In August, it will be five years since the launch of the legendary Pocophone F1, a mobile phone that we’ve recently returned to and has left its mark on the mid-range before and after. his philosophy Eliminate the unnecessary to deliver top-notch performanceand this has permeated to this day.

And a new generation has just been introduced: the LITTLE F5 and LITTLE F5 Pro (we already have an analysis on Xataka) and these are mobiles with other interesting parts but continue to bet on power. . Despite we have a cell phone for a few daysis not sufficient to make as complete an analysis as possible, but there are some first impressions of this POCO F5 So you can measure its temperature.

Technical page of POCO F5

The design takes it a step down and makes great use of the screen front

Before we get into the power and performance, let’s talk a little bit about the exterior, because here I found some lights and shadows. Here we went one step down from previous generations.. Both the POCO F3 and POCO F4 had a glass back that was lost in this generation, relying on plastic and offering a less premium feel in the hand.

This glossy black color collects fingerprints which is nice but at least there’s a silicone case in the box which is always good. We also have a courtesy guard and two types of guards: Gorilla Glass 5 and IP53 certification for the display.

The edges – plastic – feel good to me, and there are times when it doesn’t actually look like plastic, and it’s surprising. Return of 3.5mm headphone jack. The POCO F4 didn’t, so we got something.

Where we win is the screen, not so much in terms of panel, it’s extremely similar to the previous generation but in front use. According to Xiaomi, screen occupies 93.4% of the frontit’s an impressive figure and it shows how thin the bezels are.

Narrow bezels and physical proximity sensor. Very little.

In this sense, the POCO F5 has a higher quality appearance. and I like that these frames are practically symmetrical. Something you can expect from a high-end Samsung, very good for the Chinese company. Brightness is more than enough for watching content outdoorsbut there’s one thing that needs tweaking: auto-brightness.

During these first four days at the terminal, I noticed: never reaches 100% brightness outdoors and indoors, there are times when it is above or below what it should be, and when it exhibits erratic behavior. The summary was that I had to manually change the brightness.

I will go into detail about the screen in my POCO F5 review, but I must say that it is ideal for consuming content such as series, anime, and above all, video games with strong and saturated colors. The sampling is correct, the refresh rate is 60 or 120 Hz and it looks great.

Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 sweeps the competition and MIUI 14 flies for POCO

And of course, SoC is responsible for transporting video gamesAnd here we have good news. Xiaomi has opted for the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, a move that currently puts it above almost the entire range.

In fact, it surpasses the Xiaomi 13 Lite, which was released just a few weeks ago (assembles the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1), and I like both the performance in synthetic tests and the energy efficiency, temperature management and good friends a priori. MIUI 14 for POCO.

Here we leave you a comparative table. criteria, but as we always point out, no matter how high the number is, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the performance is monstrous. But in this case it is true.

In the days I analyzed this POCO F5, I had no overheating issues. no performance degradation. Yes, Honkai: It’s heating up with Star Rail, but that’s normal given the fact that we’re approaching summer and the game is very challenging.

As for the system, MIUI 14 flies for POCO. I didn’t have any major bugs (other than transparent notifications when watching a video in full screen or music card controls where dark mode doesn’t look very good), animations are very, very fast and everything is smooth. feels electric.

It’s a shame to say It reminds me of the feelings I had with OnePlus a few years ago.. Now there’s a ton bloatware with pre-installed apps and games. Fortunately, they can be deleted in bulk, but the amount of pre-installed software some brands offer is overwhelming.

And about the battery, I still have a few cycles, but I took two measurements 36 hours and a total of 31 hours with four hours and quarters and approximately five hours of screen respectively. The charge is 67W, and the included charger managed to fill 5,000mAh from 0% to 100% in 52 minutes.

Three rear cameras, of which you’ll only use two

Of all the tests we have to run, the battery and cameras are the most time-consuming. So we can only give a few brushstrokes on some first impressions, but it’s enough for you to more or less know what to find.

In the POCO F5 we find a triple system. a main camera with a sensor of 64 Mpx. It has an aperture of f/1.79 and 1.4 micron pixels, and in some samples we see it leaning towards slightly oversaturated rendering and above all slightly elevated lights.

Then we leave a comparison between portrait mode (on the right) and automatic mode. so you can see depth of field without resorting to software portrait:

And here I leave you two internal examples, so you can see how the image and detail work:

Wide angle 8 megapixels and manages straight lines well as long as we position ourselves correctly. The render is similar to the main render, but we have less detail due to the drop in resolution.

And finally we have a 2 Mpx macro which is not very inviting to use and 16 Mpx sensor on the front. Again, we’ll leave you with more examples in the analysis, and we’ll dig deeper to consider parts like video, HDR, fine detail, rendering, and front camera.

Power commitment over a truly complex range

As I repeat throughout the text, this is only the first view of POCO F5 and we will publish the analysis when we can test the terminal in depth, but these initial feelings are quite positive.

I think it’s a step back in design and materials, but taking advantage of the front of the screen and very good performance is of course very strong reason to buy for many users..

The price of the POCO F5 starts at 379.99 euros For the 8GB RAM version with 256GB memory. This price is an introductory price and will increase to 429.99 Euros from 16 May. The version with 12GB of RAM plus 256GB of storage will be available for €399.99 at a price of €479.99 as of May 16.