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• yeeeeman - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  Say thanks to Qualcomm for these prices. At least you can brag about 5G...

• close - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  And the heat. And the power consumption. If I were in the market for a new phone I'd surely go for the 765 which is a more well balanced package that sacrifices a bit of peak performance (probably irrelevant in everything but benchmarks) to make up for every other disadvantage the 865 has.

• jOHEI - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  MTK with the move and sees that QC 865 will be expensive so they do a 5G cheaper SoC with a Flagship CPU and near flagship GPU.
  
  No one buys it

• Fritzkier - Saturday, March 28, 2020 - link

  Except Oppo Reno 3 5G, and it's only available on China.

• Danish_92 - Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - link

  I think that's because most countries aren't ready for 5G, India for example...but I swear if we had the 5G bandwidth we would still be looking for the cheapest option

• PallavM - Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - link

  I think Qualcomm only gives the 5G option to brag about while digging a big hole in your pocket

• BedfordTim - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  Only about half of the weight increase can be attributed to the battery. The rest is probably the extra length and the increase in glass area.

• BlueScreenJunky - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  To be honest I'm more interested in the K30 pro. It's a little less flashy but it doesn't have a curved screen, it has an even bigger battery, and the camera set up doesn't look worse on the paper.
  
  Also : 999 euros ? seriously ?

• StevenD - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  "but it doesn't have a curved screen" you're saying it like it's a bad thing.
  Hopefully just like for samsung it's just a phase it will soon grow out of.

• Retycint - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  He's saying it's a good thing, actually.
  
  "It's a little less flashy (bad), but it doesn't have a curved screen (good)"

• Arnulf - Saturday, March 28, 2020 - link

  Curved screen is a bad thing indeed.

• Retycint - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  Say thanks to Qualcomm for the prices

• Mondozai - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  Anyone else wishing for a return to sub-170g phones? Why is everyone content with carrying gigantic and fat phones?
  
  Also, RIP to Xiaomi's status as a flagship killer.

• IGTrading - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  These phones are as heavy as SONY Xperia Z Ultra, with much smaller screen area ... What's the point ?! :(

• Retycint - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  Bigger battery + bigger screen + 5G antennas = heavier weight. I guess you can't really find a light flagship these days because people would criticize it for having a small battery or something

• Fritzkier - Saturday, March 28, 2020 - link

  I think the flagship killer now shifted to their sub-brand, Redmi.
  
  There's a reason why they made Mi 10 AND Redmi K30 Pro at the same time.

• Duncan Macdonald - Friday, March 27, 2020 - link

  For the cameras, either the field of view or the 35mm equivalent focal length should be quoted. The field of view is usually more important than if a camera has a f1.6 or f1.8 aperture.

• Psyside - Thursday, April 2, 2020 - link

  200 euros more compared to S20 plus? good luck Xiaomi.

• Aryan_A - Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - link

  the 108 MP cameras sounds great !

• Ayaan_G - Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - link

  I hope the 108 MP camera features are better than the ones that came before - hopefully as the article suggests the results in this device will be different.

• cool_Akshat - Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - link

  the model is undoubtedly impressive, but what's this game of higher megapixels that these brands are playing?