| 128 GB 6 GB RAM | $389.99 | $321.00 USD |
| 256 GB 8 GB RAM | $394.99 |
€424.67 |
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Introduction
Back in its day, the Poco F3 was a huge hit, perhaps the biggest since the original Poco F1. While nowhere near that phone’s price point, it was still very nicely priced for a ‘flagship killer’ and the specs were on point. Naturally, that made us very interested in its successor, the Poco F4, and whether or not it was able to replicate the F3’s formula well.
Now that it’s been on the market for a while, we feel like we can get a more accurate glimpse of it. It’s also received a few software updates, so any initial issues should have been resolved. With all that in mind, we decided to take it for a long ride and live with it day in, day out as our only smartphone to create this long-term review that aims to give you an idea of what it’s like. as a daily driver.
We’ll say it right from the start – this is a weird one. It launched with the same SoC as its predecessor, which was surprising enough, but checking European prices currently reveals something even more surprising: There’s basically no price cut, even now, over five months after release. It’s certainly not par for the course for Poco.
Since the price is pretty similar to what the F3 used to be before the F4 came around, we’ll venture a guess and say that we don’t think many owners of the former decided to buy the latter, which is probably for the best. Maybe the F5 will soon bring upgrades that will make it worth it, we’ll have to wait and see.
In the meantime, let’s try to find out how good a buy the Poco F4 is at the end of 2022, in a very crowded field. We mean the mid-range field, although its chipset choice actually places it in a strange middle ground between traditional mid-rangers and ‘flagship killers’ (to qualify it, as it should have a newer SoC). Join us over the next few pages as we decode what it all means, what the pros are, and what cons you can expect if you choose to get one of these in the near future.
