POCO M7 5G review: A 5G budget POCO with a 144 Hz screen and tidy software.
Smooth scrolling, floor price.
POCO M7 5G hands a ~$140 buyer a 144 Hz panel and 5G — both rare at the tier — on the dependable Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 with the legacy ports. The HD+ resolution and single speaker mark the price. As a cheap, smooth-feeling first phone, it lands well.
01Display
64/100At 64/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among entry phones of 2025 — 7 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
50/10050/100 puts it above the 48-point average for entry phones of 2025.
03Performance
50/100At 50/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among entry phones of 2025 — 6 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
78/10078/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2025.
05Build
58/10058/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2025.
06Value
70/10070/100 puts it above the 66-point average for entry phones of 2025.
- 144 Hz panel at $140 — class-rare.
- 5G + microSD + jack.
- 5,160 mAh, IP52.
- Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 is honest about its tier.
- HD+ resolution stretched over 6.88".
- Single speaker, 5 MP selfie.
- 18 W charging, gimmick second lens.
- Wi-Fi 5 only.
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 14-phone cohort of entry devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .