The Official Chinese Phones Thread

keenan · 19 Sep 2020 at 22:18

Just received my POCO X3 today and it's as snappy as anyone could ever want.

Only seen ads during installs from the playstore and nowhere else. These can be turned off within 2 taps so these are no issue at all.

I upgraded from a 2 year old Mi Max 3 and the difference is absolutely night and day..

wellibob · 20 Sep 2020 at 21:50

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hux · 22 Sep 2020 at 14:07

benparker said:
What about Rog Phone 2 or 3?

Right I buckled, gone and ordered me one it ticks most boxes for me.

RoboCod · 23 Sep 2020 at 11:07

I've cracked my redmi note Pro 8 (128gb) and looking to replace.

What's the go to unit for around £200 now?

Edit: a quick skim read looks like a toss up between note 9 and the poco 3?

Andrew G · 23 Sep 2020 at 20:04

RoboCod said:
I've cracked my redmi note Pro 8 (128gb) and looking to replace.

What's the go to unit for around £200 now?

Edit: a quick skim read looks like a toss up between note 9 and the poco 3?

If you are ok with grey you can get the 128gig X3 for £211.89 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xiaomi-Poco-X3-NFC-Smartphone/dp/B08B9C149J)

RoboCod · 24 Sep 2020 at 07:35

Andrew G said:
If you are ok with grey you can get the 128gig X3 for £211.89 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xiaomi-Poco-X3-NFC-Smartphone/dp/B08B9C149J)

Ordered for a Saturday delivery. Thanks

AndyCr15 · 24 Sep 2020 at 11:17

You wouldn't spend the £18 more and get it officially from Xiaomi?

Squink · 24 Sep 2020 at 11:55

Amazon delivery and returns will be far better Xiaomi's, so what's the benefit of buying direct?

AndyCr15 · 24 Sep 2020 at 12:29

Fair point, although it's not available on Amazon now, so I can't see who the seller was anyway...

I think I'd still prefer genuine UK if the alternative is grey if it's just £18 difference.

benparker · 24 Sep 2020 at 16:12

hux said:
Right I buckled, gone and ordered me one it ticks most boxes for me.

Which one did you go for?

RoboCod · 24 Sep 2020 at 20:04

AndyCr15 said:
You wouldn't spend the £18 more and get it officially from Xiaomi?

Yeah I'm not too worried if it's through amazon since I'm covered for pretty much all eventualities. If this was a premium phone, I'd be less concerned about minor price differences.

Andrew G · 27 Sep 2020 at 00:48

If you had to have AMOLED screen with X3 features, what would peeps be looking at? Would need to be a budget friendly AMOLED model rather than dropping Apple money

?

benparker · 27 Sep 2020 at 06:56

Mi 10T series around the corner.

RoboCod · 27 Sep 2020 at 09:36

My poco x3 arrived yesterday. It's quick and the battery lasted all day, high use. So far so good.

hux · 27 Sep 2020 at 22:12

benparker said:
Which one did you go for?

Rog 3 12g/256gb

Brilliant phone with it's quirks, but Asus is hot on updates which might need to be manual.
Can't wait to get the gamepad.

Signal isn't as good as my mate 20, hopefully they'll sort it.

You can limit charging down to 80% which for me is the holy grail.
Next update will enable the phone to run from usb, no more wearing out the battery.

benparker · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:46

hux said:
Rog 3 12g/256gb

Brilliant phone with it's quirks, but Asus is hot on updates which might need to be manual.

Nice, did you get the Tencent model?

hux · 28 Sep 2020 at 22:31

benparker said:
Nice, did you get the Tencent model?

Yeah possibly China model, but Global rom so everything works like it should.

Paid £608 on fleabay, the cooler on the Global version makes little to no difference.

Mine came with gapps installed. It's buttery smooth to use.

koooowweeee · 3 Oct 2020 at 06:33

RoboCod said:
My poco x3 arrived yesterday. It's quick and the battery lasted all day, high use. So far so good.

Looks like a great phone. I got the Poco f2 then a week later the x3 came out. I would have got that and saved £150+ (they had a massive sale on release) still a absolute bargain at just over £200

RoboCod · 3 Oct 2020 at 07:37

koooowweeee said:
Looks like a great phone. I got the Poco f2 then a week later the x3 came out. I would have got that and saved £150+ (they had a massive sale on release) still a absolute bargain at just over £200

Yep, one week on and it has been very good. The camera is better than expected, I didn't think it would be particularly responsive but it focuses on what I want it to with ease. The front camera is satisfactory, it's not winning any awards. Battery life seems a little worse than my redmi note Pro 8 but that thing lasted for days, I'll get 1 day+ from the poco with heavy use. I can't fault the speed at which the phone runs though, it's very snappy and the display is as good as expected for an LCD.

£210 really is a bargain considering the poverty spec you get from a similar priced Samsung.

Balb0wa · 3 Oct 2020 at 08:13

Selling my Nord, keeping the X3, surprised me this thing has, paid £154, took 4 weeks to come though!

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