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POCO M4 PRO
Price £205 / stuff.tv/M4Pro
Never heard of Poco? It’s actually the cheapest branch of Xiaomi, renowned purveyor of feature-packed phones. And the 5G-ready M4 Pro packs in so many goodies it’s unbelievable at this price point.
This Android uses the MediaTek Dimensity 810 platform –a power-packed octa-core processor that dismisses the Snapdragon snobs. Plus with 6GB of RAM, multitasking isn’t a chore either. Framerates in games aren’t the highest, but more demanding titles are perfectly playable at medium detail settings.
Features: bargainy
The 6.6in display is superb, with lovely colours and a 90hz refresh rate – which is most welcome at this kind of price level, delivering super-smooth scrolling. A 5000mAh battery sounds beefy enough for all-day use, but the Poco thrashed our estimates and lasted well into a second day before needing a top-up… and 33W wired charging is also impressively nippy.