Announcement. Poco M5 is an inexpensive smartphone, but everything is with it (+first reviews and AliExpress price)

Xiaomi held a global presentation today and presented a couple of inexpensive smartphones to the respectable public
Poco M5 and
Poco M5s. Despite the similarity of names, the devices are completely different. I will not combine them into one news. This test is about Poco M5. You can read about the second smartphone here.

Poco M5 has no twins yet – thanks to fresh andrare chipset. But, of course, if you look closely, it's easy to see that it is very similar to the Poco M4 5G India. But not a twin, no. The “Indian” has one less camera and has support for 5G networks. And the chips, of course, are different. Although close.

Let me remind you that the “Indian” is made on the MediaTek chipsetDimensity 700 2020 (about 350 thousand AnTuTu points). And the Poco M5 has a Helio G99 inside. The same set of cores, the same GPU. Just cut off the 5G modem. But the technical process has improved - 6 nm instead of 7 nm. Performance? So far, only one result in AnTuTu has got into my networks - 371919. That is. plus or minus the same.

Memory. We were a little greedy - well, after all, we have a state employee, albeit a modern one. 4 or 6 GB of RAM, 64 or 128 GB of permanent memory. There is support for memory cards (a separate tray).

IPS screen with a slightly old-fashioned waterdrop notch. Diagonal 6.58 ″ (104 cm²), resolution 1080 × 2408, which gives 401 ppi. Slightly increased refresh rate to 90 Hz.

The usual good 5000 mAh battery. Charging is 18W, but the included charger is even slightly better at 22.5W.

A simple front camera with a resolution of 5 MP (8 MP for the “Indian”). The rear camera is triple, 50 + 2 + 2 MP - the main one, macro, depth sensor (the “Indian” does not have a macro camera).

There is NFC, dual-band Wi-Fi, Type-C, an IR emitter, a gyroscope, and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.

The start of sales is scheduled for September 6, i.е. for tomorrow. And it will take place on AliExpress. The price will be $149 (₽10100), $169 (₽11500) and $189 (₽12900) for versions 4+64, 8+128 and 6+128 GB, respectively.

Additional coupons that could drop the price by another $22, apparently, will not be available in Russia.

The smartphone has already fallen into the hands of a number of reviewers. I hide several video reviews under the cat.

Poco M5 first reviews

Key Features of Xiaomi Poco M5:

ScreenS-IPS, 6.58″, 104 cm², 1080×2408, 401 ppi, 90 Hz, 240 Hz sensor polling rate, touch, capacitive, multi-touch, Gorilla Glass
IronMediaTek Helio G99
2.2 GHz, 2 x Cortex-A76, 6 x Cortex-A55, Mali-G57 MC2
MemoryRAM 4-6 GB, ROM 64-128 GB, Micro-SD up to 1 TB, separate slot, LPDDR4X, UFS 2.2
Mobile Internet LTE
HSDPA, HSUPA
Edge
Mobile networksLTE Bands 1-5,7,8,20,28,38,40,41
UMTS Bands 1 (2100), 2 (1900), 4 (1700), 5 (850), 8 (900)
GSM Bands 2 (1900), 3 (1800), 5 (850), 8 (900)
Li-Pol battery, 5000 mAh, 18.00 W fast charge, 22.5 W charger included
Dimensions163.99 x 76.09 x 8.9 mm
Weight201 g
Rear Camera: Triple, Flash, Auto Focus

- 50 MP, f / 1.8

- 2 MP, macro, f / 2.4

- 2 MP, depth sensor, f / 2.4
front camera: 5 MP, f / 2.2, no flash, no autofocus
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
OS Android 12, MIUI 13 for POCO
Sensors Accelerometer, Compass, Zoom, Light, Fingerprint (side), NFC
USBType-C v2.0, USB-OTG

George Kiselyov