The Poco M2 Pro has been launched in India at a starting price of Rs 13,999 and looking at its specifications, it seems that it could be a strong rival to the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Realme 6, coming with a similar price tag There are two better products.
Special things
Poco M2 Pro is equipped with a hole-punch display and 5,000 mAh battery
The price of the smartphone in India starts from Rs 13,999
Poco M2 Pro comes equipped with 6 GB of RAM and Snapdragon 720G chipset.
Poco M2 Pro Review
Poco has been very selective about its smartphone portfolio. The brand split from its parent company Xiaomi some time ago and the company launched Poco X2 (Review) more than a year after the launch of Poco F1. With the launch of a flagship killer like Poco F1, the company is now focusing more on the budget segment. With the new Poco M2 Pro, it aims to dominate the sub-15,000 price segment. Poco says that it has enjoyed tremendous success with the Poco X2 and the company hopes to replicate that formula with this phone.
The Poco M2 Pro has been launched in India at a starting price of Rs 13,999 and looking at its specifications, it seems that it could be a strong rival to the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Realme 6, coming with a similar price tag There are two better products. However, just writing the specification on paper does not really reveal the capability of the smartphone. We have reviewed this to see how the Poco M2 Pro performs in real life. Let's see if the Poco M2 Pro is really as good as it is made.
Poco M2 Pro design
Poco wants people in India to believe that the M2 Pro is an indigenous phone. For this, the company has given special labels on the front and back of the box. However the strange thing is that the charger that comes with the phone has a Mi logo and when you turn the phone on, you are welcomed with the MIUI logo.
The Poco M2 Pro gets an attractive design and is well built, but looks similar to the Redmi Note 9 Pro (review). Everything is completely the same, including the display, buttons, ports, hole-punch and rear camera bump. Poco has used a new pattern on the bottom of the phone. Some minor changes have also been made to the camera module. The M2 Pro has a P2i water-repellant coating, which is said to be splash-proof. The Poco M2 Pro feels slightly heavier and larger in the hand. It has a fingerprint sensor set in the power button and also unlocks the phone with a simple tap.
Poco M2 Pro performance
The performance of MIUI and the app was excellent during our review. This was largely due to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G chipset. This is the same processor that has been used in Redmi Note 9 Pro and Realme 6 Pro. I am testing the mid variant of the Poco M2 Pro, which has 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB UFS 2.1 storage and is priced at Rs 14,999. Apart from this, the phone comes with a 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage variant and 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage variant, which are priced at Rs 13,999 and Rs 16,999 respectively.
Navigating MIUI's interface was fast and multitasking also worked well. App loading in general was fast. Gaming performance was also very good. I played some heavy-graphics games and all went well with good graphics. I did not see any heating problem, even after playing for a long time at a time. Game Turbo is a useful feature, which gives you shortcuts for screen recording, etc. while playing the game.
The video experience on the Poco M2 Pro's display also looks good. However, the single speaker is not very impressive. If you use wired headphones, you can enable software enhancements for audio, but no features are available to increase the speaker volume.
Poco M2 Pro cameras
In broad daylight, the Poco M2 Pro's primary camera takes good-looking photos. The landscape shots had sharp details and the colors were vivid. The included Pro Color toggle gives you better color when you need it. Close-ups also look good, though the camera app shows bright colors slightly higher than the actual scene. The wide-angle camera gave extremely weak color and detail compared to the primary sensor. The portrait mode worked well and set the level of background blur well.
Primary and wide-angle cameras struggle in low light conditions.
The camera app did a good job of suppressing noise (small grain), but photos usually showed a lack of exposure. Apart from this, there is also a lack of detail when zooming. Night mode was also not effective, with barely a few photos showing improvement.
Selfies shot in good light were looking good. The detail and skin tone were generally good. The shots were decent as long as there was enough light around.
The M2 Pro supports 4K video recording up to 30fps. A video shot at this resolution shows a warm color tone and the colors are sharper than necessary. There is no stabilization in this resolution. Speaking of 1080p, video stabilization is better here and colors were more natural. Video quality is not good in low light and the videos are slightly grainy.
Overall, Poco M2 Pro's cameras performed better in good light, but struggled to produce good results in low light.
Poco M2 Pro battery
I loved the battery life of the Poco M2 Pro. Even with gaming and camera usage, the 5,000mAh capacity battery took a full day to rest. With light usage, I was able to get well into it for the second day. The phone lasted a little over 17 hours in our HD video loop test, which was good. The charger that comes with it charges the battery from the 33W output. With this charger, the phone's battery is about 95 percent charged in an hour.
Verdict
I think Poco M2 Pro is a good addition to the sub-Rs 15,000 smartphone segment and I have no problem in recommending it. From almost every angle, you can think of it as a Redmi Note 9 Pro (review), certainly with a higher charging output. Also, it should be much easier to buy than Xiaomi's flash cell system. The Poco M2 Pro gives good build quality, sharp display, solid battery life and good performance. The cameras are not too bad, provided you are shooting during the day.
However, I would not say that the Poco M2 Pro is the only option in this price segment, as it is similar to the Redmi Note 9 Pro, which has been selling in the country for some time. Realme 6 (Review) also remains a solid option, as it is still the only phone in the sub-Rs 15,000 that comes with a 90Hz display.
Poco M2 Pro
Good and Bad...
Good
Good build quality
Sharp display
Powerful processor
Solid battery life
Decent daylight camera performance
Bad
A little bulky
Weak low-light photo quality
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