yup. me too. the reason i dont use case or sp is because it covers the true beauty of the phone. but I take good care (extremely) my phones like babies. even my 2016 axon 7 still look like 9999999.999999% new

T - 5 days hehe.. Excited to get my first poco hehe

Should be no problem to get 4g+ on F2 pro I think. My AP set Redmi K30 pro with same hardware spec with a band less (B20) can get 4g+ on maxis network.

miui 12 is not for those prefer simplicity. lots of animation and graphic as compared to miui 11. not sure if you can toggle off all the animation and get back the 11 feeling.

conclusion miui 12, the new normal

Been using xiaomi for past 3-4 year's, now change to realme, feels good not having ads shown to you in certain apps. Don't think I can ever go back to xiaomi after this.

Realme is the new flagship killer in town.

they bought ap set ....

They were supposed to roll out VoLTE this year but I guess the Covid-19 issue threw them off track. Anyways, yeah, it’s a bit shameful that such a big telco hasn’t rolled it out yet
Realme’s new Realme UI is more minimalistic and less bloated than MIUI, but previously when I had the Realme 5, it was equally as painful on ColorOS 6

Anyways, UI is a matter of personal preference, some people will swear by MIUI still, and that’s well within their rights. But yeah, I prefer Realme UI too, which was one of the reasons I sold my Poco F2 Pro and “downgraded” back to my Realme 6.
I have the MY set and it still had ads in all its stock MIUI apps like Cleaner, Themes, File Manager, etc. It’s manageable compared to previous years, but it’s still there.

I was using Malaysia set, not AP.

Ads appear in the pre-installed xiaomi apps like settings, file manager, cleaner etc.

yup my also zero ads .... that why i wondering.

Me too

Zero ads

I never encountered ads on poco f1 and current mi9T

But then I never use ANY of xiaomi stock apps except Camera and Setting.
I installed Chrome, google clock, google calendar, calculator etc. Many of those xiaomi stock apps, requesting you to accept 'terms and condition' thing when first launch, I immediately decide not to use. It's always fishy when they need to ask your consent even for simple apps.

Google Photo 
File = Solid Explorer
Email = Gmail
SMS = Messages ( Google )
Video = MX Player
Music = Poweramp

and using Nova launcher ( then hide all the unused redundant apps, mostly xiaomi one )

Sadly phone apps also stock xiaomi, now recalled Themes and Wallpaper also xiaomi.