Who care about GSMarena's news while they always copied other sources without any verification.

When we talk about Xiaomi news, always refer to Xiaomi official weibo (twitter in China). It represents Xiaomi official, so their announcement is the most accurate one.

In Xiaomi official weibo, they posted a poll and asked the people to vote which part of phone spec they wish to have surprise. The result is not important. The one we should concern about is the hint that given by the Xiaomi official. Apparently, Xiaomi official voted the camera. Indirectly telling us that there's a surprise on the camera performance of the upcoming Redmi Note 5 Pro China version.
If you ask me which one to believe, of course I will always trust their official twitter.

Asus released specs for their ZF 5 models. The mid range model has similar specs to the RN5 pro with the Snapdragon 636, OIS but it seems to be alot lighter at 155g vs 180g

https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_5_ze620kl-9061.php

Asus released specs for their ZF 5 models. The mid range model has similar specs to the RN5 pro with the Snapdragon 636, OIS but it seems to be alot lighter at 155g vs 180g

https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_5_ze620kl-9061.php

if price less than 1k, i choose zenfone anytime

News said China's version (which will be brought into Malaysia market soon)  will have different camera spec compared to India's version. Not sure it's better spec or weaker spec.

if its weaker.... Noooooooooooo 😱😱😱

Any particular reason? For me a decent option for custom roms is a plus and both brands seem to have similar level of community support.

i own few xiaomi product, phone, tablet and camera, cctv... etc
the product quality is below average...
mostly hardware problem...
eg screen yellowish, wifi chip ko, power chip ko, phone+charger+cable burn, battery swollen...

and speaking of custom roms, xiaomi hv really bad reputation in releasing oss kernel... (recent case A1 aka android one no source code)

compared to asus, it hv excellent reputation in xda community

and speaking of custom roms, xiaomi hv really bad reputation in releasing oss kernel... (recent case A1 aka android one no source code)

compared to asus, it hv excellent reputation in xda community

if price less than 1k, i choose zenfone anytime

Nowdays people no longer have interest on custom rom coz performance not much diff & battery drain faster than stock rom..

We can keep dreaming coz Zenfone 4 with SD630 price edi >RM2k

China is coming soon

i own few xiaomi product, phone, tablet and camera, cctv... etc
the product quality is below average...
mostly hardware problem...
eg screen yellowish, wifi chip ko, power chip ko, phone+charger+cable burn, battery swollen...

and speaking of custom roms, xiaomi hv really bad reputation in releasing oss kernel... (recent case A1 aka android one no source code)

compared to asus, it hv excellent reputation in xda community

Same time as Malaysia?

You probably have more than your share of bad luck with Xiaomi products. To me they are decent to good quality and deliver more than comparably priced products from what I've seen in their budget and mid price range.

Agreed about the late release of source code but the MiA1 source code was released over a month ago which isn't too bad.

mayb u r right...

but how many units u bought,
i bought ~15units...
im speaking from statistically, not 1 2 units experienced

lucky few of the unit is under original warranty
hehe mayb my luck still not tat bad