The Poco F5 Pro is the highest-spec phone the brand has made, but that doesn't make it exciting. Our review goes into why it needs more than good stats.
Poco F5 Pro MSRP $500.00 Score Details “The Poco F5 Pro has a great spec sheet, at least two-days battery life, and a decent main camera — but it lacks a true reason to buy.” Pros Cons There are some phones that leave no real lasting impression at all, and I’ve been using one for the last week. It’s the Poco F5 Pro, and it’s terribly mature, sensible, and painfully ordinary. Does this mean it’s a bad phone? No, it has been perfectly reliable — and, without a doubt, the best Poco phone I’ve used.
It’s nearly 9mm thick, it weighs 204 grams, has an IP53 water and dust resistance rating, stereo speakers that sound good, and a reliable in-display fingerprint sensor. It’s only Gorilla Glass 5 over the screen, which is fine, but it’s a shame the glass is flat. I know some people don’t like curved glass, but it’s more comfortable to hold , and it looks much better visually. The flat glass and simple rear panel make the Poco F5 Pro a bit boring to look at.
The main camera is tuned in the way I’d expect from a Xiaomi phone, with strong colors and heavy-handed saturation, but this does give photos a fun and vibrant tone. It also makes them great for sharing online, as in the right environment, they really pop. There’s no optical zoom, but the 2x mode in the camera app isn’t a disaster at all, and the camera is even good in low light, avoiding too much smoothing out without adding masses of noise.
Oddly, Poco hasn’t pushed the F5 Pro as a gaming smartphone, despite the processor’s ability, the battery’s power, and the bright 6.67-inch AMOLED screen. The display is filled with tech, too, with a 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling, a 3,200 x 1,440 resolution, and a 1,400 nits peak brightness. When I’ve played games, they look and sound really good, and Asphalt 9: Legends delivers the speed and smoothness I expect.
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