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Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…

> May I ask, apart from look, why do so many people in the US chose to use an iphone? Genuine curiosity.

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Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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By that logic, you should stop buying American products first. They been meddling in world affairs, since, forever. And you can see what they did to Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan (create taliban, use them against Soviets, demolish Afghanistan, blame Taliban on someone else.) What's your point.

You created an account to say this?

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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I have a POCO X3, I had my dad buying for me cause I could not leave the house and my old phone died. It was a surprise. Good phone all around, great camera. After some hours I've noted there's ADs everywhere. Uninstallable apps. Now, after a year is passed, the camera freezes in the middle of the recording of a long video. I honestly did not have time to root the phone and fix the ads and apps issue and I'm just now…

"did not have time to root the phone and fix the ads.." ...proceeds to buy linux phone. Introspection might help here - I recommend Apple if you want something that lasts and just works.

Do you remember Samsung Galaxy 2? It was the perfect phone. It all went down hill for Samsung after that. I had a Xiaomi mia1 that was great also. Those companies are capable of launching great products, and after they get the user they try to shove any kind of crap down their throats. When that happens I just leave. It does not mean that I could not give other companies a try.

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…

My experience with android has been the opposite. I’ve never had an android phone that lasted more than 2 years without becoming frustratingly slow whereas my iPhone 8 still runs as well as the day I got it. All anecdotal but I stick with what works for me

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…

> it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness

I have not seen iphone being outclassed by another phone.

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

#136

I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…

I got an iPhone 8 after rocking an iPhone 4s for about 8 years. And this point, all the phones are pretty damn fast and smart be it an android or iPhone ecosystem. I would be happy with either. What finalized my purchase was the fact that Costco was offering 300$ store credit plus a couple other things on a Black Friday sale. Seemed like a good deal at the time.

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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post #20

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I read mobile industry mania's blogpost written in Japanese, it argues that OPPO was delivered from BBK but there are no capital relationship between BBK Communication Technology and OPPO(Guangdong Oujia Holdings). It also refers Nikkei's article confirmed that. http://blogofmobile.com/article/121143 I searched and it seems true. https://www.qichamao.com/orgcompany/searchitemdtl/e6f25044f9... https://www.aitouyan.com…

That seems unlikely considering the hardware similarities between OPPO, Vivo and OnePlus phones.

There are no doubt about similarity of OPPO, OnePlus, and realme since they are under OPPO. Just curious how vivo similar?

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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post #134

I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…

My experience with android has been the opposite. I’ve never had an android phone that lasted more than 2 years without becoming frustratingly slow whereas my iPhone 8 still runs as well as the day I got it. All anecdotal but I stick with what works for me

All my androids have lasted quite a while actually, but I had to replace various parts of them. headphone jack, display assembly, sdcard slot. I have an Xperia XZ2 that has/had a really annoying touchscreen issue where the cursor will jump around(soon after I bought it). Apparently it's just an issue with the phone. I bought a second hand iPhone 8 a year later and have been using it since.

I guess I don't care as much about how the phone looks and more about the fact that the iPhone 8 is still on latest iOS whereas XZ2 and basically all sony phones will hardly get any updates and you get to choose between keeping your camera or updating your phone and keeping it fast with a custom rom(yes, you keep your phones camera active nowadays even after unlocking, but there is no updated camera HAL on the latest custom rom, you'll always have a subpar camera experience). Sony even announced that the Xperia 1 III will only receive one major update recently. Although everyone is still hoping that that was a mistake but the europeans.

I would say Xiaomi deserves it though. They're cheap devices with good performance(and inofficial GCAM), and usually some (not great) open source drivers that allow for fast custom rom development(although that too has taken a turn for worse recently).

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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I have always thought many android based phones are fantastic. I have a dirt cheap Nokia(don't even know the model)and apart from initial startup time and availability of integrated, so to say native apps, it blows the iphone 11 out of the water in camera, speed, responsiveness. Also had a xiaomi phone as business phone, and it was performing better than the currently available iphone. I think iphones have stopped lo…

As someone who has both a mid-range nokia released this year and an A13 iPhone I would love to see a side by side comparison video between your two devices showing camera and speed tests. From my experience it's the opposite, the nokia stutters and lags during normal usage while the iPhone loads apps almost instantly and doesn't drop frames.

Re: Xiaomi becomes number two smartphone vendor for first time ever in Q2 2021

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Considering their data collection capabilities, I d say they are sustainable...

Exactly. Considering how Samsung is coming out with cheaper phones these days due to competition, I don't think it's worth completely yeeting one's privacy out the window, even if the Xiaomi models have better specs. I know Android phones are still big Google spying devices, but given the state of the tech world, I'd prefer to have Google spy on me than a shadowy Chinese company. Does it really matter if it has 4x th…

Just slap Blokada on it. Personally I don't give a shit about privacy since I never see any advertising.

What use is it if a company knows everything about me when they can't use that information to sell me things?

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