Overall speed

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

Would you say that the Xiaomi Mi 5s is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Xiaomi Mi 5s exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

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[turisz]

The Snapdragon 821 is more than enough for anything, I did not have any performance issues with LOS. It's just lightning fast.

 

[erorcun]

My OnePlus One was faster with stock ROM. SD820/821 phones are crap if they doesn't have EAS or any extra tweaks. Ofcourse games aren't included in this.

 

[8166uy]

My experience is also that it's very fast within apps, but just about adequate in the interface no matter the launcher. It has nothing to do with the hardware, but just the battery optimizations from Xiaomi. I do expect a large difference when MIUI 9 releases as the first reports confirm that it improves a lot in the feel of speed in the interface.

 

[interlitpol]

the phone is lightning fast, in fact it is one of the fastest phone i have ever used, altough the OP3T is faster but the Mi5s is definitely in My list of the fastest android phones

 

[Riichard63]

It's really fast for processing, games, but sometimes it just lags for no reason with slow scrolling.