Last week, Poco F5 Pro was spotted on Geekbench and recently a new Xiaomi-made phone appeared with model number 23049PCD8G that has a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chipset with 12GB RAM, and we expect it to be the vanilla Poco F5.
Poco F5
Later it was confirmed that indeed it was the Poco F5, which also will be the first phone in India with this 7-series chipset.
As per the company, as compared to the previous Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset, this chipset shall deliver 50% higher overall performance, 13% improved power efficiency, and 2x improved AI performance.
These Poco F5 specs are suspiciously similar to the Redmi Note 12 Turbo, currently available only in China.
Don’t be taken aback if the former is same in specs as the latter. If that happens, then we can expect the Poco F5 to have a 5,000 mAh battery with 67W charging and MIUI 14 on top of the Android 13 OS. Other specs should include a 6.67” AMOLED and a 64MP main camera.
In the entire brand’s portfolio, Poco F-series is the mightiest.
Though on the surface and phonetically, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chipset might sound like a downgrade from the Snapdragon 870 on the Poco F4, however in reality the new Qualcomm platform is bringing better battery efficiency and improved performance.
More About POCO
The brand was launched as a Xiaomi sub-brand in August 2018.
Under the Poco branding, the Pocophone F1 was introduced by Xiaomi which became a massive success and it was after the launch of the second device in Jan 2020, that POCO India became an independent brand.
During the span of 3 years, the company launched 11 devices, most of them are rebranded Redmi smartphones.
It was in January 2021 that POCO India introduced its new logo, mascot, and slogan Made of Mad. POCO Global continues to use the old logo.
