Xiaomi Poco F Series

Processor: unknown, Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 845, Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 865, Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 870
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno 630, Qualcomm Adreno 640, Qualcomm Adreno 650
Display: 6.18 inch, 6.67 inch
Weight: 0.182kg, 0.196kg, 0.215kg, 0.219kg
Price: 349, 350, 500 euro
price: 89%, performance: 92%, features: 86%, display: 85%, mobility: 89%, workmanship: 79%, ergonomy: 79%, emissions: 95%

 

Xiaomi Poco F1

The new fledgling company, supported by the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi, is looking to shake things up with its first device, the Pocophone F1 – the new “Master of Speed”. In essence, Pocophone and the F1 represent a new way for Xiaomi-based hardware and software to reach new customers in more markets. The Pocophone F1 looks and feels rather generic. It feels less premium due to the polycarbonate back of the device. However, it’s not that it’s shoddy or flimsy, far from it. The finish of the dark grey (Graphite Black) version mimics metal quite well, but the F1 definitely feels less premium than the OnePlus 6 or Honor 10. On the flip side, the plastic back should fare better when dropped, even if it will scratch and wear faster than glass. The polycarbonate model is available in Graphite Black, Steel Blue, and Rosso Red. The Pocophone F1 features a 5.99-inch IPS LCD display, featuring a resolution of 1080 x 2246 pixels (18:9). At 416 DPI, the pixel density is high enough to make pixels unnoticeable. Colors are nice and punchy, though OLED would have obviously delivered better contrast rates and viewing angles. The only minor issue worth noting is outdoors legibility. At full brightness, text can be a little smudgy. The primary 12-megapixel sensor with its f/1.9 aperture and 1.4 µm pixels, as well as the sizeable 20-megapixel front-facer, have both been lifted directly from Xiaomi’s 2018 flagship handset, the Xiaomi Mi 8, which is yet another benefit of Pocophone’s ties to Xiaomi’s supply line. This manifests an impressive camera experience, not only for an affordable smartphone but also for the category it is in. A user gets AI-enhanced auto mode, manual control, automated HDR shooting, real-time photo filters and Beauty mode, QR code scanning, a Portrait mode and more. The Pocophone F1 is available in three memory-storage combinations which are 6 GB/64 GB, 8 GB/128 GB, and 8 GB/256 GB. All three versions feature a Snapdragon 845 processor (10 nm octa-core with Adreno 630 GPU). Xiaomi added a liquid cooling system to help the CPU hum along without overheating. It’s called LiquidCool, and it works by transferring heat from the processor to the other parts of the phone, a bit like an AC unit. The battery is excellent too. A 4,000 mAh unit should keep you up and running for a full day, potentially two, depending on how hard the user pushes it. The Pocophone F1 features a single speaker, found on the bottom (only one of the two grilles house a speaker). It gets pretty loud, but it tends to buzz at high volumes. And finally, Xiaomi has developed a new specific software for this terminal that has been called MIUI for POCO. This specific development manages to elevate the fluidity of the interface to unsuspected levels until now, beating rivals the likes of the Oneplus 6 or the Samsung Galaxy S9. As a conclusion, this smartphone is targeted at users who place performance, longevity, and quality ahead of the aesthetics of conventional flagship phones. It can easily manage light to heavy tasks with the given specifications, as well as snap beautiful photos and have excellent battery life. Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam

Specifications

Notebook: Xiaomi Poco F1
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 845
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno 630
Display: 6.18 inch, 18.7:9, 2246 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 0.182kg
Price: 349 euro
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Average Score: 85.59% - good

 

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Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro

Specifications

Notebook: Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 865
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno 650
Display: 6.67 inch, 20:9, 2400 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 0.219kg
Price: 500 euro
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Average Score: 82.09% - good

 

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Xiaomi Poco F3

Specifications

Notebook: Xiaomi Poco F3
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon SD 870
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno 650
Display: 6.67 inch, 20:9, 2400 x 1080 pixels
Weight: 0.196kg
Price: 350 euro
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Average Score: 86.89% - good

 

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Xiaomi Poco F3 Pro

Specifications

Notebook: Xiaomi Poco F3 Pro
Processor: unknown
Graphics Adapter: Qualcomm Adreno 640
Display: 6.67 inch, 20:9, 2400 x 1808 pixels
Weight: 0.215kg
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Xiaomi:

Xiaomi Tech was founded as a Chinese smartphone producer in 2010 and soon reached high market shares in its home market. Although Xiaomi is not one of the Top 5 smartphone manufacturers worldwide in 2016, it is nevertheless one of the big global players in this market segment.

Since 2015 there are many reviews. The ratings have been above average since 2016.

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Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

Qualcomm Adreno 630: Integrated graphics card in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC. According to Qualcomm 30% faster than the old Adreno 540 in the Snapdragon 835 with 30% less power consumption.

Qualcomm Adreno 640: Graphics chip for smartphones and tablets that is intergrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC. Qualcomm claims that it is 20% faster than the Adreno 630 in the Snapdragon 845 SoC and offers 50% more compute units (ALUs).

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

Qualcomm Adreno 650: Graphics chip for smartphones and tablets that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC. Qualcomm claims that it is 25% faster than the Adreno 640 in the Snapdragon 855 SoC and offers 50% more compute units (ALUs). For Android it should be one of the fastest graphics cards in 2020.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon:

SD 845: High-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in early 2018 and manufactured in 10 nm LPP FinFET at TSMC. Integrates 4x Kryo 385 cores (Cortex-A75) at up to 2.8 GHz (max) for performance and 4x Kryo 385 at 1.8 GHz (max) for efficiency. Furthermore offers an X20 LTE modem, ac-WiFi and a dual-channel 32-Bit 1866 MHz LPDDR4x memory controller.

SD 865: High-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2019 and manufactured in 7 nm at TSMC (improved N7P). Integrates one “Prime Core” based on a ARM Cortex-A77 architecture clocked at up to 2.84 GHz. Three more performance cores are also based on the A77 but clock up to 2.42 GHz. Furthermore, four energy saving cores are integrated that are based on the ARM Cortex-A55 architecture and clock at up to 1.8 GHz. In addition to the processor cores, the SoC integrates a WiFi 6 modem (including 60 GHz mmWave support), a Hexagon 698 DSP (up to 15 TOPS) and a Spectra 480 ISP. The integrated memory controller now supports faster LPDDR5 memory with up to 2,750 MHz. LTE is not included anymore in the SoC, but the external Snapdragon X55 5G modem has to be used.

SD 870: High-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in mid 2020 and manufactured in 7 nm at TSMC (improved N7P). Integrates one Prime Core based on a ARM Cortex-A77 architecture clocked at up to 3.2 GHz. Three more performance cores are also based on the A77 but clock up to 2.42 GHz. Furthermore, four energy saving cores are integrated that are based on the ARM Cortex-A55 architecture and clock at up to 1.8 GHz.

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» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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0.182 kg:

Only few smartphones are more lightweight than this.

0.219 kg:

This weight is typical for smartphones.

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84.94%: This rating should be considered to be average. This is because the proportion of notebooks which have a higher rating is approximately equal to the proportion which have a lower rating.

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