Poco F5 has officially arrived. The Poco F5, which is launching in India today at the same time as global markets, is a follow-up to last year’s F4. We liked the Poco F4 for its no-nonsense approach to basics, particularly performance, and the Poco F5— in many ways— builds on that with a promise of even better performance. Solely on that aspect, the Poco F5 definitely lives up to all the hype. Not only is it “significantly” more powerful than the Poco F4, it might just be the most powerful phone in its whole price segment.
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Performance isn’t the phone’s only highlight, though. There are other niceties too. The Poco F5 has a slim and attractive design. The white version especially stands out with its unique “frosty” depth effect, while the black version we have for review is glossy and mirror-like and mimics the carbon-fibre look well. You can also get the Poco F5 in blue. The display is 120Hz AMOLED and offers a truly “immersive” viewing experience thanks to bare minimum bezels on all sides. Rounding off the package are 64MP main camera and 67W fast charging.
Here’s a quick unboxing of the Poco F5 and first look at all the top specs and features of Poco’s new mid-ranger in town.
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The Poco F5 is made entirely out of plastic. The back has a subtle curve towards the edges while the frame is completely flat. The phone offers mostly comfortable grip.
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The screen is 6.67-inch, flat 1080p pOLED with up to 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling. The panel can peak 1,000nits and supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision playback. You get Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection on the front.
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The Poco F5 has Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 processor. Poco pairs it with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS3.1 storage. This is not expandable.
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CPU Throttling does not always return favourable results which suggests the chip could do with some more optimisation. Real-world performance, though, is good in every sense of the word and leaves little to be desired whether it be basic day-to-day use or graphical gaming.
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The Poco F5 runs MIUI 14 based on Android 13 and is guaranteed to get 2 major OS and 3 years of security updates. Amount of bloat/unwanted apps has shot up in this generation of the F-series.
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The camera setup seems unchanged from the Poco F4. The F5 appears to have the same 64MP OIS triple rear camera setup as the Poco F4. One difference is that the F5 tops out at 4K@30fps video recording (the F4 could do 4K@60fps). On the front, the F5 has a 16MP selfie camera.
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The Poco F5 is powered by a 5,000mAh battery. Battery life is fantastic.
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You get 67W fast charging in this phone. The bundled charger tops the phone from 0-100 percent in just under 55 minutes.
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Biometrics are handled by a side-mounted fingerprint reader.
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The phone has dual speakers which can get nice and loud. You also get a headphone jack and IR blaster.
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The Poco F5 is IP53 certified which makes it resistant to dust and splashes of water.
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The Poco F5 comes in two variants: 8GB/256GB for Rs 29,999 and 12GB/256GB for Rs 33,999.
Watch this space for our full review of Poco F5 coming soon.
