I do get it, it is a matter of personal preference, you gave suggestion according to your and I gave according to mine.
And I currently have A5 2020, had an F11 before that and in iOS, I expect to recieve ip12 next week but I may opt for a pro max later, so not that I'm pushing for something I own myself
but I have kept and used both F15 and S1 Pro for a few weeks just like i'll keep a the iphone 12 till I get a the larger one.
2nd I'd like to clarify, its frame isn't aluminum.
It is wrongly published on GSM Arena's website. It is the same golden / black paint on polycarbonate plastic as A5 2020's frame. every review says that, unless you can come up with some other source to contradict that.
watch this video and also check out the link below
https://www.smartprix.com/bytes/vivo-s1-pro-review/
so yes F15 has more premium finish both front glass, frame (plastic, but paint finish that doesn't chip as easily and looks more pleasing as it is borrowed from reno 3) and weight distribution that actually feels good in hand. A phone that weighs more isn't always good. In hand, my A5 2020 feels like a brick, while F15 felt like galaxy S6 or S7.
well It is gsmarena's mistake and not an uncommon one either
You can also check specs of Oppo A57, it also mis-states as aluminum back and frame whereas A57 is total plastic, gsmarena does that sometimes. when iphone 12 range came out, the mentioned pixel size of 12 pro's main(wide) camera was not only smaller than 12 pro max but from vanilla iphone 12 as well.
3rd SD665 actually came out after P70, that mediatek chipset was also present in last gen Oppo F11. so it isn't newer than 665 but yes 665 doesn't have anything new either, same A73+A53 cores and about same clock speed and GPU.
the processing performance and power draw of P70, SD665 and Huawei kirin 710F is indiscernible (and I personally use SD665 with 720 display but I find P70 in F11 with 1080p display more fluid while 710F isn't as good with 1080p in Y9 2019 and it has frame rate dip issue in games as wel)
AI performance of 665 is umm bad. Every SD665 phone I have used has had worse subject separation in portrait mode than Y9 prime 2019 or Oppo F11., i.e. it takes more time to do a fuzzy search in settings app (like 5-6 second after entering the search term) or arrange the smart gallery (e.g. scanned documents, buildings that takes a whole night on charger) anything that relies on AI cores while kirin and helio do it on the fly.
3rd, bluetooth? while bluetooth 5 indeed can provide better range or bandwidth (one mode is configured in every bluetooth 5 slave device). Most people use bluetooth for wearables (I have a wearos watch with bluetooth 4.1+LE and a bluetooth tws that has bluetooth 5 but range and connection stability is same when connected to either my bluetooth 4.2 laptop or bluetooth 5.0 phone).
All local automotive headunits whether android or windows ce based, except pioneer ones aren't bluetooth 5 either. Most Chinese bluetooth speakers don't have bluetooth 5 either.
Bluetooth 5 is limited to expensive accessories like amazon alexa, tws (a good quality TWS earbud that supports Apt X HD costs more than 1/3rd of these phones) , smart home automation tech. but a person affording those should look for a better phone first.
so yes the only real world advantage was indeed 10% bigger battery.
