SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

POCO F4 review: SD870 flagship-killer with AMOLED 120 Hz at mid price.

Item: POCO F4
Rating: 76
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2022·$399

Overall

76/100

Class rank

#1 of 49

Tier

Mid

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

The mid-range flagship-killer of 2022.

Poco F4 paired SD870 with a fast-charging 120 Hz AMOLED at $399. The dropped jack and microSD were the only real cuts.

01Display

82/100

82/100 puts it above the 77-point average for mid phones of 2022.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz

Size6.67 inches

Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px

Peak brightness1,300 nits

02Camera

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2022.

Main64 MP, f/1.8, OIS

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Selfie20 MP

03Performance

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid phones of 2022 — 15 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 870 (7 nm)

RAM6 / 8 / 12 GB

Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2022.

Capacity4,500 mAh

Wired67 W

05Build

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2022.

06Value

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among mid phones of 2022 — 8 points above the cohort average.

What works

SD870 + 67 W charging.
120 Hz 1,300-nit AMOLED.
OIS main camera.
IR blaster.

What doesn't

No headphone jack.
No microSD.
IP53 only.
MIUI ads.

Cross-shop it against

Edge 40

€599 · score 76/100

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