Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo Longterm Review
Introduction:
Poco F series devices have been relatively new to the flagship device market in recent years and the family has recently split into two. . with high performance chipset.
This is true again this year, but after the announcement of the Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro, we noticed an interesting change. You're much more interested in the vanilla F5 than the F5 Pro, and we're guessing that depends on the price of each device. offer. The F5 Pro is not bad, don't get me wrong, but compared to the previous Poco F series, it is not very good either.
On the other hand, on paper the Poco F5 seems suitable for many people, so we want to see how it holds up in everyday life over the long term. I used it as my only smartphone. Thus was born this comprehensive review.
It is also important to note that the Poco F5 is identical to the Redmi Note 12 Turbo and is sold under this name in some markets. It's been a while since we tried to understand the awfulness of Xiaomi's name and distribution, but we thought it was important information for you to know in this review. For simplicity, we'll call this phone Poco F5 because it's a shorter name, but know that everything we say about this phone also applies to its sibling.
Beyond that, it's also worth noting that the F5 is the first phone to feature the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SoC, which on paper will power the bulk of the Snapdragon 8 lineup without the hefty price tag. increase that is currently happening. So, the best of all worlds. We'll see later. It's been a while since we've been so excited technically about a mid-range model that theoretically offers such a well-rounded package at such a low price; the latest Redmi Note without Turbo is not, even if its predecessor did so a few years ago;
So, let's get down to business and see how the Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo performs in our in-depth subjective tests. Join us over the next few pages as we tell you how excited we are.
