Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

statto25

Got this yesterday, 6GB. Christ it's fast. One bug is my S8 Google backup doesn't seem to be syncing everything to the POCO. I had to install all my apps from scratch and none of my previous Wifi settings copied over either .

honda boi

Anybody get the miui 10 update yet?
Apparently it's began being rolled out

Standard Toaster

No sign yet.
Downloading from here now
http://bigota.d.miui.com/V10.0.4.0.OEJMIFH/miui_POCOF1Global_V10.0.4.0.OEJMIFH_ef67c4052e_8.1.zip

"As this is a recovery ROM, it can be flashed via the MIUI Updater app. Users won’t lose their data if they’re going from the MIUI 9 Global Stable to MIUI 10 Global Stable upgrade path."

Link and info from here
https://www.xda-developers.com/download-miui-10-global-stable-xiaomi-poco-f1/

Standard Toaster

Just manually updated there.

sioda

Yup done the same working perfect

honda boi

Do I need to unlock the bootloader or anything?
Any risks downloading it and doing it that way?
Or is it just a matter of downloading it and going to the updater app and selecting "Select update package"?

honda boi

Do I need to unlock the bootloader or anything?
Any risks downloading it and doing it that way?
Or is it just a matter of downloading it and going to the updater app and selecting "Select update package"?

Standard Toaster

honda boi wrote: »

Do I need to unlock the bootloader or anything?
Any risks downloading it and doing it that way?
Or is it just a matter of downloading it and going to the updater app and selecting "Select update package"?

No need, just do like you said. Make sure you've enough battery or are plugged in.

btj79

I performed the update manually and it has fixed the few issues I was experiencing. The main one, which I mentioned earlier in this thread relating to Bluetooth. If anyone is currently having any issues they should update and try again. FYI you do not loose any user data by the update but backing up and personal files is always recommended.

Duff

Hey,

My wife is looking for a new phone with a budget of €3-400. Is the F1 still the best bang for your buck Android at this price range? She's coming from an iPhone 6 so anything will be a major upgrade tbh :pac:

2smiggy

Only on my phone now, so awkward to check, but where is the best place to buy this?

t0mm13b

Interesting heads up about Pocophone F1 and not getting OTA update for MIUI 10 Stable, this post on the XDA forum will provide the answer

Invincible

2smiggy wrote: »

Only on my phone now, so awkward to check, but where is the best place to buy this?

On offer from Banggood at moment for €259 approximately.

btj79

2smiggy wrote: »

Only on my phone now, so awkward to check, but where is the best place to buy this?

I'd recommend honorbuy and I think most people on this thread would. I personally received mine in 24 hours of ordering. Some of the other sites can take weeks for the device to arrive but it may would out a bit cheaper if you are on a tight budget.

sioda

I ordered from eglobal and it took an age go with honor buy

honda boi

Was about to update manually tonight but just got the update for miui 10 through updater app.
Need to fiddle around and see if it's any good

god's toy

Just got the update too. God this phone needs a dark mode ... have to put my bits and pieces back to how it was before the update but we're good to go. Also nice to feel the screen is more responsive!

MOH

btj79 wrote: »

I'd recommend honorbuy and I think most people on this thread would. I personally received mine in 24 hours of ordering. Some of the other sites can take weeks for the device to arrive but it may would out a bit cheaper if you are on a tight budget.

€323.19 including delivery for the 64GB on Honorbuy at the moment. There's a few codes giving €5 off that (try PPLWARE). Can't find any better ones that work

Invincible

MOH wrote: »

btj79 wrote: »

I'd recommend honorbuy and I think most people on this thread would. I personally received mine in 24 hours of ordering. Some of the other sites can take weeks for the device to arrive but it may would out a bit cheaper if you are on a tight budget.

€323.19 including delivery for the 64GB on Honorbuy at the moment. There's a few codes giving €5 off that (try PPLWARE). Can't find any better ones that work

€259.29 on Banggood
Is there any discernable difference?
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xiaomi-pocophone-f1-global-version-618-inch-6gb-64gb-snapdragon-845-octa-core-4g-smartphone-black-22605-banggood-3097814

sioda

god's toy wrote: »

Just got the update too. God this phone needs a dark mode ... have to put my bits and pieces back to how it was before the update but we're good to go. Also nice to feel the screen is more responsive!

Switch location to Hong Kong and download reloaded v10 theme it's excellent

t0mm13b

Received the MIUI 10 update just now, downloading as I type this, woohoo.

MOH

Invincible wrote: »

€259.29 on Banggood
Is there any discernable difference?
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xiaomi-pocophone-f1-global-version-618-inch-6gb-64gb-snapdragon-845-octa-core-4g-smartphone-black-22605-banggood-3097814

From other people's experience, I believe the Honorbuy one ships from within the EU and quite quickly. You'll probably be waiting weeks for Banggood, and might get hit for customs.

Might be worth holding off until tomorrow, think Xiaomi are having a UK launch event, might open some other options.

positron

Bought one of these, 128 GB version for around €280 here in India (where I am on holidays). They are even cheaper if bought directly from Mi store and comes with a bunch of goodies like free top-up etc.

First impressions are great - phone is fast. Photos are decent. Notch is well... horrible. There are other phones out here like Vivo V11 pro etc in similar price bracket with much nicer 'water droplet' notch (and even an on-screen fingerprint reader). Anyway, bought this for it's supposedly 'value flagship' proposition. So far the screen glitched once for me - the usual tap here and something else happens type issue. I am hoping it's not really a problem and never happens again (or it happens a lot in next couple of days before I head back).

Xiaomi has another model called 'Redmi Note 5 Pro' - that seems to be massively popular here. Everyone and their dog has that and it only costs 3/5th of the Poco F1.

god's toy

Just in case... I dont know if everyone got the same charger but the one i got in the poco box was a 3pin with QC3 . I've seen some comment they only got a 2pin.
I got the phone from EUglobal.

Do-more

https://9to5google.com/2018/11/07/xiaomi-pocophone-f1-available-amazon-uk/

Silly price £313

moonboy52

Factor in VAT and a warranty it is not that bad. The Chinese sites have spoiled us

Do-more

Yes but the EU RRP is €329 the Amazon UK price works out at over €360.

Invincible

Do-more wrote: »

Yes but the EU RRP is €329 the Amazon UK price works out at over €360.

Not disagreeing with you, but if that's the EU RRP, how are lads here been stung for €323 from honorbuy, Chinese site afaik.

honda boi

Got mine from AliExpress for about €285-290 including shipping ,

Invincible

Do-more wrote: »

Yes but the EU RRP is €329 the Amazon UK price works out at over €360.

Not disagreeing with you, but if that's the EU RRP, how are lads here been stung for €323 from honorbuy, Chinese site afaik.

honda boi wrote: »

Got mine from AliExpress for about €285-290 including shipping ,

What seller did you use?