Why you SHOULDN'T buy this great phone! - Xiaomi 13 Pro

Xiaomi is one of the biggest mobile phone companies in terms of sales, but they seem to fly under the radar here in North America due to limited availability. Bell's here with the new Xiaomi 13 Pro to see if their latest flagship lives up to the spec sheet or if the lingering concerns behind this phone are enough to keep people at bay.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 I love loot
1:25 Unboxing
2:25 Design and buttons/ports
4:58 Sponsor - Ridge
5:33 OS, specs, and fingerprint scanner
7:41 Speaker and display impressions
9:27 Trying out the cameras
14:48 Gaming performance
15:36 Battery life and misc specs
16:12 The downsides and overall thoughts
17:50 Outro

[AaronShenghao]

You can tell this guy is a relatively new host because he didn't immediately start to compare that water bottle with the LTT one.

[iggyiggz]

1300 Euro might be more expensive compared to the price of the S23 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max in the USA, but 1300 euro is cheaper than both those phones in Europe. (At least my country)
It is not really fair to make a price comparison with USA prices when the phone is not marketed and sold there. You should compare EU prices to other EU prices.

Besides, you you have a world wide audience, so if you make a video regarding a phone that is just released in the EU and Asia, likely most people actually buying that phone will be from that region too, in which case it makes more sense to compare it to prices in that region anyway.

[katzezockt_]

16:40 These prices are normal for flagships in the EU. For example: the 14 pro is starting at 1299, the pro max at 1499. The S23 Ultra is starting at 1399. So the Mi 13 Pro has a normal price for EU.

[mateuszptaszynski]

Don't compare EU Xiaomi prices to US Samsung and Apple prices, 13 Pro is considerably cheaper than both S23 Ultra and 14 Pro Max here. On top of that you can have the same privacy concerns with these 2 brands as they also give data to both China AND US depending where do you live.

[HolybasilYT]

Leica is looked at as luxury items now, but keep in mind that they were the go-to cameras for photojournalists back in the day. Robert Capa documented the spanish civil war as well as WW2 with his Leica.

[dside_ru]

At this point I no longer understand why with camera bumps *this big* manufacturers don't just double the battery size. It's not like they're losing on thickness anymore.

[craesh]

9:58 kudos for saying "equivalent"! Most reviewers omit this crucial fact.

[mrmoi]

The IR blaster is good for controlling many things, like MI TV, or the majority of air conditioning / TV with IR receiver while using 3rd party IR remote control apps, especially if you can't find the remote controls anywhere.

[existentialselkath]

Friendly reminder that barely used pixel 5s are less than 200. Phones have stagnated so hard, whatever you need was probably made a few years ago and is a fraction of the price.

New is pointless these days

[NoFailer]

Still rocking my Mi Mix 2 that I imported from China when it came out. Battery definitely starts to become weaker but I will use this phone until it completely dies.

[ScottAshmead]

Would be great to see a bloatware showdown of the latest phones given you can't totally remove them sometimes and there has been situations where even though you hide them they will still run in the background

[wowonice]

Please respect the difference between "square millimeters" and "millimeters squared". 34mm x 100mm is 3, 400 square millimeters (mm²). You said 3, 400 millimeters squared, which is 11, 560, 000 square millimeters.

[Jezee]

Personally, I loved the last design with the "leather" back and circle camera bump especially with the gold accent around the cameras. Big fan of that look.

[HKLA]

Most of the wear and danger of charging lithium ion fast is heat - so wireless charging is probably about as bad as the fast charging (whatever gets it more hotterer for longer is worse).

[nevanoconnell]

The thing with the ropes isn't about being rugged, its just the camera strap style thats in vogue at the minute, not sure why cause when you've got a 2 kg weight on the end of it it really kinda hurts.

[CaidicusProductions]

When I bought my 12S Ultra, it came with a super high quality umbrella, a water bottle in the shape of a camera lense, a rechargeable desk lamp, and some pins and such.

Pretty nice bonus for a phone that was already competitively priced and even came with an actually-fast fast charger (67 wattst).
Oh, and it came with a screen protector already installed, which is still on there today and doesn't have any bubbles or peels in it, and a phone case (that I don't use).

Amazing value for a phone that, just the device itself, is already an amazing device.

Xiaomi is awesome, not sure what point the video is going to explain why not to buy it, but forget that. This phone is amazing, much like the majority of mainline Xiaomi phones.

[kalemuncher]

I absolutely adore this man's voice, the low grumble with his clear tone and speech pattern are bliss on my ears

[LukaSauperl]

It's actually cheaper than the iPhone 14 Pro Max AND Samsung S23 Ultra.
When you're comparing US prices to EU prices you need to add like ~23% to the US price, which makes iPhones and Samsungs quite a lot harder. Which is, I would *guess*, one of the reasons that the Samsung's A line of phones and many Chinese phones are more popular in EU then in US.

Current price for Samsung S23 Ultra in Slovenia:
256GB, 8GB RAM = 1399 €

Current price for iPhone 14 Pro Max in Slovenia:
128GB = 1422 €

[BERSERKTHIRD]

I trusted Xiaomi, for years I had Xiaomi phones, Xiaomi 9 lite, Xiaomi 10 pro, and finally I bought Xiaomi 13 pro, I was overjoyed. New phone, great parameters, 12 GB of RAM, 512 GB of internal memory and such a low price. Well, as it turns out, you get what you pay for. After a short period of use, the phone began to freeze. applications took three or four times longer to land than at the beginning, when I called someone, apparently I sounded like a robot and no one could understand me. After connecting wireless headphones, the sound was terribly low, you couldn't hear anything at maximum volume. The charger is supposedly 65 volts, which is pathetic, but I have a 32 volt charger that charged faster. I 100% advise against buying this model. the bubble is staring. I'd rather invest more money in a phone that meets the basic requirements.

[mulvihillmatt]

The leather case was just a phone version of the old school Leica carrying case. Love that this was missed 😂