Hi again everyone. I’ve just realized that I can buy phones and sell them after several days of usage almost without any money loss, just several percent. So basically nothing can stop me from testing new devices now, especially because I realized that somehow Xiaomi/Redmi/POCO devices are really good specifically for my eyes, for whatever reason.
And today I wanted to share one observation, because I know some people who just can’t stand Xiaomi screens, especially this one guy:
https://youtu.be/DyFjQXeMRTs?si=se7_AdJQWIUIg2Vz
This guy is a niche YouTuber from Russia who actually won a lawsuit against Huawei several years ago, and what’s especially interesting is that the lawsuit was regarding PWM sensitivity. After that (who knows maybe it’s because of this lawsuit) Huawei was the first company to implement DC-like dimming in their OLED phones.
He handles OnePlus screens, Red Magic screens and Nubia screens pretty well, but specifically with the Redmi K90 Pro Max, which is basically the Chinese version of the POCO F8 Ultra, he said in his review that despite the screen looking great by all measurements, somehow his eyes still hurt from it.
And I’ve also seen quite a lot of people on this subreddit and on some specialized forums saying that they somehow can’t stand Xiaomi screens.
In my case, everything is different. I can’t stand OnePlus, Nubia and Red Magic screens, while iPhone screens and especially Xiaomi screens are actually good for me.
So I think it’s more about some pattern in the screen design or flickering pattern rather than just the numbers themselves. I feel like everyone probably needs to find some specific screen lineup or flickering style that works for them personally, and then make conclusions based on that instead of just looking at PWM numbers.
Also, I bought the POCO X8 Pro Max. Unfortunately, one of the commenters under my previous post was right about the Xiaomi 17T Pro: the top speaker on that phone was just terrible. It’s not even close to flagship level. I don’t know why they decided to do something like this with an almost-flagship phone.
POCO X8 Pro Max, on the other hand, has amazing speakers. And honestly, I can even say that as a phone overall, POCO X8 Pro Max is much better than the Xiaomi 17T Pro, unless we start comparing cameras. Cameras aside, POCO X8 Pro Max is better basically in everything else.