The brand new Poco F5 and F5 Professional telephones are a superb instance of the worth for cash gadgets that outline the F-series. They’re priced as mid-rangers however are outfitted as yr previous flagships in most facets in addition to the digicam.
The Poco F5 Professional brings the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 at $450. That’s about the identical value as a Galaxy A54 or a Pixel 7a. It additionally has a 120Hz QHD+ AMOLED show, which neither of these telephones have – that’s extra of a Galaxy S23 Extremely/Pixel 7 Professional function (not even S23+ or Pixel 7). These Samsung and Google telephones can solely dream of getting 67W wired and 30W wi-fi charging, their dad or mum firms are too conservative for that.
We talked about that the digicam is nothing particular and it isn’t. It’s not dangerous, thoughts you, the 64MP principal with OIS and 8MP extremely broad appear stable for the mid-range. We haven’t reviewed the Professional mannequin but and however we had been pleased with the digicam of its vanilla sibling (extra on it in a second).
Poco F5 Professional highlights
One draw back of the Poco F5 Professional is that Xiaomi has solely dedicated to 2 OS updates and three years of safety patches. The Galaxy A54 is getting 4 OS updates and 5 years of safety patches, the Pixel 7a 3 OS updates and 5 years of patches. Even in the event you like MIUI, that’s not nice – the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 will likely be potent for greater than 3 years, a minimum of mid-rangers.
Samsung Galaxy A54 • Google Pixel 7a • Sony Xperia 10 V • Motorola Edge 40
What do you consider the Poco F5 Professional – in the event you’re searching for a mid-ranger, is that this the one to have?
The Poco F5 has an MSRP of $380/₹30,000 and makes use of the brand new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. This can be a 7-series chip, however when it comes to CPU and GPU it’s extra like a down-clocked 8+ Gen 1 than it’s like the unique 7 Gen 1.
It makes use of a slower modem, X62 as an alternative of X65, although the probabilities are slim that you’ll discover a distinction. The dearth of 4K @ 60fps and any 8K mode is extra noticeable.
Poco F5 highlights
One other main distinction between the F5 and F5 Professional is that the vanilla mannequin goes right down to FHD+ decision for its 6.67” 120Hz AMOLED show and the fingerprint reader strikes from below the show to the ability button on the facet. There’s extra, the battery is a tad smaller (5,000mAh vs. 5,160mAh) and whereas it has the identical 67W wired charging help, it lacks wi-fi.
On the plus facet, the Poco F5 has a 3.5mm headphone jack, full with a Hello-Res Audio certification. Neither the F4 nor the F5 Professional have that (the identical goes for many telephones nowadays).
Samsung Galaxy A34 • OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite • vivo iQOO Neo 7 • Realme GT Neo 3T
Is the Poco F5 higher worth for cash than the F5 Professional or do you suppose that neither is the mid-ranger to have? Earlier than you reply, do not miss our written assessment and our video assessment.
