Introduction
If you do not discover 5G important, and a pleasant OLED show is greater up your priorities record to your smartphone buy, the Poco M4 Pro 4G will commerce one for the opposite in comparison with the M4 Pro 5G, which we already reviewed some time in the past.
The 4G model swaps out the Dimensity 810 chipset for a Helio G96, one other Mediatek design that is solely barely much less highly effective and lacks the subsequent-gen connectivity. On the flipside, it will get a 6.43-inch OLED show that is marginally smaller than the 5G’s 6.6-inch unit, retains the 90Hz refresh fee and guarantees much more brightness, on prime of OLED’s different inherent benefits.
Light touches could be seen within the digital camera part too, the place the primary unit makes use of a 64MP sensor instead of the 5G model’s 50MP one, and a 2MP macro digital camera has cropped up the place there wasn’t one. The ultrawide on the again and the selfie digital camera seem unchanged.
The Poco M4 Pro will get to maintain the 5,000mAh battery capability and with it the 33W charging functionality, by now a staple of the Xiaomi lineup. Other basic goodies like an infrared emitter, headphone jack, and devoted microSD slot make for a whole function set.
Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro specs at a look:
- Body: 159.9×73.9×8.1mm, 179g; Gorilla Glass 3 entrance, plastic again, plastic body; IP53, mud and splash resistant.
- Display: 6.43″ AMOLED, 90Hz, 1080x2400px decision, 20:9 facet ratio, 409ppi.
- Chipset: Mediatek Helio G96 (12 nm): Octa-core (2×2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G57 MC2.
- Memory: 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM; UFS 2.2; microSDXC (devoted slot).
- OS/Software: Android 11, MIUI 13 for POCO.
- Rear digital camera: Wide (essential): 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, 0.7m, PDAF; Ultra extensive angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 118, 1/4″, 1.12m; Macro: 2 MP, f/2.4.
- Front digital camera: 16 MP, f/2.5, (extensive), 1/3.06″ 1.0m.
- Video seize: Rear digital camera: [email protected]; Front digital camera: [email protected].
- Battery: 5000mAh; Fast charging 33W, Power Delivery 3.0, Quick Charge 3+.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (facet-mounted); NFC; Infrared port; 3.5mm jack.
Poco M4 Pro unboxing
The Poco M4 Pro ships in a two-piece cardboard field in recognizable yellow livery, now with outsized branding – the 5G model opted for a extra restrained font dimension.
The contents are the same old – a charger, USB cable, and a smooth clear case. The charger is a beefy 33W Xiaomi quick charging unit with a USB-A output port. There’s no headset bundled, as is the norm, so you may want to produce your individual if you happen to plan to make use of the FM radio with any quantity of reliability.
