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We take a look at the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 and see how it compares to the competition.

 

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You mean this type of English...

 

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Correction: There is ways to launch camera with hardware buttons in setting

 

 

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Still, xiaomi's miui sucks

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Wait why did I not buy this phone again? Why do I have my G6?... This is a cheaper phone with better specs. Oh right, headphone jack

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Cool video, it's just such a shame most phones, in terms of specs, have become somewhat boring.

 

Also, it would be helpful in the camera comparisons you show the photo of whatever phone you're talking about. E.g. when you say "The Mate 10 has more noise", you have the Mate 10's picture show up, so actually compare it without skipping back and forth to compare the photo performance.

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I'm guessing Linus has never heard of bluetooth headphones, either that or this phone has no bluetooth capabilities.

 

I don't understand why people have to go run out and annoy everyone w/o headphones, they've been cheep for over 15 years, AND it's never MLP either... It's always some stupid song I (and others) don't want to listen too.

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20 minutes ago, Egg-Roll said:

It's always some stupid song I (and others) don't want to listen too.

Songs like this? 

 

 

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"Useless Crap Folder iOS style."

 

You mean the thing you haven't had to do in over a year at minimum? Nearly every stock app can be deleted nowadays.

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3 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Songs like this? 

lol, if someone played that song (now knowing it) I would snicker a little, but yes.  Most songs played are quite volgar, loud, etc, so public transit here isn't really child friendly... (preschooling)

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Lel that coffee has 26$ USD shipping.

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Because you like it when China steals your data?

Aerocool DS are the best fans you've never tried.

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Anyone have the link to get that pillow case? Asking for a friend...

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4 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Because you like it when China steals your data?

in comparison to having facebook doing it?

 

If you are really paranoid about your data being sold for money get xprivacy

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5 hours ago, aisle9 said:

Because you like it when China steals your data?

 

Basically everyone does that nowadays.

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1 hour ago, williamcll said:

in comparison to having facebook doing it?

 

If you are really paranoid about your data being sold for money get xprivacy

Jesus Christ can a brother tell a joke around here?

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49 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Jesus Christ can a brother tell a joke around here?

It's hard to tell with how people write news and clickbait titles.

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Which I abandoned reviewing after spending 4 hours fighting with bootloader unlocking

Only 4 hours? What a pathetic scrub!

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14 hours ago, Egg-Roll said:

I'm guessing Linus has never heard of bluetooth headphones, either that or this phone has no bluetooth capabilities.

 

I don't understand why people have to go run out and annoy everyone w/o headphones, they've been cheep for over 15 years, AND it's never MLP either... It's always some stupid song I (and others) don't want to listen too.

do you know how expensive is bluetooth headphones especially for people who buy chinese brands from xiaomi? Ofc bluetooth headphones are cheap for ppl who already spent 1000 dollar on a phone.

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Why buy a Chinese phone?


Because it is cheap, and does the same as a Samsung or iPhone.

hi.

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3 hours ago, Sakai 121 said:

do you know how expensive is bluetooth headphones especially for people who buy chinese brands from xiaomi? Ofc bluetooth headphones are cheap for ppl who already spent 1000 dollar on a phone.

I'm sorry, wut?

How is $25 (both canada and usa) expensive?

https://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-BTH240-Limited-Bluetooth-Headphone/dp/B00N43BPPO

I'm sure there are cheaper ones still... I've used older versions in the past from this company and it was half decent, esp for the price.

 

I own a $400+- phone and I still think spending $50 on a decent pair of bluetooth headphones perfectly acceptable...

14 hours ago, Raskolnikov said:

Lel that coffee has 26$ USD shipping.

Don't forget customs lol... Actually buying the coffee beans is cheap if you ship USPS or under $25 to avoid UPS customs... For everything else (the cans) there's amazon.ca ;)

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I have the Global version of the Mix 2 and interestingly I don't have those weird software quirks. Netflix downloaded and installed from the Play Store like it would on any other Android. :)

 

The one thing I wasn't so hot about with the phone was setting up the camera. Mine wanted to automatically "beautify" my selfies and left its watermark on everything. Blegh. Outside of that, I adore it more than the iPhone 8 I sold to get it.

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On 6/19/2018 at 10:44 PM, Egg-Roll said:

I'm guessing Linus has never heard of bluetooth headphones, either that or this phone has no bluetooth capabilities.

 

I don't understand why people have to go run out and annoy everyone w/o headphones, they've been cheep for over 15 years, AND it's never MLP either... It's always some stupid song I (and others) don't want to listen too.

What if you wanted to use your phone as a playback device, i.e. connecting to Fly 3 or something along those lines? 

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