Silva:

Why would anyone want a 108MP camera on a phone? File size will be huge and quality improvement won't be noticeable. For reference 8k is 33.2MP, so this camera pictures could fill a larger than 16k TV. Why? What for? The smaller pixel size of the sensor will mean less lowlight performance, it's just dumb to go over 34MP (for now).

tunejunky:

say hello to the world's least secure flagship phone. and i say that because that's a specification required for sale internally in China, aka the backdoor special. the usual access point is the SIM, but i guarantee there's also one with the modem when i go to China i buy a disposable phone and know it's not secure rather than risking MY phone on their networks

tunejunky:

say hello to the world's least secure flagship phone. and i say that because that's a specification required for sale internally in China, aka the backdoor special. the usual access point is the SIM, but i guarantee there's also one with the modem when i go to China i buy a disposable phone and know it's not secure rather than risking MY phone on their networks

Belfaborac:

Tin foil hat not needed. Backdoors are mandated in law by the Chinese government, just like all communications-related companies are required by law to turn over all data on their customers if requested to do so. Refusal is not an option, unless you like the idea of spending years in a work camp.

Belfaborac:

Tin foil hat not needed. Backdoors are mandated in law by the Chinese government, just like all communications-related companies are required by law to turn over all data on their customers if requested to do so. Refusal is not an option, unless you like the idea of spending years in a work camp.

Belfaborac:

Tin foil hat not needed. Backdoors are mandated in law by the Chinese government, just like all communications-related companies are required by law to turn over all data on their customers if requested to do so. Refusal is not an option, unless you like the idea of spending years in a work camp.

valentyn0:

Equip your tin foil first.

Venix:

On software maybe and their mobile carriers , darn it .... so now i have to remove the lineage os ...restore the stock android ...and fill up the phone with pictures of my "Slong" and winnie the pooh memes that make fan of ping ... just so i can have a chuckle thinking that someone on the Chinese government went threw all of em 😛 ..... i am half tempted !

tunejunky:

but you are forgetting the lessons China learned from Big Data. think Google. now think Alexa. all "smart" speakers/home devices/phones have microphones which are always on by default (elsewhere there is an option to turn off assistant - not in China. they use the "assistant" function to monitor all communications independently) they just search for keywords or phrases

Venix:

The Chinese providers are for sure handing over everything the government requests in china , this is kind of given, considering how much data they gather on everyone ,Google , facebook ,every international carrier , secret services , Amazon and the list goes on and on ...china will not be the good kid ... What i am saying is in the hardware, if there where exploits they would have found em by now , now what ever goes to the mi cloud .... Yeah that for sure any Chinese government official can see em anytime i bet 😛. And if you are still kind of sceptical skip the models that use mediatek SOC and stick with the ones that use Snapdragon.

tunejunky:

nope the snapdragon hardware is more secure, but the modem is not. plus Xiaomi has been shown to have software exploits embedded in OS and SIM the most pervasive is the exploit of the "assistant" functions whether it is Alexa, Siri, or what have you. they interface directly with the modem to access gov't registries that record keystrokes( or gestures, or searches).

Venix:

it is a country with a social score after all their software is not to be trusted .... actually i do not just not trust china i do not trust ANY stock operating system before i buy a phone i first check if i can put on my own rom else i do not 😛 ...depends who makes the modem Qualcomm or Intel are the most known one ...and yeah alexa siri cortana ... or even Maria Antoinette , i do not trust any of those ...i do not have alexa neither plan to get one ..ever !

tunejunky:

say hello to the world's least secure flagship phone. and i say that because that's a specification required for sale internally in China, aka the backdoor special. the usual access point is the SIM, but i guarantee there's also one with the modem when i go to China i buy a disposable phone and know it's not secure rather than risking MY phone on their networks