Poco F7 Professional vs. Poco F7 Extremely

The Poco F collection has taken slightly shift in positioning this 12 months, this time the Professional getting outdone by an Extremely, as a substitute of getting a vanilla mannequin on its different aspect. That mentioned, the F7 Professional retains all of the goodness of the earlier era’s Professional – it is simply that the F7 Extremely now brings much more to the desk.

We’ll do a radical comparability between the 2 fashions to attempt to present you if the Professional is sweet sufficient, or now that there is an Extremely, that one is the best way to go.

Desk of Contents:

For starters, you possibly can examine the entire specs sheets or immediately proceed with our editor’s evaluation within the following textual content.

Dimension comparability

There’s not lots to separate the 2 fashions when it comes to bodily measurement. Each are constructed round 6.67-inch shows and have the very same footprint, with the Extremely being marginally thicker – although we do not suppose you would be feeling that within the hand. The Professional can be a tiny bit lighter – once more, probably not tangibly so.

Poco F7 Professional (left) subsequent to Poco F7 Extremely – you may need to belief us on this

Each telephones have kind of the identical construct too – glass back and front, aluminum body. The Professional’s show is roofed by Gorilla Glass 7i, whereas the Extremely makes use of Poco Protect glass – clearly, we will not make certain which one is healthier, or by how a lot.

Each units are IP68-rated for mud and water resistance, although the Extremely ought to supposedly be good right down to 2.5m underwater – it is simply 1.5m on the Professional, however we someway doubt that makes a world of distinction in observe.

One distinction that is plain to see is the colour choice – the Extremely will be had within the traditional Poco yellow livery along with black, whereas the Professional will get black, plus silver and blue.

Show comparability

Poco’s Execs have had 1440p shows for a few generations already and that is additionally the case on the F7 Professional. Naturally, there is not any viable step up for the Extremely and it too has the identical 6.67-inch QHD panel.

Each Pocos have basically the identical wonderful most brightness, 120Hz most refresh charge and Dolby Imaginative and prescient assist. Two nice shows, with little to separate them.

Battery life

The F7 Professional receives a big improve in battery capability over the earlier era, the quantity now reaching 6,000mAh. The F7 Extremely, in the meantime, has a smaller 5,300mAh cell.

The Professional’s battery makes use of a graphite anode, whereas the Extremely’s is silicon-carbon, for a bit higher power density and excessive climate efficiency.

In our testing, the 2 telephones posted just about an identical leads to video playback and gaming. The Professional snatched a really slim victory in internet shopping and it has a considerably extra pronounced benefit in LTE voice calls. It would not appear that battery endurance might be a deciding issue between the 2.

Charging pace

There is likely to be one thing to separate the 2 within the charging division, although it is unlikely going to be charging pace. Whereas the Extremely is specced to assist 120W wired charging and the Professional ‘solely’ will get 90W, in observe, the utmost pace is barely barely higher on the Extremely.

If the retail package deal would not embody a proprietary adapter in your area, it would most likely be price getting one. And stunning as it might sound, our exams confirmed {that a} 90W Xiaomi brick will cost the F7 Extremely as rapidly on the Extremely as a 120W one.

It is a completely different story with aftermarket Energy Supply chargers – you possibly can anticipate vastly completely different outcomes from mannequin to mannequin, and between the PD ones and the Xiaomi ones – although you may be capable of get shut with simply the suitable unit.

What does make an actual distinction right here is wi-fi charging – the Extremely has it, the Professional would not. It isn’t simply any wi-fi charging both, however one among Xiaomi’s above-standard varieties that may go as much as 50W with proprietary peripherals (at further value, after all).

Speaker check

The 2 F7s have stereo speaker setups of the standard type – one bottom-firing unit and an earpiece that is additionally a speaker.

By way of sound output, the Extremely maintains strict channel separation, whereas on the Professional, every channel additionally performs a barely attenuated model of the other monitor too (the standard Xiaomi manner). We do not essentially discover one method higher than the opposite, however should you do, you must know that there is a distinction right here.

In our testing, each telephones earned ‘Very Good’ scores for loudness. And the sound output could be very related between the 2, every providing fairly good high quality with no actual flaws.

Efficiency

Excessive efficiency has historically been a big chunk of the Poco F collection’ enchantment and the F7 Professional and F7 Extremely do not disappoint. Whereas the Professional stays more true to the established order and makes use of final 12 months’s flagship Snapdragon, the addition of an Extremely to the lineup means Poco can now provide the present flagship Snapdragon – so it is the SD 8 Gen vs. the SD 8 Elite.

Both telephone will be bought with 256GB or 512GB of storage and, on each fashions, the bottom model comes with 12GB of RAM. The Extremely’s 512GB model has 16GB of RAM although – that simply may make a distinction should you’re sufficient of an influence consumer. Although, can it, actually?

Benchmark efficiency

Certain sufficient, in benchmarks, the Extremely is comfortably forward of the Professional – it is the generational divide in Qualcomm’s chip design, personified. The Extremely does have the higher hand on this a part of the comparability, after all, however the Professional can be loads highly effective sufficient.

In the case of software program, each telephones run kind of the identical model of Xiaomi HyperOS (‘for Poco’). Each are promised 4 main OS model updates and 6 years of ongoing safety patches.

Digital camera comparability

Alongside the chipset, the digital camera {hardware} is among the main variations between the 2 fashions. The Professional continues within the footsteps of earlier Poco F Execs and presents a comparatively primary setup with a large major digital camera on the again and a modest ultrawide.

The Extremely elevates issues a notch (or two). It does begin with the identical major digital camera, however it provides a telephoto unit with 2.5x zoom and shut focusing, plus it upgrades the ultrawide to a extra superior sensor.

Picture high quality

You’d anticipate the primary digital camera pictures to be an identical from the 2, however whereas each ship very good outcomes, they do exhibit slight variations in processing.

When evaluating the 2, we’re seeing greater sharpening and infrequently greater saturation on the Extremely versus a extra pure element rendition and marginally extra conservative colours from the Professional in some scenes. Each have dependable auto white stability and huge dynamic vary, so no complaints.

Daylight picture samples, 1x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

The Professional would not have a telephoto digital camera, whereas the one on the Extremely is at 2.5x zoom, however each telephones can do 2x from their essential cameras. No matter variations we have been satisfied there have been at 1x, all however disappear at this zoom stage.

Daylight picture samples, 2x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

We figured we would go to the difficulty of pinching to zoom to 2.5x and 5x on the Professional to see simply how far behind the Extremely it’s if it’s essential convey distant objects nearer.

At 2.5x digital zoom, you can say that the Professional is holding in there – it is clearly not nearly as good, however for instance it is producing usable outcomes. In spite of everything, the Professional performs fairly effectively digitally zooming to 2x to start with.

As for the 5x digital zoom, we aren’t followers of the Professional’s pictures, whereas the Extremely’s digitally zoomed pictures look good there.

Daylight picture samples, 2.5x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

Daylight picture samples, 5x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

Then there’s the F7 Extremely’s close-up capturing functionality that the F7 Professional has no reply to.

Daylight close-up samples, 2.5x: Poco F7 Extremely

Evaluating the ultrawides, you would be taking a look at 8MP photos from each telephones, although the Extremely ones are coming from a 32MP Quad Bayer-type sensor that is additionally bigger than the Professional’s 8MP standard one. That mentioned, we’re certainly seeing finer element and higher definition within the Extremely’s photographs.

Daylight picture samples, 0.6x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

Selfies from both telephone aren’t the very best, however whereas pixel-level element is questionable on each, maybe the Professional’s noticeably wider protection may very well be seen as a plus.

Selfie samples: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

In the dead of night, essential digital camera photographs are fairly related between the 2 telephones, however the Extremely’s photos are that one bit cleaner and maybe marginally sharper.

Low-light picture samples, 1x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

In the dead of night, neither telephone can match the element in its 2x photographs that we noticed throughout the day, however the Extremely holds up noticeably higher.

Low-light picture samples, 2x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

Swap the Extremely to its telephoto digital camera and its 2.5x photographs are noticeably higher than its 2x outcomes, and vastly superior to the Professional’s makes an attempt at an analogous zoom stage. The devoted zoom digital camera makes all of the distinction right here.

Low-light picture samples, 2.5x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

The Extremely’s ultrawide usually does higher at midnight than its Professional counterpart, bringing sharper photos with higher element within the shadows. We had a few mishaps with its tendency to choose extra-high ISOs which resulted in some false colours like within the third scene under, however edge circumstances like that apart, the Extremely ought to get you nicer pictures.

Low-light picture samples, 0.6x: Poco F7 Professional • Poco F7 Extremely

Video high quality

Beneath, now we have just a few framegrabs from the movies taken by the 2 telephones at every focal size so it is simpler to match to at least one one other.

Each telephones can seize video as much as 4K60 or 8K24 with their essential cameras, and the Extremely also can do 4K60 with its telephotos. The ultrawides are capped at 1080p90. There are fairly succesful professional video modes on each and so they can each report in HDR10+.

The Extremely has a minuscule benefit in video high quality on the ultrawide, whereas the Professional is someway marginally sharper at 1x – we’re speaking negligible variations at unreasonable magnifications. It is a toss-up at 2x, however the Extremely’s 2.5x is healthier than both 2x and is the logical selection for zoomed-in video.

Daylight video samples, Poco F7 Professional: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 2.5

Daylight video samples, Poco F7 Extremely: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 2.5

In the dead of night, the Professional is once more marginally sharper at 1x, the Extremely’s tele holds up decently, and neither ultrawide is in its factor.

Low-light video samples, Poco F7 Professional: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 2.5

Low-light video samples, Poco F7 Extremely: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 2.5

Verdict

The variations between the Poco F7 Professional and the F7 Extremely have been pretty apparent from the get-go, however exploring them with a bit extra deliberation revealed just a few nuances on high of the obvious.

Sure, the Professional will get you flagship-level efficiency, and final 12 months’s flagship efficiency is loads for the following few years. The financial savings are additionally arduous to argue with. The unusually huge selfies are most likely extra of an statement than a real promoting level, however we will not make sure we at all times perceive what drives you. The opposite factor is that there is not any have to be paying for the additional digital camera prowess when you’ve got no use for it, however the twist right here is that the F7 Professional is doing fairly effectively with the cameras that it already has so it is not that large of a trade-off.

However, for what appears like an inexpensive value premium, you can be getting higher cameras certainly. Or, fairly, yet one more digital camera that provides versatility for distant topics and closeups alike. You may even be one-upping the Professional in efficiency and lengthening the interval of trouble-free potential future you’d have along with your telephone. Then there’s the wi-fi charging.

All issues thought of, the Poco F7 Professional is the “adequate” choice. Whereas the F7 Extremely feels extra just like the “let’s spoil myself slightly” choice.