After rumours, POCO and Snapdragon India have confirmed that the POCO F5, successor to last year’s POCO F4, will be powered by the latest Snapdragon 7+ Gen2 SoC. POCO India head Himanshu Tandon said that POCO F5 will be the most powerful POCO Smartphone ever.
✅ 50% higher overall performance*
✅ 13% improved power efficiency*
✅ 2x improved AI performance*
✅ Flagship 4nm TSMC process technology
✅ Wi-Fi 6 Connectivity& much more, only on #POCOF5 @IndiaPOCO
*Comparisons made are in reference to Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
— Snapdragon India (@Snapdragon_IN) April 25, 2023
The phone with the model number 23049PCD8G has surfaced on Geekbench 6 listing revealing 12GB of RAM, Android 13 and high scores of 1629 and 4295 on single and multicore, on par with the Snapdragon+ Gen 1.
Based on earlier rumours, this should be the global variant of the Redmi Note 12 Turbo, which was introduced in China last month. We can expect 6.67-inch FHD+ OLED display with support for Dolby Vision, 120Hz refresh rate, 1920Hz High Frequency PWM Dimming and a 5000mAh battery with 67W fast charging, but it might have a different rear camera.
According to rumours, the Redmi K60 could launch as POCO F5 Pro, but it is not clear if we can expect it to launch alongside the POCO F5. We should know more details including the launch date soon.