As one commenter said in last week’s survey, the purpose of the Poco F series is to offer flagship performance at mid-range prices. Both F5 models do this and while it’s not quite 2023 level peak performance, it comes pretty close.
Of the pair, the vanilla Poco F5 is the rising star: over half of voters have shown interest, it’s rare to see such a positive reaction. It beat its Pro sibling by a large margin, which is quite evident in the Pro’s own survey.
The criticism of the F5 – also applies to the F5 Pro – was to be expected. Some are not happy with the Poco/Xiaomi software and associated updater (but others really like it) and there has been heated debate about the usefulness of microSD cards. However, neither F5 model has a memory card slot. At least the vanilla F5 has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
As for the Poco F5 Pro, around a third of voters showed interest, while others were waiting for good reviews. Our detailed review was published a couple of days after the survey started, has that changed your mind?
Aside from the aforementioned criticisms, the Pro may also be over the price: it’s close to year-old flagships, and while it offers an excellent QHD+ display, 4K/60 and 8K video recording, plus fast wireless charging (all things that the vanilla model lacks, by the way), it’s not a real flagship.
The Poco F5 Pro will be a popular model for Xiaomi, but not as popular as the Poco F5. We’ve seen some reviewers say they’ve already bought an F5 or F5 Pro and are happy with their choice.
Start a new Thread