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The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is a smartphone with flagship hardware, which has a good camera and long battery life but costs less than €350 (~$404). Find out in this review whether Xiaomi’s concept of an affordable flagship works and what cuts have been made to keep the cost down.
The Pocophone has a large 6.18-inch IPS display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. There is a 128 GB variant too, which costs an additional €40 (~$46). Moreover, the Pocophone has expandable storage, dual rear-facing cameras and a 4,000-mAh battery. Xiaomi has Honor and OnePlus in their sights with the Pocophone as its specifications suggest.
Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Full Specifications
| NETWORK |
Technology |
GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
| 3G bands |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands |
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
| Speed |
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps |
| GPRS |
Yes |
| EDGE |
Yes |
| LAUNCH |
Announced |
2018, August |
| Status |
Available. Released 2018, August |
| BODY |
Dimensions |
155.5 x 75.3 x 8.8 mm (6.12 x 2.96 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight |
180 g (6.35 oz) |
| Build |
Front glass, plastic body |
| SIM |
Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY |
Type |
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size |
6.18 inches, 96.2 cm2 (~82.2% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution |
1080 x 2246 pixels, 18.7:9 ratio (~403 ppi density) |
| Multitouch |
Yes |
| Protection |
Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) |
|
– MIUI 9.6 (POCO customization) |
| PLATFORM |
OS |
Android 8.1 (Oreo) |
| Chipset |
Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 |
| CPU |
Octa-core (4×2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) |
| GPU |
Adreno 630 |
| MEMORY |
Card slot |
microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
| Internal |
256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA |
Dual |
12 MP, f/1.9, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF
5 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm, depth sensor |
| Features |
Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video |
2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 1080p@240fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA |
Single |
20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm |
| Features |
HDR |
| Video |
1080p@30fps |
| SOUND |
Alert types |
Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker |
Yes, with stereo speakers |
| 3.5mm jack |
Yes |
|
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS |
WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot |
| Bluetooth |
5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD |
| GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Radio |
FM radio, recording |
| USB |
2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES |
Sensors |
Infrared face recognition, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass |
| Messaging |
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser |
HTML5 |
|
– Fast battery charging 9V/2A (Quick Charge 3.0)
– MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.265 player
– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer |
| BATTERY |
|
Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| MISC |
Colors |
Graphite Black, Steel Blue, Rosso Red, Armored Edition with Kevlar |
| Price |
About €300 EUR/$350 USD |
| TESTS |
Performance |
Basemark OS II: 4034 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 3713
Basemark X: 43652 |
| Display |
Contrast ratio: 1468:1 (nominal), 3.059 (sunlight) |
| Camera |
Photo / Video |
| Loudspeaker |
Voice 72dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 86dB |
| Audio quality |
Noise -93.6dB / Crosstalk -93.8dB |
| Battery life |
Endurance rating 94h
|
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