my take on this phone after few days of using it
screen
-big, bright, high refresh rate but don't expect flagship high refresh rate screen quality. 90hz amoled high refresh screen on my op7t much better then this especially when scrolling. but for less than 1k, the best high refresh screen u can get, better than realme 6.
stereo speaker
-just okay but again don't expect flagship level stereo speaker.. just nice and better than most midrange speaker. But the vibration effect from the speaker I never experience anything like that before from any other phone. really uncomfortable to hold when u max the volume , like a vibrator
miui12
-full of bloatware...full of ads... already get rid of it using fastboot tools
camera
-picture quality too soft and saturated... good enough if u view it on ur phone or for social media only. realme/oppo/vivo take better photo in this price range category.
battery
-good enough
conclusion
typical xiaomi phone. overhype, great/wow specs on paper but half baked on execution/real product. poor 120hz screen optimization, but still specs-wise is the best among midrange among 1k sub categories.
if u planning to buy this and ur previous phone also a midrange phone, u will be very happy with this phone
for semi-flagship, flagship phone user who planning to downgrade to this phone u will feel quite disappointed
most of the negative comment coming from people who had use flagship devices, high refresh rate screen flagship devices.
To be honest when I received the device I'm little bit disappointing.
120hz screen, 240hz touch sampling on the specs sheet but no better than my 90hz screen, 120hz touch sampling rate on my op7t when scrolling. the problem I believe is the optimization. fixable with future software updates
It does feel good, smooth as for now, it feel smooth like I'm using the 60hz google pixel 1,2,3, phone
but definitely not 120hz Samsung or rog phone level
overall highly recommended midrange phone. best buy phone under 1k. make sure you debloat it as soon as u get the phone. personally this is my pick for midrange phone of the year.
for better photography phone wait for realme 7 series or buy used set pixel 3a
for straight use out of the box, non tech savvy guys, oldies, prefer oled screen, better after sales service and 3 years guaranteed major software update go for Samsung a51.