Poco M7 Plus Budget 5G Phone With 7,000mAh Battery Launched In India: Price, Specs
Poco M7 Plus is the new 5G phone to launch in the Indian market. The brand is bringing the silicon carbon tech battery system to the device in the affordable range, and using a Snapdragon chipset to power the device. The Poco M7 lineup already has two devices and now the Plus variant brings more options for the buyers in the sub Rs 15,000 bracket. You get it with the HyperOS 2.0 version, a 50MP main camera and a large capacity battery that gets fast charging support.
Poco M7 Plus price in India starts at Rs 13,999 for the base 6GB + 128GB variant, going up to Rs 14,999 if you want the higher 8GB + 256GB model. Poco M7 Plus will be available from August 19 across the country.
Poco M7 Plus Specifications
It sports a 6.9-inch display with 144Hz refresh rate and 850 nits peak brightness. The phone is powered by Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 SoC with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Poco is offering the Android 15-based HyperOS 2.0 version out of the box and guarantees 2 OS upgrades along with 4 years of security updates.
The phone carries a single 50MP rear camera along with a depth sensor. It has an 8MP front-facing selfie shooter. Poco has packed the M7 Plus with a whopping 7,000mAh battery and still managed to keep it under 9mm thickness and weighs around 217 grams. The unit supports 33W wired charging speed and 18W reverse wired charging offered. It comes with IP64 rating which makes it splash resistant and has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for security.
Poco has launched the F7 models recently in the country that focus on the performance-centric users. Xiaomi is also bringing the new Redmi 15 version to the market later this month that also will take advantage of the silicon carbon technology.
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