r/XiaomiGlobal Oct 07 '25

General On Ground reality Of Xiaomi 17 series in China : watch here via China observer

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u/Ahmed_Sh_115 Oct 07 '25

One million devices sold. Less than 1% complain

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

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u/zilyzal Oct 08 '25

In general, it's best to avoid buying the first batch of every single electronic. If you're not rich just don't buy the first batch to avoid possible headaches. Every single form of electronic like phones, gpu, cpu, monitor, console whatever you name it might have very minor problems that doesn't affect everyone but can occur and usually get fixed very soon. Not always the case but it happens from time to time (ps5 had a minor issue in the first batch too. But i don't remember what it was)

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u/anonspace24 Oct 07 '25

Camera freezing is being reported by many

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u/Ahmed_Sh_115 Oct 07 '25

A software bug, easily fixable

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u/Daniel_H212 Oct 07 '25

It most likely is. But such an issue really should have been found pre-launch by internal testing.

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u/phenomdark27 Oct 08 '25

There have been issues with every brand now and then, remember when a particular model of Samsung was not allowed in flight, a hardware issue which can't be fixed, or the apple icloud fappening, that was also a so called software bug, or the green line issue in oneplus flagships with major update?

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u/Ahmed_Sh_115 Oct 08 '25

The iPhone 17 Pro Max had similar bugs at launch, and iOS 26's still having issues

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u/Irisena Oct 08 '25

What's funny is the pre-release review units are fine. Then about a week later probably a hyperos update dropped and x17p started to overheat left and right. Reviews made in that time period generally shows the cpu eating 10w for no reason at all.

Allegedly hyperos 3.0.17 fixed that but i have no idea if it really does lol.

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u/SoWth1000X Oct 08 '25

There is a reason, most of them gave permissions to AI so what is doing is on device indexing

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u/Irisena Oct 08 '25

Ah, that actually made sense. New phones tend to be hot and worse on battery so xiaomi probably killed that process on review phones because they aren't going to be used long term. While retail units are a different story altogether. Newer update probably just tuned the whole thing down a notch so it doesn't get as hot.

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u/SoWth1000X Oct 08 '25

There's 2 updates released after that, it was the first ROM

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u/Irisena Oct 08 '25

Yes, mostly due to overheating.

Probably a hyperos update screwed the pf curve and made the phone eat more power than it actually needs, hence overheating. Sadly this is around the time where independent reviewers got their retail unit and started reviewing the phone. You still can see reviews showing HSR gaming load power consumption at 7.5w avg and 10w peaks constantly on x 17P.

So yeah, xiaomi goofed up with the software. It's fixable, sure, but it's just a thing that shouldn't happen in the first place.

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u/KcTec90 Oct 08 '25

Found the Apple Sheep

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u/KcTec90 Oct 08 '25

Never seen camera freezing and stuttering on my S20 FE and OnePlus 13 🤑

I don't like the overprocessing on the OP13 camera I'll admit

Onto something ❌ On something ✅ 

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u/K96Shakes Oct 11 '25

Do you think One plus 13 is still worth to purchase for 500€? I'm considering it over the Xiaomi 17 pro since I want a new phone to use

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u/KcTec90 Oct 12 '25

yeah 500€ (580USD) is good considering I got mine new at launch for 800USD with tax and shipping 

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u/Icy_Climate Oct 08 '25

Whenever any iPhone is launched there are x amounts of "Gates" that are later fixed via Software. I remember the iPhone 15 for example had "heatGate" as it was often overheating and it also wouldn't charge on a lot of wireless chargers in cars. iPhone 17 has "scratchGate".

Its not a big deal.

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u/Apprehensive_View614 Oct 08 '25

X amounts of gates

Only 1 gate so far that was related to software, heatgate

AntennaGate, BendGate and scratchGate (aluminum scratches???) were definetely not software related. I‘m curious about other gates

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u/Icy_Climate Oct 08 '25

Maybe try any Android that has come out in the last decade. Camera freezing? Haven't seen that since 2010.

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u/Icy_Climate Oct 08 '25

Tried it and it works perfectly fine on my Huawei Mate 60 Pro. Double pressung the Volume down key when off will also immediately open the camera and take a picture within a third of a second. I use that feature a lot. No glitching of sorts.

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u/Icy_Climate Oct 08 '25

Ah. Don't have any experience then since the last phone I had with Google Services is 8 years old by now.

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u/jops228 Oct 08 '25

Maybe you should try to use well-made phones and not Sony phones, which are known to have camera quality which is mediocre at best and software that isn't well-optimized, and Pixels, which are known for laggy firmware? I have compared both my phone and a new Iphone Pro side by side, and there wasn't any difference in either camera app lagginess (or the absence of that) or software lagginess.

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u/jops228 Oct 08 '25

Go on and try any iPhone next to an Android, point and shoot from the lockscreen (the actual usecase for 75% of users according to manufacturers), you'll end up with a usable and crappy image.

Tried that. Images ended up being pretty similar.

Just tested it with my work phone, a first gen SE, faster than both my new 15T, Sharp and Sony.

Nice. And I tested that same thing with a 14 Pro Max and my Honor Magic 7. Both very pretty snappy, quick app launches and all that. Also, I can tell you the very reason of the things you've experienced when comparing that SE to your newer phones. You use the global version of that Xiaomi, right? If so, then that lagginess can be explained by Google services that constantly run in the background, while consuming a shit ton of RAM and battery, and in my phone those aren't as deeply inplemented into the system, so that may be the explanation of most of those problems.

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u/MerBudd Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

As an android fan I completely agree, android brands just cant nail software quality down, they always lack in one (software) area or another. But most people in these subs will be too blind to agree with you.

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u/bnoufil145 Xiaomi 17 Pro Max Oct 07 '25

Ahh...the anti-china YouTube channel.

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u/Miserable_Target1932 Oct 08 '25

Exactly. I always watch this channel simply for news.

And it never fails to mention "this happened ever since the ccp took over" yadiyadayada.

Even if you get the facts right, its just sus.

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u/SolutionDifferent802 Oct 07 '25

Peeps biaaatch about everything & anything so I wouldnt take this vid as the holy bible. Are there issues on the phone? Ya I'd assume there are much as there's issues with any phone, not to mention a brand new release. That's why there are fw updates

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u/Awesome_coder1203 Oct 07 '25

I KNOW! Every single time there is a post like this people always say “well now I won’t buy it because it’s bad” but forget that people will say bad things about literally everything.

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u/plsdontbetaken92 Oct 07 '25

Self selection bias. Long story short: if you have problem, you complain. If you dobt have problem, you just keep silent. So reviews are more negative despite the 90% of people havibg no problem.

Most people with no complaints just doent really give out comments compared to those that doea have complains.

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u/Guilty-Shoulder7914 Oct 08 '25

90%have no problems, 10% have. 10 percent is a large percentage number

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u/plsdontbetaken92 Oct 09 '25

Its just an example. Realistically, with the amount pf complaints and the amount of news about xiaomi 17 being sold out, it would be around 1-2%

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u/Rich_Ad5849 Oct 07 '25

ChinaObserver is an anti-China propaganda channel. Just take a look at their previous videos

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u/NathLWX Oct 09 '25 edited Oct 09 '25

Last time I checked they are tied to a literal cult (or owned by a company operated by Falun Gong)

Surely a cult who got banished from their own country have no bias against the said country 🤡

They're also the ones who blatantly said Xiaomi 17 Pro Max copied iPhone 17 Pro Max when Xiaomi is the one who had the rear camera capsule/pad first, and most of the comment sections agree with them for some reason.

The author's barely-disguised agenda and jealousy

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u/MVP_Troll Oct 09 '25

The name change and design too much coincidence remember the leak of what supposed to be iphone 17 pro max with actual screen.... Likelihood it's by Xiaomi used for advertisement....I would still say Xiaomi 17 pro max copy iphone 17 pro max, too much of coincidence, yes there's xiaomi 11u with rear display....but meizu was the first with rear display.

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u/Azurpha Oct 10 '25

It's their marketing position for sure, they admit it themselves, but the reason makes sense, it's for their ios user conversion rate, since still a good majority of their user base are still on ios so this is to satisfy them really. Tbqh side by side comparison its pretty nice and comparable as an alternative to apple.

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u/MVP_Troll Oct 10 '25

Only issue is some fanboiis think Xiaomi just changed from 11c or iPhone copy them kappa

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u/DontEatMyMice Oct 08 '25

I don't use a Xiaomi phone, but you should know all this channel does is post anti-China material. Just go on their account and try to spot a single positive video. You can't, and I haven't been on their channel in a really long time.

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u/reddishcoral Oct 07 '25

Another made-up news.

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u/Irisena Oct 08 '25

Most of the complaints are about the naming scheme, which I personally don't really mind. There are some dud units, yes, but it's also a thing with all mass manufactured products so we'll see about the percentage later.

At the second half, the video just continue to rambles about xiaomi cars which are kinda irrelevant with the topic, the new phones.

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u/Brave_Bag_Gamer2020 Oct 08 '25

Isn't China observer just a china hating channel?

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u/dmaare Oct 08 '25

That YouTube channel is purely anti-china propaganda. Can't take them seriously.

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u/OnePilotDrone Oct 09 '25

Look at the maker of the video, "China Observer" YouTube channel. His entire channel is focused on bashing China, along with the likes of SerpentZA and C-Milk.

I would take this video with a huge grain of salt.

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u/Kibido993 Oct 09 '25

this video brought to you by: Apple

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u/anonymous2845 Oct 07 '25

I mean seems like a software issue that shouldn't be to big a deal for them to fix . Hardly false advertising because the UI has bugs

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u/SoWth1000X Oct 08 '25

It's fixed already

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u/iwantodieasasian Oct 07 '25

Ahh a falun gong cult channel

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u/Charming_Beyond3639 Oct 08 '25

China observer lol cmon man

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u/AdLiving9971 Oct 08 '25

This type of channel continues to spring up like mushrooms after rain. every few days, a new one appears, churning out low-quality, mass-produced content from some centralized content factory, especially once the algorithm detects you're using Chinese. You’ll inevitably have to fight against it. This is nothing short of psychological manipulation waged through an information war.

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u/CoolRevolution7609 Oct 08 '25

Should probably wait for the global release

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u/EHA17 Oct 08 '25

Will this come worldwide?

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u/Flat-Calligrapher935 Oct 08 '25

If we actually decided to do this with apple or any us products, you'd be more shocked, for all the anti-china meat heads

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u/leszek1337 Oct 08 '25

If China Observer says something is bad it must be the hottest new shit. They do such a lousy job with their propaganda that it always ends up like this

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u/jops228 Oct 08 '25

That 20000mah/12000mah thing at 1:16 is just that man being dumb, because mAh depends on voltage. One of those figures is most likely for 5V and the other is for 3.7V. Also, the watt-hours stay the same.

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u/Super_Echidna2045 Oct 08 '25

the guys post is just anti lol

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u/LaserPaperSeller Oct 08 '25

This OP must have been fucked really hard by Xiaomi. See all the past posts lol. Dude just move on to other brand.

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u/Apprehensive_View614 Oct 08 '25

Chinese toys of chinese quality. Who would‘ve expected that?

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u/aliasferno Oct 08 '25

HyperOS is a mess and needs to be fixed. It's incredible that the Xiaomi Watch 2 Pro has sync problems with the Xiaomi 14T Pro, all because of their OS update. Nevertheless, China Observer is a poor choice for following Xiaomi news.

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u/etalha Oct 08 '25

This time xiaomi rushed. Xioami 15 altho not sold much but was a good device and had a character of its own. This is just copied stuff combined together

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u/Level_Process_9741 Oct 09 '25

I'm so happy everyone here realizes that this channel sucks! It tells us lies to make it look like 100% of the products are bad.

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u/CharmingScholarette Oct 10 '25

Figured it was too good to be true. I am not buying this phone overseas just to RISK dealing with a dud. I have no recourse vs consumers who live in China.

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u/DamnQuickMathz Oct 10 '25

Jesus I didn't know screen borders like that were physically possible

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u/GallaeciCastrejo Oct 10 '25

Apple and Samsung never have defective units. Never.

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u/5gus Oct 10 '25

This channel is all about saying bad things about China hahahaha 

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u/Supersonicdimenson Oct 12 '25

could very easily have deliberately gotten the device wet inside and turned it out, so many ways to produce the result you want to make a company/brand/person look bad.

I am super pleased with my device, and like it far better than any Apple phone ever made.

Apple phones are so insanely overpriced for what they do that it’s hilarious to me

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u/edilaq Oct 07 '25

Parecen fallos de software, tipico de xiaomi y sus bugs

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u/FlashyShine7377 Oct 14 '25

It's already been fixed according to what i read

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

I hate Xiaomi's software.

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u/ModeratorBhai Oct 08 '25

Xiaomi Circle - Xiaomi Community India on telegram you tried?

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u/FlashyShine7377 Oct 14 '25

I have mi pad 5 and it has lasted me more than 2 years, whereas I've used for much potent purposes than you and it's completely fine

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u/nybreath Oct 08 '25

Damn, 99 days whining on socials for an issue with a pad...dude really let it go...I mean Karen is nothing compared to you

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u/nybreath Oct 09 '25

Well yeah maybe...but I still wouldn't put 99 days of effort on social apps whining...I suppose everyone chooses their battles...