Poco M5 Review: How relevant is this phone without 5G? How is the processor, camera? Read the review

Thinking of buying a new phone in a budget of Rs 10,000-15,000? One by one new smartphones have been launched in the Indian market recently at this price. If you want 5G connectivity for less than Rs 15,000, your options will be greatly reduced. But if you're thinking of sticking with a 4G phone, there are a number of great phones in the market at this price. 

One of them is the Poco M5. The price of this phone starts from Rs 12,499. This phone will give an attractive design with good performance at a low price. But won't get 5G connectivity. But did buying this phone perform with 4G connectivity? Read Poco M5 review.

​Poco M5: Design and Display

In this budget segment phone, you will find a design that will help you recognize this phone even from a distance. No other phone has such a design. The back of the phone has a polycarbonate finish. This phone will get a premium look. No scratches were seen on this phone during use during the review. The back of the phone has a textured finish. There is also the Poco logo next to the camera module. Above the display you will find a waterdrop style notch. Poco has not used hole punch display in this phone.

This phone has a 6.58 inch FHD+ display. This display has a 90 Hz refresh rate. Gaming and video streaming will not be a problem. However, using this display in daylight will be a problem.

​Poco M5: Performance

Poco M5 has Mediatek Helio G99 chipset. With 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. From social media browsing to casual gaming, this phone will have no problem. Playing heavy games like Asphalt 9 won't be a problem either. Even with multiple tabs open in Google Chrome, there was no problem using different apps. The company's MIUI 13 skin will run on top of the Android 12 operating system.

​Poco M5: Camera

But the camera of this phone let us down. Not too bad for a cheap phone, but many budget smartphone cameras these days can take better pictures. Also faced problems while focusing. Although the camera of this phone takes relatively good pictures in daylight, the problem of the camera will be more visible in low light.

​Poco M5: Battery

The Poco M5 has a 5,000 mAh battery. Almost all phones use this battery these days. This phone will easily run all day on a single charge. Although Poco has given 18 W fast charging support to this phone. A 22.5 W charger is included in the box though. 0-100 percent charge takes about 2 hours.

​Poco M5: Should you buy?

If you want to buy a phone with a different look in a budget of less than Rs 15,000, Poco M5 will catch your eye. Especially with discounts and bank offers, it is possible to buy this phone for less than Rs 10,000. At that price this phone would be considered very good. However, 5G support will not be available. If you want 5G support at this price, you can check Redmi 11 Prime 5G or Poco M4 5G.