this video is missing the best feature about the poco f1, which is that it shared the same camera sensor as the pixel of that time, paired with gcam it produced amazing photo and video quality
Ohhh yes, he may have missed because he never used it first hand. I don't blame him for that. But this was my first flagship, and I loved it and then I moved to Mi9T
It was decent but I would say it would be its weakness. That being said it was a 300 bucks phone… I got it new a few months later for 260 euros, I think. I used for almost 5 years and freaking loved it. Crazy really… too bad even Xiaomi is increasing its prices because otherwise that would be the best 400 dollars/euros phone each year.
I remember during that time in 2018, I just bought a Redmi Note 5 (with a Snapdragon 636). When I saw the specs and price of the POCO F1, my jaw dropped, and I IMMEDIATELY posted my Note 5 for sale. That was my reaction to this phone. As soon as I got it, I immediately installed Pixel Experience and turned it into a poor man's Pixel 3. Good times.
Fun fact: i've used Pixel Experience since ever from 2019 on - but due a lack of motivation, of time, and financial support, Pixel Experience is long gone, now! Sadly, no more. Started it on my Redmi Note 7 (non-Pro) - i am using Xiaomi Phones since the mighty Note 2, go figure! (edit) Typo fixed
I really don't get the remarks about camera. Maybe it wasn't exactly bleeding edge thing, but it still was totally solid and dependable and back then not all midrangers even had decent cameras.
Mostly because it had the same camera sensor as one of the pixel devices, which made it produce overwhelmingly good pictures for what it was worth (when paired with a gcam-port) @@MJ-uk6lu
I really miss these extremly "min maxed" midrange phones. These days if you say want a 8 Elite or 8 Gen 3 almost all your options come with 3 cameras, Glass backs, stero speakers, ... . All stuff I don't care about.
@@ahmedabdallah4110 It's better to buy an 8s gen 3 phone if you really want that 300$ price tag. Budget chipsets are no longer bad and the 8 elite costs like 230$ for oems per chip or something, so it's impossible rn even if they did cut everything they could
I still remember - it was a literal jaw dropping moment for me when it got announced, due to its pricing and specs. It was a dream phone for me for sure. Couldn't afford one back in the day, ended up buying Poco F3 about 3 years after.
You mention PocoF1 price being half of XR in UK. In the intended market such as India (where it was initially launched, even before China), it was almost a fourth of iPhone XR. PocoF1 was 20k, iPhone was 77k INR.
I was one of the custom rom developer of this phone. Also I used to port roms for this phone. I have also ported oxygen os 100% stable not even a single bug. So it’s nostalgic device for me. The time I spent with this phone in my school days❤ I can’t forget those days🙌
@ seriously? Then you don’t know about telegram communitys of custom roms! If you have the device and interested I can send you mine OxygenOs Port but it’s based on android 11 because after that i left custom rom development
@@My_Old_YT_Account The basis are already available on github and when you face different bugs/issues and you try to fix them by your own. you’ll learn how these things works.
i bought pocophone f1 on launch day at august 2018. still using it as daily phone, unlock the bootloader day one. cant remember how many custom rom i've tried. but since i had no spare phone back then i stick with MIUI EU rom and still using untill this day. luckily my banking apps, online shop, and maps still works on android 10. i had spare phone for gaming and camera.
@@norwin2791 its basically just vanilla MIUI rom without all the chinese bloatware. also all built in ads were removed. so it should work and run just like default MIUI rom.
00:26 That comparison he did back in the day was the pure definition of the Apple fanboy. He purposefully didn't put it next to a Galaxy S9 for a reason.
@jevonsims900 everybody knew everything about the Pocophone is subpar except the chip. When people bashed the iPhone XR display they compared it with similar price ($750) smartphones included last year's used iPhone X, not a $300 Chinese phone.
I'm using the Poco F2 Pro, which I think perfected the F1's formula, ironed out a lot of its shortcomings. Although by this time they became a little bit more expensive. But it's a much nicer device to hold and use.
Guess what, still using Poco F1 to this day, and is my main phone. The only minor issue with this phone is, the battery life, but is understandable, after all this time, using it every day. Other than that, never had any problem with this phone.
You should showcase poco x3 pro next XD the deadboot phone where even poco ignores that and btw sd card slot and headphone jack are mostly removed on flagships phone nowadays
Still love my F2 Pro, except Xiaomi fucked up with the battery connector so over time it unplugged from the inside. I lived with it once, but the second time I just got a used S22 Ultra. It lives on as my grandma's phone now, but I still miss that pop-up camera
A lot of people dont know about the niche things this phone has, such as the infrared front light for face unlocking in the dark, or the ceramic fingerprint scanner that resists scratches.
I know a person that had an F1.... Because I bought it for him 😂😂 I remember Oppo, Poco and OnePlus rocking up to the western market and releasing *_'flagship killers'_* for a very affordable mid-range price and those devices really shook up the market back then. I myself had an Oppo Find 7A and I had that for 2-3 years before replacing it with a Huawei Mate 9. I picked that up about a year after it had been released and I didnt know it had already been out for a year as I had no idea sites like GSMArena existed back then. I saw the device in white and my heart fell in love with it and it was priced similarly to my Find 7A so I bought it as an upgrade. Its still in service with me today except it exists more as a mini-tablet device to listen to podcasts, watching youtube and some light web surfing while at home around the house. Needless to say the batterylife on it isnt that great anymore.
Mine is still functioning well. I have the base model in blue. Although I have used newer phones since, I have always kept this. I'm not sure about the screen issue, but mine was actually good, albeit dimmer than its contemporaries. Sometime ago there was indeed talk about the earlier batches of the F1 had a bad screen and that the better ones are those that were made October 2018 and later. Mine was manufactured in November 2018. In the camera department, yes, I agree that it was not that good, but it is a fact though that it bested the iPhones and Samsung of the same year and came out second best (I forgot which one was voted the best then; I think it was a Huawei) in MKBHD's blind camera test. Before F1 I had the Razr Phone, and prior to that I had every Galaxy Note series, so I had my share of experience in flagship phones. On the build quality, I actually have dropped it multiple times about hip level and once accidentally threw it about several meters out into a rough pavement and it survived. I don't use cases but I do tempered glasses, and it survived all those tortures. Yes, nowadays there are some compatibility issues with its OEM Android 10, but it still can pretty much run graphically intensive games (just not Genshin) at high settings. I already replaced its battery once, but it still can pull through easily 8 hours of screen on time.
I'm a xiaomi fan, I have been using their phone for the past 10 years, the thing that i hate about them now is the excessive ads and bloatware even on more expensive models. turning the ads off in every default apps is awfully troublesome. and if you are older folk or arent tech savyy you might think that it part of the phone.
Poco F1 is the reason that I will not buy any phone from xiaomi. We never get the best out of it for the sluggish and buggiest software update. Xiaomi never provided a single perfect MIUI from its launch back in the day. And now what? Pocophone is already Dead to xiaomi. Still now it's hardware is better than any mid range phone. But xiaomi slowed it down.
miui and hyperos optimizations are trash. the first thing I do when I get a xiaomi phone is unlocking the bootloader. rn im running a custom rom on my redmi note 11 pro 5g
bro have you ever searched or know about custom roms 😂😂😂 look look even now this phone is getting support .... fyi am on this phone running A15 now 😂😂😂 bullshit why even get those updates be like x3 😮
Currently using POCO F1 with A14 AOSP custom rom. Had to change battery once because bad charger. Camera with Gcam mod produces nice quality images with good colors and good enough sharpness(albiet, bit slower than you would want it to be)
I am actually still owning the Poco F1 in 2024, which I bought in 2019. Though it is not my main device anymore. But what a device it is, and it's really hard to find a very active community that keep a phone alive like this. :D
I bought my Pocophone F1 back in January 2019. Went with the Armored Edition (6/128) variant and still using it to this day. All stock and still runs just fine. A bit slow loading compared on today’s standards. Actually, i’m watching this video on it. 😅
my f1 is the reason why i decided to get a poco f6 pro as it's replacement. even after all the issues you can read online with the newer poco's, i still trust the brand due to my f1. i'll see if this f6 pro will hold up like how the f1 did.
The same happens in the hifi world. People reason wattage or price, yet low wattage tube amps win in the sound dept. hands down. Yet if you just blew north of 2K on junk it is hard to justify 😅
I absolutely loved this phone. I got it when it came 2018 and it was the best phone for me. After 4 years I gave it to my son when I upgraded to the F3. My son adored it and now my father is using the F1 and he loves it as well. I switched to an iphone 13 pro max 2 years ago and my son is now using the f3. Amazing device and maybe in the future I'll have a Poco as my 2nd phone.
I am still using it, i have changed battery 1 time & changed volume button one time, it's going good & completes the daily tasc. I am not playing games anymore, but normal apps drains battery faster. I need to charge it for 3 times a day, sometimes it lags with little bit of heavy tascs but it's worth it.
I'm still using the F1 (since 2018), the battery has degraded a bit, but it still works as it should! Sadly i dont know if there is something like it in the current landscape, at least at the value level it had back then
I bought the OnePlus One when it came out because it was such a flagship killer and I also bought the Poco F1 because it was such a good flagship killer too. The price of both devices during their releases was crazily cheap compared to the other flagships. Kinda sad what has become of the Poco brand now, they have so many model types that it has lost its flagship killer charm.
I am using Realme 9 5G Speed Edition. I think this can be said as the true successor of PocoPhone F1, given that it has Snapdragon 778G chipset at a lower midrange price segment, also includes 144Hz IPS LCD (at least there's no risk of green line), 3.5mm headphone jackpot, 48MP main camera, 16MP selfie, 30 Watt fast charging with 5000 mAH big battery. A perfect phone for the budget gamers out there.
Phone is still amazing, my parents have this phone. Also very good for gaming & emulation. Install ES-DE as a front-end emulation station along with other emulators and away you go
I remember wanting this phone so badly especially the kevlar back edition, i was in highschool at that time and i couldn't afford it, by the time i had the money the f1 was discontinued a long time ago, I'm still searching for this in used markets
This was the first phone I ever bought myself after actually seeing all the hype online. Beast of a phone man. I still miss the IR face unlock to this day.
Iam watching this video from my poco F1... it's been 5 years iam using this device as my daily driver... . I changed the battery once like 1 year ago i have no issues with daily task and even normal gaming..i still play pubg mobile daily with somewhat frame drops and all... Indeed a legendary phone
I remember when this was released. It was the phone that got me into looking into and comparing phones for the best value. It was also what introduced me to Xiaomi. I think I was one of those nerds.
The Poco F1 was actually quite common within South East Asia at the time of release. Sure it wasn't as common as the iPhone and Samsung phones but it definitely wasn't something unusual.
I had this phone it was great. I really miss microsd. The poco f6 pro is currently only £287 in the UK, that's f1 value! 12GB+256GB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 120W HyperCharge WQHD+ Flow AMOLED. The 8 gen 2 has the benefit of being great for yuzu being their last supported cpu.
One of my close friends had one of those. It was fast, but that was all about it. The rest was mediocre at best. I had a HTC One M9 (Developer Edition, 64GB internal) back then and the performance difference didn't really make up for the departure in quality. It wasn't that much faster for daily tasks. App opening times were very similar between the M9 and the F1. The camera performance was night and day. The Toshiba 20.1MP sensor from the M9 was lightyears ahead of whatever the parts-bin-special 12MP sensor the F1 had. Then i got Galaxy Note 9 (512GB) and there simply was no competition left. F1 and Note 9 were uncomparable. I got mine used, still in warranty, so i got stuff replaced with new parts for free at the Samsung Service making it basicaly a new phone. (It was 300$.) Idk, the Pocophone series never caught my attention. It was a lineup of mediocre phones with the latest SOC. I always wanted the best possible thing at the lowest possible price. Buying used and within warranty is the best possible way.
Upgraded from an F1 to F3. One thing to keep in mind F1 had same camera sensor as Pixel 2-5a, the same 12MP sensor, with gcam it could rival iPhones when I compared it. And even compared to my F3, I feel F1 took better photos with gcam at night and low light
I'm using a Poco F2 Pro 8/256 version for almost 4 years now and it's doing everything as it should. On paper it has all the flagship goodies but the one big reason why I wanted this phone is it also has a clean display with no notches or holes. It has a pop-up camera and I like this design :)))
This phone is a masterpiece of poco. Until now poco is making valuable budget phone. Believe me or not this f1 handles psp,ps2,wii,switch, gamecube,3ds games in this time. It’s better than sd 695, helio g100 shit. This processor was the goated . And this phone just shocked everyone after releasing it only in 330$.
M still using this device with 8gb+2656 gb with changed battery and rooting and Android 14 , and tbh its mind blowing how this device has hold up for years , i think even today if android provides unlocking bootloader then their hardware is far far better than iphones
@@slay3rgamingyt Not possible as sdm 870 is based on 7nm ARMv8.2-A Transistors count 10.3B Made by TSMC where as sdm 8 gen 1 is based on 4nm ARMv9-A. Without Overclocking eighter Sdm 845 or 870 they cannot reach closer to 8 gen 1. Its just as if people feel like their phones are powerful enough to be beating newer processors. Well I don't care if you believe or not I like sharing what I've accomplished. How did I beat 8 gen 1 and got closer to 8 gen 2 with Sdm 845? - I overclocked my sdm 845 to unimaginable amount as I have listed above and tested in controlled environment. And this is how I beat 8 gen 1 and got closer to 8 gen 2. Due to Sdm 845 limitations of being 10nm and other aspects, it will never or ever get any more score that that.
I had bought this in 2019, used it till late 2023. Had to change because of the parts unavailability. While I had this I didnt even bothered to look into other mobiles. Only because of unavailability of genuine display and battery I had to let it go.
Yea poco f1 was awesome. I use Realme x2 pro which i personally consider a 2nd gen for poco f1 but from different brand. It costed 10k more but has sd855+, oled 90hz refresh rate screen, 50w fast charging and everything else, still retained headphones jack.. was released against OnePlus 7 as competition (which didn't include headphones jack). Nowadays, 5years later i see it being sold under 20k inr. price range in online markets in India. Funny thing I saw it in Noon UAE for 2000aed. but for 12gb ram version.. Still getting good reviews from new buyers looking for casual use.😂
im still using mine actually lol. still works fine, battery is holding up alright. I dropped it maybe a thousand times and been handling it with dirty, oily hands as im a mechanic. I used a tempered glass screen protector which i changed once, and the current one is cracked again but i dont care. Also whats just as surprising as this phone is the spigen case i put on it on day one, the thing is showing absolutely no signs of wear like its brand new.
No one released such a good device for the price since. I still have my Poco F1 purchased for 220€ and I use it as a retro handheld and I really miss that no other new device has been so balanced. Some will not have SD card, the jack, some will have a SoC mediocre, some will have huge bad screens, but over everything, no one could match everything for under 250€
And a little detail no one noticed: Just 1 worldwide version, just changing the storage. You did not have to worry about antennas because every single model everywhere were the same
i bought Honor play that year and this phone launched 1 month after that ..... kirin 970 also delivered but this thing was another league for value of money
Americans/British: "Apple, Give me my Iphone and scam me for x4 times the price! sell me a piece of metal for $1000! wooow! i love it it's better than anything else"
I think the worst part about it is intentionally choosing a flagship phone because you think you need the performance, and don't actually know anything about phones only to talk like you know anything about phones. 😂
I also purchased Poco f1,,specially for gaming,,but after a year I upgraded to k20 pro(in 2020..which I'm still using with android 14)...the reason behind upgrade is screen burning issue of Poco f1..bt my bro still using Poco f1..awesome performance.
It's kind of ironic I picked up this phone a year after it was released, since a good display is what I value the most on a phone. Its color accuracy leaves something to be desired (whites have a blue tone). Despite this, it's been my daily driver for 5 years, and I've had no major complains. It's a great phone.
By far the best phone ever owned, had everything and everything was solid, the camera was so malleable, one of the best photos I ever took was on this phone at night. I cannot think in any complain about this phone. Only missed to add one feature that was tremendously great even tho were removed in next iteration, its face recognition system, was awesome, even writing this on a 16PM I can say it was better, faster and equally secure than FaceID.
When they mentioned SD 845 for that price in the launch event everyone went crazyy ( Me too ).
i remember even after i bought it ... i once a while check ✅ multiple apps to see is it really sd845 or they modified or toned down in any which way
yes but I bought another masterpiece at that time - Huawei Honor Play
this video is missing the best feature about the poco f1, which is that it shared the same camera sensor as the pixel of that time, paired with gcam it produced amazing photo and video quality
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Ohhh yes, he may have missed because he never used it first hand. I don't blame him for that.
But this was my first flagship, and I loved it and then I moved to Mi9T
@@Green_Globe_zMI 9T is almost the same thing no?
It was crazy good with the gcam mod.
It was decent but I would say it would be its weakness. That being said it was a 300 bucks phone… I got it new a few months later for 260 euros, I think. I used for almost 5 years and freaking loved it. Crazy really… too bad even Xiaomi is increasing its prices because otherwise that would be the best 400 dollars/euros phone each year.
I remember during that time in 2018, I just bought a Redmi Note 5 (with a Snapdragon 636). When I saw the specs and price of the POCO F1, my jaw dropped, and I IMMEDIATELY posted my Note 5 for sale. That was my reaction to this phone. As soon as I got it, I immediately installed Pixel Experience and turned it into a poor man's Pixel 3.
Good times.
Fun fact: i've used Pixel Experience since ever from 2019 on - but due a lack of motivation, of time, and financial support, Pixel Experience is long gone, now! Sadly, no more. Started it on my Redmi Note 7 (non-Pro) - i am using Xiaomi Phones since the mighty Note 2, go figure!
(edit) Typo fixed
A true flagship killer.. The camera is still amazing in 2024
I really don't get the remarks about camera. Maybe it wasn't exactly bleeding edge thing, but it still was totally solid and dependable and back then not all midrangers even had decent cameras.
Mostly because it had the same camera sensor as one of the pixel devices, which made it produce overwhelmingly good pictures for what it was worth (when paired with a gcam-port) @@MJ-uk6lu
It is still beating some 2024 midrange phones
@@barneyDcaller no, only budgets
I really miss these extremly "min maxed" midrange phones. These days if you say want a 8 Elite or 8 Gen 3 almost all your options come with 3 cameras, Glass backs, stero speakers, ... . All stuff I don't care about.
Phone companies should take inspiration from flutter mane
Iqoo 13 or realme gt 7 pro is what you want
@@anero.Yes but they're 550 and 800 USD respectively and still a lot of corners u can cut to reduce the price
@@ahmedabdallah4110 It's better to buy an 8s gen 3 phone if you really want that 300$ price tag. Budget chipsets are no longer bad and the 8 elite costs like 230$ for oems per chip or something, so it's impossible rn even if they did cut everything they could
What about the Poco F6
I still remember - it was a literal jaw dropping moment for me when it got announced, due to its pricing and specs. It was a dream phone for me for sure. Couldn't afford one back in the day, ended up buying Poco F3 about 3 years after.
The huge custom rom support for this phone was phenomenal
I think it still has some custom roms based on android 15
It still is...
It is crazy, so far i remembered, every single cusrom has f1 in list.
@@hondurasen3632 it has Android 15 support of the custom rom and it's stable also.... And bugless!
Used to flash new ROM every week, such was the community support this phone had
You mention PocoF1 price being half of XR in UK. In the intended market such as India (where it was initially launched, even before China), it was almost a fourth of iPhone XR. PocoF1 was 20k, iPhone was 77k INR.
And the Poco was crazy value with none of its features being half, let alone a fourth as good as the iPhone
Watching on poco f1
Did you do a battery replacement?
Man couldn't get a battery replacement and had to change phones. Really miss it
watching on an xz1c
Did you get a different ROM?
Same here
I also remember it's end up pretty high in MKBHD's blind camera test
Yeah, it came in 2nd place iirc.
Because this phone shared the same camera module as the pixel.
It has the sensor that came with the latest Pixel. It was limited by the software. It would've placed higher if it was used using GCam. 😄
I was one of the custom rom developer of this phone. Also I used to port roms for this phone. I have also ported oxygen os 100% stable not even a single bug. So it’s nostalgic device for me. The time I spent with this phone in my school days❤ I can’t forget those days🙌
Oos port? Cap. There is still not a single rom without bugs for f1.
@ seriously? Then you don’t know about telegram communitys of custom roms! If you have the device and interested I can send you mine OxygenOs Port but it’s based on android 11 because after that i left custom rom development
@@Sam-will You are dumb then, crDroid for example is extremely stable ROM and very fast with lot's of options and no bugs
How do you learn to port ROMs?
@@My_Old_YT_Account The basis are already available on github and when you face different bugs/issues and you try to fix them by your own. you’ll learn how these things works.
You forgot to mention how Pocophone F1's camera came in the top two of MKBHD's Blind Camera Test 2018.
i bought pocophone f1 on launch day at august 2018. still using it as daily phone, unlock the bootloader day one. cant remember how many custom rom i've tried. but since i had no spare phone back then i stick with MIUI EU rom and still using untill this day. luckily my banking apps, online shop, and maps still works on android 10. i had spare phone for gaming and camera.
Is EU rom good in battery management?.
@@norwin2791 its basically just vanilla MIUI rom without all the chinese bloatware. also all built in ads were removed. so it should work and run just like default MIUI rom.
00:26 That comparison he did back in the day was the pure definition of the Apple fanboy. He purposefully didn't put it next to a Galaxy S9 for a reason.
The test was about screen resolution in Poco phones and iPhone XR so why would he put the iPhone XR against a Samsung Galaxy S9?
@jevonsims900 everybody knew everything about the Pocophone is subpar except the chip. When people bashed the iPhone XR display they compared it with similar price ($750) smartphones included last year's used iPhone X, not a $300 Chinese phone.
@@TechSurrealActually no. Apart from LCD screen, speakers, that phone was above than other phones. Only Oneplus was ahead.
Poco f1 and f3 were peak budget phones, I'm still using f3 love the phone
I'm using the Poco F2 Pro, which I think perfected the F1's formula, ironed out a lot of its shortcomings. Although by this time they became a little bit more expensive. But it's a much nicer device to hold and use.
Guess what, still using Poco F1 to this day, and is my main phone. The only minor issue with this phone is, the battery life, but is understandable, after all this time, using it every day. Other than that, never had any problem with this phone.
Change the battery and enjoy it again
@@davidgarza311 in my country I can't get genuine batteries for my Xiaomi
My friend still daily drive his Poco F1 from 2018 and it's still working good with only cracked screen
F1 with GCam produced one of the best images of that time.
Ryan I just want to say I love the videos and I love coming to watch every video and seeing your subrciber count grow everytime
Had one and loved it, shame the speaker stoped working after 4 years
You should showcase poco x3 pro next XD the deadboot phone where even poco ignores that and btw sd card slot and headphone jack are mostly removed on flagships phone nowadays
3:27 iPhone 10R wasn't OLED either
Still love my F2 Pro, except Xiaomi fucked up with the battery connector so over time it unplugged from the inside. I lived with it once, but the second time I just got a used S22 Ultra. It lives on as my grandma's phone now, but I still miss that pop-up camera
Ryan is just punishing me for asking too much about S10e now. : )
A lot of people dont know about the niche things this phone has, such as the infrared front light for face unlocking in the dark, or the ceramic fingerprint scanner that resists scratches.
I know a person that had an F1.... Because I bought it for him 😂😂
I remember Oppo, Poco and OnePlus rocking up to the western market and releasing *_'flagship killers'_* for a very affordable mid-range price and those devices really shook up the market back then.
I myself had an Oppo Find 7A and I had that for 2-3 years before replacing it with a Huawei Mate 9. I picked that up about a year after it had been released and I didnt know it had already been out for a year as I had no idea sites like GSMArena existed back then. I saw the device in white and my heart fell in love with it and it was priced similarly to my Find 7A so I bought it as an upgrade. Its still in service with me today except it exists more as a mini-tablet device to listen to podcasts, watching youtube and some light web surfing while at home around the house. Needless to say the batterylife on it isnt that great anymore.
Watching ur video on my poco f1...still works fine!❤
keep doing these kinds of videos
they're like jason cammisa's revelation episodes, but for phones
Mine is still functioning well. I have the base model in blue. Although I have used newer phones since, I have always kept this. I'm not sure about the screen issue, but mine was actually good, albeit dimmer than its contemporaries. Sometime ago there was indeed talk about the earlier batches of the F1 had a bad screen and that the better ones are those that were made October 2018 and later. Mine was manufactured in November 2018. In the camera department, yes, I agree that it was not that good, but it is a fact though that it bested the iPhones and Samsung of the same year and came out second best (I forgot which one was voted the best then; I think it was a Huawei) in MKBHD's blind camera test. Before F1 I had the Razr Phone, and prior to that I had every Galaxy Note series, so I had my share of experience in flagship phones. On the build quality, I actually have dropped it multiple times about hip level and once accidentally threw it about several meters out into a rough pavement and it survived. I don't use cases but I do tempered glasses, and it survived all those tortures. Yes, nowadays there are some compatibility issues with its OEM Android 10, but it still can pretty much run graphically intensive games (just not Genshin) at high settings. I already replaced its battery once, but it still can pull through easily 8 hours of screen on time.
Used to have one. Looking back at the phone, brings back nostalgia to me
I'm a xiaomi fan, I have been using their phone for the past 10 years, the thing that i hate about them now is the excessive ads and bloatware even on more expensive models. turning the ads off in every default apps is awfully troublesome. and if you are older folk or arent tech savyy you might think that it part of the phone.
Poco F1 is the reason that I will not buy any phone from xiaomi. We never get the best out of it for the sluggish and buggiest software update. Xiaomi never provided a single perfect MIUI from its launch back in the day. And now what? Pocophone is already Dead to xiaomi. Still now it's hardware is better than any mid range phone. But xiaomi slowed it down.
miui and hyperos optimizations are trash.
the first thing I do when I get a xiaomi phone is unlocking the bootloader.
rn im running a custom rom on my redmi note 11 pro 5g
@@Eniteee only reason to buy xiaomi phones imo lol
bro have you ever searched or know about custom roms 😂😂😂 look look even now this phone is getting support .... fyi am on this phone running A15 now 😂😂😂 bullshit why even get those updates be like x3 😮
still rocking one, no issues ever till this day!
Its my 1st mobile
That face recognition is on next level with that red colour blinking sensor in ngts ❤
Currently using POCO F1 with A14 AOSP custom rom. Had to change battery once because bad charger. Camera with Gcam mod produces nice quality images with good colors and good enough sharpness(albiet, bit slower than you would want it to be)
hopefully you can get the ZenFone 5Z too to do a video on it sometime
I used to have a POCO F1. Loved using it. Now on the F4, custom-rommed to A14, soon to be A15.
I am actually still owning the Poco F1 in 2024, which I bought in 2019. Though it is not my main device anymore. But what a device it is, and it's really hard to find a very active community that keep a phone alive like this. :D
And paired with gcam....still one of the best camera 🔥
I bought my Pocophone F1 back in January 2019. Went with the Armored Edition (6/128) variant and still using it to this day.
All stock and still runs just fine. A bit slow loading compared on today’s standards.
Actually, i’m watching this video on it. 😅
my f1 is the reason why i decided to get a poco f6 pro as it's replacement. even after all the issues you can read online with the newer poco's, i still trust the brand due to my f1. i'll see if this f6 pro will hold up like how the f1 did.
The same happens in the hifi world.
People reason wattage or price, yet low wattage tube amps win in the sound dept. hands down.
Yet if you just blew north of 2K on junk it is hard to justify 😅
I absolutely loved this phone. I got it when it came 2018 and it was the best phone for me. After 4 years I gave it to my son when I upgraded to the F3. My son adored it and now my father is using the F1 and he loves it as well. I switched to an iphone 13 pro max 2 years ago and my son is now using the f3. Amazing device and maybe in the future I'll have a Poco as my 2nd phone.
My friend has that phone. Still using it to this day without any issues.
I am still using it, i have changed battery 1 time & changed volume button one time, it's going good & completes the daily tasc.
I am not playing games anymore, but normal apps drains battery faster.
I need to charge it for 3 times a day, sometimes it lags with little bit of heavy tascs but it's worth it.
I'm still using the F1 (since 2018), the battery has degraded a bit, but it still works as it should! Sadly i dont know if there is something like it in the current landscape, at least at the value level it had back then
I really enjoyed that phone, so much that I bought the F3 later, still alive to this day.
I bought the OnePlus One when it came out because it was such a flagship killer and I also bought the Poco F1 because it was such a good flagship killer too. The price of both devices during their releases was crazily cheap compared to the other flagships.
Kinda sad what has become of the Poco brand now, they have so many model types that it has lost its flagship killer charm.
I still have a working Poco F1 and still using it (but as secondary phone), still rocking solid haha
For a computing device, specs are everything.
You forgot the F1 winning the mkbhd blind camera test (or was it 2nd place, Im not 100% sure)
And all those years later, I am still using the Phone...
I am using Realme 9 5G Speed Edition. I think this can be said as the true successor of PocoPhone F1, given that it has Snapdragon 778G chipset at a lower midrange price segment, also includes 144Hz IPS LCD (at least there's no risk of green line), 3.5mm headphone jackpot, 48MP main camera, 16MP selfie, 30 Watt fast charging with 5000 mAH big battery. A perfect phone for the budget gamers out there.
Depite cuurently rocking it's much younger sibling (F5), I still bust out my old F1 from time time, still a marvellous little device!
Phone is still amazing, my parents have this phone. Also very good for gaming & emulation. Install ES-DE as a front-end emulation station along with other emulators and away you go
I remember wanting this phone so badly especially the kevlar back edition, i was in highschool at that time and i couldn't afford it, by the time i had the money the f1 was discontinued a long time ago, I'm still searching for this in used markets
This was the first phone I ever bought myself after actually seeing all the hype online. Beast of a phone man. I still miss the IR face unlock to this day.
used it for a year had ghost touch but it was a beast 845 on that price range so many features with fast fingerprint and face id
I still have this phone and its still alive! This $300 flagship killer in 2018 still even beating some midrange phones in 2024.
Iam watching this video from my poco F1... it's been 5 years iam using this device as my daily driver... . I changed the battery once like 1 year ago i have no issues with daily task and even normal gaming..i still play pubg mobile daily with somewhat frame drops and all... Indeed a legendary phone
I remember when this was released. It was the phone that got me into looking into and comparing phones for the best value. It was also what introduced me to Xiaomi. I think I was one of those nerds.
My Father still uses his F1 to this day, baterry life and the screen are not good but the chipset makes the pfone still viable and is doing him good
The Poco F1 was actually quite common within South East Asia at the time of release. Sure it wasn't as common as the iPhone and Samsung phones but it definitely wasn't something unusual.
I had this phone it was great. I really miss microsd. The poco f6 pro is currently only £287 in the UK, that's f1 value! 12GB+256GB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 120W HyperCharge WQHD+ Flow AMOLED. The 8 gen 2 has the benefit of being great for yuzu being their last supported cpu.
One of my close friends had one of those. It was fast, but that was all about it. The rest was mediocre at best.
I had a HTC One M9 (Developer Edition, 64GB internal) back then and the performance difference didn't really make up for the departure in quality.
It wasn't that much faster for daily tasks. App opening times were very similar between the M9 and the F1. The camera performance was night and day. The Toshiba 20.1MP sensor from the M9 was lightyears ahead of whatever the parts-bin-special 12MP sensor the F1 had.
Then i got Galaxy Note 9 (512GB) and there simply was no competition left. F1 and Note 9 were uncomparable.
I got mine used, still in warranty, so i got stuff replaced with new parts for free at the Samsung Service making it basicaly a new phone. (It was 300$.)
Idk, the Pocophone series never caught my attention. It was a lineup of mediocre phones with the latest SOC.
I always wanted the best possible thing at the lowest possible price. Buying used and within warranty is the best possible way.
Upgraded from an F1 to F3. One thing to keep in mind F1 had same camera sensor as Pixel 2-5a, the same 12MP sensor, with gcam it could rival iPhones when I compared it. And even compared to my F3, I feel F1 took better photos with gcam at night and low light
Gcams were mostly unstable. Too much lag. You can't take multiple photos without getting freeze
@@caprogers96408/10 gcams i ever used for any phone for any period was perfectly stable, idk what are you talking about.
I'm using a Poco F2 Pro 8/256 version for almost 4 years now and it's doing everything as it should. On paper it has all the flagship goodies but the one big reason why I wanted this phone is it also has a clean display with no notches or holes. It has a pop-up camera and I like this design :)))
I love this phone, i bought it a year after its release, still rocking it to this day
watching this on my POCO F1...It's been 6years...Beast phone in cheapest price I can say...😍
I still use it as a second device, the only major drawback is the lack of NFC
I currently own the poco f6, I got it for the same price as the poco f1 8gb variant that I got back then. It carries the legacy quite well.
This phone is a masterpiece of poco. Until now poco is making valuable budget phone. Believe me or not this f1 handles psp,ps2,wii,switch, gamecube,3ds games in this time. It’s better than sd 695, helio g100 shit. This processor was the goated . And this phone just shocked everyone after releasing it only in 330$.
M still using this device with 8gb+2656 gb with changed battery and rooting and Android 14 , and tbh its mind blowing how this device has hold up for years , i think even today if android provides unlocking bootloader then their hardware is far far better than iphones
The thing is there are a lot software mods, even you can run it on windows.
Me feeling good, watching this video from that exact phone, albeit with slightly cracked screen ❤️
If you're planning to change its battery, GSM Sandwich is the best choice.
Lol this was the shit back in the day with SD845
Matter of fact Poco phones are still around, we have Poco f6 pro with SDG2 going for like 380fr...
I overclocked this so far that it beat Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 lol
I overclocked it to
CPU: 4x 2.32 GHz (E cores)
4x 3.20 GHz (P cores)
GPU: 1GHz
RAM Forgot
Bus speed: 1GHz
Display 72Hz Max possible
@@4ri5Gbs no way lmfao maybe 865 level of performance at max
@@4ri5Gbs tbf, my 870 without any overclocking can match 8 gen 1 cpu speeds anyways
@@slay3rgamingyt No
@@slay3rgamingyt Not possible as sdm 870 is based on 7nm ARMv8.2-A Transistors count 10.3B Made by TSMC where as sdm 8 gen 1 is based on 4nm ARMv9-A. Without Overclocking eighter Sdm 845 or 870 they cannot reach closer to 8 gen 1. Its just as if people feel like their phones are powerful enough to be beating newer processors.
Well I don't care if you believe or not I like sharing what I've accomplished.
How did I beat 8 gen 1 and got closer to 8 gen 2 with Sdm 845?
- I overclocked my sdm 845 to unimaginable amount as I have listed above and tested in controlled environment. And this is how I beat 8 gen 1 and got closer to 8 gen 2.
Due to Sdm 845 limitations of being 10nm and other aspects, it will never or ever get any more score that that.
I had bought this in 2019, used it till late 2023. Had to change because of the parts unavailability. While I had this I didnt even bothered to look into other mobiles. Only because of unavailability of genuine display and battery I had to let it go.
Poco F1 is still my secondary device running on Android 14.
Yea poco f1 was awesome.
I use Realme x2 pro which i personally consider a 2nd gen for poco f1 but from different brand. It costed 10k more but has sd855+, oled 90hz refresh rate screen, 50w fast charging and everything else, still retained headphones jack.. was released against OnePlus 7 as competition (which didn't include headphones jack).
Nowadays, 5years later i see it being sold under 20k inr. price range in online markets in India. Funny thing I saw it in Noon UAE for 2000aed. but for 12gb ram version..
Still getting good reviews from new buyers looking for casual use.😂
Mine still working great with custom roms
im still using mine actually lol. still works fine, battery is holding up alright. I dropped it maybe a thousand times and been handling it with dirty, oily hands as im a mechanic. I used a tempered glass screen protector which i changed once, and the current one is cracked again but i dont care. Also whats just as surprising as this phone is the spigen case i put on it on day one, the thing is showing absolutely no signs of wear like its brand new.
Looking for a secondary phone and i'm interested in some good old smartphones that are still relevant in 2024
A suggestion:
Mi 11x / POCO F3 / Redmi K40 (they're all the same device)
you forgot to mention the MKHBD camera experiment
This phone made me a fan of Xiaomi, and I have been recommending Xiaomi phones to people I know ever since.
Thus ones a legend on the custom rom scene
No one released such a good device for the price since. I still have my Poco F1 purchased for 220€ and I use it as a retro handheld and I really miss that no other new device has been so balanced. Some will not have SD card, the jack, some will have a SoC mediocre, some will have huge bad screens, but over everything, no one could match everything for under 250€
And a little detail no one noticed: Just 1 worldwide version, just changing the storage. You did not have to worry about antennas because every single model everywhere were the same
Still using my poco f1 today. I'm using it with my LG V50. Still don't really feel the need to upgrade even in 2024.
Camera was decent at that time. My experience with display was good. People just wanted to play games on their phones.
Exactly. One of the reasons of its popularity is it helped us get through the pandemic xD
i bought Honor play that year and this phone launched 1 month after that ..... kirin 970 also delivered but this thing was another league for value of money
Resolution == size
Ppi (pixel per inch) == sharpness
Americans/British: "Apple, Give me my Iphone and scam me for x4 times the price! sell me a piece of metal for $1000! wooow! i love it it's better than anything else"
I think the worst part about it is intentionally choosing a flagship phone because you think you need the performance, and don't actually know anything about phones only to talk like you know anything about phones. 😂
I also purchased Poco f1,,specially for gaming,,but after a year I upgraded to k20 pro(in 2020..which I'm still using with android 14)...the reason behind upgrade is screen burning issue of Poco f1..bt my bro still using Poco f1..awesome performance.
I am still rocking with this bad boy with pixel experience 13
Still using it, replaced battery, camera is good but lost some quality due to updates
It's kind of ironic I picked up this phone a year after it was released, since a good display is what I value the most on a phone. Its color accuracy leaves something to be desired (whites have a blue tone). Despite this, it's been my daily driver for 5 years, and I've had no major complains. It's a great phone.
By far the best phone ever owned, had everything and everything was solid, the camera was so malleable, one of the best photos I ever took was on this phone at night. I cannot think in any complain about this phone. Only missed to add one feature that was tremendously great even tho were removed in next iteration, its face recognition system, was awesome, even writing this on a 16PM I can say it was better, faster and equally secure than FaceID.