One day in advance of the scheduled date, the new ones POCO F5 and F5 Pro they have just appeared on the Xiaomi site in the United Arab Emirates, thus revealing all the specifications and appearance of the two models. The only thing that hasn't been announced is the price, which may not be revealed until tomorrow's press conference.
POCO F5 and POCO F5 Pro announced abroad: here are the complete specifications
So let's go and recap the specifications starting from POCO F5 Pro, a high-end device powered by the chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 and available in three memory combinations. The smartphone is essentially a rebrand of the Redmi K60 which Xiaomi launched in China in December last year, but with Google services and a slightly reduced battery capacity, so it could be considered a completely "new" device.
The screen of the POCO F5 Pro is a 6,67-inch AMOLED with a resolution of WQHD+, i.e. 3200 x 1440 pixels, and a pixel density of 526ppi, which is the highest among phones Poco. The screen also supports a 120Hz refresh rate and a tap sampling rate of 480Hz. There is also an under-screen fingerprint reader and the surface is covered with Corning Gorilla Glass 5.
For photos, there are three cameras on the back, these include one main camera from 64 megapixel with Omnivision OV64B sensor, f/1.8 aperture and 6P lens; a 8 megapixel ultra wide angle camera with a viewing angle of 120 degrees; a 2 megapixel macro camera.
This camera set supports the optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization, features not commonly found in phones Poco and they are more attractive to users who like to take pictures. The front camera is 16 megapixels, positioned in the central hole of the screen, and supports video recording up to 1080p.
The new device uses a 5000 square millimeter LiquidCool VC cooling system, which is a mixture of stainless steel vacuum chamber vapor chamber and graphite layer, which can improve the thermal conductivity by 15% compared to the previous series phones Poco F.
Finally, the ability of the battery of POCO F5 Pro is 5160mAh, therefore lower than the 5500 mAh of the Redmi K60, but maintains a 67W wired fast charging and 30W wireless fast charging. The operating system is MIUI 14 based on Android 13.
In the UAE the smartphone will be available in black and white, with a carbon fiber-like design element on the back cover. As for the combinations of RAM and storage, the device will be available in 8/256GB, 12/256GB or 12/512GB.
As regards the POCO F5, it is a mid-range phone that uses the Qualcomm chip Snapdragon 7+ Gen2 with up to 256GB of storage and RAM options of 8GB or 12GB.
The screen of the Poco F5 is also here a AMOLED from 6,67 inches with the same refresh rate as the F5 Pro, but the resolution is only 1080p. Even the fThe rear cameras are a combination of 64 megapixels + 8 megapixels + 2 megapixels, but there is no mention of the Omnivision sensor, indicating that the main camera may be worse than the Pro version. However, this phone maintains optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization and the front camera is also 16 megapixels.
Il POCO F5 has a capacity of 5000 mAh battery and supports the quick charge from 67W. Other features include MIUI 14 based on Android 13, NFC, IR emitter and Bluetooth 5.3. If the specs look familiar it's probably because this phone is essentially a Redmi Notes 12 Turbo renamed.
Lastly, the device features a slim and light design, with Poco which claims it weighs only 181 grams and is only 7,9 mm thick. It will be available in three colors: black, blue and white; among them the white uses “two-color gradient offset printing” technology to imitate the Frost style.
Tomorrow's global launch of the series POCO F5 will reveal more details and pricing information.
