POCO just launched its new midrange smartphone series consisting of the POCO X5 5G and POCO X5 Pro 5G!
POCO X5 Pro 5G
The POCO X5 Pro 5G boast its high-quality triple camera setup consisting of a 108MP main shooter, 8MP ultra-wide lens, and 2MP macro lens. This can shoot up to 4K video recordings and has better Night Mode. Meanwhile, it has a 16MP selfie camera at the front.
POCO X5 Pro 5G also features a large 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED display that supports a 120Hz refresh rate. This screen also has DCI-P3 wide color gamut, Dolby Vision Atmos, 10-bit colors, 1920Hz PWM dimming, and Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Moreover, it carries the 6nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G octa-code processor along with up to 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB UFS2.2 internal storage. For benchmark, it got a 545,093 AnTuTu score. That Snapdragon 778G offers a faster ISP of 2 gigapixels per second as well as a more powerful NPU of 12 TOPS. Besides, this phone also supports Dynamic RAM Expansion 3.0.
As for its juice, this device can give you all-day usage since it has a large 5,000mAh battery capacity that supports 67W Turbo charging. Fortunately, it has dual stereo speakers which a lot of users nowadays find.
POCO X5 5G
Furthermore, they also launched a vanilla variant of this series, the POCO X5 5G which also has decent features.
First of all, it features the 6nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G octa-core processor that can already give decent performance. They also paired it with up to 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB UFS 2.2 internal storage. This device got a 404,767 AnTuTu score.
For camera, also has a triple camera setup that consists of a 48MP main shooter, 8MP ultra-wide lens, and 2MP macro lens. However, it only has a 13MP selfie camera.
In addition, this phone also has a 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED display that supports a 120Hz refresh rate. Its screen also boasts an SGS eye care display, 1200nits max brightness, DCI-P3 wide color gamut, 4,500,000:1 high contrast ratio, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
The POCO X5 also has a large 5,000mAh battery capacity that supports 33W fast charging technology.
Other features of the POCO X5 series are a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C port, 5GHz WiFi, NFC, OTG, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Price and availability
- POCO X5 6GB/128GB – PHP 14,999 – Shopee link
- POCO X5 8GB/256GB – PHP 15,999 – Shopee link
- POCO X5 Pro 6GB/128GB – PHP 16,999 – Lazada link
- POCO X5 Pro 8GB/256GB – PHP 18,999 – Lazada link
The POCO X5 series is now available on sale with up to PHP 2,500 off for early bird pricing valid until February 13, 2023. Up to 2,000 first buyers will also get a FREE Smart Band worth PHP 1,599.
