Poco F4 5G launched in India: Here are our first impressions

Poco F4 5G: What’s new

The cellphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 chipset this time round and has different flagship-grade specs to go along with it. These embody a 6.67-inch 120H AMOLED show that may change between 30Hz, 60Hz and 120Hz and comes with 360Hz contact sampling. The show additionally has a peak brightness of 1300 nits and helps DCI-P3 color gamut, together with assist for Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+. The cellphone is available in a number of variants with both 6, 8 or 12GB RAM and 128 or 256GB UFS 3.1 storage.

Coming to the digital camera we get a 64MP major digital camera with OIS together with an 8MP ultrawide sensor and a 2MP depth sensor on the again. That is joined by a 20MP single entrance digital camera. The Poco F4 5G additionally will get a 4,500mAh battery with assist for 67W quick wired charging and 10W reverse wired charging. Different options right here embody 10 5G bands, Twin stereo audio system, Dolby Atmos and high-res audio assist, an IR blaster, IP53 certification and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Accessible in two colourways and three storage variants, the Poco F4 5G is priced at Rs 27,999 for the 6GB/128GB variant, Rs 29,999 for the 8GB/128GB variant and Rs 33,999 for the 12GB/256GB variant. The F4 5G will go on sale on Flipkart from June 27 together with quite a few gives. Listed here are our first impressions of the cellphone.

Poco F4 5G: Our fast first impressions

It’s been some time since I’ve reviewed a Poco cellphone, and sure, the Poco F4 5G is sort of an developed cellphone, in comparison with the Poco F1 from 2018. The unique machine launched with the top-end Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. However Poco’s F-series is now not priced in the identical vary because the OnePlus collection, which is rather more premium machine available in the market. Whereas the Poco F4 5G stays within the mid-range pricing (which we’re categorising someplace between Rs 25k to Rs 35k), its specs will not be essentially top-of-the-line. Nonetheless that doesn’t imply this can be a compromise machine for the value.

The Poco F4 5G has a 120Hz AMOLED show protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. (Picture Supply: The Indian Categorical/ Shruti Dhapola)

First, this can be a good wanting cellphone. The Nebula Inexperienced has a muted tone, and the glass on the again provides this premium end. The Poco branding is sufficiently subtle. It additionally has ‘5G’ written subsequent to it, guess a reminder was wanted for customers. The entrance glass has Corning Gorilla Glass 5, so you’re will be assured of some safety, no less than. The body on the facet is polycarbonate these. The triple digital camera module does remind me of the Redmi telephones, which isn’t shocking given Poco, Redmi and Xiaomi are one massive household.

The one drawback proper now could be that the cellphone’s again will get coated in smudges simply, and given the 6.67-inch display dimension this can be a very tall machine. In reality, it’s slightly taller than my iPhone 12 Professional Max, which has a 6.7-inch show. The cellphone’s show is an AMOLED one and one can crank up refresh fee to 120 Hz. There’s no headphone jack right here, for these questioning. Poco can also be skimping out on expandable storage. The utmost onboard storage provided is 256GB.

The Poco F4 5G comes with a triple digital camera setup on the again. (Picture Supply: The Indian Categorical/ Shruti Dhapola)

Poco’s cellphone comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor. In my restricted utilization I’ve not confronted an points, and I don’t anticipate them given this can be a highly effective sufficient chipset on the machine. We’ll have extra particulars in our full evaluate.

I did handle to check out the digital camera a bit and thus far, the pictures look hanging. The colors are vibrant– no less than on the cellphone’s AMOLED display– and the images are correct in relation to particulars and hues. This digital camera ought to maintain most customers very glad. I’ve not totally examined out the night time mode, so we must see the way it fares below poor lighting situations. Try some samples beneath.

The Poco F4 5G takes vibrant photos as you’ll be able to see. (Picture Supply: The Indian Categorical/ Shruti Dhapola)
The photographs shot by the cellphone additionally retain a very good quantity of element. (Picture Supply: The Indian Categorical/ Shruti Dhapola)

What does concern in regards to the Poco F4 5G is the 4500 mAh battery dimension. This would possibly find yourself being a compromise for some heavy obligation customers, although Poco is bundling a 67W quick charger right here.

To conclude, the Poco F4 5G appears promising because of the design and digital camera. Efficiency ought to dwell as much as claims, given the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 is a tried and take a look at chipset. Look ahead to our full evaluate to understand how the cellphone performs as soon as we put it by means of extra intensive duties.