Poco F7 review
Display
The display is definitely one of the highlights of the Poco F7. It comes with a spacious 6.83-inch AMOLED panel. It has 12-bit color depth, a 120Hz refresh rate and 3840Hz PWM dimming. The display is also HDR10+ and Dolby Vision-certified. It's covered by Gorilla Glass 7i.
Poco claims that the F7's display can reach an impressive 3,200 nits of peak brightness with 1,800 nits of whole display brightness and 800 nits of typical brightness.
In our usual standardized tests, we measured 753 nits of brightness by maxing out the slider and also toggling the extra brightness toggle in settings.
In auto mode, exposed to a bright light source, the F7 managed a max brightness of 1,525 nits. That's very good and enough for a pleasant viewing experience even in sunlight.
The screen itself looks very nice, with impressively slim bezels and absolutely no contrast or color shift when looking at it an angle.
Max display brightness test
White test pattern, 75% fill (nits)
- Manual mode
- Auto mode
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Refresh rate
The F7's refresh rate settings are just like those on every other Xiaomi. You can just leave it in the 'Default' (full auto) mode or opt for one of two Custom modes (120Hz and 60Hz ceilings).
This is not an LTPO panel so there's not a whole lot of adaptiveness to the behavior either way - in Default and Custom 120Hz modes, you can expect it to switch down to 60Hz when idling to preserve battery, but that's about it. We never saw a 90Hz mode in action, and we didn't get anything below 60Hz.
The 120Hz mode's key advantage over the Default mode is that it allows you to set per-app refresh rate values. Hence, you can try to force some apps and games to use high refresh rates or limit others at 60Hz to save power. Our usual selection of games ran trouble-free above the 60fps mark as reported by the HypreOS gaming utility, whether in Default or in Custom 120Hz mode.
Streaming and HDR
The F7 supports Dolby Vision, in addition to HDR10+ and HDR10. We got HDR streams on YouTube and Netflix, where the app reported HDR10 and Dolby Vision compliance. The Widevine L1 certification ensures high-res video playback of DRM-protected content.
Battery life
We have the international version of the Poco F7, which means that our unit has a 6,500 mAh battery. The Indian version gets a larger 7,550 mAh pack.
We did our usual standardized testing and got a pretty great 14:45 Active Use Score for the Poco F7.
The slightly bigger battery compared to the F7 Pro has definitely paid off. Still, ideally, we would have expected even longer battery life judging by the battery capacity alone but it is what it is.
There are a few battery protection options in settings. Instead of charging your phone fully to 100% you can set it to only charge to 80%. In case that is too restrictive for you, there is also a Smart charging option which promises to learn your routine and only charge to 80% when applicable. There is also a special “Cold endurance mode” that limits device performance in order to extend battery life in colder environments.
Charging speed
Our Poco F7 arrived bundled with a 90W charger right in the box. It uses a proprietary USB Type-A to Type-C cable, so if you don't get a charger with your phone, it's best to buy one of these if you care about getting the fastest possible charging speeds.
Expectedly, charging is really quick. Even with its larger 6,500 mAh battery, the F7 charges nearly as quickly as the F7 Pro. Just be sure to enable charging boost when you plug it in.
Charging speed
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- in 30 min
- Time to full charge (from 0%)
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The Poco F7 does not support wireless charging.
Speakers - loudness and quality
Like the Poco F7 Pro and Ultra, the regular Poco F7 has one bottom-firing speaker and an amplified earpiece as a second channel. While the F7 Ultra maintains strict channel separation, the F7 and the F7 Pro adopt the more common (for a Xiaomi) approach of having each speaker play the opposite channel's track at a lower level - it's moderately strange that there's such a discrepancy between the models. However, we have no strong feelings one way or the other.
In our testing, the Poco F7 only manages a GOOD loudness rating, compared to the VERY GOOD rating of the Poco F7 Pro. In absolute terms, the loudness difference between the two is not that significant.
The audio output quality is pretty good, but far from perfect. Mids are generally clear, though not as clear as on the Pro. On the flip side, the vanilla F7 has a bit more bass.
Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.
Connectivity
The Poco F7 supports simultaneous SA/NSA Sub-6 connectivity on both of its Nano-SIM card slots. Unfortunately, our global review unit does not support eSIM.
The phone has GPS (L1+L5), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC (L5) and GLONASS for positioning.
Local connectivity is handled by dual-band Wi-Fi 7. It is impressive that the F7 has Wi-Fi 7, but it should be noted that it does not support the 6 GHz band.
There is also Bluetooth 5.4 with LE, aptX and LHDC 5 support. The F7 also has NFC.
Update: There is an on-board IR blaster, but you may not notice it immediately because it's not in the top frame. It's housed in the camera island, which is a more convenient position as you can see your screen well while still pointing it to the appliance you intend to control.
A simple USB 2.0 data connection backs up the Type-C port. That means a theoretical max data transfer rate of 480 Mbps. The phone has OTG/Host support, but nothing fancy like video output.
The Poco F7 has a decent set of sensors under its belt. There is a STMicto LSM6DSV accelerometer and gyroscope combo, a QST QMC630 magnetometer and compass combo, an amsAG TSL2522 light sensor and a Xiaomi-branded virtual proximity sensor. Still, it does a fairly good job of turning off the display during calls. There is no barometer.
Reader comments
- Venkat
- 1 hour ago
- xjH
bought poco f7 limited edition. direct upgrade from xiaomi 11t pro,.there is no heating issue at all. im living on avarage temprature 35 to 40 degree. i dont play games. usage like web browsing, youtube, facebook,insta,.. sot is 9+ hours on two days ...
- rambos-second-cousin
- 09 Jul 2025
- tVt
The Poco F series will get 4 years Android updates, 6 years security patches. So this is not exactly disposable. Go down further in price and yes budget phones are pretty much disposable but at sub USD$100 prices, how can they not be? Even USD$200 - ...
- Realdonaldshrump
- 08 Jul 2025
- au$
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