POCO Has built a reputation for being the best bang to buck on the market, offering high performance and crazy high-end features for affordable entry-level prices, this time they did it again, On the 5th of September 2022. POCO is launching its new product the POCO M5, targeted specifically for smartphone gamers, this new device is going to have the latest 4G chipset from Mediatek, with 8 cores and 6nm TSMC technology, the Mediatek Helio G99, in addition, to LCD display with 90 refresh rate, 6GB of LPDDR4X of memory and up to 128 UFS 2.2 fast Storage, all of this hardware combined with optimized software like Turbo 5.0 will guarantee you a remarkable gaming experience and overall fast and solid usage, is this device suitable, that’s what we will find out in this impression.
Display Quality
The Display on the POCO M5 is an interesting one, it is said that it will be equipped with a 6.58inch IPS LCD Display with FHD resolution and the screen is going to have Gorilla Glass 3 protection, the best about it is the 90Hz refresh rate for gaming and the 240Hz touch sampling rate making scrolling smooth and low latency, this screen will allow you to enjoy gaming, even more, the screen is bright and rich with colors to display the images, videos, and games.
For gamers, these specifications are a dream come true for an entry-level smartphone, the 90 Hz display will display +60 fps in most games such as PUBG and COD, but in some less demanding games, we might get up to 90fps, and the 240hz touch sampling feature will provide a fast response to touch giving gamers a huge advantage over competitors especially that the screen is flat and convenient in contrary of curved screens.
The DynamicSwitch feature on the POCO M5 will help it preserve the battery by reducing the refresh rate where the high 90hz is not needed, Overall, this screen will offer a great media consumption experience with the high resolution and the bright screen with rich and bright colors, even though under the direct sunlight you might encounter some difficulty reading what’s on the screen, but the same issue is found on almost all the displays of this price range.
Performance
One of the main selling points of this new phone is the performance, both in daily usage and in gaming, It is equipped with the Mediatek Helio G99 which is the latest 4G chipset from Mediatek with 6nm advanced TSMC Technology, it has an ARM architecture with a total of 8 cores and a maximum frequency of 2.2Ghz, this CPU is a huge upgrade from the previous generation by up to 25% increase in performance and power efficiency, the Mali-G57 MC2 GPU is also high performing, it provides high frame rate and smooth gaming experience, these new chips a lot of issues from previous generations such as overheating and battery consumption and provide an overall better experience.
The POCO M5 Smartphone has support for up to 6 GB of LPDDR4X memory, which enhances the performance by 15% and lowers power consumption by 17%, as for the storage, the POCO M5 can have up to 128 GB of UFS2.2 storage, which will allow you to store more and run apps very fast and with no lag, this combination of RAM and Storage allows is the base for a seamless multitasking experience even with big apps and games even if this is an entry-level device with a low price. Additionally, the POCO M5 software has Turbo 5.0 gaming, this feature improves the FPS and allows you to have a hardcore gaming experience, especially in performance mode, this puts this device at the top of its segment, and the software is optimized to take full advantage of the hardware so which results in fast and stable usage.
For Software It is expected to run Android 12 with MIUI 13 on top.
Poco M5 Price And Where To Buy
Finally, if you want to know more highlights of POCO M5, you can also follow the POCO Twitter official account. this new mobile phone with excellent audio and video performance will be released at 8:00 pm, 5th September 2022（ BJT Time ）at a launch conference. More surprises will also be announced at the conference too. Also, POCO M5 starts on sale on the AliExpress Store. please leave your comments if you have other ideas for this product, and we will discuss them together！
