dude, xiaomi is life. their phones are actually great, last long enough and are actually pretty affordable
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How’s is the OS and their accessibility? Do they have a unique one, or do they run off of Android?
I assume they're talking about it Android. Chinese companies are beginning to really grow like crazy everywhere except the North American market. Some people on North America import them because in some cases they have more advanced camera technology, bigger sensors. Or because for a while the only foldable options outside of Samsung or Chinese brands that you had to import.
MIUI is frankly kinda bloated with ads, and I'm sure it collects more data on me than I'd care to know, but with Netguard and F-droid apps it becomes quite usable. (I'd like to try LineageOS, but right now I can't afford to mess around with my phone and risk breaking something). The hardware is undeniably good: my phone is from 2018 and the battery still holds charge very well, and for basic functionality (that is, not games) it suffers from no noticeable slowdowns, even after more than five years (and it being a cheapo phone even back then).
Their OS is based on Android, is called MIUI. I think it's ok, pretty modern but is not remarkable in any sense. The accessibility however its in pair with the android phones in the market I guess
i had a xiaomi phone a while back (it was a redmi phone). it felt too restrictive to use, and i really didn't like that the official apps had ads on them. might not seem like much of a problem to you, but i'm just sharing my [not really that great] experiences with xiaomi.
They don't work with third party launchers. At least that's true of their flagship devices like the mi 11 ultra. That is a deal breaker for me.
Before I looked a bit into it I didn't even know launchers could be installed without rooting.
Are there features that you want/need that the stock launcher doesn't have or are you writing it off because of the restriction?
I'm sorry for the delay. I've come to really rely on stuff like Nova launcher that's you slide your finger on an icon down to open one app or function. And slide up to offer another.
So for each icon you can conceivably open three different apps and save a room on your home screen.
So for instance if I slide up on the icon I use for kiwi browser it'll go directly to the YouTube music web page. If I swipe down it'll go to the YouTube video web page. (Kiwi supports desktop extension so I have the proper ad blockers and sponsor block). So I no longer need to use those two shortcuts to take up space on my homepage. And I basically do this with all of my primary icons.
My Google keep icon I swipe down for keep voice note and I swipe up for a regular note. On the camera app I swipe down to open the video and I swipe up to look at the gallery.
They also offered things like customizable gestures which are great bc I use a double tap to prompt my remote control. I'm an occasionally I'll use the stock launcher on my pixel or a Samsung device but eventually I get frustrated by the limitations. Stuff like Nova launcher or lawn chair just offer more customizations than most stock launchers.
In fairness I have not tried mi UI So I don't know the extent to which customizations are allowed but it is very rare for stock launchers to support the varied customizations of third party launchers like Nova. Where you can conceivably make your home screen look like anything you want.
2 months is a bit of a delay lol, thanks for the reply.
MIUI is really limited in customisation. It's good enough in a lot of areas but really not great. It's got gestures but I'm nlt really a fan of that so I don't know how good it is.
Nova sounds absolutely loony and I'm definitely trying it if I root!
Do you not use revanced?
chinese smartphones are very popular on brazil too, i purchased a pocophone the same price i paid on my previous piece of shit lg phone not only phone but computer parts too, many pieces of my setup is chinese, they r cheap and very good
OPPO is a great value in Vietnam. I just mentioned I happen to have a Samsung rn but previously I had an oppo, great hardware at a cheap price. If it didn't get run over by my uncle's motorbike I'd still have it :(
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I don't love that its kind of hard to get custom roms for them, but I think Google is making it harder for everyone...
I've got a huawei now, but I'll be moving to an oppo soon. :B