Xiaomi POCO C71 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Xiaomi POCO C71 - simple but tasteful

The Chinese company Poco (a sub-brand of Xiaomi Corporation) specializes in smartphones of low and mid-price segments, which has earned the love of millions of buyers. However, at the same time, the manufacturer's range of devices does not have many representatives of the lowest cost category. And the hero of today's review corrects this situation. This is definitely not ideal, but more than a high-quality phone for a very modest amount of money.

The appearance of the new product is not without attractive features. Of course, when in close contact with the device, it is difficult not to notice the thick frames of the IPS display, the outdated form factor of the 8-megapixel selfie camera, but at the same time the block of photosensors is nice, the colors of the cases are interesting, and the plastic used is not as bad as it could be. The 6.88-inch IPS screen will not please the user with amazing clarity of content, because the resolution is only 1640x720 pixels. At the same time, the smoothness of the picture is impressive at a refresh rate of 120 Hz, the color rendition is not bad. But you don’t need to demand sky-high peak brightness, direct sunlight actually reduces the visibility of the image to zero.

The technical characteristics have definitely improved in terms of performance. The UNISOC Tiger T615 processor, 4 GB / 6 GB RAM and Mali G57 MC1 GPU cannot be considered a gaming solution, but Android 15 now functions smoother, applications launch without delay, and from games you can try out undemanding projects like Call Of Duty Mobile. With low-medium graphics presets, it is quite possible to get a stable framerate. The battery capacity has been increased to 5200 mAh, which is very good by today's standards. The energy-efficient chipset will make you forget about sockets for a couple of days. There is also a semblance of fast charging, the power of which has reached 15W. The permanent memory is 64/128 GB, which can be expanded with MicroSD cards.

The main 32- and 0.3-megapixel cameras will be a tool for capturing documents, as well as simple scenes in daylight. You should simply forget about the dynamics of objects in the frame. There is no stereo sound, which is explained by the price tag of the phablet, but you can listen to music with wired headphones. It's a pity that the developer got rid of NFC to reduce the cost, but contactless payments would have been an extra reason to buy the device. But even without them, the gadget has something to win the title of a future hit.