POCO M7 PLUS 5G Review and Full Specification

POCO M7 PLUS 5G Review and Full Specification

Launch­ing on 13.08.2025 Under ₹15,000 When a smart­phone promis­es a blend of stag­ger­ing bat­tery life, a giant dis­play and smooth per­for­mance at a sur­pris­ing­ly reach­able price, it’s nat­ur­al to take notice. The POCO M7 Plus 5G arrives on August 13, 2025, aim­ing straight at val­ue-con­scious buy­ers who want flag­ship-style endurance and a large, cin­e­mat­ic can­vas with­out pay­ing flag­ship tax­es.

In this review I’ll walk you through the design lan­guage, dis­play expe­ri­ence, dai­ly per­for­mance, cam­era sys­tem, bat­tery behav­ior, soft­ware fea­tures like Google Gem­i­ni, dura­bil­i­ty cre­den­tials and whether this device makes sense for your mon­ey.

Design and in-hand feel

POCO has dressed the M7 Plus in a pre­mi­um mat­te fin­ish and a quad-curved back that sits com­fort­ably in the hand despite the phone pack­ing a mam­moth 7000 mAh bat­tery. The com­pa­ny claims this is the slimmest smart­phone in the 7000 mAh cat­e­go­ry and it shows in how the frame tapers and the back curves into the sides.

At 168.48 mm tall, 80.45 mm wide and 8.4 mm thick, the M7 Plus is not a pock­et-weight cham­pi­on it tips the scales at 217 grams yet it bal­ances heft and ergonom­ics well enough that long movie ses­sions or extend­ed gam­ing ses­sions don’t feel unwieldy. The Chrome Sil­ver col­or we saw adds a restrained, near-pre­mi­um sheen that avoids loud, flashy fin­ish­es.

Dis­play a tru­ly cin­e­mat­ic can­vas

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A 6.9‑inch HD+ pan­el with a 2340 by 1080 res­o­lu­tion is the head­line here, and POCO backs the size up with details that mat­ter beyond pure pix­els. The dis­play sup­ports up to 144Hz refresh rate, the high­est in the under-₹15,000 seg­ment, and a 288Hz touch sam­pling rate for snap­pi­er touch response. Peak bright­ness is rat­ed at 700 nits which helps vis­i­bil­i­ty out­doors, and TÜV Rhein­land triple cer­ti­fi­ca­tion aims to reduce blue light, flick­er and sup­port cir­ca­di­an-friend­ly adjust­ments a use­ful prac­ti­cal ben­e­fit for night-time read­ers and those sen­si­tive to screen flick­er.

POCO mar­kets the expe­ri­ence as seg­ment-lead­ing for immer­sive view­ing, and whether you’re stream­ing, scrolling or gam­ing, the dis­play deliv­ers flu­id ani­ma­tions and a spread-out, immer­sive feel that pairs nice­ly with the phone’s large bat­tery.

Per­for­mance Snap­drag­on 6s Gen 3 and real-world speed

Under the hood the POCO M7 Plus runs on the Snap­drag­on 6s Gen 3 chipset backed by up to 8GB RAM and a vir­tu­al RAM expan­sion tech­nol­o­gy that con­verts inter­nal stor­age into an addi­tion­al RAM buffer. POCO quotes an AnTu­Tu score north of 480,000 which places the device com­fort­ably in the mid-range per­for­mance brack­et and sug­gests smooth mul­ti­task­ing and sta­ble frame rates in most casu­al to mid-lev­el mobile games. For heavy 3D gam­ing enthu­si­asts, the phone will han­dle pop­u­lar titles at rea­son­able set­tings, but don’t expect flag­ship-lev­el sus­tained per­for­mance under extreme ther­mal loads. POCO’s soft­ware opti­miza­tions paired with the Snap­drag­on sil­i­con deliv­er lag-free dai­ly use and quick app launch­es.

Android 15 ships out of the box and the M7 Plus promis­es two major Android updates plus four years of secu­ri­ty and soft­ware updates a promise that mat­ters to any­one who likes to keep a device for sev­er­al years. POCO also claims a 48-month lag-free expe­ri­ence thanks to spe­cif­ic test­ing, and with 4 years bat­tery dura­bil­i­ty rat­ed at 1600 cycles main­tain­ing 80% capac­i­ty, the phone is posi­tioned as a long-term val­ue propo­si­tion.

Cam­eras and imag­ing AI where it counts

The M7 Plus brings a 50MP pri­ma­ry dual-cam­era set­up aim­ing to bal­ance every­day ver­sa­til­i­ty and soft­ware-assist­ed cre­ativ­i­ty. POCO’s cam­era suite includes sev­er­al AI-pow­ered tools such as AI Eras­er for remov­ing unwant­ed objects, AI Sky Replace­ment to dra­mat­i­cal­ly alter back­grounds, and AI Dynam­ic Shot to cap­ture motion and freeze deci­sive moments. Por­trait mode offers depth con­trol and the cam­era app tags images with water­marks for those who enjoy shar­ing pol­ished pho­tos quick­ly.

In day­light the 50MP sen­sor cap­tures crisp images with good dynam­ic range for the price brack­et; col­or repro­duc­tion leans slight­ly towards punchi­er tones which many users pre­fer for social media shar­ing. Low light per­for­mance is respectable thanks to night mode, but it remains with­in the con­straints expect­ed of mid-range sen­sors. Video record­ing is capped at 1080p at 30 frames per sec­ond for both front and rear cam­eras, so cre­ators look­ing for high­er-res­o­lu­tion video will find the phone want­i­ng in this respect. Still, for day-to-day social shar­ing, quick vlogs and cam­era-cen­tric tweaks, the AI fea­tures add a lay­er of con­ve­nience that com­pen­sates for hard­ware lim­i­ta­tions.

Bat­tery life and charg­ing endurance is the head­line

This is the area where the POCO M7 Plus tru­ly dif­fer­en­ti­ates itself. The phone hous­es a 7000 mAh lithi­um poly­mer bat­tery enhanced with Sil­i­con Car­bon Tech­nol­o­gy which POCO says boosts bat­tery effi­cien­cy and enables a large capac­i­ty in a rel­a­tive­ly slim body. Real-world fig­ures claimed by the brand include 144 hours of offline music, 27 hours of social media scrolling, 12 hours of nav­i­ga­tion and 24 hours of con­tin­u­ous video stream­ing under lab con­di­tions. Actu­al use will vary depend­ing on screen bright­ness, net­work con­di­tions and app mix, but the com­bi­na­tion of a large bat­tery and effi­cient chipset means two-day to three-day usage for many users is real­is­tic.

Charg­ing is han­dled via a 33W charg­er includ­ed in the box while the phone also sup­ports 18W reverse charg­ing so you can top up acces­sories and oth­er phones in a pinch. The pres­ence of reverse charg­ing is a thought­ful addi­tion for a device focused on endurance. POCO also states that the bat­tery is test­ed for dura­bil­i­ty up to 1600 cycles, retain­ing around 80% capac­i­ty after that many charge cycles an impor­tant met­ric for buy­ers who plan to keep their phones for mul­ti­ple years.

Audio, mul­ti­me­dia and extras

Audio out­put is tuned for loud­er calls and media with a mar­ket­ing claim of 200% Super Vol­ume which gives calls, music and videos a notice­able boost in loud­ness. The large dis­play com­bined with dou­ble-vol­ume out­put and a claimed wet touch tech­nol­o­gy 2.0 that works even with wet hands makes the M7 Plus an appeal­ing device for out­door users, com­muters and those who like to use their phones by the pool or in humid con­di­tions.

The inclu­sion of an IR blaster is a prac­ti­cal every­day fea­ture allow­ing the phone to work as a remote for TVs and air con­di­tion­ers, some­thing many users still find incred­i­bly use­ful. There is no 3.5mm jack; audio is han­dled via USB‑C. FM radio is absent.

Dura­bil­i­ty, ser­vice and long-term own­er­ship

The POCO M7 Plus car­ries an IP64 rat­ing which pro­tects against dust ingress and water splash­es but isn’t ful­ly water sub­mer­sion resis­tant. For every­day pro­tec­tion from sud­den driz­zle or dusty envi­ron­ments, IP64 is reas­sur­ing. POCO also empha­sizes after-sales strength with 750+ autho­rized ser­vice cen­ters across 600+ cities, 19,500+ pin­codes ser­vice­able and claims 85% cer­ti­fied man­pow­er a strong ser­vice mes­sage for buy­ers in India wor­ried about long-term main­te­nance.

On the soft­ware front, the device inte­grates Google Gem­i­ni for assist­ed writ­ing, brain­storm­ing and learn­ing tasks plus Cir­cle to Search for quick visu­al lookups with­out switch­ing apps. These mod­ern soft­ware fea­tures are a nod to usabil­i­ty and pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, mak­ing the M7 Plus feel more con­tem­po­rary than its price might sug­gest.

What the M7 Plus doesn’t give you

No device is per­fect and the M7 Plus makes mea­sured com­pro­mis­es. The cam­era sys­tem is ver­sa­tile for every­day shots but video record­ing tops out at 1080p 30fps which may dis­ap­point cre­ators want­i­ng high­er frame rates or res­o­lu­tions. You won’t find NFC which rules out con­tact­less pay­ments in some use cas­es, and while the chipset is effi­cient and capa­ble, pow­er users chas­ing flag­ship gam­ing expe­ri­ences will find upper-tier sus­tained per­for­mance lack­ing com­pared with high-end sil­i­con. There is no FM radio and the IP64 rat­ing is prac­ti­cal but not water­proof to the lev­el of IP67 or IP68.

Real-world use and ver­dict

Use the POCO M7 Plus for long com­mutes, marathon gam­ing ses­sions, pro­longed stream­ing binges and heavy mul­ti­task­ing, and you will appre­ci­ate its defin­ing trait: endurance. The phone will sail through two days of heavy use and push into three days under mixed use sce­nar­ios for many users. The device is also a good fit for stu­dents, com­muters, and any­one who pri­or­i­tizes screen real estate and bat­tery life over absolute cam­era or flag­ship-class per­for­mance.

At a list­ed price of ₹13,999 for the 6GB+128GB con­fig­u­ra­tion and ₹14,999 for the 8GB+128GB con­fig­u­ra­tion, the M7 Plus is posi­tioned aggres­sive­ly in the mar­ket. For buy­ers who val­ue bat­tery life, a cin­e­mat­ic 6.9‑inch dis­play, reli­able ser­vice cov­er­age and mod­ern soft­ware con­ve­niences like Google Gem­i­ni, the M7 Plus rep­re­sents a com­pelling pack­age.

Who should con­sid­er buy­ing the POCO M7 Plus 5G?

If your dai­ly rou­tine involves lengthy screen time and you dread charg­ing your phone mul­ti­ple times a day, the 7000 mAh bat­tery alone is a deci­sive rea­son to con­sid­er the M7 Plus. If you watch a lot of stream­ing con­tent, play casu­al to mid-range games, and want a large, flu­id dis­play with a high refresh rate, this phone is built around those exact pri­or­i­ties. Con­verse­ly, if you are a cre­ator who needs 4K video, a tele­pho­to cam­era, or NFC-based mobile pay­ments, look else­where.

Final thoughts

POCO’s M7 Plus 5G is ambi­tious in how it blends bat­tery endurance, a large and smooth dis­play, prac­ti­cal extras like an IR blaster and wet touch tech­nol­o­gy, and mod­ern soft­ware fea­tures all at a gen­uine­ly acces­si­ble price. It is a phone that makes prag­mat­ic choic­es rather than chas­ing flag­ship specs, and in doing so it serves a large audi­ence who val­ue longevi­ty and every­day usabil­i­ty. For any­one shop­ping in the under-₹15,000 seg­ment, the POCO M7 Plus is undoubt­ed­ly one of the most inter­est­ing and sen­si­ble options on the table. https://www.poco.in/poco-m7Plus#

POCO M7 PLUS 5G SPECIFICATIONS

Fea­ture / Spec	Details
Mod­el	POCO M7 Plus 5G
Launch Date	13 August 2025
Price (intro)	₹13,999 (6GB + 128GB), ₹14,999 (8GB + 128GB)
Dis­play	6.9″ HD+ (2340 × 1080), up to 144Hz refresh rate, 288Hz touch sam­pling, peak bright­ness 700 nits
Dis­play Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion	TÜV Rhein­land Triple (Low Blue Light, Flick­er-Free, Cir­ca­di­an)
Proces­sor	Snap­drag­on 6s Gen 3 (Octa-core, up to 2.3 GHz)
GPU / Per­for­mance	Mid-range GPU — AnTu­Tu ≈ 480,000+ (pro­mo­tion­al fig­ure)
RAM	6GB / 8GB (+ 8GB Tur­bo vir­tu­al RAM includ­ed in 8GB vari­ant)
Stor­age	128GB inter­nal; Hybrid slot — expand­able up to 2TB (microSD)
Oper­at­ing Sys­tem	Android 15 (out of the box)
Update Pol­i­cy	2 major Android updates + 4 years of secu­ri­ty & soft­ware updates
Rear Cam­era	50MP pri­ma­ry + sec­ondary (dual cam­era). Fea­tures: AI Eras­er, AI Sky Replace­ment, AI Dynam­ic Shot, Auto Night Mode, Por­trait with depth con­trol, Ultra­HD, Fil­ters, Water­mark
Front Cam­era	MP not spec­i­fied in pro­mo­tion­al sheet; video up to 1080p @ 30fps
Video Record­ing	Rear & Front: 1080p @ 30 fps
Bio­met­rics / Sen­sors	Side fin­ger­print sen­sor, Accelerom­e­ter, Elec­tron­ic Com­pass (mag­ne­tome­ter)
Bat­tery	7000 mAh Li-Poly­mer, Sil­i­con Car­bon Tech­nol­o­gy (effi­cien­cy boost)
Bat­tery Life Claims (lab)	144 hrs offline music, 27 hrs social scrolling, 12 hrs nav­i­ga­tion, 24 hrs video stream­ing
Bat­tery Dura­bil­i­ty	1600 cycles → ≈ 80% capac­i­ty reten­tion (POCO claim) — 4 years bat­tery dura­bil­i­ty
Charg­ing	33W in-box charg­er; 18W reverse charg­ing (to charge oth­er devices)
Con­nec­tiv­i­ty	5G (SA & NSA bands), 4G LTE (FDD/TDD), Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Blue­tooth 5.1, GPS/GLONASS/BDS/GALILEO
NFC	No
USB / Audio	USB Type‑C (no 3.5mm jack)
FM Radio	No
Water / Dust Resis­tance	IP64 (dust pro­tect­ed + splash resis­tant; not sub­mer­sion-proof)
Dimen­sions / Weight	168.48 × 80.45 × 8.4 mm; 217 g
Body / Design	Pre­mi­um mat­te fin­ish, Quad-curved back, Slimmest in 7000mAh cat­e­go­ry (POCO claim)
Spe­cial Dis­play Fea­ture	Wet Touch Tech­nol­o­gy 2.0 (works with wet hands)
Audio	200% Super Vol­ume (mar­ket­ing claim — loud­er calls & media)
IR Blaster	Yes (acts as remote for appli­ances)
In the Box	Hand­set, 33W charg­er, USB Type‑C cable, SIM eject tool, Quick Start Guide, War­ran­ty Card
Extra Soft­ware Fea­tures	Google Gem­i­ni inte­gra­tion, Cir­cle to Search (visu­al search), vir­tu­al RAM expan­sion