Weekly poll results: the Poco F5 gets showered with love, the F5 Pro proves less popular
As one commenter in last week’s poll says, the point of the Poco F-series is to deliver flagship performance at mid-range prices. Both the F5 models do that and while it’s not quite a 2023-level flagship performance, it comes really close.
Of the pair, the vanilla Poco F5 is the breakout star – over half of the voters showed interest, it’s rare to see such a positive reaction. It beat its Pro sibling by a large margin, which is quite evident in the Pro’s own poll.
The criticism of the F5 – it applies to the F5 Pro too – was predictable. Some aren’t happy with Poco/Xiaomi software and the associated update schedule (but others like it just fine) and there was a heated debate over whether microSD cards are still useful. Either way, neither F5 model has a memory card slot. At least the vanilla F5 has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
As for the Poco F5 Pro, around a third of voters showed interest, while others were waiting on good reviews – our detailed review was posted a couple of days after the poll went live, did it change your mind?
Aside from the aforementioned criticism, the Pro may have also overshot the pricing – it’s close to year old flagships and even though it offers an excellent QHD+ display, 4K/60 and 8K video recording, plus speedy wireless charging (all things that the vanilla model lacks, by the way), it’s not a true flagship.
The Poco F5 Pro will be a popular model for Xiaomi, just not as popular as the Poco F5. We saw a few commenters who said they already bought an F5 or an F5 Pro and are happy with their choice.
As one commenter in last week’s poll says, the point of the Poco F-series is to deliver flagship performance at mid-range prices. Both the F5 models do that and while it’s not quite a 2023-level flagship performance, it comes really close.
Of the pair, the vanilla Poco F5 is the breakout star – over half of the voters showed interest, it’s rare to see such a positive reaction. It beat its Pro sibling by a large margin, which is quite evident in the Pro’s own poll.
The criticism of the F5 – it applies to the F5 Pro too – was predictable. Some aren’t happy with Poco/Xiaomi software and the associated update schedule (but others like it just fine) and there was a heated debate over whether microSD cards are still useful. Either way, neither F5 model has a memory card slot. At least the vanilla F5 has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
As for the Poco F5 Pro, around a third of voters showed interest, while others were waiting on good reviews – our detailed review was posted a couple of days after the poll went live, did it change your mind?
Aside from the aforementioned criticism, the Pro may have also overshot the pricing – it’s close to year old flagships and even though it offers an excellent QHD+ display, 4K/60 and 8K video recording, plus speedy wireless charging (all things that the vanilla model lacks, by the way), it’s not a true flagship.
The Poco F5 Pro will be a popular model for Xiaomi, just not as popular as the Poco F5. We saw a few commenters who said they already bought an F5 or an F5 Pro and are happy with their choice.
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