The Poco X5 Pro 5G has finally gone official in India and global markets after weeks of leaks. It is the successor to the well-received POCO X4 Pro 5G, which debuted last year. Priced at Rs 22,999, the X5 Pro rivals the likes of the Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G, Realme 10 Pro Plus 5G, Redmi K50i 5G, Motorola Edge 30, and Samsung Galaxy A23 5G, to name a few. Our Poco X5 Pro 5G will arrive around its first sale, which will be in the coming week for India. Here is what I think about the device after using it for a couple of days.
Poco X5 Pro 5G Design, Specifications
The Poco X5 Pro 5G continues to sport a similar design language as its predecessor. On the front, it has an AMOLED display with a centred punch hole. There is Gorilla Glass 5 protection for the display and IP53 water resistance. The back of the phone is made of polycarbonate and has a matte finish. There is a glossy rectangle-shaped block on the back that holds the three cameras, an LED flash, and the Poco logo. The glossy portion can easily attract fingerprint marks, but it is not a major issue. The camera bump on the back has been reduced as compared to its predecessor.
For review, I received the Astral Black edition of the X5 Pro from Poco. People who prefer a lightweight device will be happy to know that the device weighs 181 grams and has a thickness of 7.9mm. The predecessor model had a similar thickness but weighed 205 grams. The X5 Pro has flat edges housing an IR blaster, dual speakers, a USB-C port, a SIM slot, a side-facing fingerprint scanner, and a 3.5mm audio jack. While the predecessor featured a microSD card slot, the X5 Pro lacks it.
The 6.67-inch AMOLED display available on the Poco X5 Pro 5G supports a Full HD+ resolution, an adaptive refresh rate of 120Hz, 10-bit colors, and 1920Hz PWM dimming. With Dolby Atmos tuned dual speakers and support for Dolby Vision and HDR10, the X5 Pro is a good companion for enjoying streaming content on OTT platforms.
The Snapdragon 778G mobile platform, LPDDR4x RAM, and a 5,000mAh battery are present under the hood of the Poco X5 Pro 5G. While fans may have expected the device to come loaded with Android 13, the device comes preinstalled with the Android 12 OS. What’s good about the OS experience is that it is the first MIUI 14 phone to release outside of China. One thing I noticed about the Indian variant is that it ships with an MIUI dialer instead of a Google dialer. I am not sure whether it is the same about the global edition. The X5 Pro owners will get two years of Android OS upgrades as well as four years of security updates.
The Poco X5 Pro packs a 5,000mAh battery with 67W fast charging. For heat dissipation, there is a 12-layer graphite cooling heat dissipation unit. The device offers up to 5 GB of virtual RAM, which is taken out of the UFS 2.2 storage.
The Poco X5 Pro has a 16-megapixel camera on the front. Its rear camera setup has a 108-megapixel Samsung HM2 primary camera, which supports up to 4K video recording at 30fps. By default, it shoots 12-megapixel images by merging nine sensor pixels into one 2.1µm pixel. The main camera is accompanied by 8-megapixel ultra-wide and 2-megapixel macro cameras.
The performance-driven phone has all the ingredients for those who are looking for a midrange phone for gaming or content consumption. To sum up, the X5 Pro looks desirable for everything that it offers at a reasonable price.
Poco X5 Pro 5G Price
The Poco X5 Pro 5G has arrived in two options: 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage. Apart from Astral Black, it is available in POCO Yellow and Horizon Blue.
In the global market, it goes on sale on Feb. 7. Both variants are priced at $299 and $349, respectively, in the global market. The early bird prices for both modes are $249 and $299, respectively.
In India, the Poco X5 Pro’s two variants are priced at Rs 22,999 and Rs 24,999, respectively. Flipkart will conduct its first sale at 12 pm on Feb. 13. The launch offers include no-cost EM starting at Rs 3,645 per month, Rs 2,000 instant cashback on an ICICI Bank credit card, credit/debit EMI transactions or Rs 2,000 exchange bonus. With the offers, buyers in India can get the Poco X5 Pro 5G for as low as Rs 20,999.
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