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I wasn't in the market for a new phone until my recent travails and disappointment with the Blackview bv5000. I love my Zenfone 2 so that's definitely staying.
All phones are compromises, there's always something you're missing. In my case battery, price, performance, frequencies, sd slot, memory, size and looks are important. The Xiaomi almost ticks all those boxes. It's got a nice big battery, excellent price, seemingly great performance from the Snapdragon 650, relatively small for a 5.5" phone and looks very nice (I ordered Gold btw).
The compromises are no US LTE bands but since I use 3 Mobile unlimited data roaming in the US and it's 3G, I can live with that especially since T-Mobile 3G is superb. I would have preferred a dedicated SD slot or a 64gb option and I can't understand why few manufacturers provide dedicated sd slots these days. Hybrid seems to be in fashion but I'm certain that will change the same way the stupid thin, thinner, thinnest has over the last couple of years. So I think the Xiaomi will work for me. I chose it over the HTC One X9 (better battery, price, size, soc and looks) and the Honor 5X (better soc, size and battery) and ordered it before I even read Gizbeat's review. Oops!
I'll update this thread once I get my hands on it.
P.S. It's my first Xiaomi and also one of the first that doesn't look like a damned iPhone! Lol
All phones are compromises, there's always something you're missing. In my case battery, price, performance, frequencies, sd slot, memory, size and looks are important. The Xiaomi almost ticks all those boxes. It's got a nice big battery, excellent price, seemingly great performance from the Snapdragon 650, relatively small for a 5.5" phone and looks very nice (I ordered Gold btw).
The compromises are no US LTE bands but since I use 3 Mobile unlimited data roaming in the US and it's 3G, I can live with that especially since T-Mobile 3G is superb. I would have preferred a dedicated SD slot or a 64gb option and I can't understand why few manufacturers provide dedicated sd slots these days. Hybrid seems to be in fashion but I'm certain that will change the same way the stupid thin, thinner, thinnest has over the last couple of years. So I think the Xiaomi will work for me. I chose it over the HTC One X9 (better battery, price, size, soc and looks) and the Honor 5X (better soc, size and battery) and ordered it before I even read Gizbeat's review. Oops!
I'll update this thread once I get my hands on it.
P.S. It's my first Xiaomi and also one of the first that doesn't look like a damned iPhone! Lol
