- Long running time
- Fast charging
- AMOLED display with 120 Hz
- No IP certification
- Brightness low
- No wireless charging
Xiaomi's subsidiary brand Poco offers a good smartphone at an attractive price with the F5.
Xiaomi's subsidiary brand Poco offers a good smartphone at an attractive price with the F5.
The Xiaomi Poco F5 is a smartphone with many strengths and few weaknesses. The bright OLED display is convincing, as is the performance and memory, and even the main camera is strong - at least in daylight, not only for the price of the smartphone. We don't mind the plastic back, but the lack of a true always-on display bothers us more, and the large amount of bloatware is also unnecessary...
... The two Pocophones stand out from the competition in the mid-range primarily with their computing power. Both the basic version with its Snapdnragon 7+ Gen 2 processor and the Pro model with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 score around 1 million points on AnTuTu. Not even the Pixel 6a with its powerful Tensor chip comes close...