{"id":274364,"date":"2026-06-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/ive-been-using-this-perfect-yet-forgotten-android-phone-for-over-6-years-im-still-waiting-for-a-mid-range-mobile-that-comes-anywhere-close\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:45:15","slug":"ive-been-using-this-perfect-yet-forgotten-android-phone-for-over-6-years-im-still-waiting-for-a-mid-range-mobile-that-comes-anywhere-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/ive-been-using-this-perfect-yet-forgotten-android-phone-for-over-6-years-im-still-waiting-for-a-mid-range-mobile-that-comes-anywhere-close\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve been using this perfect yet forgotten Android phone for over 6 years \u2014 I’m still waiting for a mid-range mobile that comes anywhere close"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using this perfect yet forgotten Android phone for over 6 years \u2014 I’m still waiting for a mid-range mobile that comes anywhere close<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/using-perfect-yet-forgotten-android-phone-over-6-years-still-waiting-for-mid-range-mobile-that-comes-close\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-16 08:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.androidpolice.com<\/a><\/p>\n

When the phone release schedule is quiet, and I’m not drop testing the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra or falling in love with budget phones I can’t even buy, I need a daily driver just like anybody else.<\/p>\n

I recently realized with a start that my fallback handset is over six years old.<\/p>\n

The phone in question is the Xiaomi Mi Note 10, which was released at the end of 2019. This was before Xiaomi phones were pretty easy to buy in the US, but in the UK, it cost roughly $530, so it was a solid mid-range phone.<\/p>\n

I liked this Android phone so much that, in 2022, I bought another version, after having returned the review unit I’d first tested.<\/p>\n

It cost only $260 then, and the purchase marked the only time I ever bought a phone for myself since becoming a mobile tester.<\/p>\n

Over six years later, I keep coming back to the Mi Note 10, even though I have other test units I could use as my daily driver.<\/p>\n

When I realized how long I’d been loyal to this mobile, I felt I needed to reflect on why no handset since then has come even close.<\/p>\n

Related<\/span><\/p>\n

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\t\t\tThis phone is the only one I’d trust to last beyond 2030<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n

Settle for the right phone, not the most expensive one<\/p>\n

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