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Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo long-term review - GSMArena.com tests

www.gsmarena.com Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo long-term review

Poco's F-series devices have, for the past few years, been its entrants into the 'flagship killer' realm, and recently the family has been split into two...

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I bought this phone and have no regrets.
The only thing lacking a bit for me is the software, but I'm just waiting for an official custom recovery and I'll install a pixel-like rom.
- How's the camera? Any gcams with good quality?
  
  I'm not really into photographing, so I'm not into that a lot.
  For regular photos without gcam, you can check the ones in the article.
- Is the bootloader unlockable? I've been reading that Xiaomi is starting to make it difficult to unlock.
  
  It's a bit shitty, but it still works. You need to link your Xiaomi account with Mi Unlocker in the dev settings and then wait from 3 days to 1 month.
  But since I do that when I first get the phone, by the time I want to install a custom rom, it's ready.
- Without TWRP, you can still flash ROMs. https://t.me/Poco_F5Official
  
  I was under the impression that was only for the Xiaomi.EU rom.

- No SD card, yes 3.5mm jack (from the specs and video).

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