QUOTE(kokweng1 @ Dec 21 2021, 10:12 PM)
slapdragon 662 is quite new (if not wrong mid 2020 announce, using back old arm core but with newer node)
but what u say is correct, some newer MTK dimension cheap is quite good
actually redmi 9T are quite good for the price (RM399 during sales for 64GB)
everything quite good
- big battery (6000 mah)
- 1080p ips
- UFS storage (many other at this price (300~600) still using eMMC)
however, the bad..
- MIUI on low-end device (not optimize and got advertisement)
- ** u can disable ad, but some of the setting it will auto re-enable after 30day...
- camera meh
- redmi 9T is basically poco m3 but with extra camera....quite alot people brick after update/restart (google redmi 9t / poco m3 dead boot)
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btw, today my hush puppies reached
so good they honor it
all my 12.12 item from lazada reached today
left 1 from shopee stuck at mp3 sorting centre
Yes, but just reminder, eMMC can be faster than UFS, the UFS got cheap version which also bad than high end eMMC.
But yes, UFS 2.1 ensure you are not getting the worst storage performance for sure.
The problem is TRIM, lot of old device with eMMC don't have proper TRIM feature, they will only TRIM when you charged for hours, or reboot, or removed lot of small files.
The best example is eMMC for Asus zenfone Max Pro M1, until now still running much much quicker on storage benchmark, it is not having F2FS FYI.
The worst example is eMMC for Huawei Y Max(华为畅享MAX in China), it is target for retail shop with 50% of earning, so yes, most eMMC of this model break down.
Ya, 9T with that brick issues, better don't touch it, it is very trouble if you using it as daily phone la, but if you using it as backup phone, then fine.
MIUI on medium end is best, because they lack of animation but 90% feature available, those animation and transparent take lot of performance, memory while give you lot of bugs. which is...
So yes, the best is still those Redmi Note series available on China market, surely they don't brick it easily because most market are using it.
While Realme is taking market for Asia, so as long as they don't fxxk up, it will be a good cheap phone, so far having 4 of it, and still running, just MTK ROM update sometimes got graphic issues.

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All my 12.12 reached yesterday, so yes, good.
Look like there is 2 batch, 1 for official, 1 for part time, that's why during Sunday part time can only bring 1 package for me, because others assigned to Official la.
This post has been edited by BenYeeHua: Dec 21 2021, 11:48 PM