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Xiaomi Mi5s reviews by real users Xiaomi Mi5s

User score

Overall satisfaction
9.0
  • 180
  • 19
  • 3
  • 3
  • 1
206 reviews
  • Screen8.8
  • Performance8.8
  • Camera8.7
  • Connectivity9.2
  • Battery7.4
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Design & Materials

Is it a drop-resistant and scratch-resistant smartphone?
7.6

206 reviews

Do you think it's a nice phone?
9.2

206 reviews

Is it comfortable?
9.2

206 reviews

Can you see it well in the sunlight?
9.0

206 reviews

Performance & Hardware

Does it have good sound?
8.0

206 reviews

Does it work smoothly in everyday use?
9.4

206 reviews

What's your experience been with demanding games?
9.0

206 reviews

Camera

Quality of daytime photos
9.4

206 reviews

Quality of nighttime photos
8.1

206 reviews

Quality of selfies
8.5

206 reviews

Does it have a powerful flash?
9.0

206 reviews

Connectivity

Does it have good coverage for calls?
9.1

206 reviews

Quality of the GPS
9.2

206 reviews

And the WiFi?
9.4

206 reviews

Battery

How long does the battery last?
  • 2%
    Less than half day
  • 17%
    Less than a day
  • 37%
    One day
  • 40%
    More than one day
  • 3%
    Two days or more

206 reviews

Software

Did it come with preinstalled applications?
  • 8%
    It comes with a clean operating system
  • 81%
    It has preinstalled apps but they don't bother me
  • 11%
    It has preinstalled apps that I can't uninstall

206 reviews

Do you regularly receive updates?
  • 3%
    Never
  • 6%
    Once a year
  • 48%
    Every six months
  • 44%
    Every two months or less

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User reviews

  • Good smartphone for basic things now

    Pros
    • Compact
    • Premium look
    • Camera
    Cons
    • Difficulties with 2020 heavy games
    • No SD card
    • 8.5
    • Screen8.5
    • Performance7.6
    • Camera7.7
    • Connectivity8.6
    • Battery9.0
  • This smartphone launched in 2016, but it still can use comfortable in 2020, in terms of operating speed.

    Pros
    • Size
    • Weight
    • Specs
    Cons
    • Battery
    • No wireless charging
    • 9.3
    • Screen9.0
    • Performance7.5
    • Camera8.3
    • Connectivity8.6
    • Battery5.0
  • it is good phone but battary is low

    • 9.4
    • Screen8.7
    • Performance9.0
    • Camera10
    • Connectivity10
    • Battery5.0
  • It was great smartphone a year before

    • 7.1
    • Screen7.5
    • Performance6.0
    • Camera7.0
    • Connectivity8.0
    • Battery5.0
  • It's a descent phone but doesn't seem like a flagship, i love the camera though, its better than newer flagships in my opinion

    Pros
    • Good Camera
    • Good headphone sound
    • Has an audio jack
    • Has a buttons on the bottom (home, menu, back)
    Cons
    • Bad sound from speakers
    • There are some bugs when a new system comes out
    • Receiving notifications can be an issue
    • Battery life is not great
    • There are large bessels
    • 8.2
    • Screen7.7
    • Performance6.5
    • Camera6.7
    • Connectivity6.3
    • Battery7.0
  • Incredible performance, considering that it is in the 200 euro price range.

    Pros
    • Performace
    • Design
    • Front camera
    • Great 4G
    Cons
    • Battery
    • WiFi
    • Camera could be better
    • 6.5
    • Screen6.5
    • Performance6.5
    • Camera7.0
    • Connectivity8.3
    • Battery5.0
  • Review after 2 years of usage

    I've preordered this phone back in October 2016, now I am using it for almost two years. I've changed many roms, currently using Pixel Experience.

    Pros
    • Camera
    • Power
    • Build quality
    • Look of it
    Cons
    • Battery Life
    • Started to be slower after a year
    • Not scratch - resistant glass
    • Logo has fallen off
    • 9.3
    • Screen9.5
    • Performance8.7
    • Camera9.3
    • Connectivity9.7
    • Battery0.0
  • Unreliable, the phone dead after a year

    ”Not just good for the price, far better than the price”

    I am rather surprised as I have not experienced any major problems so far.

    Defects I have found are;
    Sony Lifelog does not work on this device.
    Google Fit misses activities.
    This phone misses push notifications on specific applications.

    I originally had a trouble with the finger print sensor but when I erased the data and re-registered finger prints, it works quite OK.

    Camera image quality is not as great as I had expected from IMX378 sensor, though it is super fast in focusing and still produces more than reasonable images.

    The above is my comment I wrote a year ago with overall rating of 9.6. Merely a year later, the phone is completely dead. It does not turn on any more. Actually I have experienced the phone goes blank occasionally in the last couple of months, and replaced it.

    Pros
    • Camera focusing speed
    • Weight
    • Screen, better than Xperia Z3
    • Solid build quality
    Cons
    • Push notifications
    • Incompatibility with Sony Lifelog
    • Unreliable, the phone dead after a year
    • 0.7
    • Screen10
    • Performance0.0
    • Camera9.0
    • Connectivity9.0
    • Battery5.0
  • One of the best cost/benefit

    Screen is a more fragile than I expected

    Pros
    • Cost/benefit
    • 8.9
    • Screen8.5
    • Performance8.5
    • Camera8.5
    • Connectivity9.0
    • Battery9.0
  • Todo perfecto (rendimiento, cámara) menos la batería, me da una media de 3 horas de pantalla.

    Todo perfecto (rendimiento, cámara) menos la batería, me da una media de 3 horas de pantalla. Vengo del Mi4 que la batería era considerablemente mejor.

    Pros
    • Potencia, fluidez, cámara
    Cons
    • Batería
    • 8.6
    • Screen8.0
    • Performance10
    • Camera8.8
    • Connectivity10
    • Battery5.0

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