Poco M4 Pro Launched in Israel • HWzone

The new Xiaomi offers more processing power and increased memory volumes, but can no longer claim the title of the cheapest 5G smartphone on the market

Like most other Poco devices, the brand’s latest creation from Xiaomi for 2021 officially lands in the country now, a few weeks after its first international announcement. This is the budget Poco M4 Pro, designed to replace the popular Poco M3 Pro that arrived in early June.

The Poco M4 Pro 5G uses a 6.6-inch IPS panel with a common 2,400 × 1,080 pixel resolution, a refresh rate of up to 90 Hz and a 240 Hz touch sampling rate, a octagonal Mediatek 810 chip from Mediatek based on a 6-nanometer manufacturing process, storage UFS 2.2 agile internal expansion option with expandable microSD cards of up to one terabyte, LPDDR4X memory, Android 11 system with MIUI 12.5 interface above it, dual speakers, built-in NFC chip, infrared transmitter, headphone slot, FM radio receiver (used in headphones Wired), support for the Widevine L1 standard for access to the highest streaming quality on Netflix, dual-channel 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity and a 5,000mAh internal battery with support for charging 33 watts wired.

The body of the Poco M4 Pro is made of plastic and the front is protected by an old Gorilla Glass 3 coating – but the good news is that with a thickness of 8.8 millimeters and a weight of 195 grams, this device can still be considered compact, in some circles

The camera system on the M4 Pro has undergone a significant change that will be interesting to examine its products in practice, with a new main ISOCELL sensor with a resolution of 50 megapixels from Samsung, which is smaller than the 48 megapixel sensor from OmniVision on the Poco M3 Pro, in fact ( Is the physical pixel size in the sensor the feature that most clearly affects the image output?), While a pair of macro sensors and a tiny 2-megapixel depth sensor were replaced with a single 8-megapixel secondary sensor, from OmniVision, for wide-angle photography. The M4 Pro’s selfie camera comes with a maximum resolution of 16 megapixels compared to 8 megapixels in the previous incarnation, based on a physically larger sensor but with a smaller aperture key and a smaller single pixel size.

There is no choice between different storage volumes unfortunately, but at least there is a choice between three shades

The processing chip is a bit more agile and efficient, the display is a bit larger, the photo array should be more useful and the internal battery charges faster, but with all this there are quite a few similarities between the Poco M3 Pro and Poco M4 Pro, and hence the fact that the pricing is Their very similar is logical and positive – with one small star: the Poco M3 Pro arrived in the country offering a choice between a basic configuration with 64GB of storage and 4GB of dynamic memory for 800 shekels and a more advanced configuration with 128GB of storage and 6GB of RAM in NIS 1,000, while the new M4 Pro lands in Israel with only the advanced configuration that includes 128GB of storage and 6GB of dynamic memory, at a price of NIS 1,050. In other words, although the price remains technically almost the same, the lack of choice of the discounted version makes the new incarnation more expensive in the eyes of consumers, at least until there is a launch for the 64GB version as well.

It is quite rare nowadays to find a device that includes all these basic features together (plus microSD and radio receiver, as a bonus) – so the local manufacturer and importer has reason to be proud of it and highlight the matter

Unofficial parallel importers may help narrow the gaps with the prices they will offer, but for now there are some 5G models on the market that cost less than the Poco M4 Pro, and will not allow it to boast the cheapest or most lucrative title in the market despite its nice potential. What do you think of the device? Feel free to share in the comments.