Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

god's toy · 20-11-2018 01:04PM

wawaman wrote: »

Thinking of taking the plunge with this. How are people who have been using it for a while finding it?

Have mine a few months now and I couldn't be happier. In every way it has impressed and (considering the price) surpassed every expectation I laid upon it. .. Yes even the camera is fine.
IMO, if a pixel grade camera is not your main priority but speed and storage are, there is no reason to buy another phone for more money.

aikap · 20-11-2018 01:20PM

hi! looking for opinion from those who have bought off mi global store from aliexpress..

i've ordered a 128gb red rosso poco from them on 11/11, payment was debited from my account on 13/11. til this day its still under awaiting shipment and remaining processing time is 30days. now, its my first time to buy off them and i thought the 35 days on it was just a formality thing as it said "in stock" when i ordered it and mi global store came highly recommended on this thread.

has anyone ever experienced waiting this long? am i better off cancelling the order and buying somewhere else? if so, could anyone give me a link where i could buy tax free red ones?
thanks for any advice, i'm a serious noob here! lol

the heathen · 20-11-2018 01:29PM

god's toy wrote: »

Have mine a few months now and I couldn't be happier. In every way it has impressed and (considering the price) surpassed every expectation I laid upon it. .. Yes even the camera is fine.
IMO, if a pixel grade camera is not your main priority but speed and storage are, there is no reason to buy another phone for more money.

I watched a review yesterday that suggested that camera, while not 'Pixel grade' is far from a let-down? It's supposed to be very decent?

I've been tempted by one of these for the last couple of months but I think I've decided to wring a bit more out of my Oneplus 3T (which is still going strong) and wait for the Poco F2 next year - if it builds on the platform of the F1 it should be a hell of a device for likely a little more money.

alec76 · 20-11-2018 02:33PM

aikap wrote: »

hi! looking for opinion from those who have bought off mi global store from aliexpress..

i've ordered a 128gb red rosso poco from them on 11/11, payment was debited from my account on 13/11. til this day its still under awaiting shipment and remaining processing time is 30days. now, its my first time to buy off them and i thought the 35 days on it was just a formality thing as it said "in stock" when i ordered it and mi global store came highly recommended on this thread.

has anyone ever experienced waiting this long? am i better off cancelling the order and buying somewhere else? if so, could anyone give me a link where i could buy tax free red ones?
thanks for any advice, i'm a serious noob here! lol

You won't be able to cancel the order , unless the
seller agree the same.
I've ordered Mi 8 6/128 with the same crowd, paid 11/11
Got DHL tracking number following day. ( uk-ireland), got UPS tracking number last Sunday ( China-UK).
UPS brought it up to USA so far..UK tmrw

eggy81 · 20-11-2018 07:38PM

My 6/128 Was delivered a while ago. Of course I'm working a night shift. Can't wait to get home.

aikap · 20-11-2018 10:06PM

eggy81 wrote: »

My 6/128 Was delivered a while ago. Of course I'm working a night shift. Can't wait to get home.

did u buy off mi global store as well? did they take their time processing and delivering yours? thanks!

eggy81 · 20-11-2018 10:23PM

aikap wrote: »

did u buy off mi global store as well? did they take their time processing and delivering yours? thanks!

No I bought it off Amazon UK.otdeted Friday and arrived this evening.

Duff · 21-11-2018 03:29AM

Have a Galaxy S8. Really don't need a new phone. I want this phone. Talk me out if it please, lads.

matchthis · 21-11-2018 03:35AM

Duff wrote: »

Have a Galaxy S8. Really don't need a new phone. I want this phone. Talk me out if it please, lads.

Buy the pocophone and sell the S8. Can't open it till Christmas tho

eggy81 · 21-11-2018 04:12AM

This thing is unbelievably fast compared to my s7.

eggy81 · 21-11-2018 04:12AM

This thing is unbelievably fast compared to my s7.

Duff · 21-11-2018 07:54AM

matchthis wrote: »

Buy the pocophone and sell the S8. Can't open it till Christmas tho

Out of interest, how much would I get for a 3 week old, as new condition (insurance claim after my last one went for a trip) unlocked S8 64GB?

matchthis · 21-11-2018 09:49AM

I'd say around 300 if unlocked. Have a look at adverts to get an idea. Thought the s8 smallest memory was 64gb? Could be wrong though

Duff · 21-11-2018 12:03PM

matchthis wrote: »

I'd say around 300 if unlocked. Have a look at adverts to get an idea. Thought the s8 smallest memory was 64gb? Could be wrong though

You're dead right, it is 64GB duno what I was thinking!

eggy81 · 21-11-2018 12:29PM

Very impressed so far with this phone after messing around trying to set it up for a couple of hours. Camera seems pretty good to me and build quality is very good. It's so smooth and fast at zipping through apps and menus and I'm impressed with miui too. First time using it.
Loud speakers are average enough is the only thing I've noticed so far.

Would anyone have any suggestions of how I get my facebook events calender to sync with Google calender and xiaomi stock calender.

Also do xiaomi have a stock email app.

Nemeses2050 · 21-11-2018 01:01PM

Lads - I have it in my basket n tempted to pull the trigger at STG 279 on Amazon, is there any possibility it'll go down further between today and Cyber Monday? wishful thinking

sorry guys, it is STG and Amazon UK.

MOH · 21-11-2018 01:25PM

Nemeses2050 wrote: »

Lads - I have it in my basket n tempted to pull the trigger at 279 on Amazon, is there any possibility it'll go down further between today and Cyber Monday? wishful thinking

Have you a link?! Haven't seen it that cheap on Amazon

sydthebeat · 21-11-2018 01:29PM

Nemeses2050 wrote: »

Lads - I have it in my basket n tempted to pull the trigger at 279 on Amazon, is there any possibility it'll go down further between today and Cyber Monday? wishful thinking

wheres that on amazon?

wawaman · 21-11-2018 01:31PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

wheres that on amazon?

Thats pounds not euros

MOH · 21-11-2018 01:35PM

wawaman wrote: »

Thats pounds not euros

Oh right. not such a good deal then.

Best I can find on Amazon is in blue on Amazon.it:
https://www.amazon.it/Xiaomi-B07GY6GVHF-Smartphone-Dual-Italia/dp/B07GY6GVHF/ref=sr_1_1

€290 + 8.70 delivery to Ireland.
not sure what the [Italy] means though. Presume it's the standard global version.

god's toy · 21-11-2018 01:39PM

Like the update punched out. Dark mode for the app drawer is welcome, now they just need to that mode to the rest of the UI

Nemeses2050 · 22-11-2018 01:00PM

Nemeses2050 wrote: »

Lads - I have it in my basket n tempted to pull the trigger at STG 279 on Amazon, is there any possibility it'll go down further between today and Cyber Monday? wishful thinking

sorry guys, it is STG and Amazon UK.

It's gone up to STG 320 now, so they can reduce it again and say was 320 feckers

eggy81 · 22-11-2018 02:02PM

Still can figure out how to get my Google calender events to sync to phone. I manually added hyper link for fb birthdays to Google calender on laptop which brought the events in from fb but I've no idea how to get poco to sync with it. There's no sync button within that calender in Google calender. As for me football fixtures and stuff. No idea either.

the heathen · 23-11-2018 03:45PM

Can I ask any of you folks that have bought one of these - is it a straightforward set-up etc as with any Android phone.

I've been monitoring this thread and will probably buy one myself but will prob wait for the next gen but one of the lasses here in work has €300 to spend and is looking for the best phone she can get for the cash - spec-wise I've no doubt this one hits that mark but is it user-friendly or do you have to be a bit of a tech-nerd like most of us on here to get it working well?

UsedToWait · 23-11-2018 04:23PM

the heathen wrote: »

Can I ask any of you folks that have bought one of these - is it a straightforward set-up etc as with any Android phone.

I've been monitoring this thread and will probably buy one myself but will prob wait for the next gen but one of the lasses here in work has €300 to spend and is looking for the best phone she can get for the cash - spec-wise I've no doubt this one hits that mark but is it user-friendly or do you have to be a bit of a tech-nerd like most of us on here to get it working well?

Nah, a colleague of mine got one on my recommendation and she loves it - I sent her the link to disable MIUI system ads, but that was all the tinkering she did..

the heathen · 23-11-2018 05:00PM

UsedToWait wrote: »

Nah, a colleague of mine got one on my recommendation and she loves it - I sent her the link to disable MIUI system ads, but that was all the tinkering she did..

Thanks for that!

MOH wrote: »

Oh right. not such a good deal then.

Best I can find on Amazon is in blue on Amazon.it:
https://www.amazon.it/Xiaomi-B07GY6GVHF-Smartphone-Dual-Italia/dp/B07GY6GVHF/ref=sr_1_1

Would folk be confident that this is the global version?

eggy81 · 23-11-2018 05:15PM

eggy81 wrote: »

Still can figure out how to get my Google calender events to sync to phone. I manually added hyper link for fb birthdays to Google calender on laptop which brought the events in from fb but I've no idea how to get poco to sync with it. There's no sync button within that calender in Google calender. As for me football fixtures and stuff. No idea either.

Problem solved. It turned out it was right there in front of me. Delighted with this phone so far.

matchthis · 23-11-2018 07:56PM

Thought there wouldve been more movement on price today. Maybe cyber Monday.

SleetAndSnow · 23-11-2018 09:26PM

just tried buying the red one off the solution shop but that site seems to be having issues with processing payments atm. Anybody know where else to get the red variant that is safe? Thanks.

matchthis · 23-11-2018 09:43PM

Haven't used them myself, but eglobal has come been mentioned a few

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/xiaomi-pocophone-f1-6gb-128gb-dual-sim-sim-free-unlocked-red.html

Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

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