As one commenter in final week’s poll says, the level of the Poco F-series is to ship flagship efficiency at mid-range costs. Both the F5 fashions do this and whereas it’s not fairly a 2023-level flagship efficiency, it comes actually shut.
Of the pair, the vanilla Poco F5 is the breakout star – over half of the voters confirmed curiosity, it’s uncommon to see such a optimistic response. It beat its Pro sibling by a big margin, which is kind of evident in the Pro’s personal poll.
The criticism of the F5 – it applies to the F5 Pro too – was predictable. Some aren’t glad with Poco/Xiaomi software program and the related replace schedule (however others prefer it simply high quality) and there was a heated debate over whether or not microSD playing cards are nonetheless helpful. Either manner, neither F5 mannequin has a reminiscence card slot. At least the vanilla F5 has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
As for the Poco F5 Pro, round a 3rd of voters confirmed curiosity, whereas others have been ready on good critiques – our detailed assessment was posted a few days after the poll went stay, did it change your thoughts?
Aside from the aforementioned criticism, the Pro might have additionally overshot the pricing – it’s near yr outdated flagships and though it affords a wonderful QHD+ show, 4K/60 and 8K video recording, plus speedy wi-fi charging (all issues that the vanilla mannequin lacks, by the manner), it’s not a real flagship.
The Poco F5 Pro will probably be a popular mannequin for Xiaomi, simply not as popular as the Poco F5. We noticed a number of commenters who stated they already purchased an F5 or an F5 Pro and are glad with their selection.