The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 wasn’t utilized in many telephones, so the 7-series nonetheless wanted a successor to the 778G. That got here in March and was so good that Qualcomm known as it Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. Our first encounter with this chip comes within the type of the Poco F5 (aka Redmi Note 12 Turbo), which may show to be one of many extra aggressive mid-rangers this 12 months.
The F5 sells at €430 (after the early chook pricing of €380 expires) and its chipset can outperform something on this worth class that doesn’t have a flagship chip. Xiaomi additionally bumped up the battery by 500mAh to five,000mAh in comparison with final 12 months’s mannequin, which helped improve the cellphone’s endurance. The chip isn’t excellent, although, as Will explains in our video review:
Despite trying fairly totally different externally, the Poco F5 digicam setup is really the identical as that of the F5 Pro and never far off what the F4 had. (*12*) it’s the brand new processing, however the F5 digicam produces noticeably higher outcomes than final 12 months’s mannequin.
Good information for audiophiles is the return of the three.5mm headphone jack, it even has a Hi-Res Audio certification. Note that the jack is obtainable solely on the F5, not the F5 Pro. The cellphone’s multimedia abilities additionally embody HDR10+ and Dolby Vision.
If you wish to have one other have a look at the digicam samples or the SD 7+ Gen 2 benchmarks, you’ll find them in our written review.