Hi, welcome back. I’m Donkey. The latest comment area is really POCO Everywhere. No matter what phone we unbox, someone will always mention it. Hey Bonnie, can you help you? Can you also open POCO? No problem, of course. The one I have in my hand now is POCO. The latest generation performance flagship POCO F6 Pro is right. In the Taiwanese mobile phone market in 2024, there are really fewer and fewer choices for CP value performance phones. Most models are moving closer to the balanced mid-range. Now there are brands that continue to work on CP value performance models. POCO is the only one left. Let’s not talk nonsense and go straight to the key specifications. POCO F6 Pro is equipped with Qualcomm’s previous generation flagship processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in the most important performance specifications. Although it is the performance king in 2023 , this SoC even Today , with its excellent energy consumption performance, it is still significantly better than mid-range processors in the same price range , and the peripheral specifications are not compromised. POCO F6 Pro is equipped with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and ultra-large 1TB storage space , and is positioned as POCO's own flagship machine. The POCO F6 Pro is not only powerful. This time it also uses a 2K WQHD+ AMOLED screen. The measured brightness is very strong and the peak value can reach 3900 and nearly 4000 nits. The main lens also uses the Light Hunter 800 provided by OV and a 5000mAh battery of 120W. Fast charging is really a value-for-money machine with a lot of features. But having said so much , how is the actual performance of POCO F6 Pro? Can it continue to dominate the value-for-money choice? Let’s take a look at this year’s POCO. There are two versions of the F6 series : F6 and F6 Pro . Currently, the first wave we get is the F6 Pro version. This year’s POCO F6 Pro continues the square lens frame design on the main ID. The white version we have is the real one. The whole machine is very integrated from the beginning to the end. Although the four-camera design (actually three) is very eye-catching, I have actually gotten used to it by now . At the same time, the appearance materials this time are also pretty good , including the use of a metal middle frame on the side. The glass back panel with matte frosted treatment on the back feels delicate and smooth. The key point is that this glass back panel has also been slightly curved to a depth of four degrees , that is, the upper, lower, left and right glass edges have been thermally curved. The feel is also good. It will fit better and be easier to hold. There is no plastic frame on the front of the screen. The texture is very good. However , the matte back panel will be a little slippery when it is bare . It will be more secure if it is installed with a case . The measured weight is 209 grams. The weight control is also at the mainstream level . On the body configuration, POCO F6 Pro’s buttons are concentrated on the top right side. It is also equipped with an infrared module. You can directly use your mobile phone to turn on the air conditioner and TV. The SIM card slot is a double-sided dual SIM card design at the bottom of the fuselage. There is no MicroSD card slot this time. There are 3.5mm jacks and all the boxed accessories should be there. POCO F6 Pro has been attached with a basic plastic protective sticker and a dark gray protective case when it leaves the factory . It also comes with a charger that supports up to 120W fast charging. At the end of the group , POCO F6 Pro also uses a linear motor, and the vibration feedback is still crisp and clear. However, I feel that the preset typing vibration is slightly smaller. Overall, the appearance and texture are good, and it is mid-level or above. If I say it, there is only one thing that is a pity. This generation of POCO F6 Pro There is still no dustproof and waterproof design. I look forward to having the opportunity to add it to the audio and video entertainment. This time, POCO F6 Pro is equipped with a 6.67-inch 20:9 2K 120Hz center-punch flat screen. At this price, 2K is also available. It is sincere. At the same time, the bezel of this screen is narrow enough. It looks very comfortable from the front. In terms of compatibility, POCO F6 Pro also supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision HDR image streaming. After our actual testing , it can indeed light up Dolby Vision in NETFLIX. However, this The screen does not support LTPO , so in the system interface, there are only two levels of adjustment: 60 and 120. The special thing is that the official claims that this screen can reach a peak brightness of up to 4000 nits and 3840Hz high-frequency PWM dimming and wet hands. We will control these and test them one by one . Bonny actually tested the full screen brightness of POCO F6 Pro under strong light, which can reach a maximum brightness performance of 1300 nits. In order to trigger the officially announced peak brightness of 4000 nits at the peak brightness, we also asked Our high-power Spotlight can indeed reach a peak brightness of 3974 nits (slip of the tongue) nearly 4000 nits under strong light at 4% of the display area. And the brightness performance of this screen is really strong, even under the same conditions . With 50% of the display area, this screen can still reach over 3,200 nits. The performance is really better than that of POCO F6 Pro. This screen is in the same condition as the screen on the Xiaomi Mi 14 series. When the system reaches an ultra-high brightness of over 3,000 nits Sometimes the white screen will appear slightly yellowish, which should be a problem caused by the need to support 4000 nits. However, even at 50% of the display area, it can still reach 3000 nits. This is really quite strong, and among everyone Regarding PWM , we have tested POCO F6 Pro and can stably measure 1920Hz high-frequency PWM below 80 nits. However, this has not yet reached the official 3840Hz. After looking at the official documents, it turns out that 3840Hz will be less than 24 nits. It will be triggered only when we pull the brightness to about 15 nits. At this time, the instrument can measure the high-frequency PWM test of about 3840Hz. The test is successful. In terms of color gamut and color accuracy, we have tested all modes. I will only talk about it here. The key point is that through our actual measurement, the native color gamut performance of this panel can reach 100% of sRGB, 97% of Adobe RGB and 98.5% of DCI-P3 color accuracy. POCO provides six display styles in the system. However, after our actual measurement on F6 Pro All the gears are biased toward eye-catching styles. CCT also falls around 7400K. Even in the advanced mode, it does not follow the D65 CCT Delta E. It also goes above 8. It is obviously a more eye-catching cold white style . The color rendering will become more and more intense from top to bottom among the three levels . The only natural mode among the advanced modes is about 6800K , but it is not D65 CCT Delta E. It is about 6.52. By the way, if you compare the color temperature of the three levels outside, Adjusted to warm color , it will be about 6800K. In terms of color rendering and color accuracy, we click on the advanced mode. Let’s first test the sRGB mode. The actual measurement can reach 98.9% of the sRGB color gamut coverage. The CCT falls at 7400K to please the eyeballs , so the color Delta E will also be affected. The average Delta E is only 2.94. We would hope that the performance is less than 2 and the maximum Delta E It is 9.68 , and in P3 mode, the actual measurement can reach 98.4% of the P3 color gamut coverage CCT. It is also 7400K, and the average color Delta E reaches 2.93. The maximum Delta E is 8.82. Overall, the current measurement of POCO F6 Pro is not particularly accurate. The average Delta E of the mode is about 3, which is enough for daily gaming. It has excellent color accuracy. We would like to achieve a performance of Delta E < 2. Finally, when controlling it with wet hands, we will put some water drops on the screen and start sliding. It does feel simple. Clicks are all OK, and making phone calls is no problem. Finally, in terms of sound effects, POCO F6 Pro provides a dual-speaker configuration and also supports Dolby Atmos. However, the sound of the bottom speaker is also louder. If you hold it horizontally, it will be a bit louder if you turn the sound up to the highest level. The actual external amplifier test is also provided below on the right for your reference. Next, we will enter the key performance test of POCO . The POCO F6 Pro in our hands is equipped with Qualcomm's flagship processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which was very, very well rated last year, using TSMC's 4nm process. Paired with LPDDR5X 16GB of RAM and UFS 4.0 1TB of storage space, I believe everyone is familiar with the performance of S8 Gen 2. I won’t go into specific analysis here. The actual game is the more important indicator. You can refer to the following table for all the running score results. It is worth checking out. What I mention is that this generation of POCO F6 Pro uses a large-area VC vapor chamber officially called a ring cold pump design for heat dissipation. Simply put , POCO has optimized the channel design of the VC vapor chamber to allow the liquid in the VC to change from a liquid state to a liquid state. The circulation to the gaseous state is smoother and accelerates the uniform temperature performance of VC. What is the actual effect? We directly enter the performance test. Bonny team also did this year in order to reduce the impact of ambient temperature on the test results. All our tests try to control the indoor temperature at about 26 degrees. First of all, PUBG M can now successfully enable the 120 FPS mode in the smooth picture quality ultra-limited frame rate mode. After our actual measurement, the average frame number of POCO F6 Pro can reach 112.1 FPS in about 25 minutes of play, starting from about 17 FPS. Minutes began to drop steadily to around 90 FPS, with an average power consumption of 4.95W. It seems that PUBG at 120 FPS finally puts some pressure on the S8 Gen 2. However, the performance is stable at a minimum of 90 FPS or above. The actual game is still very smooth. Next, let's test the load. The heavy Genshin Impact Xumi POCO F6 Pro averaged 54.3 FPS after half an hour of continuous play at the highest quality. The average power consumption was 5.72 W. It was stable at an average of 60 FPS until about 17 minutes and 36 seconds, and then dropped to 45. The FPS fluctuates left and right. For Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, it is considered to be an average performance release. However, it performs well in temperature control. Positive 40.7 degrees and negative 43.7 degrees (slip of the tongue). Let’s test the crash with the heaviest load: Star Dome Railway POCO F6 Pro. After half an hour of continuous play at the highest image quality, the average frame rate dropped to 48.6 FPS. The average power consumption was 6.58 W. It seems that the current highest image quality is still S8 Gen 3. It is still relatively Hold. After about 11 minutes, the frame rate starts to jump significantly. At this time, the temperature also increased significantly. Both front and back sides reached about 43-44 degrees. Generally, it is recommended to slightly lower the special effects when playing for a long time. In terms of battery life , it reached 9 hours and 46 minutes at 2K 120Hz. The performance is on the edge of one charge per day. It is recommended to use FHD 120Hz mainly for outdoor use. It will be more secure. However, if you have power at any time and you want to use 2K, it is no problem. After all, POCO F6 Pro also supports 120W high-wattage fast charging. After our actual testing, It can be fully charged to 46% in 10 minutes, and it only takes 28 minutes to fully charge the POCO F6 Pro with biometric security recognition. It uses a fingerprint recognition module located at the bottom of the optical screen. The speed performance is quite good. It also supports facial recognition, and the system experience is simple. As the son of Xiaomi's sub-brand, POCO F6 Pro has been preloaded with Xiaomi HyperOS when it leaves the factory , so the system experience is basically the same as the Xiaomi series. It has setting options , game acceleration, Xiaomi's multi-display support, Always on Display, etc. However, one thing to note is that POCO has previously demonstrated a series of AI functions at the international conference, including AI portraits , which means that after you model it in the photo album, you can use generative AI to make you appear anywhere. Location , AI Magic Eraser, AI picture editing, etc. are currently in the Beta stage and have not been directly preloaded in the system, so it depends on when Taiwan will launch OTA in the future. At the end of the day, let’s take a look at the camera POCO F6 Pro has three The lens design includes an F1.6 50-megapixel main lens, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens , and a 2-megapixel strategic macro lens. What is worth mentioning is that the main lens this time was a bit surprising. I used a 1/1.55-inch one. The Light Hunter 800 sensor supplied by OV has an OIS optical anti-shake design . I even used the Pixel 8a and the iPhone 15 Pro Max to compare the photography of the main lens. The POCO F6 Pro is above the standard. It is also direct here. I have posted a large number of sample photos for your reference. In addition, the portrait performance of POCO F6 Pro is also very good. The following portrait samples are provided for your reference. Special thanks to Lisa for her friendly guest appearance in the portrait shooting . I also provide night shot samples for your reference. On the ultra-wide angle There are also a few sets of sample photos that are better than expected , but they are still considered normal performance . After all, it has an ancestral 8 million ultra-wide angle. In terms of video recording, POCO F6 Pro can support up to 8K 24 FPS and 4K 60 FPS video modes. A short video is also provided here. Samples for your reference. I think this year’s POCO F6 Pro will be the first phone where I think POCO’s camera performance reaches mid-level or above, especially if compared with POCO F5 Pro. The improvement of POCO F6 Pro is really obvious. So now that POCO not only has high performance, but also has improved camera performance, this is really an encouragement. Let’s look at the main specifications. I’ll just list the key differences here . I have also marked it in green and blue. I believe everyone’s first question must be that the processor POCO F6 uses this year’s latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor , while the POCO F6 Pro uses last year’s processor. The flagship S8 Gen 2 processor , which one of these two SoCs is better? I will simply put it in one sentence and use absolute performance to look at the CPU performance of 8 Gen 2 and 8s Gen 3. In fact, the CPU performance of 8 Gen 2 and 8s Gen 3 is almost the same. The main difference between 8 Gen 2 and 8 Gen 2 is in the GPU part. In 3DMark Wild Life Extreme, it is about 15-20% stronger , so 8 Gen 2 is better than 8s Gen 3. In terms of AI performance, 8s Gen 3 has improved, but because POCO’s main focus is still on games, overall Looking at the 8 Gen 2 used in POCO F6 Pro , it is indeed better than 8s Gen 3. If you continue to look down the specification table, the international version POCO F6 has two specifications. POCO F6 Pro has three specifications. However, according to past experience, Taiwan POCO is usually the top choice. But we have to wait for the follow-up. Taiwan officially announced that the power of the two devices is the same, but the charging wattage of the POCO F6 Pro is higher to 120W. The screen size is the same 6.67 inches , but the POCO F6 Pro uses 2K resolution 120Hz. High update Both devices have 50MP screens and OIS , but the POCO F6 uses a 1/1.95-inch IMX882 , while the POCO F6 Pro uses a Light Hunter 800. The main lens is larger at 1/1.55-inch. If the price is Judging from the highest specification version, the early bird price will be reduced by 50 US dollars. The discount is about 12,200 yuan for POCO F6, compared to 18,600 yuan for POCO F6 Pro. However, the current price of the Taiwan version has not been announced , but it is usually higher than international prices. The version is a little cheaper , so overall, the difference of about 6,000 yuan between POCO F6 and F6 Pro is really reflected in the specifications. You can buy better processors, larger RAM, larger storage space, and faster ones. Fast charging, a better screen and a better main lens , but if you are looking for enough, it is good. In fact, this year’s POCO F6, which is around 10,000 yuan, I think is very good. The processor is directly upgraded to the Snapdragon 8 series , and the AI performance and light tracking are not available. Compared with the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 used in last year's POCO F5 , it is obviously better than last year. Overall, with the blessing of 8 Gen 2, the performance is really something that POCO does not need to worry about. Basically, it only costs 15,000-20,000. There are no rivals . I looked around and there are new models on sale. The only flagships that can still compete are Samsung Galaxy S23 or Asus Zenfone 10. The two S8 Gen 2 flagships are 128GB. The price range of all versions is around 16,000. If you add the Dimensity flagship to the mix, there is also its own big brother 13T Pro , but the price will be around 17,000-18,000. However, these three models are all balanced flagship orientations. So friends who love taking pictures can include these three in comparison. But if you are looking for pure performance and pure gaming, POCO F6 Pro still has the upper hand in terms of performance, screen heat dissipation performance. In addition, the international version of F6 Pro also has a 16 GB + 1 TB version to choose from. The need for large capacity is also one of the advantages. In terms of performance, there is no need to compare with the average mid-range processor . All S8 Gen 2 games can run up to 60 FPS at most. On mid-range processors , at most , the image quality can be set to medium. There is no comparison. It depends on whether you need performance or photography. The line is very clear. However, at the moment when we are doing this episode, we still don’t know which version of the POCO F6 series will be introduced and how much the price will be. Taiwan POCO is expected to launch in The Queen of Heaven has officially announced it , so please leave a message and tell me after it is released. Okay, let’s start this episode here. We also try our best to bring as many practical tests as possible in the limited time. I hope you all enjoy watching it. If there is more, If you have any questions or things that the Bonnie team has not measured, please leave a message below to discuss how difficult it is to produce the final program. Please support us. You are also welcome to sponsor us by joining the channel membership or YouTube's super thank you button to complete more practical measurements with reference value. I'm a donkey in this show , so we'll see you next time. Now that we've talked about the specifications, as usual, we'll start with the appearance design of the POCO F6 Pro that we've already received. But we won't talk nonsense and will only talk about the key points. It's a pity to say it. This generation of POCO F6 Pro still does not have a dustproof and waterproof design. I hope that I will have the opportunity to add a special feature in the future . The official claim is that this screen can reach a peak brightness of 4000 nits and 3840 Hz high-frequency PWM dimming and humidity control. Let’s take a look at these hand-controlled controls one by one. To be honest, I really didn’t expect POCO to take photos. Most of my friends probably expected that as long as they could take pictures of files, scan QRCode or take pictures of landscapes, it would be fine . But I didn’t expect this for a while. The main lens of POCO F6 Pro is really easy to shoot. Overall , with the added performance of S8 Gen 2, POCO doesn’t need to worry about it. Basically, I can capture 15000-20000. There are no opponents. I looked at it. There are still new models on sale in the market. The only flagship models that can be purchased at reduced prices are Samsung's Galaxy S23 or Asus' Zenfone 10. The two S8 Gen 2 flagships are comparable in terms of processors. The 128 GB version is around 16,000. price range
