The Poco F5 and F5 Professional are two fan-favorite mid-rangers from final 12 months and it’s simple to see why – they punch above their weight by way of efficiency and show high quality. They’d some drawbacks, in fact, however the worth for cash they provided was excellent.
Now Xiaomi is unveiling the F6 duo that improves on a number of the areas the place their F5 predecessors have been missing.
Poco F6
The Xiaomi Poco F6 is supplied with a flagship-grade chipset – the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. The brand new chipset is fabbed on a 4nm TSMC course of and options the newest Cortex-X4 and Adreno 725 for an all-round greater efficiency in comparison with the 7+ Gen 2 chip of the F5.
The Poco F6 brings a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset
The bottom reminiscence configuration continues to be 8/256GB, however this 12 months Xiaomi gives extra extra storage with the optionally available improve to 12/512GB (that is LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage).
The F5 show had sensible colours and it’s not that the 1080p+ decision was dangerous, however the F6 brings a 1.5K show (so must be within the 1200p+ vary). It’s a 6.67” OLED panel with 120Hz refresh charge, 100% DCI-P3 and Dolby Imaginative and prescient. It does as much as 1,200 nits in excessive brightness mode, bu the height brightness is 2,400 nits. The show makes use of 1,920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming.
6.7” 1.5K OLED show with 120Hz refresh charge
Ruggedness is one other space the place the F5 was good, not nice. The Poco F6 is an enchancment on that with an IP64 score (up from IP53) and Gorilla Glass Victus (up from GG5).
One space that didn’t get a lot love is the digicam. The primary module makes use of a Sony IMX882, a 50MP sensor with 0.7µm pixels (the identical pixel dimension because the 64MP sensor of the earlier mannequin). OIS continues to be on board, although. The 8MP digicam is just about the identical as final 12 months. The selfie digicam did get a small improve to a 20MP sensor (up from 16MP).
Poco F6 colorways: Black • Inexperienced • Titanium
Like final 12 months, the F6 brings stereo audio system, however sadly there is no such thing as a 3.5mm headphone jack this time round. Different connectivity options embrace NFC (area dependent) and an IR blaster.
F6 upgrades to 90W wired charging (charger included)
Lastly, the F5 had a reasonably stable battery with 5,000mAh capability and 67W charging, the F6 sweetens the pot with a sooner charging charge of 90W (nonetheless wired solely).
Poco F6 Professional
The Poco F6 Professional is a extra premium mannequin and has a number of key benefits over its vanilla sibling. For starters, it makes use of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. Although it’s a technology older than the 8s, it has the higher GPU and better clock speeds maintain its CPU aggressive. As for the F5 Professional, that had the older 8+ Gen 1 chipset, so it is a correct generational enchancment.
Poco F6 Professional with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
The reminiscence configurations are 12/256GB and 12/512GB and now there’s a 16GB/1TB choice too (though that’s reserved for choose markets). That is LPDD5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage once more.
As much as 16GB of RAM and 1TB storage
One other improve over the F6 is the sharper 6.67 1440p+ show with a better peak brightness of 4,000 nits (excessive brightness mode continues to be 1,200 nits) and a sooner 3,840Hz PWM dimming. This can be a 12-bit OLED panel, by the way in which.
6.67” QHD+ show with 120Hz refresh charge
Xiaomi rethought the battery configuration this 12 months. The F6 Professional has a 5,000mAh battery with 120W quick charging (each Pocos include the precise charger within the field). It will get a full cost in simply 19 minutes, however wi-fi charging has been lower – for comparability, the F5 Professional had a 5,160mAh battery with 67W wired and 30W wi-fi charging.
The 5,000mAh battery will be charged to 100% in 19 minutes
The digicam is an honest improve over final 12 months’s mannequin, however this isn’t a digicam telephone. The primary module encompasses a 50MP sensor with bigger 1.0µm sensors (up from 64MP 0.7µm) and has a brighter f/1.6 aperture (vs. f/1.8) with OIS on board. The extremely huge continues to be a fundamental 8MP unit and there’s no tele module, the selfie digicam has a 16MP sensor.
A brand new 50MP digicam with bigger pixels and a brighter aperture
Surprisingly, Xiaomi doesn’t point out about something concerning the display glass or the mud and water safety of the telephone (the F5 Professional had IP53).
Poco F6 Professional colorways: black and white
The Poco F6 is offered beginning immediately with the bottom mannequin (8/256GB) priced at $380, whereas the reminiscence upgraded model (12/512GB) is $430. That stated, early fowl patrons will truly get these fashions at $340 and $380, respectively. The F6 might be out there from a number of retailers and carriers (and Xiaomi itself, in fact). In the UK, Xiaomi’s on-line retailer has the costs at £400 (discounted to £340 for the time being) for 8/256GB reminiscence and £450 (all the way down to £370) for the 12/512GB one. In Germany the 2 variations are €450 (all the way down to €390) and €500 (all the way down to €420). It is also out there on Amazon Germany.
The Poco F6 Professional can be launching immediately priced at $500 for the 12/256GB mannequin, $550 for 12/512GB and $630 for 16GB/1TB. Nevertheless, the primary gross sales might be at $50 much less that these costs. In Germany, the 12/256GB Professional is €500 on Amazon and the 12/512GB one is €550.
In India, Flipkart will begin promoting the Poco F6 on Might 29. The common costs are ₹30,000 for the 8/256GB mannequin, ₹32,000 for the 12/256GB one and ₹34,000 for the highest 12/512GB model. Nevertheless, the primary sale costs might be ₹4,000 decrease than that. And the cherry on high is an prolonged 1+1 12 months guarantee. The Professional mannequin isn’t coming to India.
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