The Poco F5 5G was launched in India today (May 9) coinciding with the global launch event, where additionally the Poco F5 Pro was also launched
The Poco F5 5G is the first phone in India to bring the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chipset
Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is expected to deliver over 50 percent more CPU performance than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. The POCO F5 comes with a 3725mm² vapor chamber and 14 layers of graphite sheets. The diversion groove of the vapor chamber is expected to improve the heat dissipation capacity
The Poco F5 features a 6.67-inch screen with a 2400x1080px resolution. The panel refreshes at 120Hz and the peak brightness is capped at 1000 nits
The Poco F5 comes equipped with a triple camera setup at the back featuring a 64MP f/1.8 main shooter, an 8MP ultrawide shooter, and a 2MP macro cam and a 16MP camera in the front
The Poco F5 5G will go on sale on May 16 exclusively on Flipkart in three colour options, Carbon Black, Snowstorm White, and Electric Blue. Poco F5 price starts at Rs 29,999 for the 8GB RAM, 256 GB variant while the 12GB RAM, 256 GB version will cost Rs 33,999. However, with the sale day offer, the prices for the variants are being offered at discounted rates of Rs 26,999 and Rs 30,999 respectively
The Poco F5 Pro was also launched today but the phone is yet to be launched in India
The Poco F5 Pro features a 6.67-inch 3200x1440px 120Hz AMOLED display with 1400 nits of peak brightness. A triple camera setup at the back features a 64MP f/1.8 main shooter with 1.4μm pixels, an 8MP f/2.2 fixed-focus ultrawide shooter, and a 2MP f/2.4 macro cam. It also comes with a 16MP selfie camera
Poco F5 Pro price starts from $449 in the US. An early bird discount is also being offered bringing the price down to $429