Big Screen needs a Big Battery 4850mAh Ultra-long Standby Time
Built-in largest capacity battery of Xiaomi
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jevtamsn to theo00
22 Sep 1617#10
All phones are Chinese.
skykid3
22 Sep 1616#44
No, your mum blocked it
mgmurphy007
22 Sep 168#12
recently picked up the 4gb ram 128gb version for £315 on Ebay, to replace my 3 year old Samsung Note 3. Pleasantly surprised at how efficient it is. The idea of spending twice as much or more from now on for a Samsung seems pretty ridiculous. I've also put s 200gb sd card in.
dealmeup
27 Sep 163#149
I have the 'Pro' version of this (SD652/4gb/128gb) and am currently typing from it. Bought in China over summer. My thoughts:
- Great value for performance - the 650 will still be enough for most. GPU is the same in all variants. Runs Real Racing 3 et al just fine.
- Massive battery that lasts days. Usually 2-3 days for me depending on usage or 6-12 hours screen on (gaming vs general online stuff). Supports Quick Charge 3 but standard charger supplied in the box.
- Nice IPS display. Good colour balance and decent in sunlight. 326ppi looks good as you don't hold it as close as smaller phones.
- Outstanding finger sensor. Never fails.
- No NFC so no Android Pay.
- Some vendors put their own modded MIUI room with malware. Just reflash official ROM or from xiaomi.eu for Google framework.
- Unlocking bootloader requires making a xiaomi account then requesting unlock. Took a few days (I did it on the phones from the UK)
- Around 2gb free (on my 4gb version) be it on MIUI 8 or custom CM ROM.
- Usual FDD LTE support so 4G on EE but not o2.
- Dual SIM or one SIM plus SD card.
- Camera is good-to-OK in good light (except for some blown highlights) but gets noisy quickly in lower light. Does 4k video which is decent but camera tends to seek focus a bit.
- Could be prone to bending as per some user reports. Not my experience as I don't sit on my phone. Feels solid enough and plenty of metal in the build.
Overall, for just over the £200 I paid, nothing comes close. The internals are great and it doesn't lag or stutter at all be it on stock MIUI or CM13 Resurrection Remix that I run (see XDA).
I guess the 3gb/650 variant will suffice for many people as long you want a monster media phone. There's much to like here.
let me explain this phone in non hukd geeky terms: it's made by xiaomi, which is china's very good answer to apple; this phone runs on the latest system (well, the very latest is android 7.0 but that's for google's own phones, and phones out of our price range; it has 32 GB memory, PLUS a memory card slot; and finally, you can trust xiaomi above anyone else in china
skykid3
22 Sep 16#9
Mi Max runs on a customised version of Android Marshmallow called MIUI 7
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Opening post
Those looking for larger phones, this has 6.5" screen an excellent spec for the price.
Snapdragon 650 Hexa Core
Display Resolution: 1920x1080
Display Size: 6.44"
Dual SIM
RAM: 3GB, ROM: 32GB
Camera: 16.0MP
Curved Glass
Super Fast Fingerprint ID
HD Video Player,
Battery Capacity(mAh): 4850MHA
Camera Type: Front & Back Camera
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100MHz
FDD 4G: FDD LTE B3:1800/B1:2100/B7:2600MHz
Warranty is excluded if ordered via your mobile browser
Also further *$4 dollars off is possible:
http://superdeals.aliexpress.com/en?spm=2114.11010108.15.2.ROorFn
Big Screen needs a Big Battery 4850mAh Ultra-long Standby Time
Built-in largest capacity battery of Xiaomi
Top comments
- Great value for performance - the 650 will still be enough for most. GPU is the same in all variants. Runs Real Racing 3 et al just fine.
- Massive battery that lasts days. Usually 2-3 days for me depending on usage or 6-12 hours screen on (gaming vs general online stuff). Supports Quick Charge 3 but standard charger supplied in the box.
- Nice IPS display. Good colour balance and decent in sunlight. 326ppi looks good as you don't hold it as close as smaller phones.
- Outstanding finger sensor. Never fails.
- No NFC so no Android Pay.
- Some vendors put their own modded MIUI room with malware. Just reflash official ROM or from xiaomi.eu for Google framework.
- Unlocking bootloader requires making a xiaomi account then requesting unlock. Took a few days (I did it on the phones from the UK)
- Around 2gb free (on my 4gb version) be it on MIUI 8 or custom CM ROM.
- Usual FDD LTE support so 4G on EE but not o2.
- Dual SIM or one SIM plus SD card.
- Camera is good-to-OK in good light (except for some blown highlights) but gets noisy quickly in lower light. Does 4k video which is decent but camera tends to seek focus a bit.
- Could be prone to bending as per some user reports. Not my experience as I don't sit on my phone. Feels solid enough and plenty of metal in the build.
Overall, for just over the £200 I paid, nothing comes close. The internals are great and it doesn't lag or stutter at all be it on stock MIUI or CM13 Resurrection Remix that I run (see XDA).
I guess the 3gb/650 variant will suffice for many people as long you want a monster media phone. There's much to like here.
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