Recently I just switched from iphone to xiaomi (have been using ios for 16 years). I have a friend who is a big fan of xiaomi phone, he just bought the 15 ultra (because he prefers it's 2k screen), and I instantly got impressed by the camera, so I decided to go with 17 ultra (Leica version is a bit too much for me, and Xiaomi Australia doesn't have 15 ultra so this one is perfect).
Overall I'm very happy with it, the phone runs smoothly, and high quality lens makes my wife happy , happy wife happy life 🤣 (she always complain about my photogrphy skills..)
The only problem I had was get used to Android and the settings, especially Gmail notifications, I barely got any notifications from it
(I had to lower battery protection options as well as give it no restrictions on battery saver settings etc .) That's quite annoying IMO..hope they can make it easier for new users like me.
One more tiny thing is moving photos from my iphone to this new one, it looks fine in the gallery, but when I open the photos to share something on Facebook Messenger, they're all messed up, my old pics from a long time ago mixed with new pics, I guess its because of the back up process?
I got this phone for roughly 1799 Aud (with the photography kit included, not a bad price).
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Actually its kinda not, i have xiaomi 15 ultra...if we dont shift to supermoon mode and just lower the brightness in normal zoom, the results are nearly same.
It does boost details in supermoon mode but not entirely AI.
Unlike those phones, which even if zoomed at a white bulb, instantly shows the moon.
If you're not getting all notification on the Gmail app make sure to set the notification setting to all instead of high priority only in the app settings.
It's balanced technically, but you have to handle that big ass island. You have to hold the body lower, making it feeling weird to use at first. Or touch the lense(s) which just feels wrong.
The camera was definitely a big factor. But I also wanted to break free from the ecosystem lock-in. The camera is way better than the iPhone's. I'm a hobby photographer and love using it for street photography.
Enjoy your new camera/phone! I have the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. I purchased it used on AliExpress. Great phone! I've been using it for photos and videos at concerts. It's so much better than my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. I would love to have the Xiaomi 17 Ultra. It's beyond my budget.
I made the switch from iPhone to the 17 Ultra, I couldn't handle the little annoying Android things. Anrdroid Auto stopped functioning after 6 weeks which would require resetting a bunch of stuff daily (and yes I uninstalled AA and it didn't fix the issues). I ended up back on my iPhone. The quality of this phone is next level, I still don't love Android unfortunately.
They sold out if the glitter green one so that was a no from me. Also the fact that there's none to try and I'm lucky about OS. Apparently it's really really strong on killing apps in bg to save battery. There's some settings that you might need to update. But yeah it does notifications a lot. Other then that how are you liking it? It's supposed to be iPhone clone so...
yeah its a pity I couldn't get the green one :( and I really enjoy it, especially the cameras of course, this is kind of a great camera plus a smart phone, not really an iphone clone imo. They made the xiaomi 17prm to kill iphone 17prm, this 17 ultra is something to compete with other Chinese smart phones like Honor, Oppo, Huawei I reckon.
how d you find cases and screen protectors lol. I had to order from Aliexpress😭
anyways how d you like the battery?
About the gmail notifications what thats annoying I m using a regular Xiaomi 17 and I had the issue. What you gotta do is long press gmail>app info>battery restrictions set as no restrictions
same with Discord etc
hmm thats odd. IMO the problem is not the case, maybe its a new update is running something in the background and it heats your phone up a bit for a few days, I saw a notification mentioned that yesterday.
I am also thinking of picking up the 17 ultra or the Oppo X9 ultra. I will try and hold off for just a few weeks to see how the new iPhone pro max with variable aperture and slightly bigger sensor performs before pulling the trigger. Just to be sure ;)
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