Because expensive phones are getting costlier so even mid range phones are looking cheap It's just a mind game

@@kingnobie not exactly, it is also because techs that flagships introduced are now cheaper so that's why mid range phones are more and more close to flagships when it comes to specs.

@@HelpAnimalsPleaseEno

Facts

Cheap phones are getting worse in the last 2 years 😂

Iirc the rule is "Pareto's Principle", and true, that indeed seems to be the case for smartphones these days

This only applies to android, iphone upgrade only noticable if you change your phone every 5 years.

​@HelpAnimalsPleaseE no some animals gotta go

Spot on!

@@HelpAnimalsPleaseE nobody cares

Mid-range would be a more correct word.

​@@insertname6more than mid range, it's something in between mid and high range, Xiaomi itself sells good phones for only 170 to 200 dollars

it's midrange ​@@MohamedForGames1 budget: 0-300 midrange: 0-700 high-end:700-

you're not gonna find a good or lasting phone under $200, even if it's made by xiaomi

Same here

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It depends by the model and low budget phones are slowly catching up. So 3 years old budget phone might be a lot slower from the factory than the top of the line..

yea he's done that before hopefully he does that again

Budget phones can last upto 3-4 years if you are a general user and not gaming or editing on phones. Camera is still the weakest link of these phones. But spending 300£ for 3 years is not a bad deal. My redme note 9 still runs and has android 13. All though it is buggy as hell but I think that's Xiaomi's fault and not the phone. These phones are great for students I think. You start your university life with one of these and after 4 years you get a job and treat yourself with a flagship

Investing in a flagship makes a lot of sense if you need the camera(all of us do but money is a problem) and also keeping that phone for longer. These phones can last upto 5-7 years like iPhone x is still running. But I really doubt beyond 3 years 90% of people will want to use the same phone. Or else phone sells would just tank.

same here, i too got the RN10Pro, but the note line up after the 10 series were not upto the level of "features" which should have been "upgraded" with the next series from 10, ie the 11, 12 etc. they've just dropped every sense of features from the 10. The SD chip was changed, the camera which had a 5MP tele macro was dropped & many other.. And so, i've not upgraded from the RN10ProMax since..

​@@amllemansI see. To be honest, I think the performance of SD cards really can't keep up with the needs of modern apps, which may explain why it's on the way out. The redmi note 10 pro also doesn't have 5G which I feel is quite important

@@Fals3Agent if you haven't read it a new SD standard, the 9.1 Express, which apparently doubles r/w speeds. I hope this means that we'll get SD card slots back on phones soon.

@@amllemans Having the Note 10 pro for 2 years now, and I'm satisfied. Looked for possible upgrade, and I feel they don't offer so much more that I could justify spending money on them. It seems my Note 10 pro will have to endure one more year with me... or maybe even 2. The battery seems stable, so I don't think it will be much of a problem.

​@@damyrSame for me, I'm still rocking the RN9pro and the 13 pro is the first I think is a real upgrade.

I am still using my Mi8 because it's a great phone, my family say I take the best photos and they use flagship phones. I use it to pay for everything, don't carry cash anymore. The Xiaomi Mi series are excellent phones.

I relate to this a lot, i personally switched from redmi note 9 pro because of a battery issue that i suddenly started to have, probably because of excessive use and charging it under pillows/at work it hot places lol. Till this day that phone is as smooth as i remember getting it, i haven't had any software issues at all and overall it is a really reliable phone. I recently switched to Redmi Note 13 pro 5g because i didn't want to spend a lot of money on a new phone that will probably get destroyed in the same time margin as the last one. And honestly apart from the sharp display, pretty cool refresh rate and fast system, the camera thats installed is really really good. I remember my note 9 pro having a lot of issues in the dark, taking some photos was also challenging, a lot of blurriness and loss of quality in some spots. But this phone does really well, sharp, sick stabilisation although it can get a little bit focus-losing if you are walking down the stairs. It really does feel like handling a camera just a very small and cut down version of it, and I'm absolutely in love with more funcionality added to the "pro" section in the camera app, changing iso and zoom while recording feels smooth and almost instant

I'm currently using redmi note 11 rn and my only issue is the signal in some areas. But it's all good, since it does well on other areas or features of the phone considering for its price. I compared it to samsung counterpart that are at the same price range and it performs better.

using a redmi 9s here, still good for having dual apps with spotify in the background or playing a game while having youtube open. The age is just now starting to show.

@@thefirehawk1495 that's a coincidence because my better half is still using her Redmi note 9s today, I tell her it's well past time she upgrades but she still likes her 9s. It has been the best value phone I know of.

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Redmi isn't even the flagship line for Xiaomi, the Mi 14 Pro is already out and it's still about half the price of the S23 Ultra. Still wouldn't pay more than 250$ for just a phone.

lol a "smart" phone is NOT just a phone. It is a mini computer.@@rep-vile

@@Joachim.Jacobs Yeah this isn't the stone-age, I thought, but ok

Does carrier work with $300 foreign phone in usa

true but some people need to do a lot on a phone but i think many only uses for text/phone calls. They should stay budget. People like you should definitely spend over 250.@@rep-vile

iphone

Yeah phones like the Oppo Find X6 Pro/Vivo X90 Pro+/Xiaomi 13 Ultra/Nubia Z50 Ultra really raised the bar with what you can get for $1000 in a phone. I have zero issues with Apple phones at all but would never NEVER pay the kind of money they ask for their shit when there is much better options for just as much or cheaper.

My 3 year old iphone going strong while the new zfold 5 i got last week .. the battery is meh on the samsung. It loses more battery while not being used than my THREE YEAR OLD IPHONE.

fr like I can build a decent pc with that money or I can buy a phone to scroll reels and watch youtube while eating lol

​@@iAmNothingnessThen you have a defective phone and you need to return it. My Fold 5 lasts all day long on a single charge.

For me personally, I have always questioned spending the extra cash. My last 2 phones have been pre-owned phones bought at a much cheaper price than if I purchased them new, no regrets. I have found that it's better to buy a 1 or 2 year old premium phone than buy the newest flagship.

Facets

Agree, makes no sense to buy the S23 and S23+ now that Samsung has downgraded their displays to 1080p. Even this budget phone has a higher screen resolution at 1/3 the price.

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I got both a note 20 ultra and an s20 ultra to use as my daily drivers for 200-250 each. So far they have been really good, but because samsung no longer supports SD on the flagships. Xiaomi and Poco have been on my radar to be the next devices i use. Any recommendations?

Yeah. Li poly is better😂

I shifted from k20 pro to xiaomi 13 pro and i can say its better than 23 ultra in every aspect except the software stability

r/kothibanglacheck

Watching this on my 4 yr old k20 pro. It is still working as smooth as new.

After trying Dex on my mates phone once. Thats one feature I was craving. Especially if you somehow own Samsung TV or Monitor. You genuinely can operate those phone as PC. Office PC at least. The first time I tried it I was so mind blown. My friend come to my house specifically to try dex because I happen to own a Samsung TV. And we ended up exploring the whole Dex and Samsung ecosystem

@rockzs74r I agree. Dex is one of my favorite things about Samsung. I have a monitor that also charges the phone when using Dex. Non stop Dex 😅

ah yeah mine too. but we indonesian got a good technician who can repair poco x3 pro, thank god it just cost us $30. n never since was best phone performance

Faulty chip soldering in that model. Gaming beast of a device for it's time. That is why I avoid Xiaomi devices in general - bad build quality and internal designs.

that phone is heavy as shit

I'm contemplating 2nd hand Poco x3 pro as well given that it only cost me like $75 for 8gb ram and 256gb rom in pristine condition but after further reading in gsmarena with lot of mobo and soldering issues, it feels quite like a gamble unless there's surefire way to tackle those issues in the first place

Hey! Killing your phone tinkering with it is part of the experience! Glad you got it working again.

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If this is a cheap phone, idk what you guys are doing

@@again-again-againthe redmi or the galaxy

@@stayculture_ both of them

​​​​​@@again-again-againin todays standards spending 300-350 is cheap considering its about 25% of the high end devices cost and can give you 75%-80% of the stuff the high end phones have. And although yes, you can spend 100-150 for a phone these phones are absolute garbage. You can't really expect to do much with them unless you use them for basic needs like calling or texting (so they are good phones for older people that sheldom use them for anything else).

@@chrispdo ouch, I'm using a $40 phone

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Yeah I doubt 3000 real people liked this

I agree and am wondering if its possible for Xiaomi to upgrade their battery to that of the Samsung S23 Ultra as Arun says its an old type. I'm quite happy with Xiaomi mostly cos they integrated all the features i had seen in a small white Vivo phone years ago. And when it finally landed here in Swaziland i purchased the Redmi Note 4 probably in 2016 as i was using a Sony xPeria. I was intrigued by this small brand that does more than anticipated, IR Blaster actually and standard photos. The ability to control all electrical gadgets in the house with a phone in 2016 was big in 2016 and i was a pioneer. I still help people setup their Redmi phones to control their decoders, TV's and home theatre system with their phones and that makes Xiaomi big and reputable here in Swaziland where he economy is very low. I wouldn't be surprised to learn its he highest selling phone in Swaziland and 3rd Best Selling in South Africa after Samsung and iPhone.

Cheap and mid-range Chinese phones are designed to last 2 years. Xiaomi has even said so. The phone that you take out of the package will be as it is for exactly 2 years, then the software updates will disappear. The phone becomes slower and the camera even worse for some reason. I will never buy a Chinese phone again. There are so many small compromises that don't stand out at first glance.

Besides, nobody wants to buy a used Chinese phone. After 6 months of use, I was able to sell it for 1/3 of the price. Aftermarket prices prove my point.

When I buy Samsung's top models, I'm practically sure that this phone will serve me well for 5 years.

​​​@@rapator9270i agree having used xiaomi for more than 6 years and owning 3 mid range xiaomi phones.They come with compromises which is noticeable when you use it like the software sucks battery is also bad and after sale value is much worse than any flagship phones which makes sense.which is why i will always recommend to buy flagship if you can afford it.its well over worth it!

Do it iv bought a 12 pro + , for the money its so damn good

I'm pretty happy with my note 11 pro, don't really think it's disappointing. The only thing thats kinda disappointing is the price hike but I understand why, as the phones improved a lot in build quality

Still rocking my note 8 since launch, and this thing is glued to my hand. I've put a custom rom which is a lightly debloated oneui port from the note 9 and ot is even faster then before. Before i needed always the latest and greatest, but this phone is a keeper

I feel the slugish part with my moto g7+ rn. though I yet to see battery and heating issues. I think the slugish issue might be more due to filled up storage? I have 64gb internal + 32gb micro sd, both are 80% full.

I had an opposite experience. I'm very happy with my 3.2 year old Xiaomi and I don't notice much difference in the longevity. And after 4ish+ years most cellphones become outdated imo, independent of the price range. I prefer to spend the extra money on things like desktop PCs and laptops

A52S still doing very well here

This is why I want a phone with a Snapdragon chip (I'll probably get the Note 13 Pro), because when the official ROM gets sluggish, I can simply switch to a custom ROM and keep using your phone for longer. For example, my current Redmi Note 8T would be a nightmare to use with the official MIUI 12.5 EE. However, I've installed ArrowOS 13.1 and I can safely say that it will last a couple more years. It's much faster compared to MIUI. The only bummer is video quality which is horrifingly bad on custom ROMs for some reason, even with MIUI camera.

Me to

He's got a team for this mate

@@maximusg88Their comment mentions the team...

​@@brei.zhe cant read

I don’t think he edits his videos

I still have a Xiaomi M9T Pro from 2018 which has a full uninterrupted OLED panel that runs at 90hz, snapdragon 855 and 6GB of RAM. Also has fast charge and a beefy battery. I paid 279$ back then. Samsung and Apple are overpriced just because there is very little competition.

Yup.. Oneplus taught me this!

Agreed... for example the s23+ is a great example of this. So close to the ultra in price but so far away in terms of specs

​@MaikyMoto mi 9t pro? that was released on 2019 and its only 60hz

I make tech videos just like mrwhosetheboss I would preciate if you gave them a shot

But they degrade faster compared to flagship units

@@abd12459 honestly depends, i know a friend with a poco f1 who's still holding strong to this day

​@@SWY1356honestly the Poco F1 was a more a flagship killer than a entry level phone...

That's not true, stop spreading misinformation. This is not 2010 anymore ​@@abd12459

Nobody does this cause it doesn't matter. People just don't pinch zoom your photos on social media. What matters is the overall quality. If you pinch zoom then all phones with less mega pixels will break in pixels (iphones and Google pixel)😊

@@LUSTmusicVideos oh. So I don't matter. How depressing. Well. Let's see. Hands up, who likes me?

Mid rang aren't mid range like they use to be mid range was 250 to 400 now mid range is 400 euros to 900 euros . It's all nip picking Xiaomi is really a great phone so is Samsung if one is going to play games get an Xbox or pc for the job if one wants top photos buy a dlsr camera . Both people's that buy either phone will use it more or less the same way photos to social media there not going to control the space station with there phones are they lol

id say its more a case of the tech guys have run out of new things that are really new not tweaks which means the lower tier phones are catching up on flagships.

​@@ColtSievers1000well it all depends. Xbox is a gaming console. You really can't take it anywhere or use it for anything else. Dslr aren't cheap either. Different lenses cost a lot. And they aren't water resistant. + You have to carry it around all the time. Mobile phones are durable and samsung can be used as a desktop w dex. The only game I play is genshin as of now so a phone is great for me as I can travel with it everywhere.

LoL hell nah.. pocoF1 & note 9 were like almost the same phones if you do use gcam... (Basically same battery life, charging, support, performance, cameras,signal, face id, fingerprint , speakers, 4k60, 960fps slowmo etc . except display ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯).That was the last time when it happened and by now budget phones are just straying behind cz of growing prices of chipset mainly

@@ColtSievers1000 Best camera is the one that's with you... (I haven't missed my DSLR...and actually enjoy the creative challenge of working with a smartphone)

The pixelcount doesnt tell much the color quality is still probably is going to be worse than a iphone 15 eventho they have same camera

maybe you've never used a highend Smartphone.. Try it and see.. of course you won't look and use a midrange and lowerend Smartphone after this

@@NoMercy076 except for the prices

​@@NoMercy076 It's great for the price, some people can't afford the newest phones even if the colors are better

I think gcam is best for xioami phones because it has hardware but lack in processing thats where gcam comes

Samsung is very greedy and ev1L they want us to get blind they use 240 Hz PWM even on the ultra S23 and S24 , while Honor have 3840 Hz PWM screen !! not only on this they are so cheap but EVERY transistor is the cheapest possible in their devices not only phones, they buy it for less than 1 cent while the smaller companies like oppo , etc, they buy better quality so your device don't broke right after the warranty

S24 ultra enters the chat with worse sensor at 10x

@@soumyadityaagarwalla1517 actually samsung s23 ultra has telephoto lens at 10 while Samsung 24 ultra has only 5x

@@HSK_EDITS thats why i said worse at 10x shots than before

There are a videos about this from Arun on this channel (2 or 3) and budget phones are good but 3 year old premiums are still there still outperforming the newcomer midrangers or just keeping up perfectly.

A bit more procesing power - thats about 3-4 times.

I still use a 2020 flagship that you can get for 1/5 or even 1/6 the price of a new one. The only things I'd really want is the better camera sensors and improved battery life. Not that I usually drain the battery.

Nah, pixel 7a not better than IPHONE xr*, Camervise

​@johnweak6788 false google better then iphone

The S10 series is legendary

I had an S10. It's junk compared to my 2 year old, £259 HONOR 50.

@@Dmanz67 S10 is now 5 years old

Just few settings you will never have to single ad on mi phones you can totally uninstall all bloatwares

Fr? I couldn't find it in the settings. Could you tell me where that is?

@@man-d2198 it's not in the phone settings itself, its per app so you have to go to the app settings and disable it from there

​​@@man-d2198settings passoword and security>privacy, scroll down to ad services and turn it off. While u are at it, turn off "enroll user experience program" too.

@@man-d2198 some stock apps have it, but they still will give u pop ups from time to time when u use them, just open the app & then into settings to disable them, tho i dont use any mi app & blocked all the notifications for them since they are mostly useless anyway

good mentality

Then I guess you got a good life

the samsung a55 is mid asf

I second this. I'm sure it'd be a lot closer.

Newest budget phone versus old flagship seem interesting too.

I've been that kind of user and I can give you my thoughts. I bought a 2 and half years old Samsung S20+ last year and have been using it for an entire year until I broke it by tripping on the road and smashing it to the asphalt = = Now I switched to s23 ultra and have been using for over 3 months now. I would say the 2 to 3 years old flagship generally has almost similar on paper spec with top mid ranger of today. But the details you're getting would be the selling point for older flagship. For example, s20+ has 65M main cam that matches the most mid-range nowadays, but the night picture is still way ahead. And the OIS you can get from old flagship is just better, despite the midrange now also claimed to have ois. Older flagship also has this advantage of better soc compared to midrange now. They're cooler, not so power hungry, yet their performance are still edging out the midrange of this year. However, one noticeable down side are screen degradation. The s20+ I bought were the leftovers on stock, so it should be one of the best conditioned old phones. Still, I found out that I couldn't reach the peak brightness they claim on the spec sheet anymore. The claimed peak was 900 nits, but mine can't reach past 750nits. The battery is also crucial. I got mine with 80% health because it has just been stored on the shelf for too long. That s20+ cost me about 340 US, so it's cheaper than this Xiaomi phone.

@@F1ve-seveN thank you for sharing. It means it would still be cost effective to just buy a 2 or 3 yr old flagship brand new, than top mid range phone. This is probably why they(manufacturers) try to top the spec of mid range phones nowadays. I would even argue that as a power user, there would still be a difference between an old flagship vs the new top mid range.

Now they are changing the gear. Intially they upgraded their chips a lot every year but we are near the moore's law so they focused a lot more on cameras and as the difference between cameras have diminished a lot they brought up the next big thing A.I. Google has already done that, Samsung is focusing on that too as their main feature to steer people away from their mediocre performance upgrades.

Check the blunder he said about Li ion vs Li polymer battery

But if you buy a two year old phone aren't you already lossing most of the advantages ? And I wouldn't say they sell for next to nothing. An S21 Ultra can easily cost more than the 350$.....

@@blablup1214 longer software support and refinement is what you are basically getting if you buy an old flagship

@@freezingicy9457 The video said, flagships have about 4-5 years support. And this cheap flagship onnly 2 years. If I buy and already 2 year old flagship. I shouls also have arround 2 years support left. So why should they have longer software support ?

It's the degraded battery that keeps me from doing this.

it's easy to replace @@StuartQuinn

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Agreed I've also got a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and it still serves me well for my everyday use case. I'll keep on supporting Xiaomi because their phones are affordable and deliver good performance as well.

I regret sellimg my redmi note 10 pro. Currently using 12t. Both phones are amazing but it is tempting to try on flagship phones as i have never had one before 😢

I also used 12t and my fav was 120 Watt fast charging. Xiaomi Nailed it

Plus, you can turn many of the redmi & Poco phones into a superior version of the Google pixel with a custom ROM like evolutionX or RisingOS.

@@idruvak if u can live without banking apps sure

@@user-uu9up5fe5t but there are spoofing apps\magisk modules to hide root too.

What is gcam

Which world are you living at?​@@eeshakhan308

@@eeshakhan308gcam is google’s camera app that you can install on any android phone. It basically does the same thing as your stock camera app, gcam just tweaks a photo a little bit so it comes out better

I paid $169 dollars for my Nokia G50 and I am VERY happy with this cheap Nokia.

Yeah lol 350, was 19700 peso in my country and it's not cheap.

...huh, oh yeah forgot about that, was thinking of transfer data but brands now have the loyalty app so as long as you stick with the brand its a done deal

I think it's also about the brand. You bought a cheaper Samsung which is much more reliable than a cheaper Xiaomi.

@@trippinhard250 Unfortunately Samsung intentionally Nerfs their own budget and mid range devices to push you higher and higher until you just give up and buy a flagship. MKBHD made a video about how they push you to buy the flagship.

@@bespokepenguin103 It's still the better choice because a Xiaomi phone degrades within a year

Sadly Samsung decided to kill the A7* series so we're left with the A5* as midrange

​@@trippinhard250no way. Xiaomi phones last long. It's totally based on the SoC in it. If you bought a ultra cheap Xiaomi phone definitely it will degrade within year.

Maybe during the first few days because of the hype but this phone is more or less the same as the Poco F5, a few improvements on main camera and battery but way less powerful. This should come out costing around the same... But then again the previous version is costing around the same as the Poco right now so you're probably right lol

Trust

As an ex-editor myself, I see this as an absolute win

They're not night-and-day differences. I'll still buy flags but only under discounts.

Yes but unless you are a power user, the benefits of having a flagship compared to a good mid range is not worth the price increase.

In some categories only tho

sure there are some advantages to flagships (there has to be some way to justify the price) but for most normal people a more budget option is more than sufficient and a majority of people wont even make use of or notice all of the features even on the budget phone.

It's so obvious this video is sponsored by Xiaomi, even if he makes it feel like it isn't..

Had, was.... ? :D

On my Redmi note 10 pro I got them today)

Same with my s22 Ultra

Really? Now you got me excited for improvements on my s21

One ui is utter garbage. They keep introducing new features without optimizing the software. I had both an s21fe and and s23 ultra. God rid of both because the battery on both of those phones were god awful. And my God, the phones heated up like a toaster on simple browsing.

I upgraded yesterday on my S23 Ultra. It's fantastic and I really do like it. I have had lots of phones in the last six years but keep coming back to Samsung and I am truly in the Samsung club and advise any android user to choose a Samsung flagship as the performance and support over the years is Samsational (to quote Arun). Since 2016, I have had an S7 (excellent), an S9 Plus (terrible), switched to a Xiaomi Mi9 which was good at first but died about a week after the 1 year warranty of a software issue (multiple software glitches throughout its ownership). I had to claim on the insurance who gave a cash settlement so bought a three week old S20 FE 5G which was an unbelievable phone. After almost two and half years, I upgraded to the a new S23 Ultra as the offer was too good to pass up. I now know that this Ultra will see me for four to five years which I think is a great investment. Especially now that we have the Snapdragon chips in the UK & EU instead of the dreaded Exynos chips.

@@HarrySwettenham26, Samsung is way on top of (Apple 🍎)

I completely disagree, I have the Mi 11 Ultra. Updates always came very late, the next MIUI/HyperOS version is going to be the last major update. For a 1400 phone this is a complete joke. Two years of delayed software support is a complete rip off Definitely the last Xiaomi flagship for me.

@@Johnny-yf3vc why did you buy a xiaomi if you're expecting fast long term software support? only samsung, apple and google do that (when they keep their promises). Nowadays new android features don't have all that exciting new features anyways.

@@YeetDaBabies Did is the right word. I thought getting the flagship model would give priority treatment like every other phone company. That's what you expect for that price. Instead I got shit. That's why I'm never going to get another Xiaomi phone.

@@Johnny-yf3vc oh no you get another feature noone uses a few months later than everyone else

@@YeetDaBabies That's not the point. It's about getting premium treatment if you pay premium prices. Even the security updates are delayed. If it was about the updates, I‘d just install the china weekly. But that's not what you should have to do if you pay that price. Because of this, Samsung/Apple flagships are better. end of discussion.