Review | Our Xiaomi 17T review examines whether this affordable smartphone has what it takes to be a true flagship killer. We put the MediaTek Dimensity 8500-Ultra through its paces in everyday use and explore the phone's key strengths and weaknesses. How well does the Leica camera perform in low light, and can the battery deliver impressive runtimes? Our comprehensive review reveals whether the Xiaomi 17T is worth buying.
Xiaomis hardware is pretty good. I especially like that IR blasters are still a thing. The software however is atrocious and gets worse over time.
Buying an Xiaomi phone you will have to comb through a couple hundred menus to deactivate ads and other privacy issues. Some of them will automatically turn back on on update.
You will also fight the extremely aggressive battery saving options at some point.
Alternate launchers are not really supported and break app switching sometimes.
And security updates are slow, up to multiple months between them. (But that is sadly not unique to Xiaomi)
Xiaomis hardware is pretty good. I especially like that IR blasters are still a thing. The software however is atrocious and gets worse over time.
Buying an Xiaomi phone you will have to comb through a couple hundred menus to deactivate ads and other privacy issues. Some of them will automatically turn back on on update.
You will also fight the extremely aggressive battery saving options at some point.
Alternate launchers are not really supported and break app switching sometimes.
And security updates are slow, up to multiple months between them. (But that is sadly not unique to Xiaomi)
Sadly options on a US market are extremely limited and I would much rather take xiaomi instead of Samsung and Google. But I cant
Imagine if they made a Linux phone and just worried about upstreaming their drivers to the mainline kernel.
Bee using Redmi Notes since v8 (14 now ) and had never seen an ad unless using garbage like their wallpapers and ringtones apps.
HyperOS, compared to other Android phones is actually pretty good, minimal and efficient using a custom homepage launcher, not the stock one.