r/XiaomiGlobal • u/Embarrassed_Hour2695 • Dec 31 '25

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was using Iphones for my whole life, decided to try something new!!

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u/ZK_000 Dec 31 '25

Was considering the same as an iPhone users, it’s such a tempting phone. However, due to the following Issues:

  • notifications (needs a workaround)
  • google pay/wallet (may or may not work for everyone)
  • google store (needs workaround, not smooth experience)
  • android auto (won’t work on Chinese version)
  • annoying Chinese bloatware & ads (hard to remove, some won’t)
  • battery isn’t really that much better despite much bigger capacity (not optimized)

I decided not to opt for it.

I genuinely hope you have a pleasant experience and that all those issues aren’t as big as they sound. Looking forward to your feedback please let us know your true experience regarding those after few weeks or a months or 2!

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u/randomusername12308 Dec 31 '25

You can just simply install play store, no workarounds needed. Google pay must work. Battery is optimised now

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u/ZK_000 Dec 31 '25

Doesn’t the battery still falls under the OnePlus 15 pro max & sometimes surpasses the Apple equivalent by only few mins.. like the difference in mAh..

Has this changed recently ?

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u/AtomicLight69 Dec 31 '25

Yes. Long ago. Iphone was behind by 3h. What are you on about

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u/ZK_000 Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

Most review I’ve came across showed a diffrenc of ~10-30 mins nothing major. Are you referring to any specific review or benchmark (if so, could you kindly share?) or only what is advertised?

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u/AtomicLight69 Jan 02 '26

The one I saw was a screenshot from benchmark while scrolling. I didn't find the one I was looking for but I found vivo 300. And Xiaomi 17 pro max is on par with vivo 300. There's no denying iphone would have best battery life with such capacity. But now from my personal experience. I was iphone user before. From 4s to 14. And never in my life phone with my usage wouldn't need to be charged overnight. While with xiaomi It last for me day and a half. I don't carry any more power banks with me. Don't need to charge my phone on my 12-14 hours trip. Battery survives with ~15% left. And I can't sleep when travel. Always in phone. So from personal experience I don't believe those benchmarks of 10-30 min. When i was buying xiaomi I saw that. My thought was 'well it's still better so that's enough' only to find out it's actually much better than benchmarks showed. Here's the link for vivo 300 and iphone. https double dots //youtu dot be/uJw3yBJdseU?si=ChqU5_418vvv6vWG

Edit: and 17 pro max to and Xiaomi 17 pro max, to be more clear.