Weekly poll results: the Poco F5 gets showered with love, the F5 Pro proves less popular
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- 29 May 2023
CargoJoe, 29 May 2023Considering the SD7+G2 is a chipset similar to the 8+G1, it... moreThe GPU of 7+ G2 is about 20% slower than 8+ G1
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- 29 May 2023
Anonymous, 28 May 2023Well you cant have all for 400 euro in F5. 7+ Gen 2 is alr... moreShow me three flagships of 2023 with microSD card support and not from Sony. Closest thing is the HTC u23 pro, which has very low availability right now, since it was released less than two weeks ago and might get a global release.
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- 29 May 2023
Considering the SD7+G2 is a chipset similar to the 8+G1, it's no wonder people like it over the Pro. The phone is very similar in all ways minus a few missing features. But they're not key features. I'd be hard pressed to get the Pro unless gaming is your concern. Also how is the camera worst on the Pro than the vanilla model? I just hope they adjust that thing. Should've used a better sensor on the Pro to be honest.
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- 29 May 2023
Anonymous, 28 May 2023I feel that those of people that suggesting Samsung doesn&#... moreThose are either user suggested like better OS update, or fanboys. There's no in between.
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- 29 May 2023
Anonymous, 29 May 2023I dont think that is the case. Western world just have stri... moreI'm not talking standards
I'm talking about the propaganda against some brand
Saying untrue things
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- 29 May 2023
Anonymous, 29 May 2023Right now iQoo mostly available in some SEA (South East Asi... moreI dont think that is the case. Western world just have strict rules and quality standards with what the vivo dont want to deal with as it's under the BBK that also have OnePlus and that is all over the place to get. Even Realme is not all over the Europe and limited models end up here. And then again Poco is rebrand of Xiaomi phones that are a lot cheaper and probably are the competition for the vivo and realme and fail on that with higher prices. Also they are mostly China market only too these cheaper Xiaomi models for like F5 is the Note 12 Turbo that is like 270 euro based on gsma site price on the phone while F5 is 350 that is not realistic price as you cant get one with that price. I got a low price of 410 euro for the 8/256GB version that also was like only first week the phone end up in my country local stores as first weekend and then went back on 440 euro for the 8GB version and 12GB is 480 euro. It will probably take 2 months when the price will be at around 380 euro like i saw with X5 Pro that first 2 months was 360 euro and then drop to 320 euro. I was looking to get me x5 Pro at first and then i was waiting to see what will F5 be and thanks to that F5 have 3.5mm jack i bought it as if it would not had it then i would of gone with x5 pro.
Also there was some bend test i saw that the x5 pro was bending from under cameras to half while F5 didnt bend at all even tough plastic and all you would imagine it breaks in half.
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- 29 May 2023
Anonymous, 28 May 2023In East-North Europe i see no iqoo for sale.
I cant even f... moreRight now iQoo mostly available in some SEA (South East Asia) country.
I don't know if VIVO will sell it in Europe, as it seems to me that the western seems very hostile toward that brand from that particular country.
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- 28 May 2023
I will chose galaxy s23fe if it comes out any day above this phone, I can't do without usb3. And Samsung dex.
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- 28 May 2023
Anonymous, 28 May 2023iQoo
iQoo is like Poco
Focus on chip (performance)In East-North Europe i see no iqoo for sale.
I cant even find any phones in amazon.de as when i went with the iqoo in search i got some screen replacements that were at 300 euro plus in price for just the screen.
If that is only for India and China then it's not competition for Poco that is global market as India and Europe and probably other Asia and Africa countries too
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- 28 May 2023
Hanif Fikri, 28 May 2023They always said going for samsung.because of 4-5 years of ... moreI feel that those of people that suggesting Samsung doesn't make sense in their argument. Somehow it feels that they don't like a product from certain country and just talk nonsense
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- 28 May 2023
rizki1, 28 May 2023I want to seriously ask the more than 100 people who voted ... moreiQoo
iQoo is like Poco
Focus on chip (performance)
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- 28 May 2023
Anonymous, 28 May 2023Well you cant have all for 400 euro in F5.
7+ Gen 2 is alr... more"I dont know what Mediatek chip get close to 7 gen 2 or is better if there is one."
Dimensity 9000 is better than 7+ gen2 by about 5%-10%
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- oslikoff
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- 28 May 2023
What about the real price? Otherwise non of them will be interesting
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- 28 May 2023
Oh well, I gotta commend xiaomi for their recent actions. Hope samsung would see that their position in the market isn't permanent.
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- 28 May 2023
just a smile, 28 May 2023And Poco can't even offer 4k 60fps on F5 despite the c... moreAs i understand the camera and chip also support 8K recording so if you install a custom android on the phone you probably have this options too
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- 28 May 2023
Zuzuz, 28 May 2023If these phones had the cameras of Poco X series, they woul... moreWell you cant have all for 400 euro in F5.
7+ Gen 2 is already a flagship performance chip where only 8+ Gen 1, 8 Gen 2 and soon to release 8 gen 3 is better then that chip in flagship hardware.
I dont know what Mediatek chip get close to 7 gen 2 or is better if there is one.
Now on the camera part i would ask who actually needs 4k recording and on 60 fps in that matter ? Majority of people hardly ever use camera and they probably would also have it on standard around 720p or 1080p and is good enough for them.
Poco is option for people who want good performance phone and dont much care for the camera part and also dont care for the microSD card slot that only F1 had and none of the other F series had it after that so it's a surprise that they had 3.5mm jack back on F5
you have your options to have SD card slot in phones and better camera but you need to just give up on getting flagship performance if your not willing to pay for flagship price.
Poco F series has always being for performance first and cut corners on other hardware to get the cost down and also the cameras on F series have always being on par with other cameras on middle class phones.
I read somewhere that F5 have 720p with 960fps on camera. I would think that is more interesting feature then filming on 4K. To have fun slow motion videos with that 960fps over a bit better video quality.
Anyways who are even doing home videos now and then watch these on there 4k TV screens on 55 plus inch screens ?
As i understand younger people live only in there phones that also have only 1080p screens so what you get from 4K video on that screen ?
To be honest i prefer 720p or even 480p to have the picture blurry to hide a lot of effects that look really fake on 4K and so on.
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- 28 May 2023
Even with MIUI for POCO, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is an absolute beast. We have come to a point where an upper-midrange SoC is on par, if not beat its flagship brother. Put in USB3 with video output and custom Desktop Mode, and it can easily be the only computer an average consumer ever needs.
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- 28 May 2023
I want to know what better midranges there are at the moment.
This phone is solid in every way. The only downside would be its camera performance, that isn't on par with the best ones.
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- rizki1
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- 28 May 2023
I want to seriously ask the more than 100 people who voted "there are better mid rangers out there" what phone is that?
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- 28 May 2023
Anonymous, 28 May 2023I think it's the Samsung fanboys who chose 'There... moreThey always said going for samsung.because of 4-5 years of update from sam but at the same time they keep upgrading like almost every year xD. Updating os won't guarantee it gets better just take a look at previous flagship samsung. There is risk battery drain issue, more stutter lag and risk if having green line display appear after updates like s10-s21..s22 not sure yet