Need review about Poco brand

manu1991 said:

I am using Poco X3, happy with it. I am not overly fond of the UI but after putting in the Pixel launcher, it's not too bad

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Hi can you give how is your experience with the device now with 2-3 usage? Thinking to buy this one.

I have installed Arrow OS on it which is pretty much stock Android so the software experience is pretty much like a pixel device

I got the Pixel 4a 5G a few days ago and apart from the pixel being much lighter, there isn't much difference between the two

If you will use the stock UI, as long as you are fine with how it looks and we questionable pre loaded Poco apps that you can remove if you want, there are no other issues

Apart from it being heavy

@manu1991 Got the Pixel 4a from abroad?

I live in the UK

@AAK I am on MIUI 12.0.1.0 on A11.
Do go through this thread as it I have given my feedback on this device. If any query, do let me know.

For general use, I find it good. Miui has become smooth in A11 so reduced refresh rate to 60hz. There are still some bugs like battery drain but not like ones which makes phone unusable.

@Tejas01
How much battery backup ( SOT and standby) do you get ?
I know battery backup is subjective but still it gives rough idea about the device.

My device is having issues of battery drain too.
It doesn't goes to sleep when screen is off even during the night .

I really won't be the right person to ask for SoT. Since I use my phone from charging to 80% to end of day which is around 65-70%(preserve battery). My usage is very casual and it easily lasted me for 3 days upto 35% when I used to charge to 100%. This was with high refresh rate at 90hz. At 60hz, it would easily add 1.5 to 2 hour additional backup. I don't game, nor watch too many videos.
End of day, even if you push this phone like crazy, it will easily last you for a day with 30% still remaining. With moderate use, 1.5 to 2 days should be easy.

AAK said:

My device is having issues of battery drain too.

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Are you also using Poco X3? If not, then which device?

I use it as a backup phone so probably not representative but I don't think you will have any battery lifes issues with it


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Tejas01 said:

Are you also using Poco X3? If not, then which device?

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I m using Note 10 pro.

I would suggest to do a hard reset from recovery instead from settings menu if you have upgraded from A10 to A11. Many users on Poco community were complaining about lot of issues post update but I don't have any major issues as I had hard reset after update. Also try to set your device fresh instead of restoring from backup. I agree it would be time consuming but the efforts are worth it, atleast in my case. This method has always worked for me.
If nothing works, then no option but to wait for update or switch to custom rom.