u/Large-Explorer-6876

Hey everyone.

I am looking to upgrade my current daily driver, which is a Samsung Galaxy A35 with Exynos 1380 which runs warm (40°C average temp) even on normal usage, because my usage absolutely crushes it. I am a heavy user. I am constantly on my phone with the screen glowing for 4.5 to 5 hours straight at a time, giving it about 30-60 minutes of rest on a single charge, My Screen off time is based on whether I have a class or not. I mostly binge heavy algorithm social media feeds and heavy mobile gaming, and I'm open to trying emulating PC games. My current mid-ranger just panics, gets hot, and drains the battery instantly.

I just spotted an open-box Poco F7 with the 256GB storage variant on a local market platform here called Tendex for around R6 600 (Roughly 405$). Honestly, even though 256GB isn't a massive amount of space for my long-term needs, it is still way better than Samsung offering 128GB as a base variant. The price feels like a total steal if the hardware actually delivers.

My gaming taste is pretty varied. I play everything from open-world titles to FPS, though I completely skip sports games. Before I pull the trigger, I want to get unfiltered thoughts from actual owners who push this phone to its absolute maximum limit.

Battery Life Under Continuous Abuse: For those of you who keep the screen on continuously without letting the phone rest, what is your actual real-world screen-on time (SOT)? Forget the light 50% brightness Wi-Fi tests on YouTube. My current phone don't even last me half a day, never had. How does that 6500mAh cell hold up under heavy social data binging and long gaming stretches?

Specific Game Performance:

Farlight 84: I consistently play FPS games and love Farlight, but right now I am forced to play on the absolute lowest graphical settings just to keep it stable. My A35 easily crushes Bloodstrike and CODM at high settings, so I only care about how the F7 handles Farlight and similar hight end titles on high settings.

Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ): I tried playing ZZZ at launch, but my phone could not keep up and I had to drop it. Can the F7 run this smoothly now?

Tomorrow: Nuclear Quest and Open-World Games: How well does the phone maintain frame rates during long sessions in open worlds, or does it throttle and stutter heavily once it gets warm?

Minecraft: Ik Minecraft I lwk unoptimised on mobile, on my current phone I'm playing with 10 render distance (recommend) so I wanna hit more than that.

Open-Box Experience and Reliability: If anyone else bought theirs open-box or refurbished, have you run into any underlying issues with battery degradation or hardware quirks?

Durability: Been using my phone for about 2 years now, it had fallen a lot of times but besides dents on plastic frame there are only few minor scratches on front and back glass.

I know Xiaomi devices come with a lot of bloatware out of the box, but I am a tech nerd 🤓 myself and know my way around softwares so debloating and handling HyperOS setup won't be an issue for me. I just need to know if the raw performance and stamina are there to back up the heavy demands I am going to put on it.Let me know your honest experiences so far. Thanks!

This guy kept beating me up everytime he gets a chance so I had to confront him and this is how it lwk went.

Basically as the title says: Can Klarion the Witch Boy solo the Mashle: Magic and Muscles Verse?

The Combatants:

Shinra Kusakabe: We are using his peak form right before he merges into Banshoman, meaning he has full access to the Adolla Grace and his lightspeed/time-travel acceleration feats.

Vs.

Dynamight (Bakugo): End of Series manga/anime version with full Mastery of Cluster, maximum speed feats, and his highest destructive output.

Rules:

Battle takes place in the ruined remains of Jaku City.

Both are bloodlusted and going all out from the start.

No Battlefield Removal (BFR)—they must fight to a knockout or death.

Who wins this ultimate clash of technopathy? We are using Bastion from X-Men '97 against the modern comic version of Cyborg.

Round 1: The Digital Hack

A pure battle of technopathy in a digital void. Can Bastion's future Sentinel programming hijack a living New God Mother Box, or does Cyborg easily override and shut Bastion down?

Round 2: Physical Combat

The fight takes place in a scrap-filled shipyard. Bastion has full flight, localized teleportation, and scrap metal to technoform into weapons. Cyborg has his physical arsenal, sonic cannon, and Boom Tubes. No outside help or drones allowed.

Who takes this and why?