Can You Use The Poco F3 In The USA?

Must KNOW:

The new Poco F3 is a rebadged Redmi K40 for the international market. Although the Poco F3 has a Samsung made E4 super AMOLED 120hz display the difference between the bottom quality E4 panel and last years flagship E3 panel is a 15% decrease in power consummator and a 300 nit boost.

There is a lot of hype around the value of the Poco F3 for good reason. The Poco F3 is a good value device but for those who want a well rounded device for photos, video, and battery life this phone might not be what you’re after. If you’re after a high performance phone to use for gaming and custom roms than the Poco F3 is perfect.

If you want to purchase the Poco F3 in the United States Giztop is going to be your best experience and you can get the Poco F3 HERE

The Good:

• Although the Poco F3, Redmi K40, and Xiaomi Mi 11i aren’t meant for the USA the will support the majority of bands for some carriers

• Getting a NEW phone with a Snapdragon 870 for under $400 makes the Poco F3 one of the best antutu score to dollar values you can currently get

• The Poco F3 has a great Samsung E4 Super Amoled 120hz display

• MIUI 12.5 has done a lot to free up ram and reduce bloat

The Bad

• MiUI is still an incredibly inconsistent experience for most people

• The Poco F3 camera is from a 2 year old mid range device and is average at best

• The Poco F3 is actually a DOWNGRADE compared to the Poco F2 in all aspects except display

Using the Poco F3 in the USA might be a little more complicated than you expected. Thankfully here is a chart that shoes you the graphic

If you want the full compatibility list you can go to Kimovil and check for yourself

The Cleanest Xiaomi Product Ever: Mijia BET-C01 Electric Toothbrush Review

When reviewing technology products, people often loosely say that it “improves your life” but what if this catchphrase was the core of the experience? Enter the Mijia BET-C01 Electric Toothbrush, Xiaomi’s take on a popular consumer market that packs the company’s best aspects: affordability, availability, and convenience.

Available at around $27, the BET-C01 electric toothbrush is easily justifiable, but it doesn’t scream cheap. Upon unboxing, you will find a beautifully designed toothbrush that looks just as you would expect. Most importantly, the materials used on both the toothbrush itself and its handy carrying case are solid, giving us the impression that we can trust this product to last right from the start.

In Vietnam, where we are based, replacement heads for the BET-C01 are readily available. We believe that in other Asian countries were websites such as Ali Express are widely used, consumers may also find this point to be especially important. The availability of replacement heads at an affordable price ensures that the BET-C01 is a one time purchase product, something that could not be said of other equally sophisticated, but not as widely replaceable options found in Asian markets.

But Xiaomi’s product line is built on convenience, and even with its BET-C01 electric toothbrush, Xiaomi is able to deliver. With two modes of use, offering slow and fast cleanup solutions, this is a product that should feel comfortable to most users. Where it truly shines however, is with its battery life and charging capabilities. Offering over 2 weeks of battery life, charging is barely an obstacle, and when it is, the non-proprietary USB cable means that you can even charge this product using your power bank - this simply cannot be said of other electric toothbrushes on the market that use those bulky, proprietary chargers.

Furthermore, unlike some other attempts at electric toothbrushes, the BET-C01 doesn’t offer Bluetooth or a proprietary app. This is great, because while we welcome technology reaching new corners of our lives, we like our hygiene products simple and Bluetooth-chipset free. This also allows the BET-C01 to come at such a great price, avoiding the $50 and above price tags often reached by more “tech-enabled” options on the market.

At the end of the day, these points may not sound as impressive as some of the claims we make on phone reviews, but it is important to remember that for most users, there aren’t that many expectations when it comes to toothbrushes. The fact that most will simply expect it to work, means that its affordability, availability and convenience will come as surprises that help set this product apart from the rest, making this a solid purchase!

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Redmi K30 Pro Camera Test

Wondering how the K30 Pro’s cameras performs? Check out these photo samples.

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Unlocking The Bootloader And Debloating Your Redmi K30 Pro

The Redmi K30 Pro is upon us and right now you can only buy the China version of the Redmi K30 Pro. Unfortunately the China version of the Redmi K30 Pro has tons of bloatware and you can’t use Gooogle assistant on the Chinese version of the Redmi K30 Pro. How to get around this if you have a Redmi K30 Pro?

The first step to this is to unlock the bootloader of your Redmi K30 Pro. Because it takes 2 weeks to unlock the bootloader of your Redmi K30 Pro, even if you don’t plan on unlocking the bootloader of your K30 Pro you should still apply to unlock the bootloader of your Chinese K30 Pro so you have the option later down the line!

You can download the what’s needed to unlock the bootloader of your Redmi K30 Pro HERE

If you’re looking to debloat your Redmi K30 Pro you can check those tools out HERE

The Redmi K30 Pro And Redmi K30 Pro Zoom To Launch With 2 IMX686 64mp Cameras

As leaks roll out about the Redmi k30 Pro a lot of things about the Redmi k30 Pro have already been revealed. The Redmi K30 Pro is going to have a 60hz Super amoled display. Even though the Redmi k30 and Redmi K30 5g have 120hz LCD, the Redmi k30 Pro is going to go in a different direction. If you want to read about our thought about the Redmi k30 Pro screen check out this article here.

Another area the Redmi K30 Pro and the Redmi k30 and Redmi k30 5G will be different is their cameras. The Redmi K20 and Redmi k20 Pro had nearly identical cameras. The only difference between the Redmi K20 Pro camera and Redmi K20 camera was that the ability for the Redmi K20 Pro camera to record 4k60

30x Hybrid zoom

The Redmi K30 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro Zoom is set to have a flagship camera arrangement. The three cameras on the Redmi K30 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro Zoom are set to compete with other flagship cameras currently being offered. It has been confirmed by Redmi on Weibo that the Redmi K30 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Camera. The Redmi k30 Pro & Redmi K30 Pro Zoom is set to ship with 4 camera’s. We know that 2 of the camera’s will be the Sony IMX686 64mp camera. This emphasis on cameras could unseat the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro as the best phone for most people.

The Redmi K30 Pro & Redmi K30 Pro Zoom will use one Sony IMX 686 for it’s main camera. Another area the Redmi K30 Pro & Redmi K30 Pro Zoom cameras will be different from the Redmi K30 & Redmi K30 Pro Zoom is that it will include OIS on not one camera, but the Redmi K30 Pro will have OIS on two camera’s along with EIS to give us a super steady video. The Redmi K30 Pro & Redmi K30 Pro Zoom telephoto camera will also feature OIS and give us up to 10x Hybrid zoom.

We are going to get an ultra wide camera with the the Redmi K30 Pro quad camera. The Ultra wide camera for the Redmi K30 Pro will not have OIS but OIS is less important on ultra wide angle cameras. What do you think the fourth camera on the Redmi K30 Pro and Redmi K30 Pro Zoom will be?

Redmi K30 Pro Screen Will Be A Compromise

The Cheapest Snapdragon 865…

The Redmi K30 Pro is set release quite soon and a lot of people are wondering about the type of display the Redmi K30 Pro will have. The Redmi K20 Pro was a huge a success for Xiaomi Redmi. Redmi is trying to build on the success of the Redmi K20 Pro and with the release of the Redmi K30 Pro Redmi is hoping to build on that success. Part of the success of the Redmi K20 Pro was the notch free display. The Redmi K30 Pro is expected to build on the all screen display of the Redmi K20 Pro and we are expecting the Redmi K30 Pro to build on that success. But how could Redmi give the Redmi K30 Pro a high refresh rate display when the their flagship device, the Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro, already has a 90hz Amoled display? If you don’t think screens are important, see how we ranked them in our Smartphones of 2019 article HERE

Components And Cost…

To expect that the Redmi K30 Pro will be the cheapest Snapdragon 865 device and it will ship with high refresh rate amoled display is absolutely ludicrous. The Redmi K30 Pro has one purpose and one purpose only, Redmi wants the Redmi K30 Pro to be the cheapest device on the market with a flagship tier processor. The Redmi K30 Pro is set to have more than just a flagship SOC. It has also been confirmed that the Redmi K30 Pro will feature UFS 3.1 storage. This means that the storage of the Redmi K30 Pro will in fact be faster than the storage on the flagship Xiaomi device, The Xiaomi Mi 10.

A Compromise We Can All Agree On

An option seemingly unspoken of by most tech outlets about the Redmi K30 Pro is the fact that we could see the Redmi K30 Pro come with a high response screen, at a normal 60hz refresh rate. What would this mean for the Redmi K30 Pro from a user experience standpoint? A lot actually. Touch input rate is generally tied directly to screen response rate but Xiaomi has implemented significantly higher touch response rate digitizers on a variety of devices including the Blackshark 3. The faster touch input allows the device to register your finger movement before it asks the GPU to create the screen. This means that the touch input and user experience on the Redmi K30 Pro in some ways could still be at flagship level, without incurring the extra cost of a high refresh amoled display. This would allow the Redmi K30 Pro to retain the title of the cheapest Snapdragon 865 device while also giving the Redmi K30 Pro a unique experience. This would be welcomed since devices like the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 come with a curved AMOLED display