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POCO F2 Pro review: Snapdragon 865 flagship killer with pop-up cam.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2020·$499
Overall
82/100
Class rank
#2 of 7
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Flagship 865 at half price.

Poco F2 Pro (the global Redmi K30 Pro) delivered Snapdragon 865 flagship performance, a notchless AMOLED and a headphone jack for $499 — undercutting every name-brand flagship of 2020. The 60Hz panel was its only real concession.

01Display

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

TypeSuper AMOLED, HDR10+, notchless
Size6.67 inches
Resolution1080 x 2400 px

02Camera

78/100

78/100 trails the 80-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.

Main64 MP Sony IMX686, f/1.89
Ultrawide13 MP, 123 deg
Macro5 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie20 MP pop-up

03Performance

90/100

At 90/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 865 (7nm)
GPUAdreno 650
CoolingLiquidCool 2.0

04Battery

82/100

82/100 puts it above the 78-point average for flagship phones of 2020.

Capacity4700 mAh
Charging30W

05Build

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.

What works
  • Snapdragon 865 flagship for $499
  • Notchless AMOLED via pop-up
  • 3.5 mm jack + stereo + Wi-Fi 6
What doesn't
  • Heavy 219 g
  • 60Hz panel when rivals went 90/120Hz
  • Pop-up wear concerns
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Note 10+
$1099 · score 90/100

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 7-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .