Poco C85x 5G Review: What more do you need for Rs 10,999? Strong 5G phone with big battery

Poco C85x 5G Review: Xiaomi’s sub-brand Poco has launched two cheap POCO C series phones – POCO C85 and POCO 85x in the Indian market this year. Both these phones are especially for budget friendly users. In this series POCO C85x 5G, the company has given many strong features including 6300mAh battery. We have used its 4GB RAM + 128GB variant for a few days. The price of this phone is Rs 10,999. Let us know how we liked this phone.

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Design and display of Poco C85x 5G

This budget phone of Poco has a dual tone design in the back. A vertically aligned dual camera module is available in its back. Polycarbonate i.e. plastic body has been used in the back panel of the phone. A display with traditional waterdrop notch design is available in the front of this phone. Thick bezels are provided around the display, the bottom chin is thicker than the other three bezels.

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The back camera and four sides of the phone have a metallic finish design, which makes the phone attractive to look at. You will especially like the branding of POCO given in the rear panel.

USB Type C charging port, speaker grill and mic will be found at the bottom of the phone. In this phone, the company has also provided a 3.5mm audio jack, which is installed at the top. At the same time, SIM card slot is available on the top left side of this phone. At the same time, volume and power buttons are given on the right side.

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It has a large 6.9-inch LCD display with HD+ resolution, which supports high refresh rate up to 120Hz. Due to the high refresh rate, despite the phone having an LCD panel, it will provide a good content scrolling experience. However, the content on its display is not clearly visible in sunlight and bright light. At the same time, you will get a decent experience while watching videos on OTT.

We tried playing standard resolution battle royale games on this phone. Despite being a budget phone, the display of this phone does not experience lagging while playing games. Overall, the design of the phone will suit you as per the price range. The display of this Poco phone is fine for basic use.

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Performance of Poco C85x 5G

This mid-budget smartphone of Poco works on Unisoc T8300 processor. This phone will support up to 128GB internal storage with up to 4GB RAM. Along with basic calling, you can experience HD quality video content on this phone. The performance of the phone remains fine even during multi-tasking. However, it sometimes hangs when more apps are open on the phone simultaneously.

Poco’s budget phone works on HyperOS based on Android 16. Many personalized features have been provided in this operating system. You will get to use these features in this phone. However, it comes with many pre-installed apps, which may disappoint you. However, you can delete these pre-installed apps from the phone. With this phone the company is offering 2 years of OS and 3 years of security updates. The company has also provided AI features along with the latest operating system which is based on Google Gemini.

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This phone of Poco has a strong battery of 6300mAh. To charge it, 18W fast charging feature has been provided. It has support for 7.5W reverse charging feature. With this you can also charge your TWS, smartwatch etc. You can easily use this Poco phone throughout the day by fully charging it once. It takes about 100 to 105 minutes to charge the phone from 0 to 100 percent.

Poco C85x 5G camera

Dual camera setup is available in the back of this phone. It has a 32MP main camera. Apart from this, another secondary camera is provided in the phone. An LED flash light is also provided with the camera setup. The phone’s camera is equipped with AI feature. At the same time, it has an 8MP camera for selfie and video calling.

With the phone’s camera you can click decent pictures in daylight. At the same time, even in low light, the picture taken with the phone’s camera will not look good to you. Night mode is also supported by the phone to take pictures in low light. However, a photo taken in low light becomes pixelated when zoomed too much.

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You will find the quality of the picture taken from the main camera fine. You can use it to upload on social media platforms. You can click basic as well as high quality photos with this phone. You can also make online digital payment by scanning the QR code. The photo taken with the selfie camera will also look fine.

our decision

This phone of Poco offers 5G support at a low price. In terms of budget pricing, the performance of this phone is fine, the battery of the phone is tremendous and lasts comfortably throughout the day. The design of the phone makes you feel premium. What else do you expect in a phone priced under Rs 11,000. However, this phone has many pre-installed apps, which you can delete as per your convenience. The weight of the phone is very high, due to which it becomes difficult to use it single handed.

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