Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo Longterm Review
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Poco's F-series devices have entered the world of flagship killers over the past few years, and the family recently split into two parts, the affordable vanilla version and the Pro model, a true flagship killer with a high-end processor. chipset.
That's still true this year, but after the announcement of the Poco F5 and Poco F5 Pro, we've seen an interesting development: you're more interested in the vanilla F5 than the F5 Pro, and we think it's because of the value. offer. of each device. The F5 Pro isn't bad, don't get me wrong, but it's not as good as the previous Poco F-series.
On the other hand, the Poco F5 looks very similar to a lot of people on paper, so we're excited to see how it performs in our daily lives over a long period of use as a simple smartphone. Thus, this long-term review was born.
It should also be noted right away that the Poco F5 is identical to the Redmi Note 12 Turbo and will be sold under this name in some markets. We've long since given up on trying to figure out Xiaomi's names and distributions, but we think it's important information to know during this review. For simplicity's sake, we'll call the phone Poco F5, which is an acronym, but know that everything we say about it applies to the twin as well.
However, it should be noted that the F5 stands out as the first phone to be powered by a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SoC, a phone that on paper should offer most of the performance of the Snapdragon 8 series without the hefty price tag. Order these days. So, the best of both worlds? Let's see. It's been a long time since we've been so excited about a mid-range device that theoretically offers such a good package for such a low price – the latest Turbo Redmi Note doesn't, although there aren't many predecessors. I did this years ago.
So let's dive in and see how the Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo performs in our comprehensive benchmarks. Join us over the next few pages as we tell you how much we care about this issue.
