POCO F7
What you’d gain
- 2.2× faster
- Display score: 7.2 → 8.2
- Battery: 4,500 → 6,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
- Better water resistance
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 195 → 216 g
Should You Upgrade From the POCO F4?
How the POCO F4 compares with phones you can buy today: how long it still gets updates, what a new phone would add and what you’d give up. Every number comes from official specs and update policies.
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Our take
Time to upgrade
Security updates ended around 2025 Newer phones are about 3.6× faster The best upgrade scores 3.8 points higher on performance and 3.3 on battery
Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.
Upgrades we’d look at
We don’t have a US launch price for the POCO F4, so phones at any price are shown. Choose a budget above to narrow it down.
OPPO Find X9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 3.6× faster
- Camera score: 5.9 → 9.0
- Display score: 7.2 → 8.9
- Battery: 4,500 → 7,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (10× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 195 → 236 g
POCO F9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 3.6× faster
- Camera score: 5.9 → 8.7
- Display score: 7.2 → 8.7
- Battery: 4,500 → 8,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 195 → 235 g
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POCO F4 upgrade FAQ
Is the POCO F4 still supported?
POCO promises 3 years of security updates for the POCO F4, counted from its announcement in June 2022, so they should have ended around 2025.
What is the best upgrade from the POCO F4?
Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra, with a PhoneRanked score of 9.4 vs 6.0 for the POCO F4. The newest model of the same family is the POCO F7. We don’t have a US launch price for the POCO F4, so we looked at phones at any price.
How much faster is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra than the POCO F4?
Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the OPPO Find X9 Ultra is about 3.6 times as fast as the POCO F4. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 10,941 vs 3,084.