Poco F5 series launch in India on May 9 at 5:30 PM (IST).
Both Poco F5 phones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chips but of different tiers.
Here we compare the Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro and take a look at their price and other details.
Poco F5 series is launching in India on May 9 alongside the global debut. The event time is 5:30 PM (IST). However, hours ahead of the announcement, Poco UAE spilt the beans and so we know the key differences between the Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro. We’ll get to the comparison but first, here is the YouTube livestream link for the Poco F5 online launch event:
Poco F5 launch in India: Watch the event on YouTube here
Poco F5 Pro vs Poco F5 comparison: How the two Poco phones compare
1. Poco F5 Pro runs on a 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset whereas the regular Poco F5 ships with a 4nm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SoC.
The SD 8+ Gen 1 comes with a Cortex X2 @ up to 3.2 GHz, 3 Cortex A710 @ up to 2.5 GHz, and 4 Cortex A510 @ up to 1.8 GHz.
The SD 7+ Gen 2 bears a Cortex X2 @ up to 2.91 GHz, 3 Cortex A710 @ 2.49 GHz, and 4 Cortex A510 @ up to 1.8 GHz.
2. Poco F5 Pro has got a 6.67-inch AMOLED panel with 3200 x 1440 pixels resolution, 526 ppi, 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, and Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Meanwhile, the Poco F5 sports a same-size 6.67-inch 120Hz AMOLED screen itself but with 1080p resolution.
3. Poco F5 Pro’s main camera is a 64MP Omnivision OV64B sensor. This is coupled with an 8MP ultrawide (120° FoV) and a 2MP macro unit. Notably, there is support for both OIS and EIS here.
The selfie snapper is of 16 megapixels.
On the other hand, the Poco F5 also has got a 64MP+8MP+2MP troika (with OIS+EIS) and a 16MP front camera. The actual sensors are yet to be known.
4. Poco has equipped the F5 Pro with a 5,160mAh battery while the vanilla F5 gets a 5000mAh cell. Both support 67W fast charging. The Pro model also gets a 30W wireless charging facility.
5. The software is Android 13 with MIUI 14 on top.
That’s pretty much what we know about Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro at the moment. Xiaomi seems to have taken down the Poco F5 series page from its UAE website. So, we will have to wait for the event this evening. We shall be updating this piece with more information once the details are officially out.
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