeal to many people. He personally interested me much more than Mi8, since in contrast, it offers a slot for memory cards and a more capacious battery. Well, Pocofone costs about 10 thousand less, and this, you see, is a significant difference. Some lucky people did pick up Pocofone for 20990. As they say, no comment. In addition, the Mi8 is all kind of glass and it strains me. And I don’t really need his NFC, although I’m looking for this function in the phone specifications by inertia because of general hysteria. Therefore, Redmi Note 5 and Pocofone are two very interesting devices from Xiaomi, which will be the benchmarks in their price categories and will beat sales records. And it is interesting to me to see how other manufacturers will react to the Pocofone F1 and what they will show us.

Advantages: I fully agree with the earlier reviews, but separately I want to note:
1. Sound. Listened with full-size Ultrasone 750 PRO and Xiaomi Pro HD hybrid plugs. The sound is good, with details everything is in order. The stock volume is decent.
Yes, there was no wow effect. But I, as a person who listens to music from the phone, when you need to get from point A to B or in the background while doing things, have nothing to complain about. When you want to listen thoughtfully to music - for this there is a PC and external sound.
2. Availability of 3.5mm jack and microsd / 2 SIM.
3. Autonomy - enough from morning to evening.

Disadvantages: All these disadvantages are not critical and are purely my opinion and experience:
1. Status bar, which, because of the brow, does not display anything useful except time and battery charge (and so far, it is not possible to choose a display in%). The most inconvenient - you have to pull the curtain to see the notice. Somehow, pop-up notifications save the situation, but they must be separately resolved by each application, which is inconvenient.
2. The first 2-3 days there was a problem with SMS. In the blind hung: "Activation of the SIM card .... Receiving the SMS gateway." Calls worked, but SMS did not come. It took itself a couple of days, but the sediment remained)
3. Not all widgets are added to the desktop. Specifically, I have a problem with Google Keep - when I try to add it it says "Application not found".
4. Low degree of customization of the interface. This is more likely a niggle, but I hope to fix it in time.
5. NFC, which is not, but I would like to.

Comment: I use 1.5 weeks. For my $ 300 (price in the Russian Federation is a separate topic, I took for 20900) - must have for those who do not want to overpay 10+ thousand for NFC and a body made of stela or metal and slightly better shots. IMHO, the only controversial point in the phone is a wide eyebrow. But for me personally, it does not bother much.

Advantages: 1. Excellent price (snooped for the first sale for 20990), for which we get:
2. Top processor
3. 6 GB ram
4. Excellent IPS (finally not amold) screen
5. UFS 2.1 and not eMMC 5.1 flash drive (like Xiaomi likes to shove in its budget and middle segments) - lightning-fast
6. Quick charge 3.0
7. 3.5 jack
8. Memory card support
9. Build quality level
10. Cooling system (almost not heated)
11. Almost no camera bulges out
12. Full-fledged (IR) face ID, not through the front-end
13. Battery 4000 mAh.

Disadvantages: Well for such a price tag you have to sacrifice something, therefore:
1. no IP 68
2. NFC module is missing (who needs a NFC with the same characteristics - you need MI8)
3. Plastic casing (again, to MI8 after another), although I personally hated this plastic
4. The most controversial moment - the camera. For me, it is not a minus, I almost do not use it, but judging by the fact that I tested it - quite at its price, again for the top one - to MI8 (no one’s bothering to put GCam by the way, if it’s straight for quality, and programmatically finish it) - main module from the same MI8)
5. Bangs (I don’t like it and that's it), when hiding a bang, the rounding of the corners from the top is asymmetrical to the rounding (the problem is not the device, but MIUI, so everyone has xiaomi with a bang)
6. Press the volume / on keys. Annoying)
7. Heavy
8. Namudri with launcher, but a matter of habit and updates

Comment: I do not know why everyone shouts so much about nfts and other buns.
Pokofon with a glass case, with a NFC, a top camera and a dust trap is MI8.
Do you want to get Mi8 for the price of a pokofon? Do not you think that this is a little fiction?
Such functionality for such a price tag and so fantastic.
The difference between MI8 and peace in the price of 120-130 dollars, just exactly on all of your "Wishlist."

I am happy with the phone as an elephant, I moved with Redmi Note 5 Pro 4/64, I do not like it.

P.S. Separately, I am glad that after the Redmi laptop 5 with its camera, you can at least put the rest on the table, the camera is almost flush with the body