Today has been the day expected by many Xiaomi fans, as the Chinese firm has officially presented the POCO F2 Pro, the successor to the iconic POCO F1, a team that came to break the market thanks to its aggressive cost/benefit ratio, and now, 2 years after such introduction, and after believing that the POCO brand was dead, the POCO F2 Pro has been introduced, will it be as important as its predecessor again?
POCO F2 Pro Technical Specifications
- Screen: 6.67-inch AMOLED compatible with HDR10 +
- Resolution: Full HD +
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
- RAM:
- 6/8 GB
- LPDDR5
- Internal storage:
- 128/256 GB
- UFS 3.1
- Rear camera:
- Main: 64 MP, f / 1.7, SuperPixel
- Depth sensor: 2 MP
- Ultra wide-angle: 13 MP, 123 degrees
- Macro: 5 MP
- Video: 8K
- Front camera: 20 MP
- Pop-up system
- Battery: 4,700 mAh
- 30W fast charge
- No wireless charging
- Connectivity:
- 5G
- WiFi 6
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Operating system: Android 10
- Little Launcher 2.0
- Others:
- Graphene cooling system.
- USB-C
- 3.5mm jack
- Widevine L1 certification
- On-screen fingerprint reader
- Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back
A team focused on speed
POCO has gone head-to-head against 2 of today’s best Android phones, the Galaxy S20 + and OnePlus 8 Pro, phones that were compared all the time against the Poco F2, and which were beaten in virtually every Xiaomi performance test. , heat dispersion, autonomy and camera, at least according to the tests carried out by the company.
The POCO F2 Pro is a phone focused on speed, for this they have worked to optimize the Qualcomm processor so that it goes much better in combination with its technologies and software, in fact, they affirm that this equipment is faster than the OnePlus 8 Pro, phones that year after year always boast of being the fastest on the market thanks to the integration of hardware/software that OnePlus does.
In the part of the operating system, we have Android 10 with Poco Launcher 2.0, which has received certain improvements and has also fed a bit of what we have seen in MIUI 11 and what we will see in MIUI 12.
Likewise, POCO has been in charge of reminding us that, unlike other manufacturers, they do have the Play Store installed on their device.
Another thing to be applauded is that this model comes with the Widevine L1 certification, which was one of the great headaches of its successor, as this certification is what allows you to see copyrighted content such as Netflix, Prime Video or YouTube. in HD resolution.
A screen against trends
POCO has decided to go against trends, according to them because the hole in the screen can be annoying for some users, especially those who use the phone a lot to play or watch multimedia content. For this reason, there is no notch and there is no hole on the screen, then? Well, LITTLE is still betting on the retractable or pop-up camera that became fashionable last year.
This is somewhat strange because Xiaomi itself has quickly adopted the hole in the screen, however, POCO has wanted to differentiate itself from the rest of the manufacturers so far this year.
Price and availability: the return of the flagship killer
We got to the interesting part, the price, which is that due to the tendency of high-end smartphones to raise their prices, one would expect this equipment to cost at least $ 800 or $ 900, but no, it is not.
Prices are as follows:
- 6 GB + 128: 499 euros (approximately 13 thousand pesos).
- 8 GB + 256 GB: 599 euros (approximately 17,500 MXN)
Sale starts today, and will soon be available on Amazon. In the case of Mexico, availability has not been mentioned yet, but we will probably see it arrive in our market in the coming months.