[Update] Full Xiaomi Mi4C review Snapdragon 808 1080P

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Thank you for taking the time to comment Trenzalore. I haven't had a chance to test it in low light yet. The Xiaomi camera does some interesting trickery to clean up noise from images, so I think they should be fairly clean, but possibly loss of detail.

Really, for very good low light shooting, need an APS-C sized sensor or bigger and good glass... Or a minimum of the 1" type sensor as used by G7X, Nikon J, Sony RX, Samsung NX Mini.

For snapshots though, and "good enough", the Xiaomi/Sony IMX combo is very solid.

Re the battery, you might think that, but there are a couple of things to consider:

- you don't need to remove the battery to flash.

- by the time the battery loses significant capacity, for most it will be time to upgrade

- if the battery loses significant capacity and still not ready to upgrade, new batteries are available for about $10

Re Xiaomi ROM downloads, there's actually a secret to DL Xiaomi ROMs and OTA if having issues. Just add an 'o' (the letter) to the beginning of the link. For me they are always fast and stable when adding the o.

Re bloatware, I didn't notice much. I'll look again though. They're very easily rooted, so not a problem regardless.