If specs and price are about the same, which one would you choose

In terms of:
- UI
- camera performance
- screen visibility
- others

Thanks for your input

This post has been edited by river.sand: Oct 1 2020, 03:29 PM

Many ppl complain xiaomi especially redmi phone not durable.

Noted

depends on which model and how u use it too
some dislike miui, some prefer strong signal strength on realme
so quite subjective...battery life both is not bad

If we're talking popular model(with Snapdragon), easy pick Xiaomi. Can unlock bootloader and flash custom ROM(provided there are custom ROMs available).

Using Redmi Note 4 myself since 2017. On LineageOS. Android 10.
Just changed new battery. Good for another year at least

Response from similar thread in Serious Kopitiam:

Redmi 5 Plus 3GB/32GB and 4GB/64GB used since April 2018 (replacing my old faithful Redmi Note 3G from 2014)
Screen problems: none
Battery bloat: yes (3GB unit) and no (4GB unit).

Maybe I was partially lucky, or partially unlucky...i dunno Anyways, a new BN44 battery was slapped into the 3GB unit (10min job) and it works fine again. No idea just how "original" is this new "original battery", but time will tell.

Am now debating between the Redmi 9, Note 9s and some higher end xiaomis. I never had an AMOLED screen b4, and I'm tempted, but the cheapskate force in me is still strong.

EDIT: addendum- I disabled all the recommendations, and see no ads on the 5 plus's.

This post has been edited by andyng38: Oct 2 2020, 02:56 PM

This... Mine got redmi note 3, as 2nd phone. Still got some juice left!

guess user pattern of usage matter too

both has its pros and cons so in the end depends what u priority on?

realme: ui, camera, gps strength
xiaomi: batt, os

I always bought xiao mi redmi 3,4,5 , mi max 2, 3, poco f1, redmi 9 & 9s not even one phone have fail.

So my vote goes to xiao mi

This post has been edited by Theoutspokenguy: Nov 10 2020, 04:41 PM

I've been using a few xiaomi. Good experiences so far. So i will choose xiaomi.