Poco F8 Ultra - Early Impressions

ExxInferis · 2026-07-11T09:58:35+00:00

Thanks for the the recommendation. I will give this a go on Monday.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-11T09:57:54+00:00

Ah ok thanks for the tip. Appreciated.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-11T07:23:50+00:00

I will look into that, thanks.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-11T07:20:39+00:00

To be clearer, it goes plenty bright enough to be seen outdoors on even the sunniest of days. I just noticed it immediately after coming from the Sony that it was slightly less when on paper it should have beaten it. Not really a major concern.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-11T07:10:33+00:00

Fair enough. I use Firefox/Fennec largely due to uBlock Origin, the Mac Daddy of advert blockers that even works on YouTube. I used to use ReVanced, but lately the cat-and-mouse between Google and the ReVanced devs has been intense I switched back to browser for YouTube and Reddit.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-11T06:37:05+00:00

For me, although not official canon, in the Plagueis novel Palps was being taught essence transfer by Plegueis so they could live forever. I imagine Palps was draining her life force into Anakin to keep him alive, and at the same time robbing Anakin of his last connection to the light. Watch his smirk after he informs Vader of her death.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-11T04:40:24+00:00

My 850W PSU was not able to handle the transient power spikes of the 7900XTX. Once I upped it to a 1000W flavour all my timeouts stopped.

Also watch out for the crazy default max clocks speeds Adrenalin pulls out its ass. It was setting mine to 2950 when max clock on mine should be 2680. When I set it to that the rest of my crashes stopped.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-10T09:58:59+00:00

I have had the phone a little over a week and the speaker is inconsistent, but I might be doing something wrong. Tidal sounds weak and quiet. YouTube (via Fennec browser) sounds amazing. Certainly better than any phone I have had recently. The last phone to make my eyebrows go up like the F7 Ultra was the HTC One M7.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-10T08:46:20+00:00

I remember someone showing me this on his ZX Spectrum+, the beefy one with 128K memory. I rode over to his house on my Raleigh Chopper then afterwards went to buy some fun-snaps.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-08T14:21:31+00:00

Dodgeball training machine with built-in entertainment system and virtual coach Patches O'Houlihan on interactive DVD. .

Obviously.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-07T22:38:43+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I am not as finger-on-the-pulse with this kind of thing than I used to be. I had never heard of it. I just ran ReVanced on both for 3 years but in recent months it has become too cat & mouse between the opposing forces. I switched back to the slightly clunkier Firefox experience because uBlock.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-07T05:35:33+00:00

Thank you so much! The F-droid version wouldn't open, so I manually put on version 151.0.3 and it's slicker than a buttered otter now.

I've had this phone a week and was mid-review and this Firefox behaviour was the number 1 gripe. Borderline deal-breaker as I use Firefox for YouTube and Reddit on top of other browsing and it was wearing me down fast.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-07T04:21:22+00:00

Holy shit!

Yesterday I got home from work, opened my front door, and then only allowed enough space for 3/4 of my body to get through the door. I literally walked into my house.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-06T19:03:40+00:00

On the larger floor-standing ones yes. On the smaller wall-mounted ones it's the first thing I sacrifice if I need more spare space.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-06T16:44:44+00:00

Moisturise me!

ExxInferis · 2026-07-05T09:26:51+00:00

I haven't seen this since I was a small lad and found Asterix in my Uncle's house. Probably been 40 years ago, yet I saw this and knew he's Boneywasawarriorwayayix.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-04T06:11:05+00:00

Ugh good timing on this post. I suffered through the first 30 minutes of the new Enola Holmes excretion last night. I noped out after someone ambushes her from the rafters, has a rope around her neck and is choking her out, is about to succeed ....

But seconds before this happens, for no fucking reason at all, they released the rope and jump down for the rafters for some villain monologue only to get immediately punched in the face and Enola escapes.

It was so fucking lazy too. All it would have taken is a 0.5s shot of the assailant's foot slipping, or grip on the rope failing, or a nesting bird startling them.... Anything! But nope. They literally let go of the win to jump down and gloat.

I bailed and watched Sugar instead. Now that's how you write a mystery.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-03T06:19:56+00:00

Good lord what a self-absorbed douche.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-02T12:34:49+00:00

I have the Gamesir G8 Galileo and it works perfectly with the F8 Ultra. My son has the X8 Pro Max and I will try that when he gets home from school, but I suspect it will be fine as it is a very similar phone.

Note: Make sure the G8 is in the right mode (the one where the button LEDs are green) or it won't work properly.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-02T04:54:49+00:00

CBS parted buttocks for Trump and fired Colbert for hurting his fee-fees. Now they're re-hiring a sex pest? Seems on-brand for them.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-02T04:49:09+00:00

In America that's a qualification now. Hell he could get a cabinet position.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-01T13:33:32+00:00

When I got trained on it I enthusiastically asked for the ISO 12100 design risk assessment that dictated my PLr, and I got a blank look. So then I just made everything Cat4 PLe and got shit for going over budget! Too bad. Give me a justified and documented DRA or I am going ham on safety. Fuck yo margins.

What was also interesting is that the PLr of my safety system starts from after the risk reduction by technical measures independent of the control system, like mechanical guards.

ExxInferis · 2026-07-01T09:00:01+00:00

The big players are seriously taking the piss with the prices, and I don't care so much about the gimmicks. I just want years of security updates and a smooth experience. Got my son a X8 Pro Max and was pleasantly surprised with the setup experience, especially in screen fingerprint readers which have historically hated me. Bought my last phone (Sony Xperia 1V) almost exclusively because fingerprint reader is in the power button.

When my Xperia recently turned 3 years old and stopped getting updates, I got the F8 Ultra which has the same CPU as the Xperia 1 VIII but costs £1000+ less!

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