I recently got a Poco F4 and I have been extremely impressed so far. It handles everything I throw at it, including Genshin. It was a little bit of a challenge getting set up on my cell network here in the USA, but a little bit of work and now it works well. Unfortunately, it doesn't really have 5g access because the US cellular bands are different, almost like it's biased against Chinese phones or something, but the speeds on T-Mobile 4g have been decent
Same here, i want to talk about the battery consumption, I use it to play games like genshin or honkai and it lasted around 3-4 hours and for basic usage around 7-8 hours, is it the same with you?
@@IanSumallo siguro sakanila lemon. Sakin gamit ko pang grind. Kung masira man. Edi bumili ulit. Napaka mura ng pyesa kung masira anytime pwede ipagawa.
You're the best in-depth tech RU-vidr. You reccomend me so many amazing earbuds and now you are even reviewing POCO phones which is subbrand of my most favorite brand Xiaomi. Also I play Genshin Impact, so It's amazing to have all the important things to know in one review. I'm really grateful for you. 💜
Got the POCO M4 PRO 4G recently for a really good price and I'm pretty happy didn't know the M5 had a better processor, but it was not available in my country, just the M5S so that's why I preferred the M4 pro
I have the Poco F3 then I removed bloatwares and it was smoother than a brandnew one. I can even play 120 fps on call of duty on both modes using gltools (root needed)😁 100-121 fps on BR and 110-121 fps on MP on the highest graphics possible and all the toggles are on except for bloom but I live in a hot country that's why I used 2 external cooler to not create another universe 🤣 I modified the one to fit into the near camera where the chipset is located and another one for near the battery and yes you can play the highest settings possible on sd870 but you'll need to manage the heat. I'm on MIUI 13.0.5 global stable if you are wondering what the bug free versions here are the versions 12.0.9 (a10), 12.5.1 or 12.5.3 (a11) and 13.0.5 (a12) Tips, don't ever try a custom roms believe me I tried the supposedly STABLE and GAMING roms but all of them are full of bugs like you can't even use your wired headphone, random crashing on apps, no connection even though there is an internet and so much more than I can't even remember. Stick to the MIUI, yes some versions have bugs but from what I've experienced all of the versions I've mentioned are the best for each android version I've got a 710k - 725k on antutu if the cpu frequencies are on the highest possible. If you can't hit the 700k mark don't worry it's just when the temp goes to 40⁰ your phone will prevent you to use the highest frequency possible.
Let me be honest with you, the people made that happen, and I am SO grateful for that! 😁 We have such a supportive community and I would love to keep that moving forward, so thank you to everyone susbcribed reading this, including you Rio! Hope you’ll have a great time here 😆
Nice video! Will watch the whole content later. Still have the O.G. Pocophone F1 alive and kickin' ~ used as backup phone. Using Poco F3 as my daily driver for more than a year now. Can't wait for the F5 next year to be released. 😁
@@namedkenn Agree! i'm not expecting Poco to put SD8 Gen2 or SD8+ Gen2 on their F5 or F5 GT. But it would be very disappointing if they put a processor that's lower SD8+ Gen1 on it. 🤣🤣🤣
Nice content, I love the way u make your presentation. Keep up the good work Please I would like you to make a video comparison between poco f4 gt and redmi k50 ultra which is the better buy.
When I was building Hu Tao and realized I needed to jump cancel my mind went 🤯 since I’m mainly a mobile player Now I somewhat got used to it (still sux tho) but it’s still pretty cool on camera hahahaha 🤣
best review ive seen . ive been looking up on which phone to buy the past week. since my redmi note 10 pro died. this video helped a lot :) . it shucks , poco x4 gt isnt available here in india :c
can you make more videos like this. I am really getting confused with so much model Xiaomi, Poco, Samsung, redmi, vivo, oppo, realme, huawei, etc are releasing
One criticism of the Poco F4 main camera is the colours are unnatural and not too accurate. And 4K video recording has non-stop focus hunting. The selfie has a permanent beauty mode and colours again are not accurate Have you had these issues? Or have they been fixed sincw you've done this video?
POCO doesn't sell in my country at all (Canada) so I'd have to order it online. Kinda torn between grabbing the X4 GT or just grabbing a Samsung S22 from a phone plan...maybe even the S21 FE. What should I get? I've been wanting the X4 GT thanks to your reviews, but I'm unsure at this point. Also I just want to see the POCO Klee buds animation.
the poco f5 is coming soon, wait for that. Samsung is overrated garbage they don't even include things like a charger or screen protector. poco is the future, you get everything preapplied & it's far cheaper. more for your money
The only problem about Poco phones are Blackscreens / Deadboot, it happens after a year of use or updating to their latest software update. I suggest getting a Poco phone with a Graphite cooling system or any cooling system in it, it heats up a bit even when it comes to basic tasks like Scrolling through media. Or maybe consider waiting for the next release of Poco F5 or X5 GT / Samsung S23 which suits you the most.
@@lextertalang poco x4 GT run @31-33C at normal Facebook/YT @60hz (personal choice on display framerate to save more battery time it totals me 8-9houra of straight socmed/yt use) maybe around 34-35C only @120hz. On normal things (outside of games) (Roomtemp 26-28C) Gaming temp is better too than other choices.
Poco m5s is basically a rebranded redmi note 10s (same specs and everything) and the great part is, you can get the redmi note 10s brand new for 50% off ($60) on top of the discounts and vouchers. Or around $120 (with discounts and vouchers). The good thing is, redmi always has promotions and sale. At least in my country
I did not know about that accubattery health percentile app. That itself is valuable informative. I'm somewhat curious about pocco smartphones as a back up secondary since they are mostly affordable but we'll see. Mahalo from Hawaii.
The upgrade on poco x4 gt is the chipset D8100 flagship killer and it's battery, the price is already close to f4 just because of this and if they also put amoled the price is higher than f4 (only wins on display and camera)
Thank you very much! I'm glad I made it in time, by the way feel free to click away and browse other stores/offerings after you click the affiliate links, it'll still support me and the channel! Just curious, which one will you be getting? Haha
Hi Ken! I hope you'll have time to make comparisons of phones that has Frame Interpolation/MEMC, specifically how each of those phones perform with Genshin Impact. Would really help a lot for budget players planning to buy a new phone for Genshin Impact during the December Sale. (Sumeru is such a phone killer)
Hi Ken, still a little bit confuse, but still considering m4 pro 6/128 to get to, is it ok for a little bit longer for using cause you know miui issues (lagging, slow respons, heavy ui, etc)..? Just like my redmi note 7 & 8 in 4/64..
Well to be honest I don't think it's wise to put all the blame into MIUI or the phone manufacturer, yeah sure they might play a part but over the years the apps that we use are also getting more and more features, they become more demanding and computationally intensive too, which is what I believe is the biggest reason why our phone slows down after a couple of years, which is especially noticable in entry to mid ranger phones since they don't have that much overhead in performance in the first place In any case the M4 Pro should be good enough for the time being (it has great screen and overall specs too) so no need to sweat it, I think it's a good upgrade!
Hi Ken, I just got a poco x4 pro. Can you help me with the camera settings. Photos taken at a distance of about 5 meter is already getting blurry. Is there anything I can do to improve my photo quality. Thanks . Jodh
Is Poco F4 GT a better choice than Xiaomi 12T? I've preordered for a Xiaomi 12T because when i asked if there was a Poco F4 GT available, they suggested that i wait for F5's release.
Honestly I think the Xiaomi is going to be a better general phone than the POCO, especially the 12T uses Dimensity 8100 Ultra You know if you want to get the F4 GT if you value the shoulder buttons and the overall look, but if let’s say you’re worried about 8 Gen 1 or you use camera a lot, then probably you want to look elsewhere
@@namedkenn Thanks for your opinion! But i don't really mind camera all that much since i'm only gonna use it for my everyday college life, and mainly for gaming especially Genshin Impact.
@@Animus1318 If you're gonna use it for gaming for long hours, I'd suggest go for the 12T. Snapdragon 8 gen 1 and its predecessors, the 888 and 888+ are notorious for overheating and throttling.
Really good video, I'm looking for a phone for everyday use and occasional gaming and I'm in between the poco F4, F4 GT, X4 GT and Mi 11T Pro, which one would you recommend?
Currently using the POCO F1 (6 GO + 64 GB) , I'm interested in either the POCO F4 or the POCO X4 GT mainly for gaming usage (performance and battery life). From your testing, the X4 GT has better gaming performance but what about battery life ? Also, is there any other phones within the 400 euros (for 256 gb) that would be better ?
Dont hesitate to grab poco x4 gt. Superb performance the battery is also good. As well the cam is also good. Poco f1 to poco x3 pro to poco x4 gt. All working well
Poco x4 gt. If you're gaming it's the one you want. The performance is damn good that it justifies what it shaves off. I don't take pictures much but I'm still pretty impressed with the camera is it still takes good pics.
Stability over a minute difference in performance. I bought F4 over X4 GT. F4 has more features like Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, AMOLED, AI HDR and MEMC, etc. I would say it's more suited to be classified as a Flagship killer rather than a performance phone because of these features (most of these features you can only find on high end Xiaomi series phones)
Well to be honest, if we're talking features the X4 GT is about on par with the F4, it *also* has Dolby Vision/Atmos, HDR10 support (although to be fair yes the F4 does support the extended HDR10+ AND an OLED so everything will look more punchy) But that's exactly the point I'm trying to make, the F4 is the 'better overall' phone that most people should look into, whereas the X4 GT is all 'in the name of performance' MEMC is something I'm curious though, I've never really realized it was there on the F4 until I read the specs, any idea how to use it in real life as well?
I'll just stay with the x4 pro and wait for the f5 and other types of the phones sure the phone is not flagship but it does goes by for the average Joe
AA thing that i've noticed on my Poco X3 NFC is that a bit more than half of my ram is already used up by the system (3.3GB in general) so how does the Poco F4 handle that while having very good gaming performance? Does it also take up 3GB of ram for nothing just to have 5GB free? I did see threads online saying that the phone takes up more ram because of recent updates, and it feels bad having only half of my RAM available.
Just like what i thought The letter on their product is enough to separate them Poco "C" for entry level/ultra low budget Poco "M" For low budget Poco "X" for budget gaming phone but doesn't have premium feature like Poco "F" series Poco "F" Gaming phone almost (their best product and probably the product with lowest product defects ratd compared to their other product) Btw it's sad that X4 GT doesn't available on Indonesia, probably the best Value/Perfomance Also i've heard they break the limitation on F4 GT so now it perfom better than on it early days of release
Yep definitely! The naming scheme makes sense until you see these M4/M5/M5s that are only a couple dollars different between each other 🤣 I absolutely think X4 GT is a missed opportunity as well, but they’ve done their market research, and probably it’s not cost effective but eh what do I know 😅 Anyway there’s no limit or whatever on the F4 GT, I know what you’re talking about, and the new ‘boost’ mode on game turbo is such a hassle since it’s off by default, so lately I completely ignore it and just play (and they’re just the same)
im looking for a phone that can handle video editing and motion graphics as much as possible. i dont mind about the rest of the features. should i buy the x4 gt or the f4 gt?
My journey with phones S6-s8>F1>x3 pro>F3>GTN3 Do not buy samsung phone, they're overpriced, overheat a lot and have bad amoled display in all S series. Poco x3 pro > f3 for genshin cause x3 is just better in terms of heat dissipation. But no amoled and prone to sudden death due to RAM chip defect. Gtn3 is the best rn imo for genshin due to stability and great passive cooling system. Snapdragon idk why struggle so much in genshin after 10 min and the heat and throttle skyrocketed
I've actually tested Black Desert online on the POCO F4 GT and sinked some time in to really test its capabilities, and well I'm happy to report that it does run well even on the 8 Gen 1, no frame drops or overheating issues From that result I can safely say the Dimensity 8100 and SD870 will have no problem running those as well
I think it's similar like the M5s, it's something to get if an all-rounder is what you need, although overall the F4 is a much better package (but more expensive too)
Hahaha man I know right 😂 to be honest I would love to but I can't afford buying and testing the phones one by one right now (for time and budget reasons) so maybe I'll try to do it next generation instead 🙏🏻 well hopefully Xiaomi will be able to sort me out here
I have a performance focused mindset and both the F4 (SD870) or X4 GT (Dimensity 8100) is much stronger than the Helio we have on the X4 Pro. But I did say that the X4 Pro might appeal to the broader audience since it strikes a good balance between speed, screen and camera quality right?
@@namedkenn i agree, the better the chipset, the better the battery life. Poco x4 gt is just sooo balanced in terms of performance, daily use and more.
Yeah that might be an important selling factor as well, but to be honest if camera is of any importance then I always suggest the M5s anyway, thanks for the reminder still!
Man trust me, I would absolutely to! But at the moment I just don’t have luxury to try out other brands this year (I don’t want to make a video just by the specs as I want to share my *real* experience), hopefully we can check out more and more in the coming years 😁
