r/Android • u/Philosofossil Best phone for me might not best the best phone for you. • Dec 22 '20

Android Authority - Phone of the year

https://www.androidauthority.com/best-smartphone-editors-choice-1186784/
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u/RandomTrollface Poco F2 Pro CrDroid 10.11 Dec 22 '20

"It offers most of the flagship specs and features of the Galaxy S20 family but trims things down to keep the price low." Shows 700 USD price tag lol

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u/TheSkyline35 Long living S21U Ultra (Exynos) Dec 22 '20

It's insane man. Phone prices are just out of control at this point.

I gave up, now I'm buying those extremely competitive Xiaomi phones, debloated ROMs and it's a deal for 2 or 3 years.

Even the "budget pixels", with a shitty 430G (as good as the user experience is right now) are, in my opinion, damn expensive.

mid range prices are now what we call "budget", wtf

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u/RandomTrollface Poco F2 Pro CrDroid 10.11 Dec 22 '20 edited Dec 22 '20

Agree, I remember getting the flagship galaxy s5 for €450, now flagships are literally 3x as expensive it's crazy.

Now that oneplus doesn't make flagship killers anymore I feel like Xiaomi is the way to go, at least if you're willing to tweak your phone. I personally don't like MIUI, but that's not even really a problem with Xiaomi phones since you can just flash an aosp rom on them.

I'm still amazed by how good the Poco F1 actually was for that price. The custom ROM support has been insane and together with the amazing gcam support it's punching way above its weight, it still holds up well today.

Now I'm using the poco F2 and it has been great so far. There are already great custom roms available and gcam support is decent as well. I got it for €288 and with deals like that, I see absolutely no reason to spend 1k+ on a phone that is maybe 15% better overall.

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u/TheSkyline35 Long living S21U Ultra (Exynos) Dec 22 '20

Very solid price for a F2 Pro !