Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

Snotty · 08-05-2019 05:47PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

my notifications will beep and waken the locked screen so i can see whats coming in...

lasts a second or two before screen darkens again

Say the message came a minute ago, when you unlock your screen does it display or do you have to pull down from the top to see it?

sydthebeat · 08-05-2019 05:50PM

Snotty wrote: »

Say the message came a minute ago, when you unlock your screen does it display or do you have to pull down from the top to see it?

Have to pull it down, but in pretty sure that has to happen with all android.

What is the alternative?

Snotty · 08-05-2019 07:23PM

Maybe it's when you wake the screen that was a different experience, certainly the oneplus 3 had a different and much better functionality.

I find I have loads of notifications I miss unless I pull down, but I think on the oneplus, I would have seen them when I wake the screen and either dismissed or actioned.

sydthebeat · 08-05-2019 07:46PM

I don't know how the oneplus operates sorry. I'd imgine that set up leads to a messy wake page though.

btj_79 · 10-05-2019 07:19AM

Snotty wrote: »

Maybe it's when you wake the screen that was a different experience, certainly the oneplus 3 had a different and much better functionality.

I find I have loads of notifications I miss unless I pull down, but I think on the oneplus, I would have seen them when I wake the screen and either dismissed or actioned.

What you are describing is standard in all vanilla Android phones. It is only MIUI that hides the notifications after a few seconds. Honestly it is the worst part of MIUI and a quick search online will show you how many people complain about it.

You could try the app "Notch Notifications for MIUI" from the play store. It is great when it works but I find after a few days it stops.

Other than that you could flash a custom ROM to bring the phone to vanilla Android. The issue with flashing a custom ROM is that I believe you loose some hardware functionality and obviously support.

god's toy · 10-05-2019 07:48PM

Don't like the way they put a 'security warning' on my phone telling me my phone is "at risk" cos I use google messages and not there default crappy one. Wow you mean All I need to do is click to fix? Change my defaults? nope, fc$k off with that. Oh, and take that 'warning' out of my main screen too ...

(on the beta Launcher update so you may not see it)

god's toy · 12-05-2019 12:33PM

A good app to hep with the touch calibration issues on your F1 screen.

Touchscreen Repair

If it's anything like mine using the fullscreen gestures and/or using swipes (on any keyboard) can confuse the phone as it sometimes doesn't know what your trying to do. On mine, trying to make a ! in the text by long pressing would make my phone exit the app as it thinks I wanted to see 'all running apps'

Found this app helps by resetting the values recorded by the screen.
Take about 2 minutes to do and then you restart your device.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=apps.redpi.touchscreenrepair

VW 1 · 14-05-2019 10:23AM

This is now down to 259.99 on eglobal, is this likely to be the final price, or is it at risk from customs charges?

sioda · 14-05-2019 10:26AM

E global ship from Europe so no customs great price

VW 1 · 14-05-2019 10:43AM

Great, thanks. Pulled the trigger so hopefully shipping is quick.

sioda · 14-05-2019 12:17PM

VW 1 wrote: »

Great, thanks. Pulled the trigger so hopefully shipping is quick.

Mine took about 11 days does a tour of Europe first. Great phone you won't regret it

savemejebus · 14-05-2019 01:13PM

sioda wrote: »

E global ship from Europe so no customs great price

I thought they shipped from Hong Kong to an EU depot and then from the EU depot to Ireland to avoid customs etc.?

b34mer23 · 14-05-2019 04:32PM

A question I really wish I didn't have to ask, but anyone know of a phone repair spot that'd fix a Pocophone screen in Dublin? Cracked, but working away currently. Google not giving me much!

massy086 · 14-05-2019 08:12PM

b34mer23 wrote: »

A question I really wish I didn't have to ask, but anyone know of a phone repair spot that'd fix a Pocophone screen in Dublin? Cracked, but working away currently. Google not giving me much!

Well to update I got a new screen and LCD fitted for 60€ in a shop called Phone shop address is 3 Moore street.all working perfect glad to have phone back

Red Lightning · 30-05-2019 09:45PM

Dropped the phone and screen broke. Annoyed is an understatement

Red Lightning · 30-05-2019 09:46PM

Dropped the phone and screen broke. Annoyed is an understatement

testtech05 · 11-06-2019 11:35AM

Hi Guys, looking for a phone upgrade from my Huawei P8 lite, seems like this is a whole lot of phone for the price. Is E global the best place to purchase, I haven't used them before, also anything I should look out for version wise to be sure it will work OK here?

Thanks

Nemeses2050 · 11-06-2019 03:08PM

testtech05 wrote: »

Hi Guys, looking for a phone upgrade from my Huawei P8 lite, seems like this is a whole lot of phone for the price. Is E global the best place to purchase, I haven't used them before, also anything I should look out for version wise to be sure it will work OK here?

Thanks

I got mine from honorbuy and it was delivered in two days, no customs. but they did charge for delivery.

gman2k · 11-06-2019 09:14PM

testtech05 wrote:

Hi Guys, looking for a phone upgrade from my Huawei P8 lite, seems like this is a whole lot of phone for the price. Is E global the best place to purchase, I haven't used them before, also anything I should look out for version wise to be sure it will work OK here?

There is a guy who regularly posts on HotUKDeals about his e global experience. A quick read of it confirms that it's not worth taking the risk on such an expensive item if something goes wrong as there is no comeback. He was left without a phone or a refund. And I've bought expensive cameras from them, but never again!

McMurphy · 11-06-2019 09:19PM

testtech05 wrote: »

Hi Guys, looking for a phone upgrade from my Huawei P8 lite, seems like this is a whole lot of phone for the price. Is E global the best place to purchase, I haven't used them before, also anything I should look out for version wise to be sure it will work OK here?

Thanks

£275 (about 305€) on Amazon for the 64GB version, about twenty euro more for the 128GB version.

You know the kind of after care you'll be getting from Amazon in the unlikely event something goes wrong. I bought mine from them back in Dec, arrived in a couple of days.

POCOPHONE F1 by Xiaomi - 6GB RAM and 64GB Storage (Dual Sim) - UK Sim-Free Smartphone - 6.18-Inch Android 8.1 Oreo with - Graphite Black (Official UK Launch) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JFFJDL3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_WObaDbC5X112N

savemejebus · 11-06-2019 09:33PM

Amazon.it for items fulfilled by Amazon are usually a little cheaper, got 128gb for 287 and 8 euro for 2 day shipping. Only stuff that is sold or fulfilled by Amazon though

abarkie · 12-06-2019 08:51AM

Nemeses2050 wrote: »

I got mine from honorbuy and it was delivered in two days, no customs. but they did charge for delivery.

Can you post a link please as when I looked, it said out of stock.

Is it EU warehouse or China?

Nemeses2050 · 13-06-2019 09:07AM

abarkie wrote: »

Can you post a link please as when I looked, it said out of stock.

Is it EU warehouse or China?

here's the link, but as you noted it's out of stock

gazzer · 13-06-2019 12:22PM

I am very tempted to get this. I had planned to buy a Zenfone 6 but they dont seem to be available to buy yet.

Mr.Fantastic · 13-06-2019 01:17PM

From reading a few articles does the Xiamoi 9T seem like the succesor to pocophone?

Are we going to get a pocophone f2?

sydthebeat · 13-06-2019 01:23PM

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

From reading a few articles does the Xiamoi 9T seem like the succesor to pocophone?

Are we going to get a pocophone f2?

The 9T has a processor thats weaker than the F1, so from that viewpoint its hardly a successor.

however the 9Tpro (launched today) has the Snapdragon 855 which is an upgrade on the F1... so maybe that might be marketed as the F2 , i dunno

ianob7 · 13-06-2019 01:24PM

Considering this has the snapdragon 730 I'd imagine there'll be some version with the 855 so probably be the 9T Pro or the poco 2 imo.

Edit @sydthebeat beat me to me it

biebiebie · 13-06-2019 10:14PM

ianob7 wrote: »

Considering this has the snapdragon 730 I'd imagine there'll be some version with the 855 so probably be the 9T Pro or the poco 2 imo.

Edit @sydthebeat beat me to me it

I haven't seen any official word on Mi 9T Pro yet.
If it doesn't materialise then I'd say the K20 PRO will be launched as the Pocophone F2 next month!!

StereoSound · 19-06-2019 08:58PM

Anyone got the May security update yet ? It's been mentioned elsewhere that people are getting it now.

People on XDA saying to change region to India to get the last OTA faster. Haven't tried that yet though.

sioda · 20-06-2019 09:07PM

Android q update to come with the version 11 of miui. Good news

Pocophone F1 - The new flagship killer?

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