Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

marti9t9 · 24-09-2018 02:26PM

bargainboy wrote: »

Hey the solutionshop.global has this phone ( 6gb+128)for 298.54 any colour all taxes etc paid global software installed my question is what is the difference between global and European software in relation to this phone ?

That price is incredible!

Damoedge · 24-09-2018 02:35PM

marti9t9 wrote: »

That price is incredible!

Did ya get yours yet Marti?

marti9t9 · 24-09-2018 02:48PM

Damoedge wrote: »

Did ya get yours yet Marti?

My WIFE got hers yes. ðŸ˜•

Bit jealous but I can't complain about my OP3T. It's still awesome.

Yeah looks very nice. Screen is better than I expected. I couldn't see it being much better to be honest. Portrait photos are surprisingly good IMO. Face unlock option doesn't seem to be there on hers either. I've read you need to set region to India. Not doing that. Hopefully they'll update it for Europe because it's a cool feature. She finds her hands a bit too small to reach fingerprint scanner.

Looked at the packaging it arrived in today. They had it marked at a value of $15 but had a sticker with the name of the phone and it's specs! Had they not put that sticker on, it may have slipped through. Who knows.

How's yours working out?

roper1664 · 24-09-2018 03:25PM

Ordered a Pocophone F1 from eglobal EU on 12th September, still waiting on it!
Eglobal tracking:

2018-09-20: Your parcel will arrive shortly at the courier depot.
2018-09-24: We apologise for the delay, we are following up your order to get it delivered to you as soon as possible.

I thought/hoped it would arrive sooner!

Damoedge · 24-09-2018 03:50PM

marti9t9 wrote: »

My WIFE got hers yes. ðŸ˜•

Bit jealous but I can't complain about my OP3T. It's still awesome.

Yeah looks very nice. Screen is better than I expected. I couldn't see it being much better to be honest. Portrait photos are surprisingly good IMO. Face unlock option doesn't seem to be there on hers either. I've read you need to set region to India. Not doing that. Hopefully they'll update it for Europe because it's a cool feature. She finds her hands a bit too small to reach fingerprint scanner.

Looked at the packaging it arrived in today. They had it marked at a value of $15 but had a sticker with the name of the phone and it's specs! Had they not put that sticker on, it may have slipped through. Who knows.

How's yours working out?

I got mine Friday but I didn't do much with it only register MI account to unlock the bootloader and I will do that this evening when I get home...I have the Huawei honor v10 that I bought 1 month ago and that is a better looking phone than the poco but I'll use the poco because of root and sell the V10...it's a grand phone tho I'm happy with it so far

corkie · 24-09-2018 04:36PM

@Damoedge you will be waiting up to 720 hours to unlock your bootloader on Xiaomi's devices. Probably the same for the Poco!

Poco later responded and lowered the wait time to 3 days, but only for the Poco F1.

https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-devices-poco-f1-long-bootloader-wait-times/

Damoedge · 24-09-2018 06:53PM

corkie wrote: »

@Damoedge you will be waiting up to 720 hours to unlock your bootloader on Xiaomi's devices. Probably the same for the Poco!

https://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-devices-poco-f1-long-bootloader-wait-times/

Yes it's defo 72 hours as that's what came up when o tried to unlock is corkie...

god's toy · 25-09-2018 12:37PM

Oh nice surprise to see it comes with a 3pin charger in the box.

Loving it so far.

marti9t9 · 25-09-2018 12:38PM

god's toy wrote: »

Oh nice surprise to see it comes with a 3pin charger in the box.

Loving it so far.

Lucky. Mine came with 2pin

Standard Toaster · 25-09-2018 01:33PM

god's toy wrote: »

Oh nice surprise to see it comes with a 3pin charger in the box.

Loving it so far.

Cool. I think I'll just pull the trigger on the Poco vs the Mi 8 Pro.

Where did you order yours from?

god's toy · 25-09-2018 01:38PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Cool. I think I'll just pull the trigger on the Poco vs the Mi 8 Pro.

Where did you order yours from?

Eglobal.com

Here's the link https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImMWk9ZXW3QIVirDtCh2FiAxPEAAYASAAEgLaaPD_BwE#/product/26352

god's toy · 25-09-2018 01:40PM

marti9t9 wrote: »

Lucky. Mine came with 2pin

Mine said 'global edition' on the box. Fast charger too.

marti9t9 · 25-09-2018 02:05PM

god's toy wrote: »

Mine said 'global edition' on the box. Fast charger too.

Mine said Global edition too.

corkie · 25-09-2018 04:24PM

[XDA] [ROM][UNOFFICIAL][8.1.0][beryllium] LineageOS 15.1

And it looks like my Nexus 9 will get another LOS security patch update after-all this week.

[REDDIT] Unofficial Lineage OS 15.1 released for Poco F1. RR, AEX, and AOSiP to follow suit

god's toy · 25-09-2018 04:40PM

Tell you this, I am really impressed with the screen of the pocophone. I wasn't expecting it to be so easy on the eye, there's something very pleasant about how images look and over all colour balance and contrast... Maybe I'm just too used to AMOLEDS or something. It's a refreshing change.

roper1664 · 26-09-2018 08:09AM

Eglobal tracking today on my phone: "There is a delay in customs due to a checking procedure."

ðŸ€”

tedpan · 26-09-2018 08:12AM

roper1664 wrote:

Eglobal tracking today on my phone: "There is a delay in customs due to a checking procedure."

Totally normal. Just means an extra few days.

marti9t9 · 26-09-2018 08:18AM

roper1664 wrote: »

Eglobal tracking today on my phone: "There is a delay in customs due to a checking procedure."

ðŸ€”

Uh oh

tedpan · 26-09-2018 08:19AM

marti9t9 wrote:

Uh oh

? Why??

roper1664 · 26-09-2018 08:44AM

#DateParcel Status
132018-09-26There is a delay in customs due to a checking procedure.
122018-09-25We apologise for the delay, we are following up your order to get it delivered to you as soon as possible.
112018-09-24We apologise for the delay, we are following up your order to get it delivered to you as soon as possible.
102018-09-23Due to unforseen circumstances there is a delay in your shipment. We will update here once we have news.
92018-09-22Processing delay, your parcel will be out for delivery shortly.
82018-09-21Shipment further connected.
72018-09-20Your parcel will arrive shortly at the courier depot.
62018-09-19Shipment is on its way to the local depot.
52018-09-18Your parcel has arrived at a sort facility.
42018-09-17Shipment will arrive at courier depot for sorting shortly.
32018-09-16Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
22018-09-15In transit.
12018-09-14The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

Ordered on the 12th September.
Suppose I'll contact them on Monday, if I'm still waiting then.

marti9t9 · 26-09-2018 08:44AM

tedpan wrote: »

? Why??

Ah I got stung with import tax on the phone. BUT I used Sunsky to my detriment. Everyone above says eglobal are 100% on the tax front. So you'll probably be fine.

Just the words 'customs' and 'delay' gave me an initial shiver.

Standard Toaster · 26-09-2018 12:06PM

Ordered from The Solution Shop last night. 6GB + 128GB Black (only black in stock) €298.48/€8.50 del

What screen protectors and cases are people recommending?

gobSIDES · 26-09-2018 12:56PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Ordered from The Solution Shop last night. 6GB + 128GB Black (only black in stock) €298.48/€8.50 del

What screen protectors and cases are people recommending?

Hey mate-I'm looking to order this from the same place as I've seen it recommended as the best way to get it here.

Could you let me know when it comes and how quick was delivery and how hassle free was ordering it for the Solution Shop.

Thanks. It looks like a great phone and if it was in store I'd walk in and pick it up today no question.

tedpan · 26-09-2018 01:07PM

7s52ot9fg4eqvr wrote:

I think the waiting with eglobal is just not worth it.

So you order from the regularly? It's all about patience when ordering from Asia, but from my experience they're the best of the lot

Standard Toaster · 26-09-2018 04:05PM

gobSIDES wrote: »

Hey mate-I'm looking to order this from the same place as I've seen it recommended as the best way to get it here.

Could you let me know when it comes and how quick was delivery and how hassle free was ordering it for the Solution Shop.

Thanks. It looks like a great phone and if it was in store I'd walk in and pick it up today no question.

Will do :thumbsup:

kneejerk · 27-09-2018 08:09PM

Ordered mine on September 17 from eglobal. €291.99
Delivered September 24. (Empressed so far)

Out for delivery
07:33 Mon 24 Sep 2018 BST
Out for delivery
07:30 Mon 24 Sep 2018 BST
In transit
04:44 Sat 22 Sep 2018 BST
Received by carrier
00:25 Sat 22 Sep 2018 BST
In transit
00:25 Sat 22 Sep 2018 BST
In transit DBY_IRL_UND_18091900215
15:11 Thu 20 Sep 2018 BST
In transit SCANNED TO CONTAINER
09:46 Thu 20 Sep 2018 BST

18-09-20 Your parcel has arrived at WND, please follow this link for further information:
18-09-19 Shipment is en-route to courier depot.
8-09-18 In transit.
18-09-17 The parcel has been picked by the courier; The parcel has left the courier's warehouse.

sioda · 29-09-2018 12:22AM

OK stepping away from my op3 have pulled the trigger on the poco any advise on extra charger for it

biebiebie · 29-09-2018 12:32AM

sioda wrote: »

OK stepping away from my op3 have pulled the trigger on the poco any advise on extra charger for it

Any Qualcomm quick charge 3 or even 2 should do the trick. Maybe you even have one lying around.

god's toy · 29-09-2018 01:02AM

sioda wrote: »

OK stepping away from my op3 have pulled the trigger on the poco any advise on extra charger for it

Don't fully know how safe it is but in my testing, the Oneplus charger is faster than the one that comes in the box.

seanin4711 · 29-09-2018 09:08AM

are they not supposed to be stocking this phone?

Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

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