POCO F7
What you’d gain
- 1.6× faster
- Camera score: 5.7 → 6.2
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.2
- Battery: 5,000 → 6,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
What you’d give up
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 181 → 216 g
Should You Upgrade From the POCO F5?
How the POCO F5 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 2026 Newer phones are about 2.5× faster The best upgrade scores 3.3 points higher on camera and 2.9 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 F5, so we compare it with upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset. Choose “Any price” above to see every phone.
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
What you’d gain
- 1.5× faster
- Camera score: 5.7 → 7.8
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.9
- Battery: 5,000 → 6,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
- Telephoto lens (3.5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No IR blaster
- No charger in the box
OPPO Find X9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 2.5× faster
- Camera score: 5.7 → 9.0
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.9
- Battery: 5,000 → 7,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (10× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 181 → 236 g
POCO F9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 2.5× faster
- Camera score: 5.7 → 8.7
- Display score: 7.1 → 8.7
- Battery: 5,000 → 8,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 181 → 235 g
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Scores, speed and updates come from official specs, chip benchmarks (Geekbench 6, 3DMark) and the makers’ update policies. How we rate phones
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POCO F5 upgrade FAQ
Is the POCO F5 still supported?
POCO promises 3 years of security updates for the POCO F5, counted from its announcement in May 2023, so they should have ended around 2026.
What is the best upgrade from the POCO F5?
Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra, with a PhoneRanked score of 9.4 vs 6.4 for the POCO F5. The newest model of the same family is the POCO F7. The best upper mid-range upgrade is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro. We don’t have a US launch price for the POCO F5, so we looked at upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset.
How much faster is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra than the POCO F5?
Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the OPPO Find X9 Ultra is about 2.5 times as fast as the POCO F5. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 10,941 vs 4,378.