Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo

Design and build quality the Poco F5 isn't exactly brand new it's a rebranded version of Xiaomi's redmi note 12 turbo which was released in Asia but at least for the Poco family it's a fresh phase compared to the previous Poco F4 you get an upgraded chipset and a larger battery plus the new model is noticeably lighter at just 181 grams we have the phone in a wide gradient finish which has an interesting bluish pattern underneath both the back and the frame are made of plastic and the phone is overall quite comfy to hold it would be hard to mix up the Poco F5 with the F5 Pro, the design is quite different including the arrangement of the cameras that's a bit funny because the cameras are exactly the same on the non-pro and the pro model both models also have ip53 rated Ingress Protection as is typical for xiaomi mid-rangers these days Display quality test the display of the Poco F5 is a 6.67 inch AMOLED with a 120hz refresh rate and Gorilla Glass 5 protection it's basically the same panel as on its predecessor of the Poco F4 that doesn't mean it's bad though far from it the display is contrasty and color accurate and the support for HDR 10 plus video Adobe vision and 12-bit color depth the display is also quite bright we measured a maximum of 470 nits with the manual brightness slider which can boost up to 960 nits in auto mode and the smooth 120hz refresh rate can dial down automatically to 60 hertz when idling or playing certain content or apps for audio the vanilla Poco F5 has a traditional headphone jack unlike the Speaker quality test pro model and there's a pair of stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support they have very good loudness and highs and vocals sound clean but bass is lacking your nightmare Side-mounted fingerprint scanner & Storage options you can wake up and unlock the Poco F5 with a side-mounted fingerprint reader built into the power button and the phone comes with 256 gigs of storage on board and that isn't expandable through microSD MIUI 14, Android 13 the Poco F5 runs the latest xiaomi user interface MIUI 14 on top of Android 13. it's the Poco flavored version though meaning a few small differences from most Xiaomi phones like an always-on App Drawer you can check out our dedicated video if you'd like to dive further into the specifics of MIUI 14. Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 one of the more unique features of the Poco F5 is that it brings a new chipset it's a Snapdragon 7 plus Gen 2 built upon a 4 nanometer process it's the first time we've encountered it in person and it's very different from the previous Snapdragon 7 gen 1. overall the performance here is quite impressive the Poco F5 blows all Challengers away in the mid-range Market at least those running on less than Flagship tier silicon there's plenty of power here for your multitasking and gaming needs Thermal management the Poco f5's thermal management that was a little underwhelming considering its Advanced passive cooling system the performance throttled down during our prolonged stress test and not in the smoothest way either Battery life and charging speed test the Poco F5 has a larger 5000 milliamp hour battery compared to 4 500 in the previous model as you'd expect the battery life is better here with the Poco F5 earned an endurance rating of 118 hours in our tests the Poco F5 also supports 67 watts fast charging and it is fast able to charge the phone from 0 to 83 percent in half an hour Cameras like I mentioned earlier the Poco F5 has the same camera setup as the Pro a 64 megapixel main Cam and 8-megapixel Ultra wide and a 2-megapixel macro camera Main camera overall the main cam shows a nice improvement over the previous model maybe thanks to better processing with the new chipset during the day these 16 megapixel photos have a great level of detail good sharpness and wide dynamic range the colors are vibrant and maybe just a little over the top when it comes to the Green Grass and foliage if there's plenty of light portrait mode shots come out well with plenty of detail and true-to-life colors the separation from the Blurred background can be a bit off in complex scenes though after dark the Poco f5's main cam still doesn't disappoint there's impressive sharpness and plenty of fine detail the colors are on point and the dynamic the range is more than adequate still, you may see clipped highlights in some scenes night mode photos look great at first glance but look closely and you'll see that Xiaomi went overboard with the sharpening and noise suppression here at At least the highlights are restored and the images brightened up a bit the main cam can record video and up to 4K resolution at 30fps it's very nice with vibrant colors good dynamic range and adequate contrast the electronic stabilization does a good job as well Ultrawide camera now let's talk about the ultra-wide cam it's able to provide decent results in good lighting conditions detail and sharpness although impressive are okay dynamic range is also alright and we like the colors and contrast at night though the ultrawide photos are dark and leave a lot to be desired with night mode on the highlights get restored but the photos overall look rather blurry for videos, the ultra-wide cam can record in 1080P resolution these clips have decent colors and contrast but they're lacking in sharpness detail and dynamic rangeMacro camera don't forget about the 2-megapixel macro camera actually there's not much to get excited about here and selfies come from the 16 megapixel front-facing cam there's plenty of detail in these shots and the sharpness isn't too bad but the colors seem a bit lifeless and all of the samples look grainy Conclusion so that's the Poco F5 it's quite a solid mid-range all around with a chart topping chipset nice speakers and display good battery life and fast charging the camera performance is also pretty good for the class you can find mid-rangers for cheaper but for this price tier, the Poco F5 has plenty to offer and it's definitely worth recommending thanks for watching guys if you're on