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Why is the device so freaking inexpensive? I can buy it from China for mere $230. Other Snapdragon 820 devices cost at least $350.
What's the difference between modifications? X820/X822/X823?
As far as I can see photos made by this smartphone are extremely blurry. Does anyone know a workaround for that? Can it shoot in raw?
What's the real battery life? I'm interesting in watching hi def videos without 4G/WiFi/GPS/Bluetooth enabled at half brightness. Also I'm curious for how long I can read in the same mode.
Or should I buy Xiaomi Mi Max instead?
1. LeEco wanted to draw attention by selling high end phones at reasonable prices. Also, they don't intend to make money from selling hardware, they want to do it by selling LeTV's video streaming services.
2. Nobody but LeEco knows, apparently hardware for all versions are basically same. My X822 became a X820 after flashing the EUI5.9 firmware.
3. I had no issue with the camera. Those blurry photos might have been taken by competitors. No, photos cannot be saved in RAW.
4. Considering it screen size and resolutions, to me, battery life is not bad at all. At least it is much better than my previous Samsung Note 2.
Im pretty happy with Mine. It's very inexpensive but has a few drawbacks. As you know there's No 3.5mm headphone Jack and u Can also not add any memory in Form of mictoSD to it.
If ure aware of that, and still want to get it, go for it!
For your questions.
Im running cuoco92 Rom (custom Rom based on the Chinese Stock rom) atm having ~140k on antutu usually.
Batterie Life is Okay. Im getting around 40+ hours with light-mediun useage.
Camera as well does Great Pictures, at night it's meeh but for the usual Daily shots it's perfect. It Can record in 4kbut these Videos Seem rather shaky and u have to refocus All the time.
On Heavy usage: watching lots of Videos playing games etc. It will be Dead by the End of day for Sure.
The Screen is very Bright and very Sharp. I actually have my brightness at normally around 15% and it's more than enough for me. Also in direct sunlight, u can still really easily read the Phone.
I Can highly advice u this Phone, especially if u are a bit on a tight budget.
Xiaomi has better international Support as well as more custom roms so it's a good choice as well.
Last but not least, I have heard the zte Axon 7 should be a really nice alternative too.
English is not my native language so don't mind the spelling.
ZTE Axon 7 is actually what I'd love to buy (AMOLED QHD screen + stereo speakers = win-win), but it's way above my budget, and I've heard stories that Le Max 2 has serious quality issues. So, I'm still hesitant.
Thank you for your answers!
I am very satisfied with the camera performance. It's no S7 or Pixel, but it's bloody good for a $230 phone.
For battery life, I normally get about 4-6 hours SOT in a day's use. Have pushed 8 on days with a lot of continuous use and using some of eui's battery saving features. Considering the size of the battery and the 2K screen, battery life is certainly not bad, and with QC3.0 you can get a boost to last the rest of the day within a very short time on charge.
Hi, Can anyone comment on the speaker of this phone? is it good/loud enough watching video or you tube?
I have LG G4 speaker is pretty good and loud for my like. Anyone come from G4 to Le Max 2? Can you comment, thank you.
See thread about Camera 2 API. After this tweak I obtain Dng files with AZ Camera.
One hour of watching Full HD movie takes about 18-22%. 4G+GPS drains battery a little bit too fast.
Battery life is good. One day at University is no Problem with a lot activity.
Camera is OK for the price. At low light the pictures are Bad for raw there is a camera2api thread, but i didn't try that.
Restfettn said:
Im pretty happy with Mine. It's very inexpensive but has a few drawbacks. As you know there's No 3.5mm headphone Jack and u Can also not add any memory in Form of mictoSD to it.
If ure aware of that, and still want to get it, go for it!
For your questions.
Im running cuoco92 Rom (custom Rom based on the Chinese Stock rom) atm having ~140k on antutu usually.
Batterie Life is Okay. Im getting around 40+ hours with light-mediun useage.
Camera as well does Great Pictures, at night it's meeh but for the usual Daily shots it's perfect. It Can record in 4kbut these Videos Seem rather shaky and u have to refocus All the time.
On Heavy usage: watching lots of Videos playing games etc. It will be Dead by the End of day for Sure.
The Screen is very Bright and very Sharp. I actually have my brightness at normally around 15% and it's more than enough for me. Also in direct sunlight, u can still really easily read the Phone.
I Can highly advice u this Phone, especially if u are a bit on a tight budget.
Xiaomi has better international Support as well as more custom roms so it's a good choice as well.
Last but not least, I have heard the zte Axon 7 should be a really nice alternative too.
English is not my native language so don't mind the spelling.
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What do you mean by medium light usage? 40+ hours? Nearly 2 days? Do you use WiFi? Which rom?
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fortez said:
Battery life is good. One day at University is no Problem with a lot activity.
Camera is OK for the price. At low light the pictures are Bad for raw there is a camera2api thread, but i didn't try that.
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Can you define "lot of activity" and which rom?
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Can you define "lot of activity" and which rom?
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Im on CH .21 stable and deleted trash. Lot of activity is about 6h display activity with facebook, whatsapp, a bit Pokémon, chrome, other little games.
ApTeM said:
ZTE Axon 7 is actually what I'd love to buy (AMOLED QHD screen + stereo speakers = win-win), but it's way above my budget, and I've heard stories that Le Max 2 has serious quality issues. So, I'm still hesitant.
Thank you for your answers!
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Can you really tell the difference between mono and stereo from a 3" wide phone,? At best, the speakers are 2" apart. Perhaps, it is better to have mono and make the speaker larger.
I think the so called quality issue was mainly due to the third party ROM which most sellers installed it for non Chinese buyers. Stick with the stock Chinese ROM or the third party ROM with good ratings, the phone should be fine.
Le Max 2 gives you the best bang for the buck, no question about it.
How is the charging time for this phone? Is it fast?
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How is the charging time for this phone? Is it fast?
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Qualcomm quick charge 3
Very good and fast
guys i m a heavy gamer shall i buy it? what kind of issues you are facing in le max2. else i bought someother mobiles my budget is 19k. please help me
I want to know if the phone heats up uncomfortably during gaming.
The review in gsmarena noted that the phone heats up during the benchmark tests.
I'm going to sell this Leeco Le Max 2, which device listed below is the best trade value?
T-Mobile or Factory Unlocked LG G5
OnePlus 2
Nexus 6P
I've been testing my phone on AnTuTu Benchmark v.7.0.6 and I've noticed a shocking resoult. The fastest phone was (not Samsung) but
1. Honor V10
2. Huawei Mate 10 Pro
4. Huawei Mate 10.
16. Huawei Mate 9
24. Honor 8 Pro
26. Honor 9
30. Huawei P10
36. Huawei P10 Plus
39. Huawei P9
40. Honor 8
Could You direct me please and tell which one of them has the best performance to price ratio and which one of them makes good pics/videos (specially [email protected])?
Which one should I buy?
Either honor v10 or mate 10 pro with 4000mah battery, I am using US mate 10 pro, battery lasts a solid 2 days with moderate usage. Also takes beautiful pictures, if you are only interested in pictures then nothing beats Google pixel phones.
Youtube tests are bull****...trust me..i bough mate 10 pro and it sucks when it comes to games i just send device to waranty to see whats happening...the problem is that after some minutes of playing device gets warm and starts to downgrade the speed of processor ...so why having a proc that is clocked at 2.3ghz while it cant hold that frequency for more that 5 or 10 minutes then it drops to 1.6ghz...i would not advice u to go for a huawei device if ur looking for a proper android gaming device go for one plus 5 or galaxy S devices.hope it clears ur mind and dont fall for those fake YT reviews becouse every device can deliever good results at fresh start. OU YEA when it comes to pictures mate 10 pro is a solid performer maybe not the best but definetly top 5 atm.Pictures are bit darker then the rest but has very good details and video recording is somewhere in the middle when u compare to competition.
I partially agree with the previous comment.
The gaming performance is poor after 5-10 minutes although my mate 10 pro does not even get hot. Video recording is also not a strong feature. It only records with low quality. Samsung videos look much more detailed. I don't understand why though. It ships with 128gb of storage why is it just recording with 25mbit/s compared to the 50mbit/s Samsung.
All in all the biggest selling point of the mate 10 pro is the battery. I ditched my s8+ for it... I can't use all the features if my battery died in the afternoon
please dont missinform people. all phones throttle. including your "proper gaming devices"
for example https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/81stn4/samsung_galaxy_s8_throttling/
I guess that throttling issues are more related to Mali GPUs. The snapdragons and, mainly, the almighty Nvidia GPUs (Nvidia Shield, for example) have less throttling issues I think. According to GSM Arena's Mate 10 Pro Review it does throttle significantly. Kirin and Samsung own CPU are top notchs, on pair with Snapdragons (as benchmarks shows), but the GPUs aren't.
Although I guess that we can play satisfactory with the Mate 10 Pro, can't we?
Sorry about the lot of "guesses" but my Mate 10 Pro doesn't arrived yet, so I can't claim anything at this moment. And of course, I apologise for my English. Not my first language.
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well its thermal protection so some kind of throttling is normal. personaly iv had no problem with asphalt xtreme after 30 mins. cpu was probably scaling down, but had no clear frame drops. we only have exynos samsungs here and i can say its not better one bit from mate gaming wise. cant say bout snapdragon. i apologise for harsh tone beore, but just wanted to point out that what ever phone you buy you will find therads about lag, stutter, degradation in performance over time etc. about heat, there isnt mutch of it. about 50c after some time gaming. in the end listen to yourself on purchase. photos are nice, video records in 1080p 60hz. i agree bitrate is low but hey. and last, battery is ****ing insane.
WOW, that were the most informing couple of replys I've ever seen od XDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH XDA Friends.
You've have helped me a lot with my decision making!
Keep up the great work!
Hi,
i wanted to buy a new phone with a budeg up to 500 euro (580usd) but if possibly more around 400€
it has to have an oled display and an atleast okayish camera.
The mate 10pro is my favorit but i heard some annoying things about the display.
1st of all that the display isnt birght engough. Sure oleds arent as bright but i heard that the mate 10 pro's display is just to dark for normal use
2nd that it changes brightness when opening apps.
3rd that auto birghtness is auto activated after locking the phone
4th thing i heard is that the Kirin overheats preatty fast and just isnt good overall (i know it lacks behind its Snapdragon counterpart but thermal throttle after a few mins shouldnt be normal)
What can you tell me to this points?
Oh and i have not choosen any phone atm so i am open for other recommendations but iPhones and S8/S9 because they failed badly at droptests.
Thank you all
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Hi,
i wanted to buy a new phone with a budeg up to 500 euro (580usd) but if possibly more around 400€
it has to have an oled display and an atleast okayish camera.
The mate 10pro is my favorit but i heard some annoying things about the display.
1st of all that the display isnt birght engough. Sure oleds arent as bright but i heard that the mate 10 pro's display is just to dark for normal use
2nd that it changes brightness when opening apps.
3rd that auto birghtness is auto activated after locking the phone
4th thing i heard is that the Kirin overheats preatty fast and just isnt good overall (i know it lacks behind its Snapdragon counterpart but thermal throttle after a few mins shouldnt be normal)
What can you tell me to this points?
Oh and i have not choosen any phone atm so i am open for other recommendations but iPhones and S8/S9 because they failed badly at droptests.
Thank you all
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1. Display is definitely bright enough, not sure where you read/heard that but it's great on sunny days.
2. I've never experienced it changing brightness when opening any apps.
3. Auto brightness turns itself on when the phone is rebooted not when the screen is locked.
4. The only intensive game I have on my phone is asphalt 9 and I can play it for well over a hour with minimal heat, it gets warmish but nothing out of the ordinary.
I'd definitely recommend this phone over any other
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Hi,
i wanted to buy a new phone with a budeg up to 500 euro (580usd) but if possibly more around 400€
it has to have an oled display and an atleast okayish camera.
The mate 10pro is my favorit but i heard some annoying things about the display.
1st of all that the display isnt birght engough. Sure oleds arent as bright but i heard that the mate 10 pro's display is just to dark for normal use
2nd that it changes brightness when opening apps.
3rd that auto birghtness is auto activated after locking the phone
4th thing i heard is that the Kirin overheats preatty fast and just isnt good overall (i know it lacks behind its Snapdragon counterpart but thermal throttle after a few mins shouldnt be normal)
What can you tell me to this points?
Oh and i have not choosen any phone atm so i am open for other recommendations but iPhones and S8/S9 because they failed badly at droptests.
Thank you all
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1. This phone has best screen on direct sunlight, i can see everything with my sunglasses
2. never noticed changhing brightness
3. no idea
4. it never goes even close to hot, had shanpdragon and iphone that almost melted when having gps on, but not mate 10 pro
Thank you guys
TheAndroid do you own the pro?
I read a lot about the phone here on xda and it seems like that the pro with the amoled changes brightness and got clouding (bright spots).
Don't know if every one got it or just a few. It's always kinda hard to tell because if everything works fine you don't open up a forum randomly and say that you don't have clouding or brightness changes.
In generell it sounds pretty good and, at least I read it here, there will be a really big update that increases performance and battery life
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TheAndroid do you own the pro?
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Yes I own the Pro, specifically the BLA-L09 model.
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I read a lot about the phone here on xda and it seems like that the pro with the amoled changes brightness and got clouding (bright spots).
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Like I said, I've never noticed any change in brightness in any app, also, never had a issue with clouding (bright spots), if you chose to get a Mate 10 Pro and it had such issue tho, I imagine Huawei would repair it or send you a replacement.
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It's always kinda hard to tell because if everything works fine you don't open up a forum randomly and say that you don't have clouding or brightness changes.
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Sometimes it can just be quality control issues so a couple devices will suffer from it.
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In generell it sounds pretty good and, at least I read it here, there will be a really big update that increases performance and battery life
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I couldn't recommend it enough honestly, I've had mine just over a month now and I'm loving it!
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Yes I own the Pro, specifically the BLA-L09 model.
Like I said, I've never noticed any change in brightness in any app, also, never had a issue with clouding (bright spots), if you chose to get a Mate 10 Pro and it had such issue tho, I imagine Huawei would repair it or send you a replacement.
Sometimes it can just be quality control issues so a couple devices will suffer from it.
I couldn't recommend it enough honestly, I've had mine just over a month now and I'm loving it!
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Good to hear I'll defenetly see one in electronic shop and probably buy it
Bomber293 said:
Hi,
i wanted to buy a new phone with a budeg up to 500 euro (580usd) but if possibly more around 400€
it has to have an oled display and an atleast okayish camera.
The mate 10pro is my favorit but i heard some annoying things about the display.
1st of all that the display isnt birght engough. Sure oleds arent as bright but i heard that the mate 10 pro's display is just to dark for normal use
2nd that it changes brightness when opening apps.
3rd that auto birghtness is auto activated after locking the phone
4th thing i heard is that the Kirin overheats preatty fast and just isnt good overall (i know it lacks behind its Snapdragon counterpart but thermal throttle after a few mins shouldnt be normal)
What can you tell me to this points?
Oh and i have not choosen any phone atm so i am open for other recommendations but iPhones and S8/S9 because they failed badly at droptests.
Thank you all
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My Mate 10 Pro has 0 problem
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Im bored atm so i scrolled a bit and copied multiple statments from other mate 10/pro (idk) users in this forum
*One little flaw to mention. I have some clouding. At moderate to low brightness level, grey color is the worst. (screen shot was taken by another phone, so in real life it isn't that bad)
The problem is less prominent at higher brightness levels.
Anyone else have the same issue?
*yes same problem on mate 10 pro FRANCE ... REGRETE ALMOST MY PURCHASE
*I've got the same green tint on lower brightness (30% and lower)
Did any of you guys exchange it and got a better screen with no green tint on grey screens?
*I got my replacement device today and it also had that clouding issue! Really pisses me off because one of my main use cases on my mobile devices is reading pocket articles in dark mode. This is where I could see the yellow clouding very clearly. The replacement also had a defective fingerprint scanner (did not work at all not even during setup).
Now I'm waiting for my third device, if that one still has clouding (even if it is slightly) then I'm going to switch to the XL2. At least it doesn't have clouding.
This is meant to be huaweis high end device, such issues are nogos for me. Even my much cheaper but beloved Moto Z Play doesn't have this issue.
To summ it all up: There are many ppl with problems like clouding, brighter on left/right side and i somewhere read that a guy got a greenish matrix over his display. But there are also alot saying that theirs works fine and when you buy a phone and everything is fine most ppl dont open up a forum to say that it is fine but when there is a problem they all do it....
This awnser is not really for you two guys but for the ppl who maybe visit this thread and want to know whats up.
I'll get to a store next days and see if they got one there if it is fine i'll buy it and if i still remember or if it is broke you'll see me agian here
I don't have any of those problem on my Mate 10 Pro BLA-A09, the only time that you will see that the brightness changes is when watching hdr videos on YouTube
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I don't have any of those problem on my Mate 10 Pro BLA-A09, the only time that you will see that the brightness changes is when watching hdr videos on YouTube
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No issues for me with the same variant. Had the phone for almost a year. HDR with you tube does impact it, and moving from a light to dark environment will change as it should. This phone handles auto brightness much better than my Galaxy 8 + does.
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Hi,
i wanted to buy a new phone with a budeg up to 500 euro (580usd)
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Bomber... I bought a brand new one on swappa recently and it remains as brand new. I want to root it and do advanced things, but it is not as easy as I thought. I will probably sell mine in the next day or 2. Pm me if you are interested. I live in Florida and have good ebay and swappa ratings. The phone is in mint condition with all original accessories, box, and plastic covers.
Don't have the Mate 10 Pro, have a Mate 10 and 2 Mate 9's, one Mate 9 is my spare phone and the second is my wife's main phone. No quality issue's whatsoever, no heating when using normally like for example the Note 4 (have also 2 of them for the S-pen function) which melts nearly when doing normal updates. No issue's with brightness, true they have no oled display's. What I am trying to say is that you can always find negative feedback over ANY phone and ANY brand. Some people will ***** about anything. Sure, you can have bad luck to...but I almost have the feeling you are searching for an excuse not to buy the mate 10...Good luck!
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Yes I own the Pro, specifically the BLA-L09 model.
Like I said, I've never noticed any change in brightness in any app, also, never had a issue with clouding (bright spots), if you chose to get a Mate 10 Pro and it had such issue tho, I imagine Huawei would repair it or send you a replacement.
Sometimes it can just be quality control issues so a couple devices will suffer from it.
I couldn't recommend it enough honestly, I've had mine just over a month now and I'm loving it!
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Don't have the Mate 10 Pro, have a Mate 10 and 2 Mate 9's, one Mate 9 is my spare phone and the second is my wife's main phone. No quality issue's whatsoever, no heating when using normally like for example the Note 4 (have also 2 of them for the S-pen function) which melts nearly when doing normal updates. No issue's with brightness, true they have no oled display's. What I am trying to say is that you can always find negative feedback over ANY phone and ANY brand. Some people will ***** about anything. Sure, you can have bad luck to...but I almost have the feeling you are searching for an excuse not to buy the mate 10...Good luck!
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It really seems a bit like I'm searching for excuses but there are a lot last Gen flagship for around 400€. It is hard to find out what's really up who is just hating, who is just a fanboy. Watched hours of YouTube about phone x, y and z but they all say something else. BTW the comments on videos where they compare phones are hilarious
Yes, you will reach a point - have reached a point you don't know any more what to believe or think...Don't forget that you will only find negative feedback on the net. People in general don't post how happy they are with a phone, no they will post rather how dissatisfied they are.
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It really seems a bit like I'm searching for excuses but there are a lot last Gen flagship for around 400€. It is hard to find out what's really up who is just hating, who is just a fanboy. Watched hours of YouTube about phone x, y and z but they all say something else. BTW the comments on videos where they compare phones are hilarious
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Sometimes you just gotta take the leap, I had a Nexus 5x despite all the bootloop issues that where proven by other users and I didn't have 1 bootloop in 2 years, it's worth saying though, you won't find one device anywhere that someone hasn't complained about.
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Sometimes you just gotta take the leap, I had a Nexus 5x despite all the bootloop issues that where proven by other users and I didn't have 1 bootloop in 2 years, it's worth saying though, you won't find one device anywhere that someone hasn't complained about.
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True. I'll probably buy the mate 10 pro becasue idk it just feels better to me. With the upcoming updates to emui 8.2 and android pie it should be near perfect. Sure it got problems with custom roms twrp aso. but if i want to do it i'll find a way
The only way i wont take it is when the OP6 drops to 400 too
I think the Mate 10 Pro is a brilliant phone for the money it now goes for. Sure it's not perfect, but is there any such thing? It has one of biggest batteries you can find in a phone today with fast charging, a brilliant 18:9 OLED display with no notch and very slim bezels, face unlocking, Leica cameras with a fantastic b&w sensor, night mode, stereo speakers, ip67, 128gb storage, 6gb ram, kirin970 with npu, ir blaster... All for a THIRD of the price of a Note 9. Yes the K970 is a bit slower than the Sd845, no it doesn't have a headphone jack and it doesn't have expandable memory. But I personally never use these, and K970 is still more than fast enough - I have never seen one hiccup or stutter. With the right launcher and wallpapers etc your can pretty much make EMUI look like 'stock' Android if you want. Just buy it!
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Btw in case it's not obvious, I own one and I'm super picky about stuff like screens etc but there really isn't anything I can fault with it. Everything just works. The only real negative is the lack of updates - Huawei tends to push out updates every 3 or 4 months which isn't great, but better than nothing and is no worse than most of the other OEMs. If the latest updates are the most important thing to you, stick with pixels, OnePlus or Android One.
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I think the Mate 10 Pro is a brilliant phone for the money it now goes for. Sure it's not perfect, but is there any such thing? It has one of biggest batteries you can find in a phone today with fast charging, a brilliant 18:9 OLED display with no notch and very slim bezels, face unlocking, Leica cameras with a fantastic b&w sensor, night mode, stereo speakers, ip67, 128gb storage, 6gb ram, kirin970 with npu, ir blaster... All for a THIRD of the price of a Note 9. Yes the K970 is a bit slower than the Sd845, no it doesn't have a headphone jack and it doesn't have expandable memory. But I personally never use these, and K970 is still more than fast enough - I have never seen one hiccup or stutter. With the right launcher and wallpapers etc your can pretty much make EMUI look like 'stock' Android if you want. Just buy it!
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Btw in case it's not obvious, I own one and I'm super picky about stuff like screens etc but there really isn't anything I can fault with it. Everything just works. The only real negative is the lack of updates - Huawei tends to push out updates every 3 or 4 months which isn't great, but better than nothing and is no worse than most of the other OEMs. If the latest updates are the most important thing to you, stick with pixels, OnePlus or Android One.
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Actually the camera is not by Leica just the lense and it is one made out of plastic.... Oh and you probably ment the SD835 the kirin lacks a bit behind it but it should be okay with the gpu boost update and android pie is incomming for the mate 10
Im using mate 10 not pro. Only have problems on my screen at bottom have yellowish tint. Already send to huawei and change the lcd two times, still the same. I guess i must live with it. To be honest, this is the best phone i have ever used. Very snappy, top notch camera, proc not have overheat issue when playing heavy games unlike my sd821 before.
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Actually the camera is not by Leica just the lense and it is one made out of plastic.... Oh and you probably ment the SD835 the kirin lacks a bit behind it but it should be okay with the gpu boost update and android pie is incomming for the mate 10
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I meant the 845 as it is the latest available Snapdragon chip in phones like the OnePlus 6 etc. My point is that the chip although not the most powerful is still plenty fast enough for most people's needs and it comfortably handles pretty much anything you throw at it. The camera in my opinion is good - when I take a photo the results to me look very good. Am I a professional photographer? No, if I was I'd have a DSLR.
As an overall package, including price, I believe that this phone is one of the best you can get right now. Of course, this will change, and if OnePlus release the 6t with stereo speakers and a 3800-4000 mah battery, I may well get that.
Hello K40 Pro / Mi11X Pro Users,
I am planning to Buy K40 Pro 8GB 256 GB Variant within few days. I play PUBG regularly. Also I love photography. I have seen some people are saying that K40 Pro heats a lots, specially on PUBG HDR Gaming or Camera App.
Is that True ?
Thank You Very Much.
I would love to listen to your K40 Pro / Mi 11i / Mi 11X Pro experience.
If you play heavy graphic game like genshij impact or crank up the graphic of some game to the max then the heating issue is real. After all only the gaming phone like rog 5 or magic 6 could handle the heating issue of the 888 on heavy game.
AveyBD said:
Hello K40 Pro / Mi11X Pro Users,
I am planning to Buy K40 8GB 256 GB Variant within few days. I play PUBG regularly. Also I love photography. I have seen some people are saying that K40 Pro heats a lots, specially on PUBG HDR Gaming or Camera App.
Is that True ?
Thank You Very Much.
I would love to listen to your K40 Pro / Mi 11i / Mi 11X Pro experience.
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Use it for a full week and seem like there're no Heating issue with my device.
no heating issue with hdr pubg very smooth for longer time
makiothekid said:
Use it for a full week and seem like there're no Heating issue with my device.
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Do you play heavy games ???
Blezi said:
If you play heavy graphic game like genshij impact or crank up the graphic of some game to the max then the heating issue is real. After all only the gaming phone like rog 5 or magic 6 could handle the heating issue of the 888 on heavy game.
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I will not play heavy games too much. May be PUBG for one hour in Smooth Extreme . Will it make the phone heated ?
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no heating issue with hdr pubg very smooth for longer time
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Thank you very much for clearing my confusion
AveyBD said:
Thank you very much for clearing my confusion
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Yeah just because of bloatware and background process eating cpu constantly so disable or delete them completely with root then no heating issue at all
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Do you play heavy games ???
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I play Arena of valor at max setting 122hz, watch youtube for hours.
Any Indian website that resells the Mi 11X Pro? I've already tried Big Brother Google, no positive results...
marshharsha said:
Yeah just because of bloatware and background process eating cpu constantly so disable or delete them completely with root then no heating issue at all
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What exactly did you disable? I had the K40 Pro Plus and dumped it (was running Xiaomi.eu and planned to dev a kernel for it) but it would heat up just downloading apps, pretty much anything I did on it would make the entire top half of the device "cook." I put a temperature gun to it and it was ridiculous how high it got. The only thing that worked was putting a radiator cooler on it, and well, I really couldn't stand carrying around a radiator fan and a USB-C cable with me just so the phone wouldn't overheat. Back to my Op8T since just curious what you disabled to remove the heat.
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What exactly did you disable? I had the K40 Pro Plus and dumped it (was running Xiaomi.eu and planned to dev a kernel for it) but it would heat up just downloading apps, pretty much anything I did on it would make the entire top half of the device "cook." I put a temperature gun to it and it was ridiculous how high it got. The only thing that worked was putting a radiator cooler on it, and well, I really couldn't stand carrying around a radiator fan and a USB-C cable with me just so the phone wouldn't overheat. Back to my Op8T since just curious what you disabled to remove the heat.
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EDIT: And to answer your question, some discussed disabling NFC by removing its components in order to stop the heating while using the .EU builds.
To be fair, I have been criticizing the recent choices of smartphone makers, and I feel like the latest one (plastic frames) made the issue with the SD888 even worse.
My K20 Pro (and many other flagships before 2021) heats up while under heavy use, but it dissipates the heat thanks to its aluminum frame (and it, although not as much and jokingly, can use one's hands as "water cooling" thanks to the blood flow).
I usually don't like people who mumble about conspiracies, but this trend feels like a slippery slope (it feels like the manufacturers are slowly "testing" which BS they can shove down the customers' throats without backlash).
First the headphone jack, then the notch (while there was a pop-up mechanism as an alternative, people complain how it's a moving part but aren't aware that a replacement is up to around 20$), then the "environmentally-friendly" lack of a charger in flagships and now the use of plastic.
But the price gets higher and the value stagnates or actually gets traded off.
I considered buying the Mi 11i but then I saw all the cases of overheating. Then I thought "well, the OnePlus 9 costs at least 200$ more here, it will probably have a metal frame and better thermals if they want you to pay so much". But lo and behold, it also has a plastic frame and to "cover" that, they capped the in-game fps to 60 so people wouldn't see the mess that the SD888 is.
I am honestly appalled by the fact that there are so many phones released by Xiaomi this year but not a single one is an optimal choice.
The Redmi Note 10 Pro has a good screen and a 108MP camera but its CPU is mediocre and it can't record beyond [email protected]
The Poco F3 has a great CPU that doesn't overheat but has the same 48MP camera as my Redmi K20 Pro while officially only supporting [email protected] (while the K20 Pro shoots [email protected] from the get go, and I know GCam lets you enforce [email protected] on the F3 but that's just an improvisation).
The Mi11i has a 108MP camera but its CPU overheats due to the incompetence of Xiaomi and Qualcomm when it comes to thermal design.
And the Mi 11 has a curved, IMO overkill 1440p screen (I dislike curved screens as someone who owned a Galaxy S9+, and I can say the same about 1440p smartphone screens), a 108MP camera but an unattractive design and an even higher price tag.
My point:
For the same reasons you mentioned (and more), I am going to steer clear of the SD888, and am buying the Poco F3 instead of the Mi 11i since the price here is 200$ lower, there is an active development for it and because my K20 Pro is damaged and dying.
Yet it's frustrating how there are so many new phones nowadays but none can provide what I want without having to pay as much as for a goddamn gaming laptop(which I didn't have to do 2 years ago when I bought an "all-screen" phone with a headphone jack, flagship processor with decent thermals, an aluminium frame and a decent camera for 400$ - the Redmi K20 Pro).
2 years later, you pretty much trade a 60Hz screen for 120Hz and a metal frame for a plastic one (and thus potentially worse thermals) while losing the headphone jack and getting a hole blown through the screen for a selfie camera one uses maybe twice a day on average (unless their self-esteem is so low that they need their ego stroked every hour in the form of liked selfies).
To each their own, but nowadays it feels like there is less of a "choice" while buying a phone, and rather a matter of "picking the less disappointing option".
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EDIT: And to answer your question, some discussed disabling NFC by removing its components in order to stop the heating while using the .EU builds.
To be fair, I have been criticizing the recent choices of smartphone makers, and I feel like the latest one (plastic frames) made the issue with the SD888 even worse.
My K20 Pro (and many other flagships before 2021) heats up while under heavy use, but it dissipates the heat thanks to its aluminum frame (and it, although not as much and jokingly, can use one's hands as "water cooling" thanks to the blood flow).
I usually don't like people who mumble about conspiracies, but this trend feels like a slippery slope (it feels like the manufacturers are slowly "testing" which BS they can shove down the customers' throats without backlash).
First the headphone jack, then the notch (while there was a pop-up mechanism as an alternative, people complain how it's a moving part but aren't aware that a replacement is up to around 20$), then the "environmentally-friendly" lack of a charger in flagships and now the use of plastic.
But the price gets higher and the value stagnates or actually gets traded off.
I considered buying the Mi 11i but then I saw all the cases of overheating. Then I thought "well, the OnePlus 9 costs at least 200$ more here, it will probably have a metal frame and better thermals if they want you to pay so much". But lo and behold, it also has a plastic frame and to "cover" that, they capped the in-game fps to 60 so people wouldn't see the mess that the SD888 is.
I am honestly appalled by the fact that there are so many phones released by Xiaomi this year but not a single one is an optimal choice.
The Redmi Note 10 Pro has a good screen and a 108MP camera but its CPU is mediocre and it can't record beyond [email protected]
The Poco F3 has a great CPU that doesn't overheat but has the same 48MP camera as my Redmi K20 Pro while officially only supporting [email protected] (while the K20 Pro shoots [email protected] from the get go, and I know GCam lets you enforce [email protected] on the F3 but that's just an improvisation).
The Mi11i has a 108MP camera but its CPU overheats due to the incompetence of Xiaomi and Qualcomm when it comes to thermal design.
And the Mi 11 has a curved, IMO overkill 1440p screen (I dislike curved screens as someone who owned a Galaxy S9+, and I can say the same about 1440p smartphone screens), a 108MP camera but an unattractive design and an even higher price tag.
My point:
For the same reasons you mentioned (and more), I am going to steer clear of the SD888, and am buying the Poco F3 instead of the Mi 11i since the price here is 200$ lower, there is an active development for it and because my K20 Pro is damaged and dying.
Yet it's frustrating how there are so many new phones nowadays but none can provide what I want without having to pay as much as for a goddamn gaming laptop(which I didn't have to do 2 years ago when I bought an "all-screen" phone with a headphone jack, flagship processor with decent thermals, an aluminium frame and a decent camera for 400$ - the Redmi K20 Pro).
2 years later, you pretty much trade a 60Hz screen for 120Hz and a metal frame for a plastic one (and thus potentially worse thermals) while losing the headphone jack and getting a hole blown through the screen for a selfie camera one uses maybe twice a day on average (unless their self-esteem is so low that they need their ego stroked every hour in the form of liked selfies).
To each their own, but nowadays it feels like there is less of a "choice" while buying a phone, and rather a matter of "picking the less disappointing option".
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spot on, don't know why xiaomi has been going in this direction but i honestly can't find an optimal choice to upgrade from my K20 pro
I hoped that it would be resolved, but no.
I went to an island near Udupi, Malpe, India to test video recording capabilities.
To my unpleasant surprise after 10 minutes of shooting 4k60 I got a message
"Device is too hot, it may affect quality"
So I switched to 4k30, but still frames were dropped when trying to record.
At for now, during summer. 4k60 is kinda useless.
Here is a small clip about my trip ( shot with main camera +2x sometimes)
GCAM stabilisation off + Snoppa atom gimbal.
I love overall video quality, but the overheating during 4k60 is a bummer,
Not sure if XDA allows links, you can find my sample in YouTube
"St Mary Island 2021 4k" #pixel6
The same for me, my recording was 11 minutes and then this message pop up... quite disappointing. At least video was saved...
Same here guys - I was able to get to 20:04 with the December update, but today when recording at home 22-24 ambient temp and the phone was exposed on the sun... I got 10 minutes.
What a shame! The Pixel 6 Pro definetly has better cooling as it can really go longer.
Disabling H.265/HEVC video encoding will stop the phone from overheating so soon, at the expense of using up more of your phone's storage space. In the camera settings go to "Advanced" and disable "Store videos efficiently".
To be fair its done quite well to go that long, a lot of phones can only make a few minutes, you aren't only battling the processor heating up the camera sensor will also get overly warm and add to any heat produced.
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To be fair its done quite well to go that long, a lot of phones can only make a few minutes, you aren't only battling the processor heating up the camera sensor will also get overly warm and add to any heat produced.
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Well, my 2017 OP6 can still do 10 min 4k60 easily. In terms of SOC 4 years is a lot, power, efficiency etc. Done videography in the same conditions I.e. +30 Celsius.
A pity p6 still shoots like 4 year old phone 10 mins, and that's it.
I wish I could say, p6 video quality is waaaaay better.
It is better though. especially night time.
Stabilisation, although not iPhone tier, is decent at least.
Overall, I am quite happy with video quality, especially with 3rd party apps, which can crank up the bitrate sky high.
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Well, my 2017 OP6 can still do 10 min 4k60 easily. In terms of SOC 4 years is a lot, power, efficiency etc. Done videography in the same conditions I.e. +30 Celsius.
A pity p6 still shoots like 4 year old phone 10 mins, and that's it.
I wish I could say, p6 video quality is waaaaay better.
It is better though. especially night time.
Stabilisation, although not iPhone tier, is decent at least.
Overall, I am quite happy with video quality, especially with 3rd party apps, which can crank up the bitrate sky high.
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I'm very glad to hear you have had great experiences with a OP6 but a quick Google will bring up millions of results from people with an overheating phone (regardless of brand & including OnePlus) when shooting 4K, this isnt something specific to the Pixel 6.
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I'm very glad to hear you have had great experiences with a OP6 but a quick Google will bring up millions of results from people with an overheating phone (regardless of brand & including OnePlus) when shooting 4K, this isnt something specific to the Pixel 6.
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I agree, it is a common thing, especially 4k60