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TL;DR
- Poco has launched the Poco F5 collection, consisting of the F5 and F5 Professional.
- The F5 is the primary Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 cellphone in international markets.
- The F5 Professional is the primary Poco cellphone with wi-fi charging and a QHD+ display screen.
Poco’s F collection usually provides loads of bang in your buck, bringing nice efficiency, clean OLED screens, and extra. Both method, they’re among the many most well-rounded mid-range telephones you should purchase.
Now, after a couple of weeks of teasing, the Xiaomi-affiliated model has lastly launched the Poco F5 and F5 Professional. And people on the lookout for energy on a funds ought to add these telephones to their watchlist.
Poco F5: Flagship energy
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The Poco F5 is successfully a rebranded model of the China-only Redmi Observe 12 Turbo, which was the primary cellphone with a Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 processor. For sure, that is the primary cellphone in international markets to supply this chipset.
Our personal benchmarks with a reference machine present that the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 can beat some Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 collection telephones with regards to sustained efficiency, whereas CPU efficiency is in the identical ballpark too. Simply don’t count on peak GPU efficiency on par with final 12 months’s flagship telephones.
Different core specs value understanding embrace a 6.67-inch 120Hz OLED display screen (FHD+, Gorilla Glass 5), a 5,000mAh battery, and 67W wired charging by way of a bundled charger.
Don’t count on a flagship-level digital camera system, although. The cellphone packs a 64MP primary digital camera with optical picture stabilization (OIS), an 8MP ultrawide lens, and a 2MP macro digital camera. In any other case, a 16MP selfie digital camera is accessible up-front.
Poco F5 Professional: Two firsts for Poco
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The Poco F5 Professional is successfully a rebranded model of the China-only Redmi K60, albeit with one main change. That’s, the K60’s 5,500mAh battery makes method for a nonetheless massive 5,160mAh battery.
In any occasion, the Poco F5 Professional nonetheless retains the unique cellphone’s Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor. This could beat the vanilla mannequin with regards to basic GPU benchmarks, whereas Poco provides that it makes use of “LiquidCool 2.0” tech to maintain temperatures below management.
The Poco F5 Professional additionally brings a QHD+ display screen (OLED, 120Hz) and wi-fi charging (30W) for the primary time in Poco’s historical past. These options are a rarity on higher mid-range telephones and on some flagship-level handsets, so we’re glad to see them right here. However you’ve nonetheless bought 67W wired charging should you favor velocity above all else.
Poco’s Professional variant additionally brings a 64MP+8MP+2MP triple rear digital camera system, though the principle digital camera helps 8K recording right here. In the meantime, a 16MP digital camera is accessible up-front for selfies.
Different Poco F5 collection options value understanding embrace Bluetooth 5.3, an IP53 score, the MIUI 14 for Poco pores and skin, and twin audio system. Nevertheless, the Poco F5 additionally brings a 3.5mm port whereas the Poco F5 Professional provides an in-display fingerprint sensor (the F5 sticks with a facet fingerprint scanner).
Poco F5 collection pricing and availability
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Like the concept of the Poco F5? Then you should purchase the bottom 8GB/256GB mannequin for $379 (early chook pricing of $329). Fancy the Poco F5 Professional? This can set you again $449 (early chook pricing of $429) for the entry-level 8GB/256GB possibility. Both method, you should purchase the telephones from right now (Could 9) by way of quite a lot of retailers, together with Amazon and Xiaomi’s on-line retailer.
