POCO F1 review: The original flagship-killer — SD845 at $300.
The phone that invented flagship-killer.
Poco F1 brought SD845 to $300 and changed the budget flagship conversation permanently. A cult device that still runs community ROMs today.
01Display
66/10066/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for premium phones of 2018.
02Camera
66/10066/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for premium phones of 2018.
03Performance
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among premium phones of 2018 — 13 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
74/10074/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for premium phones of 2018.
05Build
70/10070/100 trails the 73-point cohort average for premium phones of 2018.
06Value
86/10086/100 puts it above the 83-point average for premium phones of 2018.
- SD845 at $300.
- IR blaster + headphone jack.
- 4,000 mAh + liquid cooling.
- Cult community ROM support.
- LCD only.
- Average camera.
- Polycarbonate build.
- Support ended 2019.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 3-phone cohort of premium devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .