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Xiaomi Mi 5X Review - A "latent" best buy

Maybe it was one of the most discussed smartphones of this 2017, presented almost to surprise, the average range of Xiaomi seems to want to compete even with top-of-the-range smartphones. We're talking about the Xiaomi Mi 5X, which then is the basis of the much discussed Mi A1, which we come to discover in our full review made possible by the store Gearbest.com thank you for sending the sample and I would advise you for professionalism, pricing and expertise. But do not waste any more time and let's find out Xiaomi Mi 5X together.

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For this I 5X, the Chinese company adopts the classic white and essential packagingwithin which we can find it needle for removing the SIM cart, manuals in Chinese, USB Type-C USB Charging and Exchange Cable and the little one power supply with 5V / 2A output with a Chinese attack, for you will need to have an adapter, plus of course the smartphone.

Of course I can not say that the design of the Mi 5X is original as it is it really resembles that of One Plus 5 which in turn invokes that of the iPhone 7 Plus, but in any case it is pleasant thanks to the rounded lines on the 4 corners that host the really well hidden and camouflaged antennas with the whole body of the Mi 5X, through the top and bottom profile of the smartphone. The construction is really well done and I personally found a 'great ergonomics and a good grip although someone else has called it one "Slippery soap".

The body is entirely matte metal that in black coloring makes this smartphone really stylish, in fact I would just say cool. Paintwork though tends to pick up many footprints breaking in part that WOW effect that we live every time we pull it out of his pocket. Along the profiles we find the on / off button and the volume bar, as well as the SIM carriage, also made of metal. There is also an IR sensor to control various electronic devices such as TVs, air conditioners, etc according to microphone for the reduction of ambient noise at the top, while in the lower one find the system speaker,USB Type-C Input, the main microphone and the 'jack input from 3.5 mm so you can take advantage of every kind of headset to listen to your favorite music. About audio the speaker has a very high volume although the yield is slightly flattened, but hands-free calls also have a good volume that can also be used in the car, not to mention the excellent sound returned by the headset in the phone conversation (SAR values ​​1.000 W / Kg on the head, 0.290 W / Kg on the body).

On the back of Xiaomi Mi 5X we find the company logo that helps not to swap the device for something else, the Dual camera module slightly protruding from the body, dual flash dual-tone LED flash which I would personally have preferred on the right hand side of the room as the hand tends to cover the latter, and finally the sensor for fingerprint release that is really reliable by unlocking 10 10 smartphones on XNUMX with the ability to combine it with applications to better protect their data.

In front we find the head capsule, the selfie chamber, a small LED notification of white color and the various sensors including the brightness which, however, tends to adjust to low illumination values, so it will sometimes be necessary to manually act on the brightness level of the display. We also find the 3 iconic soft touch buttons covered by the same glass that covers the display, which are backlit and with a good feed even if Xiaomi might have done better to insert the fingerprint sensor on the front because space is missing.

Xiaomi Mi 5X adopts a display from 5.5 inches with technology LTPS LCD  (Low Temperature PolySilicon) IPSand Full HD resolution whose viewing angles are remarkably good except for blacks that tend to gray at sharp angles. Maybe the colors are slightly lighter than other devices of the same brand but absolutely the quality returned is really high allowing the vision of guaranteed multimedia content up to Full HD resolutions while 4K formats do not guarantee the smoothness of the images. There is also software at the software level to adjust color temperature and contrast, but also to activate the color reading mode in order to preserve the eyes from the radiation from the blue light emitted from the display. However, it is worth noting the poor oleophobic treatment.

I talk to you about software fast as well the Xiaomi Mi 5X will arrive at your home with the MIUI ROM China Stable in 8.5 and Android 7.1.2 Nougat (the only currently officially available) with the temporary impossibility of unlocking the bootloader and insert alternative ROMs such as Xiaomi.EU. There will not even be Google APPS is but you can install it by following the guide on our site by clicking here, working with ROM China's latest available version. That said, I can only say that MIUI has managed to maintain its own identity over the years and has been able to offer a good alternative to Android interfaces that are often similar to each other. It offers many advanced features, as well as unique customization levels and interesting features such as the ability to Second Space which will allow you to create a sort of partition that is detached from dividing the private sphere from work, or the possibility of cloning applications to have a double account on a single terminal.

 

BENCHMARK

The Xiaomi MI 5X offers one good technical data sheet which consists of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octacod processor with 2.02 GHz clock frequency, really well optimized and poco energy-intensive thanks to the 14 nm construction process, which in combination with the 4 GB of RAM provided by Samsung, 64 GB of storage provided internally by Samsung and one Adreno GPU 506, allows the device to turn fluidly and efficiently in any situation without ever heating, even if we try to stress it with gaming sessions with important titles from a graphical point of view. Internal memory from 64 GB also can be increased by taking advantage of the ability to insert a micro SD card in the carriage of the two SIMs, both in dwarf format, as long as the Dual Sim Dual Standby functionality is abandoned. You can also take advantage of the Type-C input to connect memory sticks thanks to OTG support.

Additionally the form Bluetooth 4.2, form Double-band WiFi and a great GPS but above all the presence of FM radio which never fails. In addition, the Xiaomi Mi 5X offers the connection 4G LTE to 300 Mbps, unfortunately,absence of the 20 band which in rural areas becomes indispensable. The reception is still of a very good level and the signal is always constant, all powered by one battery from 3080 mAh of which however it is difficult to give performance judgments given the ROM Stabile set up above, partly limiting, considering all the services of the Chinese applications that in the background hack Ampere shares. However, a classic day in which you use the smartphone for web browsing, social gaming, messaging, games, photos, video and GPS navigation is more than guaranteed with about 3 half hour active screen with almost 30% remaining charge power, and a really constant download showing one good battery optimization integrated to the CPU / GPU and being more powerful than the average.

The Xiaomi Mi 5X adopts one dual rear camera of which 1 wide angle module with 12 megapixel (OmniVision sensor OV_12a10_i) with opening ffinal match. and a telephoto lens from 12 megapixel (OmniVision sensor OV_13880_i) with opening ffinal match.. Present the PDAF focus is really fast and a good dual tone LED flash that in some situations can improve the final quality of photos taken in low light conditions. The peculiarity of the dual photographic module is the ability to take pictures in portrait mode to get the great shots with blur / bokeh effect but you can also take photos with it 2X optical zoom so immortalize a subject that is difficult to approach without loss of quality.

Quality that in general is really appreciated in good light conditions while with the drop of the same, the photographic and video output becomes more and more full of background noise, giving a sometimes insufficient result, where the little focal opening is noticed in a cheeky way. The same result, albeit in proportion, is given both in good and in evil by front camera with 5 megapixel resolution (Samsung S5K5E8_1 sensor). But it is possible shoot video with resolution up to 4K 30 fps, as well as record in slow motion and time lapse. The interface is the classic of Xiaomi with the enrichment of the above listed features, which include HDR, various photo filters e manual mode for the most experienced in photography, with which to choose which type of sensor to shoot (canvas or wide angle).

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In conclusion I believe that this Xiaomi Mi 5X has all the cards in place to be called a best buy, although at the moment the company's decision to block the possibility of a bootloader unlocks a lot of real potential, at least to our latitudes. I was pleased with the overall construction, the excellent performance but also the reliability that this Mi 5X brings with it net of the installed ROM China Stable. As always I thank the store Gearbest.com which allows us every time to test for you all the technological products made in China on our channel YouTube. You can go to them for buying, and hanging up to the bootloader unlock speech I remember that the company's choice was taken by virtue of product sales on unprofitable stores, and this confirms the seriousness instead of Gearbest.com the best online store to contact.

8.7 Total score
Xiaomi Mi 5X

The Xiaomi Mi 5X is currently a best buy "latent" because of the company's choice of blocking the ability to unlock the bootloader. Therefore, ROM Stability China can not express (at least our latitudes) all the potential of this smartphone, which nevertheless brings with it a great autonomy, over average performance, nice design and a really good double camera.

CONFEZIONE
8.1
DESIGN AND MATERIALS
9.3
DISPLAY
9
HARDWARE
8.7
AUDIO AND RECEPTION
8.8
SOFTWARE
6.5
CAMERA
8.9
BATTERY
9.2
PRICE
9.6
PROS
  • AUTONOMY
  • PRICE
  • CAMERA
  • CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS
  • DISPLAY
  • PERFORMANCES
CONS
  • BAND 20 ABSENCE
  • TEMPORARY BLOCK ABOUT THE BOOTHERDER UNLOCKING
  • SENSOR IS LIGHTED ON LOWEST VALUES
  • FLASH POSITION
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Emanuele Iafulla
Emanuele Iafulla

Nerd, Geek, Netizen, terms that do not belong to me. Simply myself, technology lover and provocative as Xiaomi does with his products. High quality at fair prices, a real provocation for the other most famous brands.

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dudutheking
dudutheking
6 years ago

I'm still waiting for him (he's been in a month's time), but I do not even want to have it anymore. with the unblocking problem is virtually useless here. the rom china is inoperable

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6 years ago
Reply to  dudutheking

No, why not? Just because it's in English? Put the playstore (find the site guide) has no problems. When you can unlock the bootloader you decide what to do.
In my Xiaomi I always keep China in the early days

dudutheking
dudutheking
6 years ago
Reply to  XiaomiToday.it

the play store is fine… but how do we compare it with all the other google services? for example, I have all the contacts synchronized with google….

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6 years ago
Reply to  dudutheking

From the playstore, download everything that is missing. For contacts, that's enough for you https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-contacts-sync/google-contacts-sync-7-1-1-release/google-contacts-sync-7-1-1-android-apk-download/
I tell you that I have always used China! What is it, don't you believe me?

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