Poco just launched its first Ultra smartphone, the Poco F7 Ultra. It’s powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, which has a top speed of 4.32 GHz. That’s a big upgrade from the Poco F6 Pro, which had a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip with a top speed of 3.2 GHz.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite chip has a CPU that’s 42% faster and a GPU that’s 40% faster than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This makes it a significant improvement over the previous generation.
Key Features
The Poco F7 Ultra has some impressive features. It’s the first phone in the F series to have a high-end graphics chip called VisionBoost D7. This chip is made with 2-nanometer technology and helps improve image quality while gaming, supports higher frame rates, and can display HDR content.
The phone also has a cooling system called LiquidCool Technology 4.0, which has two cooling channels and a large heat pipe that’s 5,400 square millimeters. This helps keep the phone cool during intense gaming, reducing the temperature by up to 3 degrees Celsius.
The Poco F7 Ultra has a big 5,300mAh battery and a chip that helps manage power efficiency. It also supports fast charging with a technology called HyperCharge, which can charge the battery from 0 to 100% in just 34 minutes. The battery can maintain its quality even after 1,600 charge cycles.
Camera System
The phone has a great camera system with:
- A 50-megapixel main camera with a Light Fusion 800 sensor, f/1.6 aperture, and optical image stabilization
- A 50-megapixel telephoto camera with a focal length of 60-120mm, supporting 2.5x to 5x zoom, and optical image stabilization
- A 32-megapixel ultrawide camera with a 120-degree field of view
- A 32-megapixel front camera
The phone has a 6.67-inch OLED screen with a high resolution of 1,440 x 3,200 pixels, supporting a 120Hz refresh rate and 12-bit color. The screen is protected by Poco Shield Glass, and the phone’s body is just 8.4mm thick and weighs 212 grams.
The Poco F7 Ultra is also water-resistant with an IP68 rating, which means it can withstand being submerged in water up to 1.5 meters deep for 30 minutes.
The phone comes in two colors: black and yellow. It has LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. The prices are:
- 12GB/256GB: $649
- 16GB/512GB: $699
Source: GSMArena