Looks quality, good battery life and 48MP cameraBut you get a better phone for your money with a huawei p smart 2019, for exampleA bit heavy, scratches easily, fingerprint reader unreliable and UI needs attentionAdditionly, just found out doesn't support WiFi calling in UK with major phone providers

My first and last Xiaomi phone.

There are several cons with this phone.

Firstly, the 48Mp camera is not 48Mp. Instead it's a 12Mp camera that upscales to 48Mp.

The software is riddled with ads, not all of which can be disabled.

Xiaomi phones have a their own MUI OS that sits on top of the Android OS. Because of this, it is NOT possible to change the DNS settings manually. This means it can't be used with SmartDNS services that bypass geo restrictions.

Also, unlike other Dual Sims phones I have used, there is NO option to decide which SIM you want to call from when you make a call. One SIM is set as default and to change this you must go into the settings menu. This is a real pain.

The most annoying point is that there is a problem with people calling this phone hearing an echo. People that have called me have told me it very annoying to the point they have ended the call. from what I have read onine, there is no fix for this and Xiaomi don't seem to be interested in solving it.

For all the fancy features of any phone it is a phone at the end of the day and if it can't make a simple call without problems - it isn't worth buying.

I would avoid this phone and from what I know now, all Xiaomi phones.

UPDATE: As of 28/12/2019 the MUI has just been updated to version 11.0.2. This now allows DNS settings to be changed and to select which SIM card you want to dial from when maing the call. Better, so I'll up my rating from 2* to 3*.

Too early to say if the call echo problem has been solved as this was always an intermitent problem.

Lovely phone but absolutely terrible battery life. Needs charging 2 times a day with very little use. Excellent camera and other features by Xiaomi but the battery let's the phone down badly.

Got this nearly 2 weeks ago. charged it up, took to work .never used it until lunch time. Battery was at 50%. So switched back to Mi6 and did some searches and reduced the screen light, turned all notifications off then went deeper into the phone to turn all Xiaomi stuff off. Will use again tomorrow if no better will put it down to a duff battery and return to store for an exchange. no point having a phone if it has to be plugged in all the time.

Well 1.you have to manually allow notification for each application otherwise u will not get notifications 2.if you want to turn it on mobile data the drop windowbdissappear after each tap so if you want to on or off few other option you have to do it individualy 3. No headphone with the phone, for this money they should be in package - dissapointed 4. Camera not so good 3 *

I bought this phone because i heard good opinion about ciałami, but what's i expected never happend... Touch screen is not response quickly, battery run out very quickly, i use to have iPhone and i could double language hear i dont have this option.... And the price i bought one mont ago and the price is 70 pounds less... Deffinitly not recommend...