Dont think 60Hz to 120Hz display refresh rate are technology breakthrough
I havent own smartphone with over 60Hz display refresh rate yet, so cant be 100% sure, but I think the 'smoothness of user experience' largely affected by OS/software optimization.
When I use OG Pixel XL few years back, I'm amazed at that iOS level smoothness, but when 'upgraded' to newer phone like poco F1 and xiaomi mi9T, that extreme smoothness gone missing. Poco F1 does felt fast but not smooth.

IMO what's require are higher than 60hz, let's say 90Hz. So when framerate dropped ( which happened on games required heavy resources ), it dropped from 90fps to 72fps etc, which still felt smooth.

big brother Xiaomi are watching, so they cant all-in and grab away sales

IMO poco went too far on F1, giving too much value. It's like iphoneSE2, flagship SOC but mid-range other ( display, camera ).
F2 now up their game on display ( AMOLED ) which contribute to increase on cost also.

I think it's just cost, LCD are easier to get high refresh rate. See laptop with LCD and AMOLED option.
but possibly like other speculated, they cant over-come big brother xiaomi

that'll be fxxked up OP got McLaren version, maybe poco come out Type R version

I think wont become reality, but I would really want a near-stock version.
Something like Asus did last year with Zenphone 6. They went from one of the worst optimized Android manufacturer to smooth and well praised.

PS5 end of the year ma, if no delay.
Why Android tablet ? I think Android and it's app are not suitable ( or optimized ) for tablet.

Slow-mo video are not really good way to prove.


Not saying 90Hz or 120Hz are useless, but most people exaggerated it's effectiveness in real life, can be just placebo effect.

I'm using 100Hz PC monitor, do I felt different when browsing, watch youtube ? absolutely no. Only when games capable of 80-100fps can I felt it.
How does a game which my PC can only run around 40fps on my 100Hz monitor ? felt sluggish.

90Hz or 120Hz display, need to pair with OS or software capable of utilize it. I'm not yet confident that xiaomi and thus poco already perfect MIUI to 90fps or 120fps ( waiting MIUI 12 please ) so really it's just certain games that support 90-120Hz can you enjoy it.

90Hz and 90fps are not the same

Cant. SD865 only pair with 1 modem, which integrated 5G and LTE together. So SD865 mandatory comes with 5G.

Hopefully price it right.
On paper 768G should be powerful enough, using similar Cortex A76 + A55 as SD855
I'm using mi9T SD730 so I'm perfectly happy with it's performance.

For similar price, most sensible people will choose OnePlus 8, for much better OS optimization and support.

yeah IAP is future.

Some developer even did the unethical move to adopt IAP.
One example is Cerberus security apps ( powerful ) which we paid for lifetime licence. End of last year, developer turned greedy and make the 'lifetime' license expired, and asked us to subscribe

Hmmm, so poco f1 not capable of joining 10 hours SOT club ? I can get 7 hours SOT on it, normal usage ( browsing website etc ) which are best so far in my smartphone life.

Mostly marketing strategy, creating illusion that consumer have lots of choice, as most consumer are not tech enthusiast like us lurking in forum
Market are huge, thus creating more model just to fill up 'illusion of choices' should work. ie if 3 out of 5 choices are under your company albeit different name/model, you still wins as 60% chances

You walked in to store and presented with 5 choices within your budget and requirement, different model and brand, consumer will have the illusion that whatever they choose in the end ( or recommended by sales ) are best among five

about what price, you will consider buying F2 pro ?

Below rm2k I think near impossible EUR499

TBH I have almost no reason to change phone now, current phone Mi9T fits all my requirement and so far no complaint at all.
Just one reason I'll consider is my phone almost 1 year old. I usually change/sold phone before warranty end ( usually 1 year ), for better price. Calculated behavior

Yeah, see what offer they have for pre-order.
If this launch much nearer to year end, then cantik lo, shopee/lazada sales with discount voucher etc

end of the year, my aim will be OnePlus's launch, they should still remain the half year release cycle. Either aim whatever next gen OP, or wait OP8 or OP7T Pro to dropped to comfortable price range
Wonder if xiaomi will also have Mi10T ( successor to my current mi9T )

Also, yeah if F2 Pro price dropped below rm2k by then, should be good buy.

Inevitable, as manufacturers keep improved on design/quality etc, xiaomi even without stupid-Qualcomm-forced-5G, already near flagship phone price last year.
Same as OnePlus, build quality, features and camera etc keep getting better.

Trump is just a joker. Up front talked about American here and there, seeing China as threat, engaged trade war. Mainly due to China product are too cheap, so he put tariff on it, earn big bucks, right ?
Many didnt know, the increase in price of those low cost product/materials impacted US industry itself. China aluminium too cheap ? Put tariff on it ! Small company in US like boat building who rely on aluminium, have to force-buy higher cost US aluminium, or eat the tariff imposed China aluminium.
Almost all IT or related industry company from US dont support Trump whole heartedly, they know it will come back and hurt them if trade war escalated. One of the reason whole world go and setup factory at China is due to cost and materials.

I think many manufactured in China, because main targeted buyer are around Asia, China and India as biggest consumer market in Asia.
Also China's lack of full regulatory, worse working environment, worse benefit etc. Imagine setup in western countries, worker union will fxxK up company profit, demanding benefit this and that.

Ya, IINM materials processing also. Many rare earth material processing are 'dirty' and not environment friendly, western countries 'dont' want to do at their place.
Like how Australia dig out materials, and ship to Msia to process it cough*Lynas*cough

Does seems slightly nearer to poco F1, aka LCD screen. One of the reason F1 are low cost is LCD.