The F6 Pro was only rated IP54. Also, this is the first tele camera on a Poco since the F2 Pro. Wireless charging is rare on Pocos too, but the Ultra has it.
Poco is launching its first “Ultra” phone today – the brand felt this was the right branding as the Poco F7 Ultra is the first to come out with the current flagship chipset, instead of the top chip from last year. Indeed, the F7 Ultra is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
This is two generations ahead of the Poco F6 Pro, which featured a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and it leaves a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 sized hole in the lineup – this hole is filled by the Poco F7 Pro, which we will cover in a separate post.
Compared to the 8 Gen 3, the Elite has a 45% faster CPU and 40% faster GPU. Compared to the 8 Gen 2, the performance uplift is even more massive. But Poco wasn’t satisfied with this.
The F7 Ultra is the first in the family to bring a dedicated graphics chip, the VisionBoost D7. This 12nm chip can do resolution upscaling, frame generation and Game HDR. It works in YouTube and Netflix too, by the way, not just in games.
But in games the Snapdragon and the VisionBoost combined can run Genshin Impact at 2K Super Resolution at 120fps without a drop in performance even after an hour of play time. Of course, the LiquidCool Technology 4.0 should get some of the credit for that – it has a dual-channel system with an extra-large heat pipe (5,400mm²) and promises to reduce the chipset temperature by 3°C.
