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 70-point cohort average for premium phones of 2018.
02Camera
66/10066/100 trails the 70-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 — 10 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
74/10074/100 puts it above the 72-point average for premium phones of 2018.
05Build
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker build results among premium phones of 2018 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
86/100At 86/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among premium phones of 2018 — 13 points above the cohort average.
- 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 11-phone cohort of premium devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .