Xiaomi Pocophone F1 review: The original flagship-killer — Snapdragon 845 for the price of a mid-ranger.
The phone that rewrote the value rulebook in 2018.
The Pocophone F1 put the Snapdragon 845 in a ~$300 phone and forced the whole industry to rethink value. A plastic LCD device, it is now a legacy milestone.
01Display
68/10068/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for premium phones of 2018.
02Camera
70/10070/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2018.
03Performance
64/10064/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for premium phones of 2018.
04Battery
76/10076/100 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
90/100At 90/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among premium phones of 2018 — 7 points above the cohort average.
- Snapdragon 845 at roughly $300 — a price disruptor.
- Large 4,000 mAh battery.
- Headphone jack and microSD.
- LiquidCool kept it stable under load.
- Plastic build with an LCD and Gorilla Glass 3.
- No IP rating; mono speaker; no wireless charging.
- No 5G; software ended at Android 10.
- Discontinued.
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? .