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This is a Xiaomi Poco C71. It's an
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entry-level Android smartphone. This
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interesting little guy here, not so
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little, quite big. It has a 6.88 in
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display. Note that that display has only
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But this interesting guy here has a
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really nice patterned back cover that is
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delightful to see. It's powered by
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chipset. It's an entry-level chipset, a
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rebadge of an older chipset, but it's
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quite capable for handling everyday
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tasks and at this price point I think is
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appropriate. While there is no specific
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IP rating provided by Xiaomi, the
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company says that the phone is splash
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resistant. We'll take their word for it.
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Whatever that means. Do keep it away
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from water splashes as much as possible.
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This model has 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB
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storage. There's a 32 megapixel main
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camera at the back and an 8 mgapixel
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selfie camera in a water drop notch. I
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am not sure why Xiaomi still used a
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water drop notch here. There are models
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from competing brands that have begun to
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use a punch hole at this price point.
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And a punch hole looks much better. But
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still, it's a lovely looking phone.
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There's um a USBC connector here. The
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5,000 mAh battery is supported with 15
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watt fast charging. There's a
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fingerprint scanner in the power button
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on the side right here. There's a 3.5 mm
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audio jack as you can see. I did mention
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that there's a 32 MP main camera at the
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back. Xiaomi says there's an auxiliary
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lens. What does an auxiliary lens mean
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these days? Nobody really knows, but
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yes, and there is a memory card slot.
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It's a dual SIM phone. You don't have to
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give up either of the SIM slots to have
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the memory card. So, it's a dedicated
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memory card slot. What software version
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does this run? It runs Android 15.
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Xiaomi says some variants of it run
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Android 15 go. I expect that the version
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or the variant with 3 GB RAM is the one
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that has Android 15 go. If you're
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getting the 4 gig RAM version like this,
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you get proper Android 15.
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What you see here is pretty much uh
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Xiaomi's theme on icons. But it does not
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look like the company has skinned this
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with Hyper OS because once you get into
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the settings, what you're seeing is what
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looks like stock Android user interface.
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Let me show you again. See, this looks
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like stock Android user interface. And I
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think that's a good thing. I will keep
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repeating it. There is no point skinning
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entry-level Android phones with a custom
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user interface because it slows down the
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phone. It gives the processor more work
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to do and impacts performance.
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to to all intents and purposes like
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stock Android with some
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Xiaomi's apps in there.
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That's it. So yes, there's some bloware
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that there are pre-installed apps. You
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can uninstall some of them. You can't
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uninstall some. But um flipping through
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the user interface, it feels pretty fast
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and smooth. And I think this is an
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excellent job. Xiaomi not
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layering this thing with Hyper OS.
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Kudos. Every other manufacturer should
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take a hint from this or should borrow a
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leaf from this for their entrylevel
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Android phones. Android just doesn't run
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well when you further ski it at the
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entry level. Google introduced Android
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Go to help make performance smoother at
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entry level. Why why is any manufacturer
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adding any layer on that, you know, to
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to mess up that purpose? So, this is
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this is really good as far as I can
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The nice thing also is Xiaomi says this
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will get two major Android updates. So,
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it's running Android 15 now. It means it
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will get Android 16 and it will get
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Android 17. Kudos. 2 years is not bad
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for entry- level phones. While Samsung
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is offering up to 6 years for some of
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its entry- level phones, it remains to
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be seen how well those devices will hold
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up over 6 years of use. But for this
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this uh with the 4 gig RAM and 128 gig
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not bad at all. Not bad at all. So, this
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is the Poco C71. What do you think?