POCO X4 Pro 5G is the brand’s latest smartphone with flagship-level experience, which aims to offer great price to performance value. Flagship features include a 120Hz AMOLED display, 108MP camera, Snapdragon 5G processor, and 67W turbo charging. For those who don’t seek that much performance can opt for the POCO M4 Pro, which packs a 90Hz AMOLED display combined with dual speakers, a 64MP main camera, powered by MediaTek Helio G96, and 33W Pro fast charging.
POCO X4 Pro 5G
POCO X4 Pro 5G’s large 6.67″ AMOLED DotDisplay screen operates at a 120Hz refresh rate to offer smooth and immersive experience. This is the first time that POCO employs AMOLED for X-series. The display also features a 360Hz touch sampling rate, meaning less lag on every action on the screen. The AMOLED of 2400 x 1080 FHD+ resolution is DCI-P3 wide color accurate.
POCO X4 Pro 5G has a 108MP sensor and measures in at 1/1.52″, making it one of the world’s highest resolution sensors available. This is paired with the sensor’s 9-in-1 binning technology, allowing more light to be captured for improved clarity. The 108MP main lens is accompanied by an 8MP ultra-wide lens and a 2MP micro camera on the rear, while a 16MP sensor sits on the front. On the software front, POCO X4 Pro 5G comes with a range of features such as a panoramic selfie option, slow motion, dual-video, time-lapse video, super macro, movie filters and kaleidoscope.
POCO X4 Pro 5G is powered by a Snapdragon 695 5G processor built on 6nm production technology allowing flagship-level speed and efficiency. The octa-core CPU is headed up by two Arm Cortex-A78 performance cores that can reach speeds up to 2.2GHz. In addition to 8GB of RAM, POCO X4 Pro 5G offers an extra 3GB transformed from the 256GB of ROM thanks to Dynamic RAM Expansion Technology.
Inside, there is a 5,000mAh battery, which offers 15 hours video playback, 25 hours of reading, 191 hours of music playing back to back. Thanks to 67W turbo charging, POCO X4 Pro 5G can charge 70% in just 22 minutes, and can be fully charged in only 41 minutes. In addition, POCO X4 Pro 5G is equipped with dual speakers, and a Z-axis linear motor for stronger vibrations with a crisper and more accurate feedback while gaming. The smartphone also supports the all-new MIUI 13, with new features and performance improvements.
POCO M4 Pro
POCO M4 Pro features a 6.43-inch AMOLED DotDisplay for the first time in any POCO M series, and has a 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sampling rate. It has DCI-P3 wide gamut and can automatically adjust its brightness. A feature called Reading Mode 3.0 allows users to switch to a warmer color temperature, or add a paper texture to the text background. All of this runs at 2400 x 1800 FHD+ resolution.
POCO M4 Pro is equipped with a triple camera setup with a 64MP main camera, coupled with an 8MP ultra-wide camera at 118° angle, and a 2MP macro lens. The triple camera also comes with features such as slow motion video, time-lapse video, and night mode. The front camera is a 16MP lens.
POCO M4 Pro weighs in at just 179.5g and is 8.09mm thick, making it the lightest POCO smartphone to date. Despite the light weight, the smartphone packs a 5,000mAh battery that can last more than two days. The 33W fast charging full recharges the smartphone in only an hour, and just 10 minutes of charging will provide two hours of video playback.
As for internals, POCO M4 Pro carries the MediaTek Helio G96, with a 2.05GHz octa-core CPU and ARM Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. There is POCO’s LiquidCool Technology 1.0 Plus designed to keep moderate temperate. The onboard 8GB of RAM can be expanded further via its Dynamic RAM Expansion Technology, allowing transfer of an extra 3GB from the 256GB of ROM. Storage can be expanded to up to 1TB. POCO M4 Pro also comes with dual speakers, a Z-axis linear motor for responsive haptic feedback, and the all-new MIUI 13.
Where to buy
POCO X4 Pro 5G will come in three colors, Laser Black, Laser Blue, and POCO Yellow. It will also be available in two variants: 6GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB.
- 6GB + 128GB: Recommended retail price at SGD 399 exclusively via Shopee.
- 8GB + 256GB: Recommended retail price at SGD 449 exclusively via Shopee.
The POCO M4 Pro will also come in three colors, Power Black, Cool Blue, and POCO Yellow. It will also be available in two variants: 6GB+128GB and 8GB+256GB.
- 6GB + 128GB: Recommended retail price at SGD 349, exclusively on Lazada.
- 8GB + 256GB: Recommended retail price at SGD 399 exclusively on Lazada.
There are limited early bird prices for both POCO X4 Pro 5G starting from SGD 379 and SGD 429 and POCO M4 SGD 299 and SGD 349, respectively on March 3rd via leading e-commerce platforms as mentioned above.
I like the new Poco M4 pro 5g too. It is really a cheap phone with a heavyweight of a mediatek processor.