Poco has simply introduced its newest flagship smartphones, the Poco F6 and the Poco F6 Professional, with the F6 promising a “really flagship gaming efficiency”.
How does the brand new Poco F6 evaluate to the Samsung Galaxy A55? Though we haven’t reviewed the Poco F6 but, we now have reviewed the Galaxy A55 and gave the mid-range smartphone a stable four-star score.
We’ve in contrast the specs of the 2 handsets and famous their key variations beneath.
The Poco F6 runs on the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor
The Poco F6 runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor, which launched again in March 2024. Though not Qualcomm’s top-end providing, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 guarantees to ship the flagship 8-series capabilities to extra Android smartphones.
As a substitute of utilizing an exterior chipset the Galaxy A55 runs on Samsung’s personal Exynos 1480 processor, which was launched with this handset. Regardless of promising 37% extra graphics energy than its predecessor, our reviewer discovered that the handset isn’t “probably the most highly effective telephone you may get for the cash” and concluded that this isn’t an amazing alternative for gaming fans.
That is notably noteworthy as Poco guarantees the F6 will supply “smoother gameplay and immediate contact accuracy” with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3’s AI capabilities providing “extra detailed and lifelike sport visible results.”
The Samsung Galaxy A55 has three rear cameras
The A55 boasts a trio of cameras on the rear, together with a 50MP foremost lens, 12MP ultrawide and a 5MP macro though we discovered that the latter is “the closest we get to a filler digital camera” within the handset.
We discovered the A55 to be “a reasonably satisfying little telephone digital camera” which supplied “good normal picture high quality in nearly all situations” but it surely’s price noting that the handset “doesn’t supply as devoted a preview picture as … high-end Samsungs.”
As compared, the Poco F6 has a 50MP foremost lens with OIS assist and an 8MP ultrawide lens. As we haven’t examined this digital camera setup but, we are able to’t touch upon how nicely it copes however Poco states that with the P3 color gamut, pictures are extra vivid and true-to-life and, because of upgraded movement monitoring know-how, fast-moving topics are robotically targeted.
There’s additionally a brand new AI performance within the F6 which lets customers edit pictures in Album mode, which we’d have an interest to strive. Sadly not like Samsung’s flagship S24 vary, the A55 misses out on Galaxy AI options.
The Poco F6 has 2400 nits peak brightness
The Poco F6 boasts a formidable peak brightness of as much as 2400 nits which, when added to the Movement AMOLED show and slim bezel design, ought to create a “clear, immersive premium viewing expertise, whether or not gaming, watching movies or studying on-line”.
The Galaxy A55 nevertheless has a peak brightness of 1000 nits which though continues to be a formidable determine, our reviewer famous that the A55 nonetheless didn’t really feel like a “massively vibrant telephone” because of the “slight distinction lack of inside display screen reflections”.
The Poco F6 has 90W turbo charging
Each handsets have a 5000mAh capability battery which is pretty commonplace with most fashionable Android smartphones. The distinction is that the F6 presents a lot sooner charging with 90W than the Galaxy A55 does with its 25W functionality.
In truth we discovered that charging the A55 from 1-100% took 83 minutes and a 15% fast cost solely supplied a 26% battery enhance.
Whereas we haven’t examined the velocity of the F6’s 90W charging but, we are able to evaluate it to the 90W potential of the Xiaomi 14 which took simply 34 minutes to get from 1-100%. If the F6 is comparable then we are able to anticipate impressively speedy charging.
The Poco F6 is cheaper within the UK
Maybe surprisingly because the newer mannequin, the F6 has a less expensive beginning RRP within the UK of £399 whereas the Galaxy A55 has a barely dearer beginning value within the UK, beginning at £439.
Nonetheless in Europe the F6 is cheaper, with a beginning RRP of €449.90 in comparison with the A55’s €529.