The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 wasn’t utilized in many telephones, so the 7-series nonetheless wanted a successor to the 778G. That got here in March and was so good that Qualcomm known as it Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. Our first encounter with this chip comes within the type of the Poco F5 (aka Redmi Observe 12 Turbo), which may show to be one of many extra aggressive mid-rangers this yr.
The F5 sells at €430 (after the early fowl pricing of €380 expires) and its chipset can outperform something on this worth class that doesn’t have a flagship chip. Xiaomi additionally bumped up the battery by 500mAh to five,000mAh in comparison with final yr’s mannequin, which helped improve the telephone’s endurance. The chip isn’t excellent, although, as Will explains in our video assessment:
Regardless of wanting fairly totally different externally, the Poco F5 digital camera setup is definitely the identical as that of the F5 Professional and never far off what the F4 had. Perhaps it’s the brand new processing, however the F5 digital camera produces noticeably higher outcomes than final yr’s mannequin.
Excellent news for audiophiles is the return of the three.5mm headphone jack, it even has a Hello-Res Audio certification. Observe that the jack is obtainable solely on the F5, not the F5 Professional. The telephone’s multimedia expertise additionally embody HDR10+ and Dolby Imaginative and prescient.
If you wish to have one other have a look at the digital camera samples or the SD 7+ Gen 2 benchmarks, you could find them in our written assessment.
