One of the most surprising things about the new Poco M4 Pro 5G is that, with its price (about 249 euros), it offers much higher hardware than expected at first. We tell you if the performance offered by this terminal is as good as everything indicates on paper.
The truth is that the combination of the two most important components of a current smartphone to offer a good user experience is quite successful. On the one hand, this device includes a MediaTek Dimensity 810 processor , which among its virtues includes the use of six-nanometer manufacturing technology (a life insurance to achieve good performance with high temperature control and low consumption. In this way, the device has up to 6 GB of RAM -that’s how it is in the model that we have tested-, so you will not have problems running Android.The fact is that before doing anything, the aforementioned allows us to expect good things from the team.
A couple of positive details of this Poco M4 Pro 5G are that it has the most interesting storage. The reason is that it is a UFS 2.2 type, which ensures high data reading and writing speeds… which is beneficial when it comes to achieving good performance. Besides, this is a device that includes advanced options despite having a fairly reasonable price, an example of what we are saying is that it has a fingerprint reader on the power button (which, by the way, works like a charm, especially in recognition speed) and, in addition, it has NFC to make mobile payments that, as we have verified, works excellently.
Is this cheap phone powerful?
One of the first things to say is that there is a proper evolution from the model it replaces on the market (the Poco M3 Pro 5G), and an example of what we say is that its processor is better. Not in an impressive way, but the cores of the MediaTek component offer better behavior in all kinds of situations, since they are faster and more efficient – especially the two Cortex-A76 that work at a frequency of 2.4 GHz -.
Some examples of what you are going to achieve with the Poco M4 Pro 5G when using it on a day-to-day basis are the results we have obtained in the performance tests that we usually use on our site. The truth is that its performance is really good , especially when working in multicore, and in general it outperforms the competition than a similar SoC.
By the way, something that we quite liked about this phone is that it has excellent temperature control , even if the use of its hardware is intensive. We have practically never had to rest the device for this reason. The truth is that we have been extremely satisfied when using the device and, the truth is that it fulfills what is promised: great performance at a reasonable cost.
Better than expected with games
Obviously, this is not a smartphone that can be considered gaming, but the truth is that when running titles such as PUBG or Asphalt, it has become quite clear to us that the capacity offered by the Mali-G57 MC2 GPU exceeds initial expectations . Thus, without abusing the graphic quality, a quite remarkable fluidity is achieved. And, again, it is ahead of the competition in its same price range… but, this time, by the hair, everything must be said.
It should be noted that in this section the temperature control is still good, but not as efficient as mentioned above. By the way, and we think this is important: energy consumption increases considerably when playing very demanding titles, since the demand for energy increases significantly. It is true that the 5,000 mAh battery here responds well… but it is something to keep in mind.
A decent operating system
The version of Android that comes by default with the Poco M4 Pro 5G is 11, so it meets what can be expected. Above Google’s work is EMUI 12.5 , which is a job that has already shown good behavior and among the positive details it has is that the consumption of system resources is low, which is always appreciated. By the way, the user interface works very well even if you do not use the maximum frequency of the screen which reaches 120 Hz. This allows us to say that the work done is good .
With a good presence of the interface that is easy to use and with animations that are striking, but not demanding, it should be noted that you will find everything you are looking for in EMUI to customize the operation of the equipment . In addition, it offers a high capacity when it comes to establishing privacy, such as when sharing content, and the integrated security application seems to us to be a great success, since it is very complete.
Is it worth buying it?
If we restrict ourselves to what it offers in the performance section, it must be said that it is a success to choose this device. The reason is that by measuring the power it offers with all kinds of applications with its price, one of the best ratios currently on the market is achieved. In addition, its operation is really good both for the use of EMUI and in what has to do with the experience that is achieved in all kinds of situations.
It is important to note that the large number of possibilities that it includes, among which there is no lack of good Internet access via WiFi (which, it is true, sometimes suffers if the maximum is demanded of the Poco M4 Pro 5G continuously) or integrating a GPS that works perfectly, make it the option that shines with its own light among the models intended for those who do not want to spend a lot of money, but who, at the same time, want to achieve a good user experience. Therefore, it is a phone that we recommend always keeping in mind.