I edy black-listed Snap865... Stop buying non-essentials item...LOL... looking towards Snap768G... if they price it right, will only then consider... I edy tested Snap855/855+... need to feel the brand new 768G pulak...

This post has been edited by azhar75: May 15 2020, 04:19 PM

I want that too... they re-branded to give positive impressions to the public (and tech enthusiasts...(?)). But, just watch YouTube will do so far... see whether this so-called "Diamond-City" is reliable or not... if the ISP can produce at par pix and vix during night-sight, then we have options to the "ultra-hyper-expensive" Snap865...

This post has been edited by azhar75: May 15 2020, 04:48 PM

Correct lohhh... 3 units for RM8,000. Different colours summore...

So, it's "official" the SRP is:
= RM8,000 ÷ 3
= RM2,666
~ RM2,599

This post has been edited by azhar75: May 17 2020, 03:45 PM

Like that "Buy 3 Free 1" AidilFitri Offer edy...LOL... I want, I want...

OK lah... Kasi cincai... LOL... Here's the clue:


So, we edy have iPhone SE 2020 Killer soon...LOL....later lots of "Influencers" will compare these devices...

This post has been edited by azhar75: May 17 2020, 05:04 PM

Sayonara Android... Hello Mr. Timmy...

Oh well... I'm always looking at long-term investment:


And...

Resale value after 24 months:

My hypothesis:

This year is the cheapest iPhone SRP we can get.

Starting next year, once Mr. Timmy "migrate" their manufacturing outside of China, the "25% increase" SRP will be borne by the end-user.

Thanks to Donald "J"oker Trump for starting the Trade War with China. All Apple products price will sky-rocket next year.

As for Android platforms, we have plethora of choices especially mid-range prices.

Mr. Timmy's community will suffer next year onwards. So much for the eco-system strategy...

Hence, the demand for second-hand units "will" increase back again next year. So better buy the iPhone SE now and enjoy high resale value in year 2021 onwards...

This post has been edited by azhar75: May 20 2020, 09:51 PM

F1 "barely" registered as 10 SoT Club:


Source

This post has been edited by azhar75: May 22 2020, 01:21 AM

Apparently, yes; becoz stock ROM is heavily having "nuisance activities" running in the background....

It's their strategy to get rid off the SoCs/inventory quickly... By creating many sub-brands & models, buyers are fooled to believe there are "many" choices in the market.

Plus, by pushing the new so-called "model", they can put the SRP higher than the previous model launched 3 months ago, despite of identical internal components.

Hence, the breakdown of 100% inventory is :
25% inventory goes to Mi branding...
10% inventory goes to Blackshark branding...
40% inventory goes to Redmi branding...
25% inventory goes to Poco branding...

Therefore,
If Redmi series (launched 3 months ago) have outstanding inventory, just transfer the inventory to Poco account and sell at new or higher price.

(1) Malaysia Set is not having the EU ROM. Malaysia set comes with Global ROM.

(2) The difference as follows :


(3) EU ROM still keeping the following system apps:


As the system apps are still present, I myself take my own initiative to further reduce some "background activities" by tweaking settings below:
(a) Enable Smart Scenes options.
(b) Disable access to Device ID.
© Disable Unrestricted Data for all System Apps.
(d) Disable Usage Access to all System Apps.
(e) Disable Authorization & Revocation for all System Apps.

All in all, the EU ROM has some effects to the background activities but not enough to prevent other nuisance. Therefore, user still need to tweak around further to minimize other background activities.

(1) EU (Europe) ROM is NOT official from Xiaomi; just like other custom ROMs in XDA community.

(2) Yes, the user needs to unlock the Bootloader (the official & legal method via Mi website) in order to be able to flash EU ROM.

(3) As highlighted below :


All in all, MIUI is well known for its rouge background activities since MIUI version 1. If the user can bare the "nuisance", no harm to proceed with the stock MIUI. It's how Xiaomi makes money and sustain the SRP to be "affordable" and reaching the "Flagship Killer" title.

Xiaomi awares users can flash stock ROM to other custom ROMs and loses the cash from the "background activities" in stock MIUI. There was a time they block the unlock Bootloader to prevent user flash custom ROMs. But backlash from their fans reverse that decision.

As for me, for the past 5 Xiaomi devices, I only flash EU ROM immediately once the ROM is released. No turning back and won't try other custom ROMs. You can nominate me as the No. 1 Fan for EU ROM...LOL...

Starting from MIUI 10, Poco's EU ROM is based on stable Chinese ROM. This is due to instability of weekly Chinese ROM tends to brick the device and common bootloop issue.

In terms of local Malaysia warranty, just flash back to global ROM before sending to the Service Center. No need to lock back the Bootloader. This is based on my experience for one of Xiaomi device having screen burning earlier.

No trading apps in my F1 EU ROM.

You may try the following :
(1) Search for "System Apps" menu to disable their access to cellular Data.

(2) Disable Device ID access:


(3) Enable Smart Scenes:


(4) Disable all Authorization & Revocation :


All the above tweaking are to reserve the resources to your Trading Apps. Rather than the System Apps taking all the resources, tweaking above will free up some resources for your Trading app to continue running happily.

On top of that, do the followings:
(1) Set "No restrictions" to the Trading App


(2) Lock the Trading App so that it can constantly running in the Background


(3) Enable "Auto Start" to the Trading App


(4) Turn on "Unrestricted Data" to the Trading App


This post has been edited by azhar75: May 22 2020, 10:27 AM

Me too. Not in a gazillion years I'm gonna cash out to their latest top of the line product series...

Why spend >RM3000 when we can get better deals from Sammy's or Mr. Timmy's last year flagship series...

I won't spend more than RM1500 for Xiaomi products. The latest one I bought was Xiaomi Enchen Boost for <RM50... LOL...


This post has been edited by azhar75: May 22 2020, 10:38 AM

Not dual-SIM active, auto-disqualify... LOL...

But,...

Usage is almost 2 days, very good...

By "discounting" the Facebook (1 hour 13 minutes) and Instagram (46 minutes) apps, we can "allow" the 10 SoT Club enrollment... LOL...

Just ensure not to leave the battery level below 15%. Else, the cells will dry faster and shorter lifespan...

This post has been edited by azhar75: May 22 2020, 10:58 AM

As for me, I can't accept MTK becoz GCam is not 100% compatible ... So, still relying on Snap series in the end, and especially the ones that Google Pixel 5 is rumored to use (Snap 765G or 768G)...

As hypothesized ... LOL ...

73.3% price increment from F1's 128GB SRP 2 years ago...

Vivo iQOO Neo 3 5G saves the day....LOL...



Let's see Influencers comparing the SoT of F2P soon... K30PZ is doing great...


This post has been edited by azhar75: May 28 2020, 10:50 AM