Xiaomi Subbrand Poco launched Poco F1 in Indian market with a top of the notch specification and very very aggressive price range. You will get tons of reason to buy it, but here I am going to discuss why you shouldn’t buy this device. I personally liked how much Xiaomi is offering in this price range.
Before we look at the reasons to not buy this device, Let’s take a quick look at the specification of Poco F1.
| Display | 6.18-inch FHD+ with Notch LCD Display |
| CPU | Snapdragon 845 |
| GPU | Adreno 630 |
| Storage | 64/ 128/ 256GB variants |
| RAM | 6/ 8GB |
| Rear Camera | 12MP Sony IMX 363 Sensor + 5MP Samsung sensor Both at 1.4-micron pixel |
| Front Camera | 20MP AI camera |
| OS | Android 8.1 running on MIUI with Poco Launcher |
| Battery | 4000mAh with Quick Charge 3.0 support |
| Colors Available | graphite black, steel blue, Rosso red, Kelver edition |
| Price | 20,999 (6/64GB) 23,999 (6/128GB) 28,999 (8/256GB) |
Reasons Why Not to Buy Poco F1:
#1. Plastic Body:
If you’re the one like me who likes to use phone naked then this device isn’t made for you. It is made of the plastic body and doesn’t look that good. Apart from the look, build of the device is really good.
#2. Wide Notch & Huge Chin
The notch is to big, when they are giving fingerprint sensor, there is no need of face unlock in my opinion. But they went for that and placed infrared sensor in that notch. The notch looks really ugly and the bottom and side bezel is also huge.
#3. No OIS
There is no optical image stabilisation for the videos. If you are planning to shoot videos with this device then this might be deal breaker. But take a note that it does have electronics image stabilisation which uses software to stabilise the footage.
#4. No NFC
As this device is made for the Indian market and not yet launched in global. There is no NFC support. As most of the Indian user doesn’t even uses NFC but if you’re one who uses NFC on daily basis you better avoid this device.
#5. Poor Low Light Images:
It has 12MP + 5MP rear camera at the back which is great in day time, gives average result but in night time, It isn’t that great. Considering it’s price range it gives good result tho.