Budget 15-20K Spoiled by Poco F1 - looking for a 5G alternative

theagilecoder said:

Poco F1 is the Aswathama !! Just a few disagreements from a couple of points:

1. Getting the battery have been very easy for the F1 and the replacement even easier as the backplate is not glued. I have replace the battery around 4 times earlier (once per year or 2 years and two devices) from amazon and the last two from Mobatree :https://www.mobatree.com/products/xiaomi-mi-poco-f1-bm4e?variant=43713842413845 Always got 100% health and no swelling, in fact the og battery had swelled.
2. All popular custom rom where the safety net passes by default, you do not need to root at all. I have been daily driving F1 with various ROMs starting with A11 and now running A14 and have never rooted the phone and have used various UPI, banking and paypal like apps - never faced a failed transaction.

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theagilecoder said:

1. I have replace the battery around 4 times earlier (once per year or 2 years and two devices) from amazon and the last two from Mobatree :Ihahttps://www.mobatree.com/products/xiaomi-mi-poco-f1-bm4e?variant=43713842413845 Always got 100% health and no swelling, in fact the og battery had swelled.

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theagilecoder said:

Running my Poco F1 as main daily driver for the last 5 years :

• Compact at 6.1"
• Legendary custom rom support - I have each year flashed the new android version of custom rom and each was better than the default Mi OS.
• Easily replaceable battery - have replaced 4 times (from amazon and mobatree). and have been thus getting 10+ hours sot from day 1.

Now that I genuinely need 5G and looking around for alternatives in less than 20k. Please advice if there is one.

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theagilecoder said:

Ya, they look really compact. If only I could get them in discount for 30k ... nvm not gonna happen ever

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