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POCO M7 Pro 5G is official with Sony LYT 600 and a 120Hz OLED screen!

December 17, 2024

POCO M7 Pro 5G went official today and there’s a lot of exciting stuff surrounding this seemingly normal budget smartphone. It’s got a better screen, improved cameras, and a slight bump to the asking price making it quite the iteration from last year’s M6 Pro. In this article, we’ll touch on the POCO M7 Pro 5G in short, including its specifications, and expected price in Nepal alongside availability scoops that you’ll only find here.

POCO M7 Pro 5G Overview

Design and Display

If you are unfamiliar with the trends, let me first catch you up to speed. Since POCO and Redmi are both sub-brands of Xiaomi, there’s been a lot of ‘cultural’ exchange between the two. And this time it’s no exception, the POCO M7 Pro 5G is basically a rebranded Redmi Note 14 5G at an even more affordable ask. So, reading this might give you a bit of a deja vu if you’ve already been acquainted with the Redmi Note.

It’s a budget smartphone after all so there’s not much to talk about the design of the POCO M7 Pro 5G but I can say this much…it looks much prettier than the M6 Pro in photos and official renders. You can get the new POCO smartphone in ‘Lunar Dust’, ‘OIive Twilight’, and ‘Lavender Frost’ color options; the last of which is my personal favorite. It also seems lighter than last year’s model with better ingress protection and a more scratch-resistant screen.

Talking of the screen, there is a major upgrade this time around with a gOLED panel over the IPS one in its predecessor. The diagonal itself is smaller at 6.67” but the bezels are thinner, the refresh rate is faster (120Hz over 90Hz previously), and there are a bunch of bells and whistles like Dolby Vision support, optical fingerprint reader, super high brightness (2100 nits peak). So, the new display is definitely one of the major highlights of the POCO M7 Pro 5G.

Performance and Memory

Powering the M7 Pro is a popular MediaTek chip headlined by 2 Cortex A78 Cores with six complementary efficiency A55s. It’s the Dimensity 7025 Ultra 5G fabbed on a 6nm process and with the baked-in IMG B series GPU, the smartphone processor should deliver a good balance between efficiency and power. Memory now starts at 6GB of RAM with an 8GB variant available at a higher price while you can choose between either 128 or 256 gigabytes of UFS storage.

The POCO M7 Pro boots on Android 14 based HyperOS with 2 years of OS updates and 4 years of security patches.

Cameras and Battery

The new POCO device also gets beefed-up camera hardware. Under the cover, the 50MP primary houses a Sony LYT 600 sensor with a f/1.5 aperture lens. There’s support for Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and an additional depth camera for portrait shots. Unfortunately, just like before, we don’t see an ultrawide camera which would be nice to have at this price point. The front houses a new 20MP selfie shooter but the lens opening is quite small at f/2.2 which could potentially cause problems in low-light environments.

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Taking a peek underneath, the battery size gets a modest boost to 5110 mAh while you get much faster 45W wired charging compared to the 18 watts before. The M7 Pro 5G has WiFi 5, Bluetooth, 5G support, dual SIMs, and preserves the 3.5mm headphone jack.

POCO M7 Pro 5G Specifications

Build: 162.40 mm x 75.70 mm x 7.99 mm, 190 grams, IP64
Display: 6.67” FHD+ gOLED Panel, Up to 120Hz refresh rate, 2,100 nits peak brightness, 2,160Hz instantaneous touch sampling rate, 8-bit, Dolby Vision, DCI-P3 colour gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Protection
Chipset: Octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 7025 Ultra (6nm)
Memory: 6/8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 128/256GB UFS 2.2 storage
Software: Xiaomi HyperOS (Android 14), 2 years of OS, 4 years of security updates
Rear Camera: Dual Camera (50MP Primary with Sony LYT-600 sensor + 2MP Depth camera)
Front Camera: 20MP Camera (Centre-aligned hole-punch cutout)
Security: In-display fingerprint sensor, Face Unlock
Sensors: Virtual Proximity, Ambient light, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, E-compass, Infrared remote control
Battery: 5,110 mAh cell with 45W fast charging
Connectivity: Dual SIM, 5G cellular, Dual-band WiFi, Hotspot, Bluetooth v5.3, USB Type-C
Colour Options: Lunar Dust, OIive Twilight, Lavender Frost

POCO M7 Pro Price in Nepal and Specifications

The M7 Pro jumps a bit from its predecessor’s asking price of INR 12,999. Now, the new POCO smartphone starts at INR 14,999 for the 6/128GB variant with the 8/256GB variant costing some INR 2,000 extra. When it arrives here, we expect the POCO M7 Pro 5G price in Nepal to be around NPR 24,999.