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Xiaomi sub-brand Poco has just released its latest Poco F4 GT. Thanks to its magnetic pop-up shoulder trigger, this is a great phone for keen Android gamers.
Specification
- Display: 6.67-inch flat AMOLED point display, 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling
- chipset: Snapdragon 8 1st generation mobile platform
- RAM: 8GB or 12GB
- Storage: 128GB or 256GB
- Rear Camera: 64MP Sony IMX686, 8MP Ultra Wide, 2MP Macro
- Front camera: 20MP IMX596
- Battery: 4700mAh
- Charging: 120W
- Features: Magnetic pop-up trigger
Poco F4 GT vs Black Shark 5 Pro
Last year’s Poco F3 GT didn’t make it to the UK, so I’m ignoring the new gaming trigger it uses.
When I realized that the Poco F4 GT has triggers, it sounded very similar to Black Shark, another Xiaomi-related brand.
Spec-wise, there are a lot of similarities, but also a lot of differences.
Check out the Poco F4 GT and compare it to the standard Black Shark 5 and Pro models:
- All phones have the same size display and the same resolution, but the Poco F4 GT has a slower refresh rate of 120Hz
- Although all phones use AMOLED displays, they all have side-mounted fingerprint scanners
- The dimensions are very similar, but the Poco is slightly thinner.
- The Poco F4 GT and the Black Shark 5 Pro share the same chipset, but the Black Shark 5 Pro has 256GB of base storage, and it’s also the first phone to combine UFS 3.1/NVMe SSD storage.
- The standard Black Shark 5 has very similar camera specs to the Poco, but with a larger 13MP ultra-wide lens. Poco has a larger 20MP selfie camera than the two Black Shark phones. Featuring an impressive 108 MP Samsung sensor, the Black Shark 5 Pro is the first time a Black Shark phone has a high-quality camera.
- All three phones have similar batteries. The Poco has 4700 mAh and 120W charging, while the Black Shark model has 4650 mAh and 120W.
UK prices and availability
The POCO F4 GT will be available in three colors: Stealth Black, Knight Silver and Cyber Yellow. It will also be available in two versions: 8GB+128GB and 12GB+256GB.
8GB + 128GB: MSRP of 599 EUR on official e-commerce channels.
12GB + 256GB: MSRP on official e-commerce channels is 699 euros.
UK pricing and availability have yet to be confirmed, but these are £503.52 and £587.51 respectively.
Save €100 if you buy any phone during the early bird sale on April 28
overall
I like the trigger on the shoulder Black Shark 3 ProI’m excited to see them see wider adoption in phones.
If you don’t care much about the best camera on your phone, the Poco F4 GT looks like a great choice for an affordable device. I’m not too sure it’ll be rolled out globally, but I hope it will.
