Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro - user opinions and reviews
- Milky
- Tks
Okay, update seems to be buggier than previously thought, split screen really offends it, crashes apps, causes reboot, gesture navigation has gone from the best I've used on Android to extremely unreliable and flaky so have to revert to three buttons, camera HDR sets itself to off every time, despite setting to on, when sharing videos the gallery app crashes, hangs for about 10 seconds before proceeding, sometimes it shares the video, others a blank, black 'video' al appears that is useless, the screen on time counter in settings > battery > usage is fine until about 6 hours, then seems to either stop or go down, despite same usage pattern of usually about 10-12 hours screen on over a few days on a full charge, native file manager blanking out, crashing when try to copy and paste, interaction with text on websites when want to copy and paste or prompt search from them is now unreliable, either selects or just struggles to seem to grasp the text, cursor in text boxes kind of vanishes, no words then suddenly all catch up in a rush, menu won't always appear; is this similar for others or is my device basically boinked? I'm reluctant to reset as inconvenient but it wasn't like this before updating!
- Satya
- 0Fd
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2021Poco F2 Pro if you want a display with deep blacks, bright, piercing whites and rich saturated... moreWidevine L1 support on Poco F2 pro is a kind of weird joke, HD video content can't be played on Amazon video platform despite Widevine L1 support, puts HDR capable Amoled screen on shame... Hope its the same case noticed from all Poco F2 pro users, please comment if otherwise.
- MladenJ
- SH{
I recently bought a mask Original GKK 360 ° Mask for Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro Black it is OK because it completely protects the main module with cameras but it is very smooth and slippery almost like only the glass on the Poco. Which you recommend without being rough.
- Anonymous
- t7X
Anybody here successfully rolled back their Android 11 updated Poco F2 Pro to stock Android 10? I tried but failed to rollback due to ARB (anti-rollback) error when flashing the Android 10 fastboot image, even with the bootloader already unlocked. It seems Xiaomi wants Poco F2 users to suffer the bugs in the horrible Android 11 update.
- Anonymous
- t7X
Anonymous, 03 Feb 2021Personally, I'd save or wait a bit more (until prices go down) and get the Poco F2 Pro. T... more*Otherwise, if you're itching for a regular phone replacement every 2-3 years, Amoled will do.
- Anonymous
- t7X
Goldengolum, 02 Feb 2021Sugestions please. I can buy Mi10t pro (256GB/8GB) for 326€ or Poco F2 (128GB/6GB) for 432€. O... morePersonally, I'd save or wait a bit more (until prices go down) and get the Poco F2 Pro. The wonderfully bezel free, HOLE-free AMOLED display with beautiful, deep, saturated colors and inky blacks and piercing whites in a gorgeous HDR10+ display is a PRICELESS experience.
High refresh rate is something you don't notice after a short while but that saturated, bright Amoled screen with deep blacks and that perfect hole free near bezel less display is something you WILL ALWAYS be going to SORELY MISS as soon as you switch to a dull looking, single holed, double holed or notched display. The high refresh rate screen will never compensate for that big ugly selfie camera hole or two. Notched and hole punch displays are just so stupid to be still around in 2021.
They're the ugliest thing in modern phones. Even the most expensive flagship phones, are ruined by them they don't stand a chance sitting next to a perfectly hole free display.
However, if you are after longevity (that is, if you intend to keep the phone for ar least 4 years), get an IPS based display. Amoled doesn't last as long as IPS. Otherwise, you're itching for a regular 2-3 phone replacement, Amoled will do.
- Goldengolum
- gDL
Sugestions please. I can buy Mi10t pro (256GB/8GB) for 326€ or Poco F2 (128GB/6GB) for 432€. On mi10 I prefer the 144hz, 256GB/8GB of RAM and the price, while on the poco the oled screen, no punchole and the headphone jack.
Should I save some money and go for mi10t pro, or go for the poco f2?
- Milty
- mx5
Have had a few months, overall I'd say it's pretty impressive, great screen, best battery life I've known, reliable, snappy and intuitive; if you've ever used a smartphone before nothing about this device will throw you off and the 'ads' hysteria we hear so much of amounts to 1 that I've only seen in the built-in security scanner that is easily disabled by the flick of a slider.
Pros:
-Great screen, everything looks really nice & sharp, colours are natural and picture quality easily comparable to Samsung's, in fact as pretty much entire front is display and without any annoying curves or camera dots this device seems impressively designed and very immersive.
-Very fast, apps, camera etc, all behave remarkably quickly and without hesitation.
-Battery life, lasts usually for 2/3 and sometimes 4 days on my usage.
-OS generally quite pleasant, colourful, great dark mode, lots of options for customization and has some genuinely useful additions and apps, for example Second Space and I'm a fan of the 'Control Panel' style sliding from different areas of top as allows you to toggle settings without reading message previews or just see notifications without seeing settings toggles, really simple and smart (think Huawei used to have this but removed if recall).
-As for bundled apps, coming from Samsung this is fine to me, you also there find duplicated Gallery, Browser, App Store, 'Tips'(?!), Facebook, Instagram (that cannot be uninstalled!!!) etc and in regards to dreaded ads I only saw a couple on the 'security check' thing when installing apps but since disabling the 'recommendations' have seen no others at all, I might note that on previous Samsung I could not disable the frequent requests to rate their native apps and if opened eg. Galaxy store would get an ad every time that cannot be avoided.
-Nice haptic feedback / vibration, strong but not overkill, seems of a much higher quality than any phone I've had.
-In a world with fewer and fewer, here is a very decent sounding 3.5mm jack.
-Camera is mostly good, great colours, with generally accurate, natural presentation, easily better than my old S7, comparable to family member's S10 but without the OTT colours of that device's over-processing, however detail in my experience on Poco is hit and miss, I'm yet to understand why, as can take similar shots not long apart, one of which will have a kind of digital 'noise' when zooming in, the other will resolve a lot more detail, without changing any settings or lighting etc.
-GCAM, good to have the option, more reliable in regards to detail problem mentioned above, seems as if it just hoovers up more information in every shot than stock.
-Sliding front camera is good, very clear and it's nice to have some control over how 'exposed' we feel when using a smartphone, it also is very quiet if disable the sound and seems neat, reliable.
Cons:
-Big, it's not massive like a Max 3, more P20 Pro territory, but the weight and kind of 'feel' of the thing is a bit like holding a power bank, very 'slab' kind of quality, esp. chunky with included case on and kind of elongated screen means occasional shuffle to reach top, I'm fine but family with smaller hands complained they found this frustrating.
-Extra camera lenses seem pointless /overkill, only find regular use for main and others just are not as good.
-OS has a habit of killing apps if not on screen, so eg. have browser open, go to camera app to take pics, go back to browser and it reloads, seems strange given RAM and despite attempting to 'whitelist' said browser(s) in settings this still happens for me.
-As others have said, since OS update to Android 11 there are definitely bugs, first the auto brightness for me was all over the place, then this seemed to settle down after a while, then the split screen and picture-in-picture or video overlapping another app just either caused weird touches and ghost presses or crashes all apps after a few minutes use, this flakiness is frustrating and seems avoidable as it was not there at all in previous build.
-Charger, very fast but I find it disconcerting how warm the device gets, which can't be good for the battery - I'd like an option in settings to disable fast charging as found on Samsung's higher end models, rather than have to buy a slower brick.
- Anonymous
- I@a
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2021Mi 10T Pro or Poco F2 Pro?
I know F2 Pro has audio jack, but please tell me how good is its... morePoco F2 Pro if you want a display with deep blacks, bright, piercing whites and rich saturated colors in a glorious HDR 10+ display that doesn't have an ugly, outdated hole punch that wastes so much space, it's so dumb to be still present in 2021 phones. It also has a Global ROM with Google Play and Widevine L1 compatibility with Netflix for HD playback, and sports that very useful headphone jack that is being used in all current, modern, high end audio equipment as well as useful for selfie sticks that don't need charging at all (shutter button triggered by headphone jack connection).
Otherwise, if you are OK with a holed display that you keep on plugging up when you'd rather want not to show your face accidentally in video conferences or meetings, if you want a better camera, high refresh rate screen and no headphone jack, in exchange for a slightly bigger battery, with MIUI China ROM software (for most, if not ALL variants) that doesn't have Google Play or Widevine L1 certification for playback of Netflix in HD, then get the Mi 10T Pro.
- Anonymous
- yJ}
Anonymous, 28 Jan 2021Hi, should i get Poco F2 Pro or Mi 10T Pro? both has same price in my regionMi 10t pro, no doubt.
- Anonymous
- tZj
I think the buggy Android 11 is a mistake Xiaomi made. I don't think it is intended to be released.
- Anonymous
- wrY
Hi, should i get Poco F2 Pro or Mi 10T Pro? both has same price in my region
- Rock D. Xebec
- 7X2
i am very disappointed in their updates.,although the phone itself is good i have nothing to say but the update was so disappointing. A lot of bugs i have experienced. I dont think xiaomi care thier user for the update., instead of focusing in Stable version.. They're more focused in releasing of new phones. TSK! i phone dont often release new phones but they have stable version update.. even in their old models they still do an update.. tsk disappointing
- AVFA
- ak{
Hi every one. I am using this phone for more than 3 months. I strongly advice you unlock bootloader and flash custom MIUI Roms. I am using MiuiMix weekly. Phone has miui 12.5 on android 11. No lags in launcher or no Major bugs. You can use phone butter smooth. I don't advice to use this phone official updates. I saw too many people have problems while using phone. I have never face this kind of problems. Because i unlocked and flashed Miui custom roms after 7 days which i bought phone. There is an one problem for me. The problem is, this phone don't have much developer support. Because idiot Xiaomi don't give kernel source codes to developers. Xiaomi's software teams are not good enaugh for increase this phone's performance at full potential. I wish Xiaomi wilö give source codes. Later we will get 75+ hx screen refresh rate oc options.
- Gigi
- srP
Anonymous, 27 Jan 2021Mi 10T Pro or Poco F2 Pro? I know F2 Pro has audio jack, but please tell me how good is its... moreCamera on f2 pro is not bad (especially with gcam), but 10t pro camera hardware is way better because of bigger sensor and OIS.
- Anonymous
- 6Pa
Mi 10T Pro or Poco F2 Pro?
I know F2 Pro has audio jack, but please tell me how good is its camera.
- Santipolo
- amq
Android 11 was or is a huge mistake. Not connected to my car I have similar bugs to others. Cannot use anything except Poco launcher, my paid for launcher is dead in the water now. Google assistant believes everything I say needs input, forget activating for no reason. Full screen and features only work with default launcher.
As for my car, just two weeks old. Android auto worked great on 10 on USB. Android 11 promised wireless connection which it did do. It did it until I drove into an undercover car park. Then it didn't. At first it needed the car to be rebooted, turned off, locked, unlocked and then it worked. Now even on USB it won't connect so can't use my phone in the car.
Tonight I'm finding the stock Android 10 and rolling back.
- M
- pvB
The silicon case that comes in the box with the phone is good, but it is in line with the camera bump, so you can still scratch it.
This one protrudes about 0.5 mm above the camera bump, so it adds a little more protection.
- AnonD-973296
- GYi
M, 23 Jan 2021I use "Spigen Rugged Armor Case", and I like it very much. It's 9 EUR on Amazon... morewhat do u mean it covers the camera, do u mean it covers the camera bump?
- Gigi
- srP
Anonymous, 24 Jan 2021Yes, it's OK. Just wait when a better, newer version (newer than 12.2.4.0) arrives with f... moreI have same version and haven't met any of the above bugs (except 3rd party launcher cases, which I don't use).
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