Xiaomi POCO X5 Pro 5G 8GB/256GB - Black （UK Version + 2 Year Warranty）

This is my 3rd Poco phone and it's great. It was a hassle trying to figure out which model to buy, now they have so many variants, but I am very pleased with it.I switched from a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra which was beautiful but had poor battery life. The Poco is much much better. As with my other Poco devices the battery life is not great out of the box, but after two or three weeks when it has configured itself and your apps it is great. I never worry about battery life now. This X5 Pro is excellent value for money.I don't notice any difference with the display when compared to the Samsung.The fast charge is also excellent. If I get low then a quick 15mins on the supercharger before I go out gives me plenty for a few hours. Overnight I activate Ultra Battery Saver mode and it tends to use only 1% battery overnight. Wireless charging would have been nice to have but can't complain at this price.I prefer side-mounted fingerprint readers rather than onscreen, as I think they have less errors and this is the case with the X5 Pro.Software is the typical (good) MIUI experience. I have used Nova Launcher for years so all my phone interfaces are the same anyway. It runs fast and fluid. There are some useful notifications ("you have been wearing headphones for a long time, consider taking a rest") and some not so useful.I have found that the volume on Amazon Prime video is quite low with this phone. Not sure who is to blame but found myself using subtitles much more to get the dialogue. Maybe having lower volume is better for my ears in the long term anyway.The phone is light and only time will tell if it will hold up to several years of use.Summary - excellent phone for the price, great fun to use, recommended.

Good phone for price , camera, software, fast charging . Ease of use, I'm still navigating some features, as in what's best for my use.Runs on android 13, with xiamoi own skin miui 14. Battery life is good. There's a few extra apps bloatware, good thing they can be unistalled with ease. Updates are quick in coming through.I believe there's 5 years of updates. Price should be dropping more as the poco x6 is now out

I would of given it 5 * if the the sim draw had popped out as it should, In the the end I had to remove it with a bent pin, not the most satisfactory way to start with. Hope I don't have to remove it again, other wise it does everything it says on the tin.

It's coming up to the two year mark of having owned it, and it's going to receive it's final update which is a shame. The phone is operating just fine. No issues since getting it, and it's the best smartphone I've owned thus far!

After having the X3 Pro, I knew I could depend on this newer model. You can easily switch between apps without lag, the sound is great, and the display, with Dolby Vision, is impressive (for the price).It's a mid-range phone, and this is the best (current) price I have found. After around 1.5/2 years, the battery on my X3 Pro began to drain quickly. But I was constantly using it for work and so on, so I guess that's to be expected.The camera seems to be better on this phone, and I'm really glad I chose it out of a number of phones I was looking at.

I am happy with my purchase also the picture quality is good and the price £265 was affordable too that's more than I wanted

Can't say much.

Very fast and safe delivery...nice product but after phone updating heating issues.