introduction
In its day, the Poco F3 was a huge success, possibly the biggest since the original Poco F1. While it came nowhere near the price of that phone, it was still very well priced for a “flagship killer” and the specs were spot on. This of course made us very interested in its successor, the Poco F4, and whether or not it could replicate the F3 formula well or not.
Now that it’s been on the market for some time, we feel we can get a better sense of it. It also got a few software updates, so any teething problems should have been fixed. With all of that in mind, we decided to take it for a long ride, experiencing it day after day as our one and only smartphone to create this long-term review which aims to give you an insight into what it’s like as a daily driver.
We’ll say it from the start: This is weird. It launched with the same SoC as its predecessor, which was surprising enough, but the European price check currently reveals something even more surprising: there has been virtually no price cuts, even now, at more than five months after its release. This is definitely not up to par for Poco.
Since the price is pretty similar to what the F3 was before the F4 came along, we’ll hazard a guess and say we don’t think many owners of the former decided to buy the latter, which is probably for the better. Perhaps the F5 will soon bring updates that are worth it, we’ll have to wait and see.
In the meantime, let’s try to make sure how good a purchase of the Poco F4 is in late 2022, in a very crowded field. We mean the mid-range camp, although its chipset choice actually places it in an awkward middle position between traditional mid-ranges and “flagship killers” (to qualify as such it would need to sport a new SoC). Join us on the next few pages as we decode what it all means, what the upsides are, and what downsides you should expect if you choose to get one of these in the near future.
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