“This is a really big phone that is really loaded with features.”

“just a treat to use but also hilarious that they just copied the name and then did a bunch of oneuping. They went up the design, they went up the battery, they went up the power, and they add this display on the back, which is actually super functional and turned out to be an incredible design choice. [...] really, really good phone, and they undercut the price, by the way.”

“If you got the Xiaomi 15 Pro, should you upgrade and get the 17 Pro Max? And the answer is yes. Okay. Yes. [...] This is a huge difference.”

“the Chinese version as is, I'd give this a double major go, leaning toward a triple major go because like I said, when I took those photos on the gym, it was so it was it was so cool being able to use my rear finder knowing that I'm taking selfies. That was dope. [...] That the camera and the phone calls alone make the back worth it for me.”

“It ticks a lot of boxes with its solid build quality, amazing speakers, and great displays, including that unique second screen.”

“But if that's not your priority, the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max is a well-rounded flagship that's really worth its salt. So much so that it might be one of the few phones worth gray importing if you don't want to wait around and see if there's going to be a global version.”

“However, we have a screen on the back. However, 7500 mAh battery. However, absolute top tier, latest Snapdragon, which you can geekbench it if you want. I mean, it's arguably the fastest chip, period. big storage options, huge bright display.”

“Versatility that you get out of using the rear cameras as your front-facing cameras in landscape or in portrait. Now you can frame yourself up using your good cameras.”

“Obviously impressive. [...] But you have to admit that's pretty cool. It's pretty innovative.”

“This back screen really has me taking more selfies than I ever thought I would in my life, just because of how good the cameras are, and the fact that they've done it all with basically no drawbacks”

“it's lighter than the Pro iPhone. It's still IP68. You can dunk the whole thing underwater if you want to. And it even has a screen protector pre-installed on both the front and the back screen”

“I hope we can get some more phones like this over in these parts 'cause it's kind of embarrassing what it does next to the stuff that we have available.”

“Fresh out of the box. On a scale of 1 to 10. Okay, on a scale of 1 to 10, I am giving this fresh out of the box a major major major go. It can't get any worse.”

“I only spent a,38 bucks for and it it's blowing my mind. I'm doing all kind of This is the way I'm feeling right now is how [...] you should feel the same way I feel right now. Like once I p once I press stop on this video and I go upstairs, I'm gonna be in bed playing with this trying the new I'm going, you know, you're going to you I want to I'm going have to have mad fun with this.”

“This is This is already replacing this. Now, this was this is heavy on my rotation. Okay.”

“Personally, I really love the fact that Xiaomi has taken a risk with that second screen. [...] which is why I really like what Xiaomi's done here.”

“And I'm pretty sure you're going to be seeing more 8 Elite Gen 5 phones launching cheaper.”

“But this whole thing has successfully drawn my attention to the phone. And now my attention is on the phone. I like what I see.”