Pocofone f1, Mi8 or Mi9T (redmi k20), what should i buy?

[sym_m]

I am using a POCO F1 since September 2018. It had its own set of problems like screen touch issues etc.

Right now you should go with Mi9T because:
1. Better Screen. Poco screen is **** literally. If you dont bother about touch issues, even then the poco's display is very average.
2. SD730 is more than enough for a 1080p screen. Although Sd845 is stronger on paper, you wont make out much difference in performance unless you are into heavy gaming.
3. Design.. Poco's design sucks literally.
4. You get better camera, same battery but more power efficient chipset leading to a longer battery life.
5. Mi9T loudspeaker is louder than poco's speaker.( Poco's secondary speaker is barely audible and just for the surround effect)
6. Mi9T will get updates longer.

Poco will have less resale value now.


Unless you are into gaming, avoid poco f1. But beware that none of these will play Netflix in HD.

However if you can wait a bit and willing to spend extra, get the pro version.will be worth it.

i am pretty sure that mi9T global has widevine L1 but the k20 Chinese and indian versions dont

 

[M.Rehan Majeed]

I have pocof1 and I am not having any touch issues.It works smoothly and updates team poco is giving patches and as they promise that they will give at least two updates,and they full filled their promise.and the back issue they give cover in the box when you put it back looks similar to the glass.I definitely agree with you in the resealing price of poco f1.but redmi's resale will also be in this range.because these are Chinese phones they do not have give you a big amount of resale value.poco is good for gaming and daily tasks.

 

[ahmd gom3aa]

if u don't mind this ugly notch, go for poco

 

[MinBCrafter]

TLDR: Buy the Mi 9T, don't even wait for the Pro version. You won't miss anything on the Pro given your declared use-cases, all of those that you mentioned you can do on the 9T + more money for you because it's significantly cheaper.
Here are the things I noticed about the Mi 9T:
1. As we all know, the build and the cooling system of the Mi9T-series were spec'd to deal with SD855 high-performance SoC which is and certainly an overkill for the SD730.
2. As explained in #1, what you would get is significantly higher run-time for the performance cores + GPU on full load (max clocks) when you have a lower TDP SD730 SoC.
3. SD730 also sips power at full load and is overall having lower power consumption (then the Pro) which also converts to longer run time per single full charge.

Remember that you have a phone with passive cooling which could always be saturated especially during summer. The question is that for how long before saturation? Simple, SD730 would take longer time to saturate a cooling system designed for SD855, that's it. I always notice people getting disappointed gaming on a phone with SD845 (for example) and got mad because it could easily throttle at FULL LOAD, where is the liquid cooling? What the cooling system is doing? My answer would be: With great power comes faster passive-cooling saturation.

Forget Mi8, very small battery for gaming, lowest runtime of the 3.
Forget Poco, it's overkill for your use-cases (SoC-wise) and it's camera is dated and offers less utility as compared to the cameras of the Mi9T.
Buy the Mi9T, it's best for the price and the use-cases you have stated. I also has the overall highest battery run-time of the 3.

Oh, the Mi9T Pro? Forget it, just buy a Mi9T with the biggest storage space and call it a day.

Thanks, I will wait for the Mi 9T Pro