(3rd Update December 2024 - terrible guys new problems and the old ones still exist) Coming in with experience from flagships like iPhone Pro Max and Samsung Note I have the following comments: Positives: - You get very good specs for the money. I bought it used for 350, at this price it's totally vfm with 12GB RAM 512GB UFS. - The microphone and speakers are top-notch just a click below the flagships. - The display is great, the flagships have significantly better visibility in sunlight and in studios with a lot of light but it's okay, it's not bad either. - The charger is extremely robust even in fast charging without boost - HyperOS, generally look I don't consider it the best skin on Android clearly but it gets the job done. Coming from iOS where I suffered through Apple's silly choices, HyperOS is truly an upgrade for daily use. Oh, let's exclude the default apps which are 50/50 to be good or trash. - It's super lightweight for the size of the screen I have to say compared to flagships due to the build. For me, this is a positive, others may not like the feel. Negatives: - Cameras. Guys, I'll tell you one thing, after years in flagship series it has nothing to do with Samsung's S series, Google's Pixel, or Apple's iPhone. If you want a camera go there, here it has the hardware but the camera software is all over the place. Auto focus is hit or miss, brightness is wherever, colors whenever it feels like it. It takes effort to take photos that others capture with the press of a button. Of course, if you put in some effort and play with the settings you'll get similar results just a bit worse than the flagships 7/10 times. The front camera is also functional but disgusting beyond video calls with the aunt from the village. - The battery is good but not excellent, it lasts a day with moderate use, but due to heavy use on days I don't work it needs a charge during the day which is of course a hassle. - The quality of the glass is mediocre, it's relatively durable but the flagships are noticeably more durable. This problem is quite bigger because it's also hard to find good screen protectors (I bought 2 and neither fit properly on the phone). After 3 months of use, both the cameras and the display have micro scratches something I've never had with flagships even without screen protectors. - The auto brightness is hit or miss works correctly 6/10 times, it needs manual adjustment here too. - The auto rotate works but seems overly sensitive, a problem I had with the cheap Xiaomi series and hoped not to find here again. The king in this is iOS by far, just so you know. - Updates guys do not exist, even though it will have long-term support the speed of updates is suicidal we are 4 months behind compared to Samsung regarding Android and security updates and I haven't received even half a feature update. First update 24/08/2024 since 07/04/2024 and there hasn't been another. - The fingerprint sensor is 8/10 but the physical button worked even better which was on the cheap old Xiaomi. Samsung is clearly better here while the iPhone is also good but takes longer to unlock because it requires multiple clicks to unlock which drives me crazy. - A new thing I noticed recently is that my phone doesn't have the speeds that reviewers have in benchmarks. I tried Geekbench 5.6 and Antutu v10, except for Antutu which is quite close, Geekbench is way off, it gives me 1300 single core and 3400 multi core while this chip should give 2100 single core and 5500 multi core even in other phones. I have the same performance as Dimensity 1300 which cost 400 euros new and now goes for 200.
- After the last Bluetooth update, there is a major issue with Bluetooth with continuous disconnections and poor call quality with headphones.
- GPS is clearly worse than flagships in the sense that under ideal conditions it performs the same, but in difficult conditions or even in the car, it has worse responsiveness and sometimes cuts out when navigating via Google Maps (not to mention that Google Maps freezes completely for some reason on this phone).
- (new) Bluetooth stopped working properly after the summer update, connections with headphones are dropping, the car doesn't connect at all, and sending files via Bluetooth is also a mess.
- (new) 5GHz hotspot doesn't work while I have unlimited data, I can't share it with my relatives at good speeds during the holidays, I give them 25Mbps while I get 250! I press the 5GHz and it always shows a fatal error.

I do not recommend it to anyone, guys, if I had known, I would have gone for Samsung even if I paid more for worse hardware because what good is the hardware if the software doesn't work properly and they never fix it. For me, after many changes, Android = Samsung and Apple are the only ones in the mobile market now. I have already switched to S24+ and I now use this as a second phone.

I uploaded some mainly good photos I took from an IKEA to show you what you can achieve, but there were also bad ones (like the one with the KALAX furniture that isn't shaky, that's how it came out). Generally, the phone is good if you find it on discount or buy it used, but if you are looking for a complete flagship experience, unfortunately, it is not here.

I have had it for 8 months and the comments I have to make are mixed.
In the positives:
It has an AMAZING camera. Possibly the best mobile camera I have ever seen, better than several high-end devices I compared it to. It is worth it just for the camera.
It is a durable and sturdy device.
Very good screen with nice and vibrant colors.
It has good OS support from Xiaomi. When I got it, there was a problem with the GPS (significant enough for the mobile's GPS to be useless) and they fixed it in less than 3 weeks, obviously others had reported it as well.

In the negatives:
It has an insanely short battery life. I have never had an 8-month-old mobile that doesn't last a day. Because I use it heavily, if I start in the morning, by 4-5 in the afternoon it has less than 20% left.
Sometimes it freezes. It is not the most expensive mobile on the market and no one ever promised me that it wouldn't freeze, but sometimes it is annoying.
It might have been a sensitive device for me, but the charging port is so sensitive that the cable disconnects with the slightest shake. I will take it for a check-up to be safe.

Do I recommend it? Yes. Absolutely. 100000%. Its camera will enchant you. Just get a power bank, in the end a good one costs 20€.

It is the first time I buy an expensive mobile phone (I got it for 670). I won't go into many details. However, because I am a musician and one of the reasons I bought it is to make videos for social stories on the go, I have to say that I am completely dissatisfied. The recording quality, both in simple recording, in videos, and in recorded messages that I send to social media, is unacceptable for a mobile phone at this price range (I am also talking about the quality of instrument recording - e.g. piano/guitar - as well as the quality of voice recording, both spoken and singing). I am not talking about the sound that I HEAR from the speakers. The sound that comes out of the speakers when I watch YouTube, movies, or listen to music is good, I will say (8/10). The very bad thing is the quality with which this specific mobile phone records sounds, in other words, the microphone it has. Of course, personally, I have searched and asked, and I have never encountered a microphone category in smartphones to be able to compare if one mobile phone will record better than another. So, if someone, musician or not, among the uses they want to do is to record sound/music, it is better to look for another mobile phone.

I don't know why this phone has so many good reviews. I believe that every user inevitably compares it to what they had before. So, if someone had a cheaper phone, this one will seem amazing to them... But is it really? I come from the Huawei P30 Pro, a four-year-old phone. After 4 years of use, the P30's battery still performs at 80% - 90%, meaning that no matter what you do, you can't drain it before the end of the day, because the phone originally lasted 1.5 days with continuous use. The Xiaomi, on the other hand, needs to be charged in the middle of the day and even before the end of the day! What does that tell you about a phone that is 4 years ahead? Many users say that the battery doesn't last long, but you can charge it in 20-30 minutes and problem solved. But is it really? The fact that it charges quickly doesn't provide any convenience unless you're stuck at a desk or you carry the bulky Xiaomi charger or a power bank with you wherever you go. Otherwise, you have to charge it in advance for fear of running out of battery when you don't have a charger! However, when you charge the battery 2-3 times a day, you wear it out 2-3 times faster, and then you'll wonder why the battery doesn't last anymore over time. Spoiler alert: the same thing happens with the 14 Ultra, it's just a software issue and not a battery capacity issue. But Xiaomi has other weaknesses as well. What can I say about the camera? It's absolutely comparable to the camera of the P30 Pro, a phone from four years ago, I repeat. As for the macro and wide lenses, let's not even comment on them compared to the P30 Pro. Again, how does this translate into a rating when the Xiaomi is a phone with lenses and technologies that are 4 years behind the P30? Is it considered "excellent"? Let's move on to the operating system now. Overall, it's good but with far fewer conveniences than the P30 Pro. One example is that when you share something, it doesn't give you the option for Viber, but it shows Viber contacts from which you have to select one to enter Viber and then select the contact you want again. Response on the home page? Do you remember a decade ago when you pressed the home button and the icons "built up"? You'll see that happening again. Not always, but often. When I saw it, I couldn't believe it! I never, ever saw anything like that on the P30, not even once in the 4 years I had it. So, I don't think it deserves a very good rating in this aspect either. Just to clarify, it's not that the phone is not impressive and very fast. It would be a shame if it wasn't for such a price. However, there are enough details that show its weaknesses to anyone who wants a phone that is among the real top phones on the market. It's very good, but definitely not on the same level as the flagships. However, the issue with the battery was the deal breaker for me, the reason why I had to switch to another phone. All the other issues come second and are less important. It was the first Xiaomi phone I bought and probably the last. So, I put it aside and bought a Honor Magic 6 Pro and found my peace. Because Honor has the Huawei signature for anyone who had a Huawei and knows what that means.

I had the redmi note 8 pro for 4+ years and I was very tempted by the poco f5 pro mainly because of Qualcomm, but since I had an excellent experience with the helio g90t, I said WHY NOT GO BACK TO MEDIATEK????
The devices I bought were up to 300 euros, but this time I decided to spend some extra money so that I could have an experience as close as possible to a flagship. THIS TIME I WANTED IT ALL. FAST PROCESSOR, AMOLED SCREEN, PREMIUM FEEL, LONG-TERM SOFTWARE AND SECURITY SUPPORT, REAL ALWAYS ON DISPLAY, OIS, SUPER-FAST CHARGING, GOOD NIGHT SHOTS, PLAY GAMES SMOOTHLY AND HAVE IP68 CERTIFICATION.

I usually keep my devices for four years. This is the third in a row from Xiaomi (note 4 pro-note 8 pro-13t pro). I am not a FANBOY of anyone. I have been a user of, among others, Apple (first generation iPad) and Samsung (young-s advance and s3). I know that MIUI is not the perfect UI, but I have accepted its weaknesses. I have gotten used to it and I will not hesitate to say that it has served me well.

I bought it for 565€. It's not cheap, but I won't regret it. If you don't invest a little more in a device that you will have with you all the time for a certain period of time, where else will you spend it? Besides, at this price, it seems to offer more compared to the competition. THIS IS WHAT XIAOMI HAS DONE ALL ALONG - TO OFFER STRONG PACKAGES AT A GOOD PRICE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

My jaw dropped at how fast it charges. Its front cam even takes very high-quality photos at night. (something I never had with the budget devices I bought)

The device is worth its money. I hope it will make me look good like the redmi 8 pro, which still works perfectly and will continue to offer its services to my father-in-law!

If I have something negative to say, it's that I miss the jack, the notification LED, and I would have preferred the frame to be aluminum and not plastic.
AT THIS PRICE, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING TO COMPARE IT TO AND MAKE ME HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS.

I hope I helped with what I said, even though everything has already been said by others!!!

Excellent phone for its price. It comes with a charger, cable, pre-installed quality screen protector, and a case. You really feel like you're holding an iPhone with Android. (It is the same size as the 15 Pro Max, which my friend just bought.) It feels like we got the same phone with different software in terms of speed, cameras, and sound. Of course, Apple costs twice as much.

Everything happens instantly. Excellent Dolby sound, HDR10+ screen, excellent photos, and very good videos. It is fast in everything, and experts say it can easily handle all games (although I haven't tried it yet). The battery lasts, it doesn't last a day depending on usage, but I've had it for 3 days and charged it 3 times in 25 minutes. However, with its charger, it lasts 2 days with moderate use in just 10 minutes of charging.

I give it 4 stars because I do photo editing and video editing, and it is a bit slow in exporting and loading photos. After researching, I found out that the processor has very few shading units compared to Snapdragon, and that's probably the reason. It disappointed me a bit, but I think for someone who doesn't use Lightroom, it is an excellent phone for 650 euros, it's worth it 100%. For the initial price of 900 and in some stores now, maybe only the 1T 16GB is worth it. But for 600 euros, I don't think you can find so many good things in a phone today.

The processor is like having a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, slightly better for gaming but slightly worse in the rendering aspect I mentioned earlier.

I don't know what some people have seen with the sound and say it's not good. I'm still trying to figure out in which phase it doesn't perform well in sound. I don't give it a 10/10, but I don't notice anything. I also do music and I have to say that its microphone is amazing when recording videos. (I noticed that it captures something like ASMR from the person holding the phone (front sounds) and normal sound from what's happening behind where the camera is.)

It doesn't have a macro lens for macro photography, but with the 50MP lens, it captures twice the quality compared to a macro lens I compared it with Xiaomi Note 9 Pro.

P.S. I come from the legendary budget-high-end phone Mi 9T Pro back then, and I have to say that it is twice as fast, so it's worth its money (at 650 euros, obviously not 900), with noticeable improvements in the screen, cameras, etc.

Update 29.3.2024, 2 months later. The phone hasn't frozen anywhere except for the calling app (like a bug) which was fixed with a restart. The battery is not extremely good, but it definitely lasts a day, and its charger has saved me. If I forget, it lasts half a day in 10 minutes of charging, and another day in 20 minutes.

As for its usage, I tested it in extreme weather conditions with -15 degrees for hours in the mountains, with humidity and buried in snow, and it has no issues.

Its photos are very good, but the quality slightly deteriorates in the x2 lens, which is logical. However, I would say they are excellent.

Overall, I noticed that the sound it captures in videos has incredible detail.

I also noticed that I use it much more than my old phone because it doesn't lag anywhere, and I continue to explore things because its operation is so smooth. I believe that if I don't break it, I will keep it for 3 years for sure, maybe even 5 at best. I don't think there's a reason for someone to replace this phone; I don't know what else can be improved that we can notice. Only the rendering and shaders maybe.