This phone broke the internet.

[@rohanajay]

When they mentioned SD 845 for that price in the launch event everyone went crazyy ( Me too ).

[@gamerlucky]

i remember even after i bought it ... i once a while check ✅ multiple apps to see is it really sd845 or they modified or toned down in any which way

[@imdbhd]

yes but I bought another masterpiece at that time - Huawei Honor Play

[@gcasag]

I got it at launch, It's still with my dad and it simply doesn't stutter. It's a beast of a phone. The only thing that seems outdated is the video recording, it's still snappy af

[@rohanajay]

​@@gcasag Wow great to hear that.

[@rikupatra1452]

I had one

[@wailbouazdia2349]

this video is missing the best feature about the poco f1, which is that it shared the same camera sensor as the pixel of that time, paired with gcam it produced amazing photo and video quality

[@MohdFahad-y9q]

😮

[@Green_Globe_z]

Ohhh yes, he may have missed because he never used it first hand. I don't blame him for that. But this was my first flagship, and I loved it and then I moved to Mi9T

[@DonieCrick]

​@@Green_Globe_zMI 9T is almost the same thing no?

[@BobFood1337]

It was crazy good with the gcam mod.

[@apduarte4730]

It was decent but I would say it would be its weakness. That being said it was a 300 bucks phone… I got it new a few months later for 260 euros, I think. I used for almost 5 years and freaking loved it. Crazy really… too bad even Xiaomi is increasing its prices because otherwise that would be the best 400 dollars/euros phone each year.

[@Fortress0323]

I remember during that time in 2018, I just bought a Redmi Note 5 (with a Snapdragon 636). When I saw the specs and price of the POCO F1, my jaw dropped, and I IMMEDIATELY posted my Note 5 for sale. That was my reaction to this phone. As soon as I got it, I immediately installed Pixel Experience and turned it into a poor man's Pixel 3. Good times.

[@marcp.1752]

Fun fact: i've used Pixel Experience since ever from 2019 on - but due a lack of motivation, of time, and financial support, Pixel Experience is long gone, now! Sadly, no more. Started it on my Redmi Note 7 (non-Pro) - i am using Xiaomi Phones since the mighty Note 2, go figure! (edit) Typo fixed

[@stevejelly2782]

​​@@marcp.1752 Google is also heavily armed Android with Play Integrity system that kills the sustainability of non Google signed ROMs, making custom ROMs not usable with banking apps and other apps require pass the Integrity check, one of many reasons Henrique Silva discontinued Pixel Experience Fly high, Pixel Experience also fuck Google, they're killing custom ROMs

[@israr__alam]

@@marcp.1752 pixel os is good alternative... feels same as pixel experience

[@lucasf1674]

I also had a note 5 ( my first xiaomi ) at that time ! I just couldnt do what you did because i was a teen and had no power to decide it, but man i wanted one so bad. I ended up buying an poco F3 when it released.

[@shaun169coelho]

+1 (i sold my Moto G4)

[@venlian_gulhiik]

A true flagship killer.. The camera is still amazing in 2024

[@MJ-uk6lu]

I really don't get the remarks about camera. Maybe it wasn't exactly bleeding edge thing, but it still was totally solid and dependable and back then not all midrangers even had decent cameras.

[@dhairya8238]

​Mostly because it had the same camera sensor as one of the pixel devices, which made it produce overwhelmingly good pictures for what it was worth (when paired with a gcam-port) @@MJ-uk6lu

[@barneyDcaller]

It is still beating some 2024 midrange phones

[@borshisme]

​@@barneyDcaller no, only budgets

[@mihirshetye4624]

It was decent enough,but the real deal was getting a GCam mod that truly enhanced the camera experience by a large margin.

[@wikijit]

You forgot to mention how Pocophone F1's camera came in the top two of MKBHD's Blind Camera Test 2018.

[@floppa9415]

I really miss these extremly "min maxed" midrange phones. These days if you say want a 8 Elite or 8 Gen 3 almost all your options come with 3 cameras, Glass backs, stero speakers, ... . All stuff I don't care about.

[@Sonatism]

Phone companies should take inspiration from flutter mane

[@anero.]

Iqoo 13 or realme gt 7 pro is what you want

[@ahmedabdallah4110]

​@@anero.Yes but they're 550 and 800 USD respectively and still a lot of corners u can cut to reduce the price

[@anero.]

@@ahmedabdallah4110 It's better to buy an 8s gen 3 phone if you really want that 300$ price tag. Budget chipsets are no longer bad and the 8 elite costs like 230$ for oems per chip or something, so it's impossible rn even if they did cut everything they could

[@lancergt1000]

What about the Poco F6

[@Shimulahmed100]

The huge custom rom support for this phone was phenomenal

[@hondurasen3632]

I think it still has some custom roms based on android 15

[@tiocareca]

It still is...

[@ZTR117]

It is crazy, so far i remembered, every single cusrom has f1 in list.

[@G-R-0-L-E-M]

​@@hondurasen3632 it has Android 15 support of the custom rom and it's stable also.... And bugless!

[@sravannotshravan]

Not to mention you can run windows 11 arm on this thing

[@Kugelblitz2b]

I still remember - it was a literal jaw dropping moment for me when it got announced, due to its pricing and specs. It was a dream phone for me for sure. Couldn't afford one back in the day, ended up buying Poco F3 about 3 years after.

[@NikhilSethiPGDDC]

pocof1 was truly a legend! there is no phone made with such care and perfection after it

[@Kugelblitz2b]

@NikhilSethiPGDDC true, it deserves more recognition than it gets

[@TheAxelinho05]

Guess what, still using Poco F1 to this day, and is my main phone. The only minor issue with this phone is, the battery life, but is understandable, after all this time, using it every day. Other than that, never had any problem with this phone.

[@davidgarza311]

Change the battery and enjoy it again

[@trip_t2122]

​@@davidgarza311 in my country I can't get genuine batteries for my Xiaomi

[@ajajpk]

I have it and changed it's battery and the charging port. Work great again and is super cheap to do.

[@jetfu400]

This is my phone to this day. Cheap to replace any parts. Very fast still.

[@fajulate]

F1 with GCam produced one of the best images of that time.

[@Ricky_RSC]

Sometimes i look the photos i took with my F1 + san1ty's gcam and can't believe how good they are (i own a pixel now and they are almost as good as the pixel's)

[@Pink_skin]

How did you install gcam on poco f1? I could not i was failed ​@@Ricky_RSC

[@littleswansplaygrownd6817]

A lot of people dont know about the niche things this phone has, such as the infrared front light for face unlocking in the dark, or the ceramic fingerprint scanner that resists scratches.

[@fastfest2425]

I JUST REALIZED THAT MY FINGERPRINT SCANNER HAS ZERO SCRATCHES

[@let.tanishqcook]

Yup half my screen is cracked but the other half works cus of the ir face unlock feature opens the phone automatically 😂

[@shreya1100]

You mention PocoF1 price being half of XR in UK. In the intended market such as India (where it was initially launched, even before China), it was almost a fourth of iPhone XR. PocoF1 was 20k, iPhone was 77k INR.

[@mihailoaleksic3330]

And the Poco was crazy value with none of its features being half, let alone a fourth as good as the iPhone

[@mihirshetye4624]

It was actually based on the Mi 8(which had launched in PRC in June 2018,so 2 months Poco launch) with a downgraded screen and camera setup.

[@fastfest2425]

​@@mihirshetye4624 they're very similar in specs, but in terms of AnTuTu score, mi8 wins

[@alfredodian9040]

i bought pocophone f1 on launch day at august 2018. still using it as daily phone, unlock the bootloader day one. cant remember how many custom rom i've tried. but since i had no spare phone back then i stick with MIUI EU rom and still using untill this day. luckily my banking apps, online shop, and maps still works on android 10. i had spare phone for gaming and camera.

[@norwin2791]

Is EU rom good in battery management?.

[@alfredodian9040]

@@norwin2791 its basically just vanilla MIUI rom without all the chinese bloatware. also all built in ads were removed. so it should work and run just like default MIUI rom.

[@flame5020]

I was one of the custom rom developer of this phone. Also I used to port roms for this phone. I have also ported oxygen os 100% stable not even a single bug. So it’s nostalgic device for me. The time I spent with this phone in my school days❤ I can’t forget those days🙌

[@Sam-will]

Oos port? Cap. There is still not a single rom without bugs for f1.

[@flame5020]

@ seriously? Then you don’t know about telegram communitys of custom roms! If you have the device and interested I can send you mine OxygenOs Port but it’s based on android 11 because after that i left custom rom development

[@testas1273]

@@Sam-will You are dumb then, crDroid for example is extremely stable ROM and very fast with lot's of options and no bugs

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

How do you learn to port ROMs?

[@flame5020]

@@My_Old_YT_Account The basis are already available on github and when you face different bugs/issues and you try to fix them by your own. you’ll learn how these things works.

[@imbrianbrain]

I also remember it's end up pretty high in MKBHD's blind camera test

[@ahmedkamalhasin2070]

Yeah, it came in 2nd place iirc.

[@Green_Globe_z]

Because this phone shared the same camera module as the pixel.

[@lamefart]

It has the sensor that came with the latest Pixel. It was limited by the software. It would've placed higher if it was used using GCam. 😄

[@JintoJames]

Used to flash new ROM every week, such was the community support this phone had

[@ananduv9469]

Watching on poco f1

[@pradeep2662]

Did you do a battery replacement?

[@alanwilliamspaul8257]

Man couldn't get a battery replacement and had to change phones. Really miss it

[@TheJunky228]

watching on an xz1c

[@andrepower6]

Did you get a different ROM?

[@TheAxelinho05]

Same here

[@TechSurreal]

00:26 That comparison he did back in the day was the pure definition of the Apple fanboy. He purposefully didn't put it next to a Galaxy S9 for a reason.

[@TechSurreal]

@jevonsims900 everybody knew everything about the Pocophone is subpar except the chip. When people bashed the iPhone XR display they compared it with similar price ($750) smartphones included last year's used iPhone X, not a $300 Chinese phone.

[@caprogers9640]

​@@TechSurrealActually no. Apart from LCD screen, speakers, that phone was above than other phones. Only Oneplus was ahead.

[@FNDTV93]

I'm a xiaomi fan, I have been using their phone for the past 10 years, the thing that i hate about them now is the excessive ads and bloatware even on more expensive models. turning the ads off in every default apps is awfully troublesome. and if you are older folk or arent tech savyy you might think that it part of the phone.

[@mango-float]

This was the phone I got and used until the Xiaomi 14. The only thing I miss is the native support for double tap the homescreen to lock or turn off the screen. I downloaded an app called taptaplock which allows you to put down an invisible widget that you doubletap to close.

[@arinevermore]

I bought this phone just after it launch. That year there was Poco F1 and Asus Zenfone 5z as two flagship killers and I had/have both. The Poco survived for 5 years even tho I dropped it from my bike straight to the asphalt road dozen of times (I usually go touring with bike using Poco F1 as my GPS). The Zenfone 5z is still survived and I used it as hotspot because the battery life is really bad now and nobody in my country sell the spare anymore.

[@RamKumar-sm4pe]

I thought Zenfone 5z would have definitely been mentioned in the comments, surprised to see no one mentioning it. 5z, poco f1 and oneplus 6 were all in the same league at that time with same processors. People focused too much on f1 (as it deserves) but missed to appreciate 5z. I've been using 5z for 6 good years by using custom ROM, the camera with gcam, the display, the design, the ui, lots of unique features, I've used it for gaming till last year and yeah I agree about the battery. Lost it in an accident recently. I would have definitely used it for atleast one more year. Thanks for ending my search for 5z in the comments though! 😂

[@Yolo_Montana123]

My friend still daily drive his Poco F1 from 2018 and it's still working good with only cracked screen

[@agunemon]

This phone worked amazingly for my brother until this yewr when he replaced it with an iphone 14. My sister still uses my old lg G7 with an sd845... Ngl sd 845 still slaps today and cameras for video presentations are better than modern budget phones.

[@glennpatrickdomingo584]

I had one before.. The F1 Armored Edition... that textured back felt so good in the hands

[@TheMessi2014]

my mom had a xr and i bought a poco F1. still have it to this day in the closet. the camera was INSANE for the time, performance was amazing, battery sometimes lasting 2 days even. First ever smartphone i bought with my own money, it was indeed THE flagship killer.

[@let.tanishqcook]

I just lost my poco phone f1 to a broken screen this week😢 After almost 6 years of daily usage. People used to laugh at me when I said it takes better raw pictures than an iPhone 11 in good lighting conditions but it’s true😅 It’s cus the 845 is so strong at image processing. I had an lg g6 before that with the first curved edge display,dedicated camera button, dac amp for music and the pocophone is 80% as good at half the price on launch.

[@fj5434]

Still running an F3 in 2025, only the camera isn't amazing, but guess what I ain't on social media and I'm not a photographer, I thought about upgrading but my processor and display beats most mid range phones right now lol, except for newer xiaomi devices

[@Bushpig_aj]

Had one and loved it, shame the speaker stoped working after 4 years

[@og_jakey]

Poco F3 user here, objectively the best purchase I ever made

[@_haru007_]

Isn’t this phone was the one that has issue with their motherboard or it was poco X3???

[@yuan_lynx]

​@@_haru007_ That's X3 Pro

[@trip_t2122]

​@@_haru007_ even the Poco M3 had issues with it's mobo

[@bleankdallas2924]

Loved it. Hated the poor readability in sunlight though. Maybe it was my unit. Sold it after a week

[@yuan_lynx]

@@bleankdallas2924 in custom roms, u can use peak brightness option. It uses the full potential of the amoled screen

[@ismenqn5556]

My Father still uses his F1 to this day, baterry life and the screen are not good but the chipset makes the pfone still viable and is doing him good

[@luisytacc]

Still love my F2 Pro, except Xiaomi fucked up with the battery connector so over time it unplugged from the inside. I lived with it once, but the second time I just got a used S22 Ultra. It lives on as my grandma's phone now, but I still miss that pop-up camera

[@ahmedkamalhasin2070]

I'm using the Poco F2 Pro, which I think perfected the F1's formula, ironed out a lot of its shortcomings. Although by this time they became a little bit more expensive. But it's a much nicer device to hold and use.

[@GabutMotor]

I still use the phone now. But it got ghost touch now

[@darshandeep477]

I used that phone for 5 years and never once got it serviced.

[@kenrampingplay]

This phone made me a fan of Xiaomi, and I have been recommending Xiaomi phones to people I know ever since.

[@hamzahballim5567]

Ryan I just want to say I love the videos and I love coming to watch every video and seeing your subrciber count grow everytime

[@dhruv9935]

This phone was absolutely great! I remember back in 2018, when I was in 8th grade and used to play PUBG Mobile a lot. I insisted that my mom buy this phone (even though she didn’t like Mi phones because her friends had said some bad things about them). Despite her reservations, we bought it. I used to play PUBG for long periods of time, and this phone never lagged. Even after 2-3 years, there wasn’t any noticeable performance drop. The huge custom ROM support for this phone was phenomenal as well. It lasted for a solid 6 years, and the only reason it stopped working was because I accidentally dropped it from the 3rd floor.

[@tanvirtomal9994]

While I do most of my gaming on a PC these days, I still use my 5-year-old Pocophone F1 as my daily device. With a simple battery replacement, it continues to serve me well. Once a performance beast during its peak, it now perfectly meets my current needs.

[@白空-o2j]

I'm still using my POCO F1 as a daily driver, i worked at repair shops and that made me really appreciate phones that won't get me headache after a few months of use, that's why i bought it

[@AndresLopez-op1vz]

I still use my Poco F1, really good phone only needs a new battery and works pretty well.

[@heftychonkers]

Poco f1 and f3 were peak budget phones, I'm still using f3 love the phone

[@binayakthakur5122]

same .... my f3 died but f1 is still running strong

[@rolex712]

F3 is 💩💩💩💩💩😂😂😂 F1 is 🔥

[@skyfeelan]

not exactly the original F1, but my new poco F6 is arriving today I can finally fulfill my dream of using a phone with flagship(-ish) processor XD

[@SanatanMurmu-i9z]

Still an active user, recently replaced the battery. Do have to change the screen as it got cracked, but works flawless and feels proud to use it.

[@EngineerOfVaul]

This was the first phone I bought entirely with my own salary, so I was on a budget. I don't take pictures very often, but I do game a lot on my phone, so I couldn't ask for a better model than this. Used it for 4+ years with zero regrets, and only replaced it when the battery began to give out. Absolutely phenomenal phone, made me a fan of Pocophones. Currently I use a Poco X6, and it is a very good phone, but the F1 was lightning in a bottle.

[@nagatasan_21]

Back when I still couldn't afford any flagship phone nor midrange ones, this has been my dream phone when they launched this and literally went depressed when it went out of stock.

[@hanif72muhammad]

Beating OLED screen is impossible currently, until there is better cheaper screen technology, OLED will be the ultimate viewing experience

[@B121AN1]

I used to have it and it got water damaged beyond repair. I miss it a lot.

[@slay3rgamingyt]

Upgraded from an F1 to F3. One thing to keep in mind F1 had same camera sensor as Pixel 2-5a, the same 12MP sensor, with gcam it could rival iPhones when I compared it. And even compared to my F3, I feel F1 took better photos with gcam at night and low light

[@caprogers9640]

Gcams were mostly unstable. Too much lag. You can't take multiple photos without getting freeze

[@akilbarboni4198]

​@@caprogers96408/10 gcams i ever used for any phone for any period was perfectly stable, idk what are you talking about.

[@RyukayneYT]

Yes GCAM upgraded and unlocked camera abilities of that phone...and the version of gcam i used was stable and lag free.

[@frodobaggins235]

Commenting from the same phone. The performance hasn't dropped still in 2024 and I haven't felt the need to upgrade.

[@motherboardbroken2305]

Ryan is just punishing me for asking too much about S10e now. : )

[@sarthakpathoi8627]

the fact that it can still run hyper os while maintaing the same performance is just so crazy

[@viralityfactor987]

Both Mi A2 6gb Ram version and Poco F1 released at mostly same time are classics. Poco F1 sold so well that they promised to never repeat never again

[@Roial_Rogue]

this was my first non flagship phone with a flagship specs. truly the flagship killer. that f1 era was insane.

[@testname2635]

I bought Poco F1 at the launch, and apart from it's battery change, it's still working as my backup phone. Also at front it has an IR camera which can be used ny Gcam.

[@soumyadeepmondal6130]

Used this phone as a daily driver for 5 years and currently being used by my mom. It is still working fine af. Using a custom rom and therefore removing all the MIUI bloatware. After 5years only had to change the battery once. Excellent phone and easily one of the legends like the One Plus One, Redmi Note 3 etc..

[@jazzemartine]

Currently using POCO F1 with A14 AOSP custom rom. Had to change battery once because bad charger. Camera with Gcam mod produces nice quality images with good colors and good enough sharpness(albiet, bit slower than you would want it to be)

[@rparinpuia3678]

I still remembered how it won MKBHDs blind camera test

[@boydagger2236]

My poco F1 died after almost 5 years of use and was reborn again as the new Poco F6

[@belal9139]

can you tell me reason it died cuz im still using mine for almost 6 years and still everything good expect battery life

[@nosziktamas3878]

I used the Poco F1 for like a year and its a very nice phone.

[@subhashisdas6736]

Bro I am still using poco f1 and I am typing this massage on it . I buy it on 2019 after 3 year replace the battery . It is good phone but missing 5g now

[@shamilchalal]

And paired with gcam....still one of the best camera 🔥

[@chn05]

Watching ur video on my poco f1...still works fine!❤

[@AnantaAkash.Podder]

And all those years later, I am still using the Phone...

[@jtubalinal]

Mine is still functioning well. I have the base model in blue. Although I have used newer phones since, I have always kept this. I'm not sure about the screen issue, but mine was actually good, albeit dimmer than its contemporaries. Sometime ago there was indeed talk about the earlier batches of the F1 had a bad screen and that the better ones are those that were made October 2018 and later. Mine was manufactured in November 2018. In the camera department, yes, I agree that it was not that good, but it is a fact though that it bested the iPhones and Samsung of the same year and came out second best (I forgot which one was voted the best then; I think it was a Huawei) in MKBHD's blind camera test. Before F1 I had the Razr Phone, and prior to that I had every Galaxy Note series, so I had my share of experience in flagship phones. On the build quality, I actually have dropped it multiple times about hip level and once accidentally threw it about several meters out into a rough pavement and it survived. I don't use cases but I do tempered glasses, and it survived all those tortures. Yes, nowadays there are some compatibility issues with its OEM Android 10, but it still can pretty much run graphically intensive games (just not Genshin) at high settings. I already replaced its battery once, but it still can pull through easily 8 hours of screen on time.

[@anasahmad7545]

Had this one before owning the iphone 13 i still miss its camera with gcam photos from this one were amazing and the performance was spot on

[@beruangsinar1033]

The bestest part of the POCO F1 is the plastic back, which means I was able to replace the battery by myself without sending it to a shop.

[@Drs4432]

Geez, the golden era. I remember when i bought poco f1 it was very special for me. That phone is really fast, even can beat iphone 8 in some scenarios

[@random1xed]

My friend has that phone. Still using it to this day without any issues.

[@cybercrime2959]

M still using this device with 8gb+2656 gb with changed battery and rooting and Android 14 , and tbh its mind blowing how this device has hold up for years , i think even today if android provides unlocking bootloader then their hardware is far far better than iphones

[@walcraf]

Bro, your the best techtuber back on time! Awesome

[@Predator-g6p]

When me and my ex used to play PUBG, we played like crazy during those time. We struggled with our Redmi 4X and I saved money to buy her a red pocofone F1. The happiness and excitement in her eyes were priceless! Those days.. life was simple and good.

[@MinhHikari]

I am actually still owning the Poco F1 in 2024, which I bought in 2019. Though it is not my main device anymore. But what a device it is, and it's really hard to find a very active community that keep a phone alive like this. :D

[@DaddyK1tt3n]

I used my Pocophone F1 'til the wheels fell off. I got a new phone because I started having signal issues, but I had it fixed and I gave it to a relative to use. I reckon it still has a good ten years of use (at the very least)

[@BurgerParty]

You should showcase poco x3 pro next XD the deadboot phone where even poco ignores that and btw sd card slot and headphone jack are mostly removed on flagships phone nowadays

[@mcid47]

back when Poco was still booming and i fell in love with it now it's just regular, ad-filled Xiaomi phones with small price cuts

[@anto.65]

Bro I had a iPhone XR for 2 years and I loved it. I had an S9 Plus before it and both were amazing. The battery was amazing because of the weak screen, but let me tell you that it was good enough. I also used the Poco F1 at the time and it was so nice, but android didn't quite hit the spot with me anymore. Right now I'm using a iPhone 15 Pro Max and I want to keep it 3 more years (I'm already in 1 year). But in any case the Poco F1 was a great phone which delivered a lot for so much less than the competition. There are phones like that out there nowadays too.

[@shashikirangirish5533]

I am still using it, i have changed battery 1 time & changed volume button one time, it's going good & completes the daily tasc. I am not playing games anymore, but normal apps drains battery faster. I need to charge it for 3 times a day, sometimes it lags with little bit of heavy tascs but it's worth it.

[@DarkellVein]

I'm still using the F1 (since 2018), the battery has degraded a bit, but it still works as it should! Sadly i dont know if there is something like it in the current landscape, at least at the value level it had back then

[@Mirsab]

3:27 iPhone 10R wasn't OLED either

[@martinangelomooney1010]

I absolutely loved this phone. I got it when it came 2018 and it was the best phone for me. After 4 years I gave it to my son when I upgraded to the F3. My son adored it and now my father is using the F1 and he loves it as well. I switched to an iphone 13 pro max 2 years ago and my son is now using the f3. Amazing device and maybe in the future I'll have a Poco as my 2nd phone.

[@PRASANK_AP]

Iam watching this video from my poco F1... it's been 5 years iam using this device as my daily driver... . I changed the battery once like 1 year ago i have no issues with daily task and even normal gaming..i still play pubg mobile daily with somewhat frame drops and all... Indeed a legendary phone

[@orin998]

my f1 is the reason why i decided to get a poco f6 pro as it's replacement. even after all the issues you can read online with the newer poco's, i still trust the brand due to my f1. i'll see if this f6 pro will hold up like how the f1 did.

[@plushyneko]

I used to have a POCO F1. Loved using it. Now on the F4, custom-rommed to A14, soon to be A15.

[@SainInaban]

Currently watching this with my poco F1 Which i buyed at 2019 and still runs smoothly.

[@Rizwaan122]

This was the first phone I ever bought myself after actually seeing all the hype online. Beast of a phone man. I still miss the IR face unlock to this day.

[@BlackBullPistol]

I'm using a Poco F2 Pro 8/256 version for almost 4 years now and it's doing everything as it should. On paper it has all the flagship goodies but the one big reason why I wanted this phone is it also has a clean display with no notches or holes. It has a pop-up camera and I like this design :)))

[@kimyu1043]

Mine lasted for years, it was the best secondary phone that I had when I go out drinking.

[@Green_Globe_z]

When everyone said don't buy a new brand, I bought it. And that was the best decision... Best phone I have ever used. After that I upgraded to Mi9t and now on poco f6

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

It's not a new brand, Xiaomi was around for years before already

[@barneyDcaller]

I still have this phone and its still alive! This $300 flagship killer in 2018 still even beating some midrange phones in 2024.

[@chavezchavo]

The Poco F1 was actually quite common within South East Asia at the time of release. Sure it wasn't as common as the iPhone and Samsung phones but it definitely wasn't something unusual.

[@virtuallysarvad]

My dad still uses this phone to this day. I've installed a Custom ROM on it and I update it occassionally

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

I know a person that had an F1.... Because I bought it for him 😂😂 I remember Oppo, Poco and OnePlus rocking up to the western market and releasing *_'flagship killers'_* for a very affordable mid-range price and those devices really shook up the market back then. I myself had an Oppo Find 7A and I had that for 2-3 years before replacing it with a Huawei Mate 9. I picked that up about a year after it had been released and I didnt know it had already been out for a year as I had no idea sites like GSMArena existed back then. I saw the device in white and my heart fell in love with it and it was priced similarly to my Find 7A so I bought it as an upgrade. Its still in service with me today except it exists more as a mini-tablet device to listen to podcasts, watching youtube and some light web surfing while at home around the house. Needless to say the batterylife on it isnt that great anymore.

[@techexplosion3853]

I gave this phone to my maternal grandfather and it is still working super well with a custom ROM pixel experience Android 11

[@nalo1728]

currently own 3 of these bought 2 used ones ($40 each )and repaired/replace some parts the other one is my personal bought on launch. 1 as a dedicated emulation device modded with 5000mah battery. 1 as a dedicated emergency phone packed with 25000mah battery it is a thicc boi now and cut a hole at the back for the extra 4 batteries and made a custom back for it out of pvc, it can last roughly 48hrs of nonstop youtube. and my personal one is still my daily driver oh and the battery is 5000mah too. i use the bn57 battery model from poco x3 it's tight but it fits. i just reused the battery boards from the original battery of the poco f1 and spot weld it ti the bn57 one

[@mashuktamim]

I have a Pocophone f1 in my hand. Proudly using this legend till 2019.

[@sivaprakash5486]

Still using it, replaced battery, camera is good but lost some quality due to updates

[@enigmamyth]

I am still rocking poco f3 for the past 3 years without major issues. Well I do use screen protector and back covers but I do use it to max. Nothing has gave up on me oh only the charging port after 2years.

[@shakibh.shanto3313]

Using Poco f1 6/128 version as my daily driver now, in January 2025. Im using the stock rom. Everything runs fine. I don't do much gaming. Using LMC8.2 (gcam), I think paired with gcam. It still beats sub 300USD phones easily.

[@ak19910716]

I've used Poco F1 for two years. It never felt outdated to me, even the camera was enough for my needs.

[@BlackSoniKH]

Damn... That era I started watching reviews because this phone. The next year was released the OnePlus 7 pro and it was just so magnificent... I miss those days 😢