If you haven't bought a smartphone
last Christmas 2024 yet, congratulations
because as early as now, January of 2025,
we now have a flagship killer,
this new POCO X7 Pro.
This phone has flagship killer specs
without the flagship price tag.
Dimensity 8400 Ultra.
It can almost compete with the SD 8 Gen 3.
6,000mAh of battery, it's so big,
with 90W charging capability.
CrystalRes AMOLED display with 1.5K display.
Best of all, Sony IMX882 50MP main camera sensor.
Are you intrigued enough?
Finish this video.
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This POCO X7 Pro Iron Man Edition with a 12GB of RAM
and 512GB of storage would be priced
at Php22,999.
But for early birds, this phone is only Php19,999.
The regular edition of the POCO X7 Pro
has three variants.
It has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage
priced at Php16,999.
But for early birds, it's only Php15,999.
It has 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage
priced at Php17,999.
For early birds, it's only Php16,999.
And of course, it has 12GB/512GB
with a regular price of Php19,999.
But for early birds, it's only Php18,499.
I'll be posting all of the official links
on the description box below.
So check out the official links.
One of the things that I really like about this phone
is its collaboration with Marvel.
We can see that the build on this Iron Man phone
is really good.
The Iron Man logo on the back is really looking nice,
plus it has an Avengers logo on the bottom
which is definitely cool for Marvel fans.
And they even gave extra effort on the custom box.
Its back is really beautiful and I was hoping
that its side are also custom, even just a metallic red
to make it look a lot more Iron Man-ish design.
But what they did here is just a very plain
matte black plastic frame on the sides
which is, I would say, just lacking a bit of effort.
But I'm happy with the red ring on the two camera modules
which are looking really nice.
It's really fitting on this phone.
And its red button looks also really good.
Another plus point is the theme here
which is what I didn't see on the POCO F6 Deadpool Edition.
I'll show you the theme in full detail.
One thing that I really like on this phone
is that its theme pack is really great.
Now, we know that its back is Iron Man theme.
And I've voiced out during our review
of the POCO F6 Deadpool Edition that the back looks great,
except that its theme is just a regular theme.
But on this one, POCO really did the extra work,
giving the theme that we want.
This is a special custom-made Iron Man theme.
We can see the icons here are specially made
for this phone.
Therefore, I would say that this is definitely
a special edition.
Not just only its back case but the experience
while using this phone is definitely better.
Overall, its design is good, my grip on this is great,
and I would say its bezels are just right.
Not the thinnest that I've seen
but its symmetrical bezels are quite decent.
This phone is the first one to sport the MediaTek
Dimensity 8400 Ultra.
And like I've said in the intro, this one can go
almost toe to toe with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
because POCO said that it can give an AnTuTu score
of up to 1.8 million points.
Honestly, I would hardly get that score.
After five tries, I only got 1.5 million points.
But I've asked other tech reviewers
and they were able to get 1.6 and 1.7 million score
here on AnTuTu Benchmark.
I'm not quite sure why it didn't work with mine.
This is the breakdown score that we got.
This is the score that I got on CPU benchmarking
on Geekbench.
And this is the GPU benchmarking.
Its thermals are looking okay.
After five minutes, it kind of went down a bit
and it throttled to 79% of its best performance.
POCO said that they've put liquid cooling technology 4.0
in this phone.
We'll find out later on gaming if it really cools better
compared to X6 Pro.
When it comes to battery, it's huge at 6,000mAh
which, for me, is a good upgrade over the X6 Pro.
Another good thing here is it supports 90W
of fast charging of Xiaomi.
Only thing is that this box doesn't come
with any charging brick.
If you're an early bird buyer, it would come together
with a free Xiaomi charging brick.
But I've heard that the regular X7 has
a charging brick included.
Charging from 0 to 100% on this phone using
the Xiaomi 90W fast charging brick,
it finishes at around 30 minutes.
And another thing that's delightful here
is that it can last one whole day
without even hitting the charging brick,
that is provided that you're not heavy into gaming
and video conferencing or video taking.
This can really last one whole day.
It can maybe even last one and a half day.
When I put this under the battery stress test
on PCMark, it was able to get 19 hours
and 7 minutes of screen-on time.
I tested this under 50% brightness
and 60Hz of screen refresh rate.
Let's talk about its display.
This phone has a 6.67-inch CrystalRes AMOLED display
with 1.5K resolution.
It has a refresh rate of up to 120Hz.
And its touch sampling rate is 2,560Hz.
Maximum brightness is 3,000 nits.
And it also has 1,920Hz PWM dimming
which is definitely more friendlier to the eyes.
And its protection is Corning Gorilla Glass 7i.
When I was scrolling on social media,
like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram,
and on other social media apps, you'll really feel
this phone to be very smooth because of its high refresh rate.
You won't feel your screen stuttering.
As long as your internet connection is good,
expect it to give you a great scrolling experience
on this phone.
And another thing, it has a Level 1
Widevine Security Level so you can definitely watch
HD content on this phone.
And when I was watching HD content on YouTube,
I was able to enjoy different videos
that I've watched here while I was on my vacation.
And especially watching anime and Korean novellas,
this phone is a winner.
This phone has stereo speakers, two holes on top
and five holes on the bottom.
Let's try it out to see if its speakers hold up.
(APT by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars)
Its sound is surprisingly good, and when I maxed out
its volume, it doesn't sound tinny.
So its speakers are good.
Let's talk about gaming.
Earlier, I said that it has a liquid cooling technology 4.0
which is an improved version of the liquid cooling technology
of POCO here.
And it has a POCO 3D IceLoop system.
And further giving you some ideas on its specs,
it sports a LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 storage.
Plus, it has a WildBoost Optimization 3.0
on its Game Turbo mode.
So I played four games here: Honor of Kings,
Genshin Impact, Farlight 84, and Call of Duty Mobile.
If you're playing the game Honor of Kings
on POCO X7 Pro, expect that it would give you
a really good experience.
Setting it to all high settings that it can handle,
it'll really give you a really, really nice experience.
The gameplay was really smooth.
I almost didn't feel any frame drops along the way.
One thing I like about it is that its sound is good
and the screen's responsiveness is very fast while I'm playing.
And another thing that I like is that its display is great,
giving you a better experience while gaming.
And after 30 minutes of gameplay on Honor of Kings,
its maximum temperature was 39°C.
When it comes to Genshin Impact, I maxed out
its graphic settings at high and 60 FPS.
And its performance is also very smooth.
I would say that its gameplay on Genshin Impact
is almost comparable to a flagship.
I almost didn't feel any frame drops
while playing against big bosses here on Genshin Impact.
And another thing that I also liked about it
is that the response of every single touch is so fast.
And this phone is probably one of the better ones
that I've played for Genshin Impact.
And honestly, I would highly recommend
this phone if you're a player of Genshin Impact.
After 30 minutes of gameplay, the hottest it achieved was 43°C.
On Farlight 84, we also maxed out
its graphic settings, and honestly, to my surprise,
its gameplay was good.
Though there are some minor frame drops
but you won't almost notice it.
But those frame drops don't happen that often,
it's very minimal and only a handful.
One thing I liked about it while playing Farlight 84
is that its screen is clear while playing this game.
And after playing two ranked matches
for 30 minutes, the hottest it achieved
was also 43°C.
On Call of Duty Mobile, we maxed out its graphics
and its gameplay was really great,
I was so happy with it.
We put it to max frame rate and it was able to give us
a really good experience.
One thing I liked about it is its loudspeaker
that sounds great.
While you're playing this game, you'll hear the footsteps
coming from the left and right and you'll really be able
to distinguish it from the speakers.
I'm not saying it's one of the best speakers out there
but I would say you'll really hear the footsteps
from the left and right, you'll be able to distinguish them
from this phone.
And playing for 30 minutes, it also reached 43°C.
Probably one of the highlights on this phone is its camera.
It has improved significantly from the POCO X6 Pro.
Its main camera sensor is a Sony IMX882 50MP with OIS
and it also has included an 8MP ultra wide lens.
Its front-facing camera is a 20MP front-facing shooter.
Its back can shoot you up to 4K and 60 FPS.
And its front can shoot you up to 1080p and 30 FPS.
I've been navigating with this phone.
I'm playing with its camera.
And to my surprise, I got many great shots
from this POCO X7 Pro.
And we can see that some of these outdoor shots,
it's just a very simple shot but it looks really nice.
Taking some building shots on Quezon City
and you'd see that even though it's kind of gloomy,
these shots are captured nicely.
And trying to take some flower shot
even though the lighting is not that great,
its focus on the subject is great
and blurring all the way to the background.
And also focusing on this shot, we can see it's fine.
It's not that bright but I would say
the photo here is sharp.
And taking more shots on the outdoor, it looks nice,
and I would say that these shots are pretty sharp.
And these books outdoors, this shot is captured nicely.
If you zoom it in, you'll see all the titles here.
Further taking some more shots on the outdoors,
we can see that there's a big improvement
on the camera of the POCO X7 Pro compared to the X6 Pro.
Even simple shots of the lanterns like this,
you'll really see the beauty of the shot.
And taking some of these greens, I can really tell you
that its color green is really enhanced,
there's some saturation but it's not too much.
And even taking this plant shot, I would say
that it's captured nicely also.
If you zoom it in, you can still see
even the small details on it.
When we played with the ultra wide lens,
this is how it looks like.
This is a normal shot and this is a 2x zoom shot.
The color approach on the ultra wide lens
is kind of different.
You'll see the greens here are more greenish
as opposed to this normal lens wherein the leaves
are a bit more yellowish.
Let's just repeat it.
This is an ultra wide shot,
normal,
and a 2x zoom shot.
We can see that its color is kind of different
from the ultra wide lens and the normal lens.
And by the way, this is another good shot
that I got on its camera.
Moving on to indoor food photography,
the images that I got on this phone is also good.
And when you zoom in, you'll see the nuts here
still show sharp details.
And zooming it all the way on these cakes,
you'll clearly see the details of the cream.
And further taking in more food shots,
we can see that this POCO X7 Pro can really perform.
If you take Christmas decor shots, I would say these shots
that I capture are looking really great
on the POCO X7 Pro.
This is probably one of my favorite shots.
The focusing on this Christmas decor is great.
And this is another good shot that I liked,
this Christmas tree shot with a 2025 logo on the bottom.
When we focused on it, this is how it looks like.
Its details are very sharp.
And even this gown shot that we took,
I really love the details that were preserved
in this camera.
And how can I forget this sneaker shot that we got?
The details are great.
When you zoom it in the fabric,
you can clearly see all the nitty gritty details
on this shoe.
Look at it, guys. It's beautiful.
Let's focus on its front-facing camera.
I would say its front-facing camera has also improved
over the POCO X6 Pro.
You can see the details that I got on my face.
Even though that my face is smoothened out,
removing the blemishes, I would say that
this is captured nicely as well.
No kidding.
It can perform up to the flagship level
wherein it can compete with the POCO F6 Pro.
On an indoor approach, you can see that
it also captured nicely, but you'll notice
it's a little bit softer compared to outdoors.
But overall, the quality is still very, very nice.
Using the front-facing camera to take a vlog,
this is the quality that you'll get.
Honestly, even though that it's a 1080p video,
it's still sharp.
We can see that my video is still looking nice
from the front-facing camera, and it's quite stable.
If you're using its rear camera to take a vlog,
I would say that the video that you'll get here is smooth
from the POCO X7 Pro.
This is definitely a vlog-worthy phone
if you're trying to use this phone for vlogging.
What do you think guys?
As early as January of 2025, the midrange king has return
which is the POCO X7 Pro.
With the price point of the regular edition,
I would say that it's really a catch.
Especially if you haven't bought your daily driver yet
in Christmas of 2024, this phone is definitely
worth the anticipation,
because its camera is great, it can give you
a good gaming experience, plus its design looks beautiful,
especially if you're an Iron Man fan.
If you're not a fan of Iron Man, you can always opt
for the regular edition for a cheaper price point.
With an early bird price starting at Php15,999,
I would highly recommend this POCO X7 Pro.
To anyone of you looking for a good well-balanced phone,
you don't have to look elsewhere,
everything's in here.
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