**** The Official Chinese Phones Thread ****
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I found Hyper OS frustrating after coming from a Pixel phone. The fact that I couldn't separate notification tones from the ring doorbell to sms/WA was ridiculous.
The settings area is convoluted, there was no proper battery stats and the whole OS just looks dated. Lots of duplicate apps that can't be uninstalled, Dual pull down notification system etc.
Not a fan at all. Put me off ever getting their Ultra phone in the future.
No... far from it.
Everyone's use is different I guess I don't separate tones , the drop down for settlings I don't see it being much different and it's customisable , I rarely go into the main settings once I have set it all up
What I liked about Xiaomi I could buy the cn version much cheaper and just flash it , but they have slowly been increasing in price over the years and having to keep the bootloader unlocked so more faffing around to get stuff working so my next phone is looking to be the OnePlus 13 hopefully they follow the path of OnePlus 12 cn version was going for £388 at one point for that spec that's hard to beat and you can flash oxygen so it behaves like if you bought it from here
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Okay, thanks. Got it in the post today. Having a mess around with it now.
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Don't buy a redmi note 13 or pro. Some many faults. Poor camera, poor battery life, won't always charge to 100%. The list goes on.
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Vivo X100 Ultra. Looks immense but only China only, so no Android Auto. What a shame!
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Maybe realme 12x?
£153.73 from Amazon
£153.73 from Amazon
That's a great shout great price too! ,I'll take a look thank you
I got the Poco F5 recently and having similar issues, the ads in app trays etc annoyed me as wasn't expecting that. Also having to unlock or double tap screen to see notifications is ridiculous too.
I came from iOS and upgrading to a recent iPhone would have been more expensive, but probably worth it.
Also there's other small things like differences in apps, or functionality as default that you don't get in android.
One of the positives though is fast charging, 100% in 50 minutes IIRC. Also bought this phone because there is a headphone jack
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I have a Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G. And has starred to not charge.
I need a decent replacement asap, before I can send it off.
I need a decent replacement asap, before I can send it off.
I've been putting up with a Poco F3 for a few years and I'll probably upgrade to something other than Xiaomi soon. The aggressive memory management has always been a pain with it killing apps in the background all the time. They always put together decent specs at different price points but I'm done their Android experience.
I haven't seen ads in the OS but I always use a system wide adblocker.
I haven't seen ads in the OS but I always use a system wide adblocker.
The Honor Magic V3 was revealed today. Looks like a nice refinement of the V2.
www.androidauthority.com
The big addition is wireless charging, which was notably absent from the V2. They've managed to cram it into this year's model whilst making the phone thinner and lighter.
The HONOR Magic V3 puts the Z Fold 6 to shame and it's going global in 2024
HONOR has announced the Magic V3 foldable, and it's lighter and significantly thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
www.androidauthority.com
The big addition is wireless charging, which was notably absent from the V2. They've managed to cram it into this year's model whilst making the phone thinner and lighter.
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The Honor Magic V3 was revealed today. Looks like a nice refinement of the V2.
The HONOR Magic V3 puts the Z Fold 6 to shame and it's going global in 2024
HONOR has announced the Magic V3 foldable, and it's lighter and significantly thinner than the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
The big addition is wireless charging, which was notably absent from the V2. They've managed to cram it into this year's model whilst making the phone thinner and lighter.
I had the European V2, decent device but let down as usual by the OS so moved it on. The V3 peaked my interest but the design is quite 'gawdy' in my opinion, which seems to be in vogue on these high end Honor/Huawei devices .
HTC seems to have released a phone that pretty much matches what I want from a phone now.
HTC U24 Pro - https://www.htc.com/uk/smartphones/htc-u24-pro/
HD+ 120hz oled screen, sd slot, 3.5mm jack, under display fingerprint sensor, decent cameras, fast charging and a cpu that isn't terrible with a decent amoutn of ram and storage... and without a hacked about version on android on board.
Not a bad price either.
HTC U24 Pro - https://www.htc.com/uk/smartphones/htc-u24-pro/
HD+ 120hz oled screen, sd slot, 3.5mm jack, under display fingerprint sensor, decent cameras, fast charging and a cpu that isn't terrible with a decent amoutn of ram and storage... and without a hacked about version on android on board.
Not a bad price either.
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I thought HTC dropped off the mobile market a few years ago. Not seen any devices from them in a while.
They did, HTC's phone team was snaffled by Google and made the Pixel range. Came back to the market with a midrange model last year, U23 Pro. It's a bit of a basic device, lack of software updates is a bit bad.
U24 Pro looks a logical upgrade to that one.
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Did you get as far as the MagicOS 8 release? OS 7 wasn't good on the V2. Buggy, and didn't really take advantage of the form factor. But version 8.0 moved things forward a long way for me. I went from tolerating the phone to actually quite liking it.
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