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Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Intro and Unboxing
I was very impressed with last year’s Poco F5 series devices, but they have taken things to a whole another level this year with the brand new Poco F6 and Poco F6 Pro.
Inside their familiar looking boxes, you’ll find the devices themselves, rubber black cases, 6 amp charging cables and their respective fast charging blocks.
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Availability
Poco F6 will be around $300 to $400 or 30,000 to 35,000 Rupees while the F6 Pro will be around $480 to $600 or 40,000 to 50,000 Rupees.
I’m assuming that ranges from the base to the top end variants.
That price is quite in line with previous Poco F series devices, but this time they have gone all out.
Meaning you’re going to be getting some seriously good value for money.
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Design and Build
The F6 comes in black green or titanium which just screams premium.
While the F6 Pro comes in black or white and has a bit more of an aggressive look.
In my opinion the regular F6 has a better overall design, especially when it comes to that camera module.
The F6 pro has a camera module that was introduced years ago from Poco and is now starting to look rather outdated.
I do however like the touch of gold wrapping around each camera lens on the F6 Pro.
But I just wish it had the same design as the F6 and I would have loved to have seen the F6 Pro in a titanium colour as well.
The F6 is thinner with plastic frames as opposed to the aluminium side rails seen on the F6 Pro and the F6 is lighter too as it has a plastic back instead of the glass sheet we find on the more premium F6 Pro.
However, the regular F6 has better waterproofing as it has an IP64 certification instead of the more common IP54 certification seen on the F6 Pro.
The F6 also has better front glass protection that being Gorilla Glass Victus which should be a fair bit stronger than the F6 Pro’s Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
It’s a bit odd that the pro model actually has lesser waterproofing and a less protective display.
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Display
That said the F6 pro has the upper hand when it comes to always on displays as it can always display.
Whereas the regular F6 only keeps it always on display visible for just 10 seconds. That’s a bit strange considering they both have AMOLED screens.
The F6 seems to have a slightly thinner chin but they both have razor thin bezels which is always nice to see.
They both have the same sized 6.67 in AMOLED displays with 120Hz screen refresh rates and 2160Hz instant touch sampling rates.
They both have 12-bit panels which can display over 68 billion colours and support Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+ and Widevine L1 content.
However, the Poco F6 pro has a higher WQHD plus screen resolution, higher 3840Hz PWM dimming and a much higher Peak brightness coming in at a whopping 4,000 nits.
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Software
When it comes to software, they both make use of Xiaomi’s new HyperOS software skin which sits on top of Android 14 and since they are both running Global software of course all of Google’s goodies are included.
HyperOS looks similar to previous Mi UI software, but it has more focus on interconnections between other Xiaomi devices.
It’s now more optimized and takes up Less storage space.
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Hardware
Speaking of storage space neither of them have an option for expandable storage, but the F6 comes with up to 512GB of UFS 4.0 and the F6 Pro comes with up to 1TB of the same UFS 4.0 storage.
They both have LPDDR5X RAM modules, but the F6 is limited to 12GB of RAM while the F6 Pro goes all the way up to 16GB of RAM.
The F6 has newer Bluetooth 5.4 but the F6 pro has faster Wi-Fi 7 support.
However, they both have the same dual SIM 5G connectivity, they both have an IR blaster, they both have x-axis linear vibration Motors, but the F6 Pro haptic feedback is slightly better.
Neither of them has headphone Jacks but they are both kitted with dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support.
The new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 CPU found inside the F6 which is a slightly dump down version of the 8 Gen 3 and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip which Powers the F6 Pro.
The 8 Gen 2 is last year’s Flagship CPU from Qualcomm while the 8S Gen 3 is newer but has a slightly lower main core clock speed and a slightly lesser Adreno GPU.
So, it’s normal to see higher benchmark scores get produced from the F6 Pro, but the regular F6 scores are not that far behind and sometimes even higher in certain Benchmark apps.
Which means they’ll both perform equally as well when playing graphically demanding games, so you can’t really go wrong with either device in terms of performance.
Poco F6 Pro full specification
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Battery
They both has very large 5,000 mAh batteries, but the F6 Pro can charge even faster thanks to 120W wired charging capabilities as opposed to the 90W seen on the regular F6.
To keep things cool both of them offer liquid cool 4.0 ice Loop cooling systems though the one seen on the F6 Pro is slightly larger.
Those cooling systems certainly help keep their Flagship chip cool.
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Selfie Camera
That said their camera sensors are quite different, so let’s Kickstart things off with those selfie cameras.
As I’m sure you noticed earlier, they both have punch hole Notches at the top Centre of their screens, but the F6 pro has a slightly smaller cutout.
That’s most likely since the regular F6 houses a more impressive 20MP selfie camera instead of the same old 16MP selfie Snapper we see in the F6 Pro.
The F6 is selfie cam has a wider focal length and a larger aperture which means it gets more in the frame and produces a more balanced shot.
The regular F6 also offers a cleaner portrait mode pick, but in all honesty the F6 Pro still takes very pleasing selfies.
They’re just not quite as polished as the regular F6 snaps which is odd considering the pro model should be better.
The F6 Pro might offer portrait video, but neither of them allows for 4K selfie video and while they are both silky smooth at 60fps the regular F6 has the upper hand here.
That said the F6 Pro seems to record better selfie video at night with less noise grain, but just like during the day the regular F6 is significantly better when taking selfie photos at night.
Same can be said when using the flash. Portrait selfies on the F6 at night also look less artificial and makes for a picture-perfect shot when the flash is enabled.
Overall, the regular F6 takes better selfie photos and videos which is actually a bit disappointing considering the F6 Pro cost more money.
I’m not really surprised however since it was the same case last year with the PO F5 series devices.
That said I am pretty disappointed that neither of them offers 4K selfie video especially when it comes to the F6 Pro.
Poco F6 And Poco F6 Pro Back Camera
But now it’s time for us to dive into those back camera setups.
The F6 Pro certainly has the upper hand here in terms of its main camera thanks to it using the light Fusion 800 sensor, but the regular F6 is no slash with its new Sony IMX 882 sensor.
Both phones have 50-megapixel cameras with Optical image stabilization. However, the F6 pro has a wider field of view while the F6 has a slightly wider aperture.
They are both accompanied by the exact same 8-megapixel ultrawide cameras, but only the F6 pro has a third camera that being a 2-megapixel macro sensor which means that the F6 Pro takes a much better shot when very close up to a subject.
Neither ultrawide cameras take incredible photos, but the F6 Pro came out looking quite a bit better and the same can be said when taking a snap with their main cameras leaving the F6 Pro as the clear winner. Which is the same case when Bing down each shot.
You can take native 50-megapixel snaps at a two-time zoom range on both, but the F6 Pro produces a more detailed pick.
They both look equally as bad when zooming in by five times and the same can be said when using their Max ten time zoom ranges.
Taking a portrait photo of me has the F6 Pro come out looking a lot better and this is a good shot to see how much wider the F6 Pro’s field of view is.
Just like with their selfie cameras, only the F6 pro has a bokeh video mode option, but detail certainly takes a bit of a backseat here.
However, detail is booming when setting the F6 Pro to 8K video which is something that the regular F6 skips out on.
The F6 Pro also has more slow-motion video options include 1080p@960 FPS or even 720p@1920 FPS.
Both of their main cams can record 4K 60 FPS video and while they are both just as stable the F6 Pro comes out a lot better and the regular F6 suffers from focusing issues.
Neither of them can record 4K video when using their Ultra-wide cameras which is a real shame and while the F6 Pro produces more detailed and brighter Ultra-wide video it doesn’t really know what to do with the colour of the sky.
At night the F6 Pro record records a brighter ultrawide video, but it’s held back by detail and doesn’t quite know how to handle light noise.
But when it comes to recording video with the main cam at night the F6 Pro produces much better video than the regular F6 as it has a night video mode option, packs in lot more detail and handles light noise significantly better.
Unfortunately, both devices suffer from lens flare. Lens flare is not Apparent at all when taking nighttime photos using any of their sensors and once again the F6 Pro takes a much better Ultra-wide photo.
Using their main cams again has me favouring the F6 Pro which is the same case when zooming in by two times.
Unlike during the day the F6 Pro takes a much better five-time zoomed shot when compared to the regular F6 and the same can be said when taking a snap at ten times.
The F6 produces a warmer pick of a human subject at night but the F6 Pro takes a more detailed shot of the subject which is even more apparent when enabling portrait mode.
So, when it comes to back camera performance the F6 Pro no doubt produces the best photos and videos. However, when it comes to selfie camera performance the regular F6 has the upper hand.
Final Thoughts
They are both identical when it comes to General performance, but the F6 pro has faster charging, a better display and better build quality.
The regular F6 does however boast a better IP certification, better gorilla glass protection and has a better design.
But this really shouldn’t be the case, don’t get me wrong the F6 Pro is the better device here but it really shouldn’t have a worst selfie camera, worse IP certification, worse screen protection and look less appealing.
The F6 Pro is the more expensive device here so in my opinion it should include everything that the regular F6 packs in.
Either way these are two of the best Poco F series devices to have ever released so let me know which one you prefer.
[…] Anyway, the design here is nothing extraordinary as you can see, you get a pretty big camera module and as I said earlier a dual tone finish actually if I think about it this phone looks very similar to the Poco F6. […]