Quadcore. Octacore is just marketing. Just that clock speed is downclock.
I won't buy from xiaomi malaysia. Bloatware is china rom which can be uninstall.
The adavnatage is the battery life. MIUI operating system that you can make the phone alarm ring even though it's off. You can even schedule the phone to on itself. The power saving modr enable you to set battety saver, balanced or performance. Thr above tweaks can lengthen battery life considerably.

810 is the one with heating problem. 820 fix it. Not true. Mi phone have one of the best battery life (mi3 and asking my friend about her mi4c). Note that I am not talking about the redmi line. Cause like redmi note 3, have 4000mah, performance worse than mi5 (gsmarena)
If you are like me who maximise battery life over eveything else, there's a setting there where you can set for battery saving. On mi3 I used that setting and my mi3 never lag.

Most phone battery saver mode practically just off internet, wifi, Bluetooth etc. Mi one is different. It will slow down the processor. If you are like me, light user (whatsapp, sms, call, taking picture only), you won't feel a difference in usage. You will get one extra day of usage by using power saving mode. This is for mi3. I don't own a mi5 yet but will most likely get it 6 months later. You can even boost the mi5 battery life by setting the alarm clock and OFF the phone before sleeping. The phone will wake up. No android can do this yet not even nexus. Even without the battery saving mode, it can last 90+ hours on standby according to GSMArena. Other blog also mentioned it's awesome battery life.

All phones/laptop/computer won't be ultilise the full RAM cause the system needs it. People complain that mi eats up a lot of RAM (more than nexus, sony). But when you are looking at them, they are basically skeletons so of course they are faster. Never like vanila andoid. Too plain. There's no nice useful feature.

So far, all blogs give good review for mi5. The only complain is the camera. Camera doesn't match the marketing specs but is still decent.

Keep in mind that if you are like me don't care about updates, mi is good as it won't slow you down even after 2 years of usage (light user here).If updates is really important to you, look elsewhere as you won't get the latest android.

This post has been edited by Ramjade: Jun 24 2016, 09:38 PM

Go read gsmarena and techradar. Techradar user said he's a heavy user.

No need to worry about warranty cause directd will fix any phone. Once had an ipad 2 which fell down (alive but screen is black). Took to apple service center at gardens, KL they refuse to fix my ipad despite I told them I am willing to pay. Send to directd, told me to come back in 3 days time.

Malaysia only white 32GB. That's why I will be waiting until 6 months before buying 64GB black. That way, the price would have reduce further.

Really? Never own one cause price is not nice. China phones can do it but why korean, japanese phones can't do it.

I know the old Nokia phones could do that. That's why I was impressed MIUI could do that.

Read GSM area, Techradar + other blog site to get a view of it. So far, I have seen that mi5 battery beats RN3 despite RN3 having 4000mah

They open up service center in every state.

Not browser app. Usually some other app will cause ads to appear. Few pages back, people reported that the bloatware can be uninstalled.

This post has been edited by Ramjade: Jun 27 2016, 01:24 PM

Where did you get the 64gb and hoe much? Got black colour?

I wouldn't want to buy casing, SP from malaysia. By buying directly from China, one save rm2-5/item. Throw that in with free shipping and tax free.

http://en.miui.com/thread-202290-1-1.html

Can install from mi store or look for Google play store .apk

This post has been edited by Ramjade: Jun 28 2016, 09:55 AM

Code given some TM customers. Rm200 off. Code might not be valid anymore (too Many people use)

This post has been edited by Ramjade: Jun 29 2016, 01:42 PM

Same battery does not mean same battery life. Take redmi note 3. 4000mah but fares worse than mi5 3000mah battery.

That's normal and have been proven that having 2 sims makes the battery drain faster compare to single sim. Android was not meant for dual sim.

So pictures taken by mi5 good or not? Most review said so-so.

My opinion is based from GSMArena review.

HTC is a crap phone. Will never buy it again. Less than 2 years, the micro USB port spoil already. The phone keeps thinking it's in a car.That was my Htc desire s.
Hope HTC will just die.

Who cares about how long ago the phone? That's was my first android. Second and current phone is xperia zr. I tend to use my phone until they spoil. Sony is a good phone but their camera software is not on par yet.
Is not about being fan boy. I used whichever which gives me best value for money (last long)

iPhone need to manually wake phone up alao what.
I will tell you otherwise. Switcht to miui. Why?
(i) you get some interesting feature not found in vanila android
(ability to schedule when the phone can ring/on even when the phone is off - extending your Battery life, 3 power saver mode - which you can boost battery life further if you choose power saving)

I have used closed to stock android (cyanogenmod, AOSP) before and never like it. Why?
(i) too plain
(ii) lack of features
(iii) camera program not as good as OEM camera.

Keep in mind your usage may vary with me as I am light user and updates are not important to me.