Handset maker Poco on Tuesday launched its much-anticipated Poco F5 smartphone in India and its price starts at Rs 29,999, which makes it a mid-range Android smartphone. The company also launched Poco F5 Pro 5G smartphone in select global markets on May 9. The vanilla Poco F5 is said to be a rebrand of the Redmi Note 12 Turbo. At this price point, the device competes with the likes of the Iqoo Neo 7 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G.
Poco F5 price, specs, features and more in India
The Poco F5 5G is also available in another storage model for Rs 33,999 for 12GB RAM/256GB storage. There is an introductory offer under which the base model will be available for Rs 26,999 while the 12GB RAM model will be available for Rs 30,999. The Poco F5 5G comes with a one-year warranty in the country. The device will go on sale on e-commerce site Flipkart on May 16 in three colours: Carbon Black, Electric Blue and Snowstorm White.
The device sports Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chip coupled with 8GB of RAM. The onboard memory can be expanded up to 19GB with 7GB of unused memory. The dual SIM device runs on Android 13 based on the company's proprietary MIUI 14.
The Poco F5 comes with a 6.67-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) AMOLED display with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz, a touch sampling rate of 240Hz , and 93.5 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The display is said to offer 100 per cent coverage of DCI-P3 colour gamut and also comes with Dolby Vision as well as support for HDR10+. The panel has a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection on top.
In terms of optics, the Poco F5 5G sports a triple rear camera dominated by a 64MP primary sensor with OIS, an 8MP ultra-wide sensor and a 2MP macro camera. For selfies, there is a 16MP selfie camera at the front.
The handset has a 5,000mAh battery that supports 67W Turbocharging. The company claims that the charger bundled along can charge the battery from zero to 100 per cent in just 45 minutes.