POCO has announced that it will launch two new budget-oriented smartphones on September 6th. These are the POCO M5 and the POCO M5s. The M5 will launch globally while the M5s will only debut in the Indian market. So, let’s take a look at what we know so far about these upcoming devices.
POCO M5 specs & features
The POCO M5 will be a sleek-looking device with curved edges and a shiny black camera module with three lens cutouts and an LED flash. The rest of the back features a leather-like texture.
According to leaks, the device will be offered in Black, Yellow, Blue, and Green color options. Coming to specs, the POCO M5 is confirmed to feature the new MediaTek Helio G99 chipset. This chip is based on TSMC’s 6nm node and has an octa-core processor with two cores clocked at 2.2GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores with a maximum frequency of 2GHz.
Other than that, the device is expected to feature a 6.58-inch LDC display with FHD+ resolution. A 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging is also expected. It might have a side-facing fingerprint sensor for security and will likely run MIUI 13 based on Android 12.
POCO M5s specs & features
The POCO M5s is said to be a rebranded Redmi Note 10S. Based on this assumption, the device will likely feature a 6.43-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a 60Hz refresh rate, 386 ppi pixel density, and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Under the hood, we can expect the Helio G96 SoC paired with LPDDR4x RAM and UFS 2.2 storage. The smartphone will sport a quad-camera configuration consisting of a 64MP main, an 8MP ultra-wide, a 2MP macro, and a 2MP depth sensor. The front-facing camera will be 13 MP.
Other features could include twin stereo speakers, a 3.5mm headphone connector, a dedicated MicroSD card slot, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, an IP53 rating, a 5,000mAh battery, and support for 33W rapid charging.
Both the POCO M5 and the M5s are rumored to feature 4GB of RAM and up to 128GB of storage. The M5 is expected to cost EUR 189 for the 64GB storage model while the 128GB model is said to cost EUR 209. The M5s model is rumored to start at EUR 229 and the 128GB model could cost EUR 249.
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