POCO X4 Pro Review - $250 iPhone Destroyer?
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Unboxing and Review of the POCO X4 Pro, the best budget phone in 2022, including Camera test, battery life, and price, but then also the sneaky ways that POCO manages to make their phones so cheap! Subscribe so we can hit 10 million! 🥳
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I have the 13 pro and not the max. I love my pro I don’t see what the difference is between the pro and the pro max can someone please explain. Edit: Mrwhostheboss almost at 10 Mill congrats 🎉
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It does look amazing
Can't see ur videos in the list why is that
Honestly for someone who buys a poco x4 phone I think they know what they're doing. Poco is not a huge brand like Samsung and even if it is a sub brand of the massive Xiaomi, non tech savvy people will not know they're the same. I think this phone is more geared to those who want value on a budget and when you're on that budget, the problems of bloatware, software and mediocre camera just don't matter. I would say it's a perfect budget phone.
Edit: people have been complaining about their POCO phones malfunctioning, I have had a POCO X3 (non pro) for over a year now and there has not been a single problem, software or hardware but if it is as inconsistent as people are saying, buy at your own risk. I know 3 other people with POCO phones but none of them are faulty so I'm not sure what the replies are trying to say.
exactly id rather pay less for a minor inconvenience of uninstalling bloatware and things like that rather than paying extra for a clean home screen right off the bat
the devs for past phones who are going to upgrade to poco x4 will find ways to remove the bloatware and probably provide a good custom rom support. sounds like an amazing phone for me for the price. camera isnt an issue for me.
I agree with this. When someone ask me if Xiaomi is a good phone. I confident to say it's yes most of the time if you don't mind with ads and bloatware.
Well put
true. imo for those a bit tech savvy, theres probably ways to get rid of bloatware.
Thank you arun. I would have never knew the sneakiness the companies are playing for the cheap phones and using some heavy tech terms until you told it. Informative and eye opening video
It's really amazing how good Xiaomi has become in mid-range phones. I don't mind bloatwares, most of them can be uninstalled easily and the ads of MIUI apps can also be stopped. Even some Google apps that are system apps can be removed using "Universal Android Debloater".
I have the predecessor of this phone, and it's a good solid smartphone. This upgrade is worth it if you're looking for a good budget phone.
Same
Same
Ayo same here dude 😁
What a legendary phone it was
I m still using poco f1
4:23 damn that was smooth!
Amazing work, looks like a great phone in that price span !
hi arun
Tim Cook will buy this for the charger... and will resell to iphone users
also rickroll shirt
I didn't even notice it
The videos are so awesome. Make my day with the potential in the video 👍
Mrwhosetheboss, your posts are incredibly easy and more efficient to understand.
Unfortunately for an South African like me who lives in a rural community, is kinda impossible to be a technology tester. But your videos make it possible to at least have knowledge of such technologies.
However it would great to have one of your tested phones Mr Inglesh🙏
I've used the poco x3 for a decent amount of time, since launch and i love it
How is your poco X3 doing right now?
@Don't read profile photo don't spam and gtfo
I've been using my poco x3 pro for almost a year and there is no issue regarding to the performance
Cause it’s a brand new phone. Budget android phones get laggy after a year or two
Nice! Any complaints?
This is the best phone review I have ever ever seen, like you just explained everything that a normal person needs to know without being mislead and neither disappointed! Great work dude!!
Yea this dude is way better than maques brownlee . He doesn’t know shit and says a lot without really saying much and his videos a too long and boring
@@gianni_4 yeah, but Maques use a product weeks before is released.
@@johnsmith-cw3wo don’t matter he says a lot without really saying much
@Parth Shah yep that's true but he complained too much because the OS ads can be turned off with one button in settings and the camera is good but he was a bit too harsh. I didn't quite understand what the problem was with the 5g either, it works fine. But other than that I'd agree
@@vijayapai9238 He did say the camera was decent enough for this price and exactly what you'd expect. The point of the video is that the outer design and the way they market it makes us think they're of flagship quality which they arent and the "108MP" is just for show. But yeah i didnt get the 5g thing either. He didnt even clarify the point, just said it may not "properly work" with 5g. What does that even mean?
man, this video is so well done!!! Congratz
First time on your channel, don´t know how I ended up here, but this review of a phone has to be the best I have seen.
6:38, That 61 to 69 transition was smooth.
Why 69?🤣
I noticed that too
4:28 Can we appreciate how smooth the charger catch was 👏👏👏👏
Ikr
I don't.
I think it was done in reverse mode .. he threw the charger then reversed it to make it look smooth as though he caught it
4:24 *
Just noticed
I really enjoyed watching this video. Fun and eye opening! Thanks!
You're just the best! this review is just crazy 😂I love it! Thank you
I hope to get this audience engagement some day, you truly are the boss Arun
yes
Then you better sell the best truffles of all the planet. That's how you can get it
@Don't read profile photo ok i wouldn't
the charger plug catch at 4:22 is crazy. the amount of tries it must have took
I was looking for this comment!!
That was so smoothh
**queue Spiderman theme**
the throw was pretty sick
Great quality material, man. I am a first timer here, and I am seriously impressed. Subscribed.
Your review made my day and cleared so many damm confusions in my mind ...I loved your review keep doing it great work.. what a energy what a performance I'll give you infinity stars...
I'm using Poco F3 for a year now and I never regretted buying it. The specs and experience I have for 350€ is absolutely worth taking 5mins to disable the adds and remove preinstalled apps
I'm using it too, the only annoying thing is call proximity sensor, drives me crazy..
its like 100€ cheaper here
You can use 2 fingers shrink the screen and muti select all the app and uninstall them in 1 min lol
But I will keep them and open those app before uninstall them, because xiaomi worth the ads'money for they really make everyone be able to have a solid phone with affordable price.
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I have Poco X3 Pro, its absolutely excellent, cost me £220 new from Xiaomi with 256gb model
@@1988oleshka Yeah true. Otherwise it's a great phone in this price.
4:00 Did anyone notice the last game ?
xD
WTF XD
I loved this video and you explaining what phone companies are doing to be a little sneaky. 😏
Nicely done.
Having good reviewers like yourself easily found on the internet really helps to find the qualities I want in the various phones and the lacking camera is an instant deal breaker.
Thank you
Fucking paid video and most of the dumb viewers don't even realise it 😆😆😆😆
I love how every time you handle the devices with care. Man, you really don't take things for granted, like other reviewers. You have my utmost respect.
Oh sweet summer child, you have no idea
You clearly haven't seen the video where he's using an iphone as a cutting board then...
Hi, Arun. What is your cat's name? Man, I can't believe how fast your channel has grown. I think I subscribulated back when you only had like 500 subs and you interacted with us sometimes. Obviously now that would be impossible. Great job on the weight loss.
Great infos !! You never disappoint !
It's amazing how newer midrange phones specs are almost on par with flagships 2+ years ago. I'm excited for newer release this year and in the future.
eh, the chip is nowhere close to snapdragon 860 in terms of performance, and it releases in 2018? the other parts of the phones are good though, they obviously sacrifice the chip to lower the cost
what
its Snapdragon 695G and no where near par in performance with mid range phone 750G. They also aren't going to be price at 250$.. Your best choice is get Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G at 250-300$, in Term of Price/Performance it completely destroy this Poco X4 Pro.
@@altrealm2123 however the main camera is just as capable if not more than 2019 flagship cameras,just give it ois and better lenses and there you go,oh and gcam is a free upgrade it makes the phone alot better in processing,however the other cameras need work like telephoto is still not seen anywhere in this range,and ultrawide is just there for marketing
@@toytulog576 695 is slightly better than 765G,750G and way better than 720g on Note9Pro
I rarely ever comment but I have to say that you always manage to add a little something different to your videos to keep them interesting. That little timer on the left side of the video is a great touch. Awesome video. Super informative.
What a great video. Super well explained, thanks! Any video in your channel on how to record yourself with soft soft? I'm under the
Been on a Poco f3 very descent even for gaming. And the 5g sensor has been consistent.
Very even review. Good job.
I use a poco m4 pro, has good battery life and decent for gaming
I have the M3 as my work phone. Its battery is still the best I have ever came across. And it does its job just fine, no fancy extras. This is imo what a budget phone should be like. This X4 looks like a good bang for the buck as well. Getting nearly 70% of flagship experience with 25% of the price is just worth every penny.
Your comment says what was needed to be said. I also have an M3 and firmly believe that this newer and clearer Poco UI is better than the Redmi counterpart. The last update to 12.5.1 enhanced edition was neat. Made the phone faster, smoother and optimised properly.
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Do you have any issues with it? im thinking to get one, but i saw a lot of comment saying the phone have many issues after using it a few months
@@beni2076 almost a year with no issues
@@AnupamBanerjeeab00 currently using M2 and i gotta agree the latest UI is just so fucking polished
I keep losing phones too often, a bad habit I am not proud of. Your reviews are very helpful. Thanks.
Subscribed, excellent lively informative balanced review 👍
Awesome video… always been a fan since the beginning.. had huge expectations for this.. but you never fail to deliver but the best.. all the best..
Using POCO X3 right now with a custom ROM. Stock Android 12 experience actually makes it pretty fun to use. I'd say POCO phones bring you the best value you can get for its price, and if you are willing to spend a little bit of time on it for setting it up, then you really do get a great experience for its price....
Which ROM are you using? I'm on AOSP 12 now.
@@averagewojak2623 I'm using Pixel Experience
Do bank/UPI apps work after rooting the phone and/or on a custom ROM? That's my biggest worry on flashing custom roms these days. I NEED to be able to reliably make paytm or GooglePay transactions
That's not even close to stock android buddy...
@@vpsjdon they do, you just need to hide magisk. I use Google Pay on a regular basis. If you need any help you can always search for it on RUclips, it's all out there
Great vid Sir arun. I bought the phone after this review, very good for people who know nothing about phones. Gives me the right info about its pros and some misleading parts of it. Great budget phone
your sincerity is what keeps me here... nice video
I still got my Poco f1 from 2018. Running strong. Unbelievable phone.
Very nice presentation and storytelling skills, you got it.
This phone is pretty good. the problem is that flagships like samsung and iphone have set standards to justify the exorbitant prices of their products, so people tend to think that flagships have something special and that the product has to be expensive for it to be normal. i used iphone 13 ,samsung s21 ultra but i felt ripped off because the price of the phone was way too high compared to the things it offers. Those midranged phones offers more than thode 1200 USD flagships
but sumsung has series that are close to price to these budget phones and are just way better,like the galaxy s50 and 70 series,so why buy these bloated phones when u can get a quality one for similar price
@@Popostarr because they suck. i cant stand IPS displays.
@@nikoheino3927 what do u mean ? They have led and higher refresh rate since 2 years ago,
Just flash pixel experience or whatever other rom you want... Gets rid of the bloatware instantly. At that point you pretty much have a pixel in performance and software experience and the only thing you're missing is a quality camera, which is something you have to decide if it's worth it to you. Again, the poco camera is not bad, but it can leave you missing the pixel camera if you've used one before
@@hssnnkim but why, for what,like i said the A50 series for example,better camera better build,water resistant dust resistant,4 years of support,security updates,8 gigs of ram,a cpu that can do just fine about everything,better screen even in some cases,and same price about,sometimes these chinese phones have overkill cpu but this poco doesnt even have that,so not sure what the apeal is
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I've own this phone ever since it came out. I'm super impressed me and my wife got this poco phones and we are both impressed. Thanks Xiaomi for making this budget phones cause I've been caught on the apple ecosystem and it's been hard to rip off.
i still really like my Poco x3 pro that i picked up for like 250.
for the price and what you got really does make it seem worth the value compared to a $1000+ phone out there.
I mostly just bought it for some mobile gaming so the Snap 860 handles that perfectly and the 5k mah battery offers hours worth of playtime too.
That and it's more friendly towards repair since the back comes off instead of the front screen panel access. (something the X4 still does which is nice)
I'm using my poco X3 pro right now 🫶☺️ this phone is a beast 🔥
i have the poco x3 nfc- not the pro and it;s dead after 2 years
Going on my third year with mine, with minor screen issues due to falling. But overall I would recommend Poco @@nikmor5773
Love your reviews!! You put so much research, time and effort into them and it shows. Also love your random nods to Rick Astley and the star appearances of Milo 👏👏👏 Thank you Arun / Mrwhosetheboss!
2:04
You always find a sneaky way to Rick roll XD
Very informative video and I loved that accent.
Thanks for the information really helpful
I had poco x3 and it's really good. good processor, enough to play games, and it had passive cooling system.
it had microsd slot, and the fastcharging. and it cost really affordable.
I'm happy to see this phone had an newer version
I also have it, but I don't like its performance
@@sudiptasaikia2250 yup, literally sold my X3 recently because of the really bad performance
yeah but a downgrade version
You can disable the ads in the settings
@@ayylmao8837 wait didn't they say that it was good because of the performance?? like there aren't much phones with that budget that has this level of performance
I watched this vlog on a Poco F1. Still serving me well. Thanks for your honest and thorough review.
Already looking great that workout routine looking amazing
more of these type of videos please recommend because I'm looking for a budget phones that compares with expensive phones
Honestly one of the rarest youtuber that takes the tech presentation to the next level keep up the good work man !
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Amazing video and waiting for 10 million special video
Recently I've been thinking of replacing my Redmi Note 5. Arun has given me a very viable option. Will definitely look into this.
I had to like the video after seeing the cleanest catch of my life!
I remember feeling the same about my F3 Haptics. They get you off-guard, how good they are. Lets just hope POCO doesn't 'settle' like the other guys :\
The fact that Arun give so much knowledgeable content and make it fun is genuinely *Amazing*
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Knowledgeable and paid content 😆😆😆😆
4:24 that throw was so satisfying😂
Honest review! Appreciate it!
Arun i'm impressed by your production, creativity, humour in terms of tech content, you and your team are too good with details but aside from that you guys are a very good entertainers too.
I've never seen a tech youtuber with so much enthusiasm and passion i wish you and your team a great future ahead Alll the best !
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Congratulations bro...
SOooo good. Subscribed!
that's a pretty good phone specs insight, cheers guys
What I like about Poco is that they allow you to unlock the bootloader from there you can install a custom ROM it makes the phone so much better, but some might say why buy a phone to change the software? because you can get much better performance by installing stock Android over MIUI! While having a pretty decent phone for the price.
How is this done exactly?
@@Stoffendous don't do it if you don't have knowledge you will brick your device. There are several tutorials on youtube to how to do it.
now you mention costom rom im interested
already tried Miui on My Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 and ot works flawlessly,though the vendor version of Miui seems bloated so i might search clean muiu rom if i want to buy that phone
I don't know how well the performance is. But I live some of the extra feature of MIUI which makes stock Android look bare bones. Although you also lose some features when using MIUI like screen pinning
Right, the only reason I was gonna buy these mi phones, they offer good hardware for the price but the software is absolutely horrendous, bloatware and ads, not to mention the whole copied Os from iOS. It's a bit weird tbh. I'd Rather have them put a stock version of Android in there than a whole bunch of bloatware.
Poco Really Killing it, if they keep up with this Pace, Iphone would be getting a run for their money
poco was never meant to be an iphone competitor
Nah bro x3 pro have sd860 and x4 pro only come with sd695. Its backward pace tbh
@@edwinduro9751 lets call it a balanced type 🤣
Giving amoled instead of ips
Also glass back
nah, they target seperate end users.
@@edwinduro9751 still sp 695 is a good processeur with a much better screen
Your last comment about phone companies becoming sneaky in their marketing of phones is so damn true. Just when you think you've found the one you like..nope it doesn't have one really important feature or two or three.
He has a great talent of looking right into the camera while using teleprompter beside.
The only problem with poco devices is that the software becomes progressively worse over time
You have the option to use a custom OS
@@InconsisTenZ custom roms are so much better
@@InconsisTenZ Yeah but you have to wait a week until you can unlock the bootloader without being able to use the device.
@@InconsisTenZI agree with you Like he said it doesn't matter "if you know what you are doing".
Yeah thats the problem
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As someone who doesn't play games on their phone and uses a dedicated camera for photos this sounds perfect, I hate that most phones are making me pay for expensive features I won't use.
Or make us pay for features that they don't have.
We need a separate video for those impressive throws and catches!
Really nice vid but the catch he made 4:19 was insane
5:50 Good point. 5G performance on my poco F3 isn’t amazing. Often it says I have signal but in reality I don’t. I’ve disabled 5G completely, the 4G works perfectly well.
4:36 as a nokia user, i took that personally 😂 great video!
Honestly even with the lack of updates to my Poco f2 pro from 2020 I don't think I'd change it until in screen cameras get better or there's another solution that manufacturers look at. I really hate having a notch or a holepunch where my camera has to go or just anything that impacts my screen.
I bought the Poco F3 as a throwaway phone as my S20+ just died out of nowhere and before I could recontract. Well, turns out it's much better than I imagined. It has a Snapdragon 870 chipset, UFS 3.1 and it somehow felt snappier than my S20+ which was more than 4x its price. I continued using it till now just because of how happy I was with its performance even though I can recontract right now with a new flagship phone.
Poco F3 here as well it is amazing! :)
The Poco F series are always great value and more midrange . I have had every one since F1, and love them all
Thanks for the info. How are the cameras on the F3 doing?
F3 is an absolute rocker for that price!!
@@DutchmanAmsterdam it's fine, but you don't buy a Poco phone if you want to do photography lol
I got the Realme GT Neo 2 for $350 (on sale). Really impressed with the 1200 nit, amoled, 120hz display, the snaodragon 870 chipset, the 65 watt fast charging (0-100 in 35 minutes) and the 5000 mah battery. The software is also nice, better than Miui
Flipkart? 😂
Too bad, shit camera.
@@frankreynolds9930 Better than the Oneplus Nord (original) though. I didnt expect much but was surprised. Yes the quality isn't that high, but its perfectly normal for that price. The rest of the phone is flagship grade if you ask me
@@sem-de-vries8968 basically, there is no perfect phone
Brilliant review, I totally agree the camera/video is poor in low light. However, I purchased this for my nearly 80 year old Mother. I removed the obnoxious bloat ware and it's just fine for her. For UK resident's....here is a tip ,buy it either via the Poco/Xiaomi App as you will get a significant discount. I got the 6GB+128GB for £159
2:39 That selfie tho 👏 😍
I have the x3 pro, i have installed google camera and it's really a very nice phone. Very happy with it. The screen is ok, even if it is inferior to the x4 pro. Nice review. Keep it up! I apreciate your work very much.
7:00 I love this bit. Helps us all to be better consumers.
8:55
Strange, but your voice sounds absurdly deep with the phone's mic
I like the way you make your videos🔥🔥🔥
Loving your reviews and early Congrats on Hitting 10 million subscribers 🎉🎉. The Poco X4 seems like a really good phone, especially for it's price; Xiaomi doesn't disappoint when it comes to their Poco Phones
are you pooja hegde's brother?
@@madhavkrishna6356 I am
Great review, thanks. The problem I have with ALL the budget phones are not their performances, but the lack of OIS on the camera. The camera is a vital part I use daily and needs to be great. Unfortunately the lack of OIS limits the camera.
I have oneplus 9 a flagship device and still no OIS
OIS doesn't matter that much, most people just click pictures, not record 4k videos from their phones, not that often.
@@aaronstone6183 OIS matters when the phone has an optical zoom like 2x, 2.5x, 3x or 5x. You would like to keep it steady. Night shots will also benefit from ois.
Capping
just get a camera man wth-
Please make more Videos about current midrangers, its interesting to see, how good they become over time.
I think you can also add security as criteria next time. I trully loved the lock/hide folders in my old Huawei device and feeling annoyed that my current Samsung doesnt have it. One of the deciding factors in getting a new one (I dont want to install 3p app for that) but not enough reason to go back to Huawei. I cant seem to find yt reviews on this.
Amazing video as usual, but there's no way a flagship will compete with a good entry level on the price/performance aspect.
And I'm not an Apple fan.
If you are saying that comparision is price/performance then it would be fine but on sheer performance, that's unfair.
lol all you do is commenting in videos and get known
5th reply and 7th like
Yeah, the kidney expert talking like an tech expert. OOF stop spamming.
The problem with that assessment is that Android flagships from 2 years ago are priced close to budget phones, are more complete builds with flagship perks, and are better purchases than these budget phones. If these major Android companies advertise their older flagships they would rinse the budget market, and even Apple are going for it with the recent SE line up.
What I love about Arun is that his videos always have little Easter eggs in the editing, like at 6:38 where he changed 61 to 69 for a split second. It makes the videos just the a teeny bit more fun to watch.
I noticed that too haha
Guess I'm finding it hard to see how changing the number of phones from 61 to 69 for a quick second is fun or exciting, but maybe my boring life is a bitr more exciting than some other people's boring lives.
@@sandragray4598 just some fun easter eggs hidden in the videos
His shirt is a literal rick roll too!
Budget phones these days rock! My OnePlus Nord20 5G no complaints for $280.
Nailed it bro.thought to buy a phone around this range.mind changed ..suggestion?
2:42 thats the funniest photo🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣Yup
Been watching him since when he had a couple million subs, great to see he's about to hit 10mil. Congrats Arun!
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Thank you. Thank you for giving me a decent review, I just ordered this phone after getting my birthday money and this assured me that I made a good decision :)
Nice catch in the beginning