Poco F1 is cool as a cucumber!

27th August 2018
Poco F1 is cool as a cucumber!

The first  smart phone with liquid cooling is here
August 27 2018: Imagine your smart phone as an automobile engine. The more you let it cool, the smoother it will run. After all, your  phone is the  most -used piece of electronic equipment in  hand or home. If you indulge in smart phone gaming, you are flogging the processor for sustained computing power, generating substantial heat. Gaming laptops are carefully created with optimized thermal performance and designed in such a way that the processor fans out excess heat without interrupting game-play. But as more and more users are indulging in casual gaming on their smart phones, there is an urgent need for a device that does justice to thermal performance. Poco has released a phone that does just this.
This is  a new Xiaomi sub-brand for no-frills, performance-optimized smartphones and the Poco  F1 had its  global launch in India,  last week. For a first device, it  packs  in flagship  specifications, while keeping Xiaomi's  value proposition. It features proprietary 'LiquidCool', to dissipate CPU heat swiftly, making the processor 3-times  more efficient. The F1 also  touts a 'turbocharged' engine that starts-up your apps faster, responds faster to your swipe actions and achieves less buffering on multimedia content.
All this is under-the-hood.  Outside, it  comes in a 20 MP front and a 12 MP + 5 MP AI-driven  dual back camera setup. With dual pixel autofocus and AI face beauty,  the clicker  churns out good low-light images and ensures that your landscape photos have  good depth  and colour. Powered by a 4000 mAh battery with quick charge, the Poco F1 comes with infrared face unlock, which means you can unlock your device simply by staring at it even in complete darkness.   
Users of Mi and Redmi phones will be familiar with the MIUI interface. Poco has  built its UI by borrowing the  good stuff from MIUI and adding its own identity. Currently based on Android Oreo, Poco  may be one of the earliest companies to receive the Pie update. The 6.18 inches FHD+ display sits snugly on a minimalistic thin frame that has good hand-feel and a premium look. Poco has also launched a special armored edition that comes with a textured back panel made of aviation-grade DePont Kevlar heat-resistant material. This variant truly looks solid and rugged. The F1 is also available in regular black, red and blue variants, and is priced at Rs. 20,999 (6 GB+64 GB). Rs. 23,999 (6 GB+128 GB), Rs. 28,999 (8 GB+256 GB), while the armored edition is priced at Rs. 29,999 (8 GB + 256 GB).  At  this asking  price the Poco F1 is a cheeky challenger to many a flagship phone.  VISHNU ANAND