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Poco has recently launched the all-new Poco F4 5G in the Indian Market. The device aims for the budget flagship category and not lying for what it’s worth, it indeed brings a great combination at an affordable price range.
So, Today we are here to compare the newly launched iQOO Neo 6 5G with with Redmi‘s recently launched device which comes with a bit of similar pricing i.e., the Redmi K50i.
Poco F4 5G vs Redmi K50i 5G :
Display And Design :
| Specs | Poco F4 | Redmi K50i |
| Display | 6.67 inches AMOLED | 6.6 inches FFS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 hertz | 144 hertz |
| STB ratio | 86.6% | 85.1% |
| Thickness | 7.7mm | 8.9mm |
| Brightness (peak) | 1300 nits | 700 nits |
| HDR 10+ certification | Yes | Yes |
| Weight | 195 grams | 200 grams |
| Pixel density | 395 ppi | 407 ppi |
| Resolution | 1080X2400 | 1080X2460 |
| Glass Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Back | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Polycarbonate |
In terms of Design and Display, Poco F4 5G and Redmi K50i 5G both have pretty distinguished specs i.e., the back panel of the Poco F4 is Glass while the Redmi K50i features a plastic back and on the display point of view Poco F4 has a Super AMOLED 120 hertz panel and on the other hand Redmi K50i has an FFS LCD 144 hertz panel. Poco F4 5G is slightly lighter than Redmi K50i by 5 grams. But the instant touch sampling rate of Redmi K50i 5G is 1200hz while Poco F4 5G has 1000hz. So, we can clearly agree that declaring a clear could get controversial, so I leave deciding the winner upto you guys.
Processor And Performance :
| Specs | Poco F4 | Redmi K50i |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 | MediaTek Dimensity 8100 |
| Neural Processor | Hexagon 698 | MT6895Z |
| AnTuTu Score | 7,40,000+ | 8,06,000+ |
| 3D Mark Score | 4,260 | 5677 |
| GeekBench Single and Multi Core Score | 1005 and 3387 | 928 and 3836 |
| Arms | 4x Cortex A55 @ 1.8 GHz and 3 x Cortex [email protected] GHz and 1 x Cortex A77 @3.2 GHz | 4x Cortex A78 @ 2.8 GHz and 4x Cortex A77 @ 2.0 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 650 | Mali-G610 MC6 |
| Storage Type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Fabrication | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Faster CPU Clock | Yes | Yes |
Here comes the processor, On one hand Poco F4 5G features Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 which was launched in January 2021 and on the other hand Redmi K50i features a MediaTek Dimensity 8100 which was launched in February 2022. Both the processors hold great even in 2022 and are impressively optimized providing an optimum battery and performance ratio. And both the device offers similar storage type, But MediaTek Dimensity 8100 has an upper hand in terms of performance. So, we can easily say that Redmi K50i is a winner in terms of performance.
Camera And Battery :
| Specs | Poco F4 | Redmi K50i |
| Rear Camera | 64 MP, f/1.8, (wide) 1/2.0″, 0.7µm, PDAF, OIS 8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚ (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) | 64 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.72″, 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 120˚, (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) |
| Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps |
| Front Camera | 20 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/3.06″, 1.0µm | 16 MP, f/2.5, (wide) |
| Video | 1080p@30fps | 1080p@30fps |
| LED Flash | Yes | Yes |
| Battery | 4500 mAh | 5080 mAh |
| Fast Charging | 67 watt | 67 watt |
| 100% in | 38 min | 46 min |
Both Poco F4 5G and Redmi K50i 5G both comes with similar camera setup, So in this department its a tie.
On the Battery front, Redmi K50i 5G clearly wins as it has more battery capacity as it comes with 5080 mAh battery compared to the 4500 mAh in the Poco F4 5G.
Security And Connectivity :
| Specs | Poco F4 | Redmi K50i |
| GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| USB-C Type | Yes | Yes |
| Fingerprint sensor type | Side mounted | Side mounted |
| Face unlock | Yes | Yes |
| Compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, light sensor | Yes | Yes |
| 3.5 mm Headphone jack | No | No |
| OS | Android 12 | Android 12 |
| UI | MIUI 13 | MIUI 13 |
| Radio and Infrared | Yes | Yes |
| Features | Fingerprint (side mounted, physical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | Fingerprint (side mounted, physica;), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
Both Poco F4 5G and Redmi K50i 5G are from the same company and comes with almost same security features, they both come with latest version of android and MIUI, So in this department too its a tie.
Yet, Again if we compare the connectivity features both the devices packs quite a similar configuration. So considering it ties in this field too.
Price And Variant :
▪︎ Poco F4 5g ( 6+ 128 GB):- 27,999 Rupees
▪︎ Poco F4 5g ( 8+ 128 GB):- 29,999 Rupees
▪︎ Poco F4 5g ( 12+ 256 GB):- 33,999 Rupees
▪︎ Redmi K50i 5G ( 6+128 GB):- 25,999 Rupees
▪︎ Redmi K50i 5G ( 8+ 128 GB):- 28,999 Rupees
By looking at the above info, We can say that they both Poco F4 5G is a bit expensive than Redmi K50i 5G.
Conclusion :
This was the full specs comparison of Poco F4 5G and Redmi K50i 5G hope you got some information from the above post. So, Now straight to the point :
Why should we consider Poco F4 5G :
▪︎ Glass Back
▪︎ Better cameras
▪︎ AMOLED Display
Why should we consider Redmi K50i 5G :
▪︎ Bigger Battery
▪︎ 144 hertz Display
▪︎ Better Performance
So, If you are considering which one to buy, if you want an all-rounder device then I would say go for the Poco F4 5G and if you want a performance centric device with a big battery then go for Redmi K50i.
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