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  Xiaomi Mi5s

  China · 3GB · 64GB

  6 years ago

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  Xiaomi Mi 5S: Beastly, Beautiful and Humble all in one

  I came from an LG G2. This was my first try on a Xiaomi phone. Got one for $220, not too bad I guess. I can say I'm happy with it. There are things that can be marked as very good. The performance is snappy, the display is bright, vibrant and produces accurate colours. For the price that you pay, the things they packed into this thing is mindblowing, really. Not to mention that beautiful build quality that isn't a common attribute to Xiaomi.
  
  Still, there are things that you need to watch out. The battery life is "half good", of course relatively speaking here. It isn't bad, in fact, it is good for what it is. But for some weird reason, I kept on thinking that something is unnecessarily drinking the juice, as I expected more for a phone with a 3200 mAH battery powering a 5.15" screen of 1080p. It hardly lasts a day after a moderate usage without doing graphically intense works. The lack of OIS is a major bummer to me as low light shots were worse than my old phone. The fingerprint se

  Pros

  • Fast Performance
  • Extremely Affordable
  • Bright, Vibrant and Accurate Display
  • Great Build Quality
  • Great Daylight Back-Shooter with Support for RAW
  • Decent Battery

  Cons

  • Fingerprint Sensor often Miss
  • Lack of OIS yields bad Low-Light Shots
  • GUI (subjectively) bad
  • Bad Front-facing camera (but c'mon man)

  • 8.5
  • Screen8.3
  • Performance8.0
  • Camera7.0
  • Connectivity8.0
  • Battery5.0

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