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now I've been wanting to check out this phone for a while the me a1 Xiaomi device part of the Android one program around $200 that gives you a clean Android experience and on this channel I have featured so many budget phones that don't do this budget phones that for me I probably wouldn't consider using just because I don't want to have to put up with the skin there's a kind of confidence a kind of Genesis a qua inside of using a relatively stock phone out of the box and quicker updates when it comes to new software getting rolled out dual camera setup pure Android fresh OS upgrades pure as the driven snow do they know it does from you do you do try to Snapdragon six to five I think it's a great chip at this price point and a five point five inch full HD display four gigs of ram 32 gigs of storage hopefully I can recommend this thing some of us people out there might be upset with the appearance being so similar to an iPhone 7 7 plus course one difference here is the fingerprint reader I like this location I'm happy this location is by dual camera setup flash in this location and the antenna layout almost identical to the iPhone does come in black gold and rose gold dual SIM storage expansion there speaker USB type-c and a headphone jack IR blaster surprisingly enough I understand the criticism on the front here with the larger bezel and so on but I want you to adjust your mindset here to the price point there's a benefit to this type of software setup that might exceed the benefit of going with some newer brand some less established brand and whatever software they're gonna give you out of the gate that close to stock experience is very valuable to me all right I'm just being honest earpiece front-facing camera capacitive buttons down at the bottom also in the box a screen protector USB type-c cable and a nice little power brick very portable we are running on android 8 how clean does that look one thing is kind of bugging me a bit I gotta be honest here having the back button on the alongside on the Samsung side Google Apps Google services obviously the six to five snapdragon is not the highest performing chip in the world but it's a good cost to performance ratio and it's great with battery let's boot up YouTube on both of these obviously we're not working with OLED here so the off-axis is gonna suffer a little bit but nonetheless fairly bright well maybe a $4 or $5 smartphone is not right an actual $5 phone go check out the video we'll play the same video here I mean you can't compare pretty decent volume but it's not forward-facing think that speaker is delivering on what it should at this price range since we're on the topic of audio this one actually beats this one when it comes to versatility with the headphone jack there's enough manufacturers that have decided to keep it around I have to mention it as an actual feature now I know what you're thinking you keep telling me this is a replacement to my pixel to excel so I don't need to spend 850 I just I'm gonna spend 200 220 whatever it is for this thing where you're giving up the most is right there cameras in smartphones have become these major differentiation factors pay more you get more in the camera department when you boot up the camera app here pretty straightforward quick little photo here now this is actually kind of a good test for the dynamic range because it's really hot up on the top of the leaves here getting blasted by the studio light and then you have of course a very dark background you know I got to be honest it's just not gonna be pixel level but is it usable I think you're in the territory pixel town you want to go to pixel town with the camera the pixel so dominant in the camera department you already knew that sort of mid-range camera performance at an entry-level price suppose it depends on where you are globally if you consider this entry level here in North America that's definitely entry level that's that's a budget device fingerprint scanner not the fastest I've ever tried but it does get the job done as well there's a lot of get the job done these things as much as they are entertainment devices so Media devices designed for consumption there are also tools you got to get things done for me strip down super clean OS right out-of-the-box and the fresh updates I hold that as a very important characteristic you guys know I love the 1 + 5 t at 500 I think it's a great phone but not everybody's even gonna have that much you got to remember this thing is half the price less than half the price if I move over to the pixel it's gonna be so familiar because the lack of skin now some of you might think of going overboard like Lou stock Android Holy Smoke it's hard to describe it in a tangible way it's a taste thing being a tech enthusiast want to try new Android features as close to when they come out as possible so this device satisfies that part of me and it does so at a price point that's kind of unprecedented if you're staring at around 200 bucks and you got to make a smart phone choice you just want to buy the thing outright like a citizen of Earth you want to take a look around think you're gonna need to look real hard at this one