POCO X7 PRO Iron Man Edition - The Midrange KING is BACK! Market Disruptor Indeed!

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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the early bird rate

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for the comparison video

between this phone
and the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus

to give you a side by side comparison
with a flagship phone

from Samsung,
so we can see if this phone

can really compete
with a flagship from Samsung.

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