Poco X7 Pro review

15 January 2025


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Funny though, same main Sensor as the 2025 Poco M7 Pro 5G entry level phone, yikes. 50 MP, 1/1.95", go figure. I've said that before. Un-impressive. If one wants to see the IQ, check reviews on the web via M7 Pro 5G. For my taste, this is a entry level Main Sensor, too small, for a Poco "Pro" it's too little.

What's more, still that substandard 2019 8 MP UWA Cam, Xiaomi must have horted millions of these very old, cheapskate Sensors. Seriously, it's a shame to see that 8 MP UWA cam from 2019, still into 2025 and beyond...the 12/13 MP UWA Sensor from the Xiaomi 13T/Pro should be the current mininum standard for UWA cams into 2025. Anyway, i'd like to see a 50 MP UWA cam with 1/1.28" Sensor into this class, that would be cool, or at least 1/1.4" Sensor size.

Hard pass, next! Waiting for the F7 Ultra review. It's the only Xiaomi/Poco which is interesting these days, for my taste.

It's okay, if some guy doesn't agree, i have my own standards. This X7 Pro is pretty lame into 2025. You guys are not being photographers, for decades.

    So the battery increment was borne out of necessity rather than technological advancements.
    Doesn't this device support BT 6.0? So what improvements does it bring to the table?

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      • Anonymous
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      • 16 Jan 2025

      Hopicus, 16 Jan 2025Why are you over reacting? If you have no problem with ads,... moreThere are no ads mentioned in the review. You're clearly projecting too.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 16 Jan 2025

        Luke, 16 Jan 2025because they don't. if they would - I would know what ... moreIf there are issues or groundbreaking limitations in the phone, it would be mentioned in the review. You're assuming there are even though you've never used the phone.

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          • teu
          • 16 Jan 2025

          ashrobb, 15 Jan 2025Already have it. Good stuff... Still unoptimized but that&#... moreI only dislike using Gorilla Glass 7i instead of victus or Victus 2. Due to loweer drop resistance

            Anonymous, 16 Jan 2025Why are you projecting so much? If there's something ... moreWhy are you over reacting? If you have no problem with ads, you can buy xaiomi phones.

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              • 16 Jan 2025

              Anonymous, 16 Jan 2025Why are you projecting so much? If there's something ... morebecause they don't. if they would - I would know what I'm going to deal with when buying. Now they simply do not tell the issues/groundbreaking limitations in their "reviews"... it's called customer misleading.

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                • Anonymous
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                • 16 Jan 2025

                Luke, 16 Jan 2025We did. Not a word of what we all actually ask and care abo... moreWhy are you projecting so much? If there's something wrong with the software, it would be mentioned in the review.

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                  • 16 Jan 2025

                  Anonymous, 16 Jan 2025"We were also impressed by the smoothness of the Hyper... moreWe did. Not a word of what we all actually ask and care about ... Ads, bloatware, system apps, simple bugs in UI (reported by many with hos2 in last 3 weeks), battery drain in idle mode, Bluetooth stability and codecs, android auto, etc..
                  there's literally nothing meaningful, apart from "ai is there, it's smooth..." Hence we keep asking and asking around

                    A big battery is useless when the optimisation is terrible.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 16 Jan 2025

                      Anonymous, 16 Jan 2025These days it is all about software. Who cares about fast h... more"We were also impressed by the smoothness of the HyperOS 2 and its AI options."

                      Did you not read the review?

                        the AI Sky feature was available in older Redmi phones. But is missing in the recent Redmi phones (including the one I'm using rn). Nice to see it back. I miss this cool feature.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 16 Jan 2025

                          These days it is all about software. Who cares about fast hardware when there is no optimization.

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                            • 16 Jan 2025

                            Honestly, I am a bit surprised with the camera results. Not the best overall, but the 8400's ISP and Xiaomi's image processing seem do be doing quite a few night magic (not so much in the day though).
                            Great performance, good camera(s), nice design, fast charging, good (or meh) battery...

                            For the price, the tradeoffs are worth it.

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                              • 16 Jan 2025

                              What impresses me most is the sustained performance. MediaTek did an amazing job!

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                                • 16 Jan 2025

                                enpy, 15 Jan 2025It's a huge increase over the X6 Pro.It's not huge.

                                  Okay, I love this phone now.

                                  I think it's quite awesome of them to pick iron man as a theme. Not just because I'm a huge fan of iron man, but also because there has never been any marvel movie since endgame with iron man in it. It's not particularly a trendy character nowadays, so I appreciate they still did it.

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                                    • 16 Jan 2025

                                    I wonder how cool people think Iron Men is?

                                      rizki1, 16 Jan 2025Redmi Note has lost to Realme 14 Pro+ in the global market ... moreRealme will launch a phone almost identical to this in China. Same processor and main camera. Also 1.5k flat screen. Probably a slightly bigger 7000mAh battery. No idea if it will get a global launch though. Realme is still not as widely available

                                        Imagine Xiaomi fixing it's OS issues. Imagine.
                                        Btw guys don't feel bad about not getting the bigger Indian 6500mah battery variant. The 500mah difference won't make any noticeable difference.