Poco C65 With 6.74-Inch HD+ Display, 18W Fast Charging Launched: Price, Specifications

Poco C65 has been launched in two storage variants.

Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 6 November 2023 12:01 IST

Poco C65 With 6.74-Inch HD+ Display, 18W Fast Charging Launched: Price, Specifications

Photo Credit: Poco

Poco C65 is offered in Black, Blue and Purple colour options

Highlights

Poco C65 has a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC
The handset comes with a 50-megapixel dual rear camera unit
The Poco C65 packs a 5,000mAh battery

Poco C65 was unveiled globally on November 5. The phone succeeds the Poco C55, which was released earlier this year in February with a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC and a 5,000mAh battery. The newly launched model shares the chipset and battery with the preceding model, but arrives with updated RAM, storage, and charging specifications. The Poco C65 features improved cameras compared to that of the Poco C55. The new smartphone is currently available for purchase in the US. India launch details of the phone are yet to be revealed.

Poco C65 price

The Poco C65 is offered in two storage variants. The 6GB + 128GB variant is priced at $129 (roughly Rs. 10,700), while the 8GB + 256GB option is listed at $149 (roughly Rs. 12,400). Early bird options are available at $109 (roughly Rs. 9,100) and $129 (roughly Rs. 10,700), respectively. The phone is available in three colour options - Black, Blue, and Purple.

Poco C65 specifications

The dual nano SIM-supported Poco C65 sports a 6.74-inch HD+ (1,600 x 720 pixels) display, with a refresh rate of 90Hz and an aspect ratio of 20.6:9. The display is protected with Corning Gorilla Glass. The phone runs Android 13-based MIUI 14 for Poco.

[Sponsored] Samsung Galaxy S24: The Ultimate Camera Phone With Smarter On-Device AI

Poco's latest C series smartphone is equipped with a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC, similar to the Poco C55. The chipset in the newly launched Poco C65 is paired with an ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 GPU. It comes with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of eMMC 5.1 inbuilt storage, the latter of which is expandable up to 1TB via a microSD card.

In the camera department, a dual rear camera unit is available on the Poco C65, which includes a 50-megapixel primary sensor with an aperture of f/1.8, and a 2-megapixel sensor with a macro lens and an aperture of f/2.4. The front camera, placed in a centre-aligned waterdrop notch, is an 8-megapixel sensor with an aperture of f/2.0.

Poco has packed a 5,000mAh battery in the Poco C65 with support for 18W wired fast charging via a micro USB port. The phone also offers 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, and GLONASS connectivity. It also comes with a 3.5mm audio jack and FM radio support. For security, the handset is equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Weighing 192 grams, the handset measures 168mm x 78mm x 8.09mm in size.

Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 alongside the Galaxy Tab S9 series and Galaxy Watch 6 series at its first Galaxy Unpacked event in South Korea. We discuss the company's new devices and more on the latest episode of Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.

Poco C65

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Large 6.74-inch 90Hz display
Good battery life
Decent main rear camera
2 years of Android OS updates

Bad
Slow charging
Overall camera performance is mediocre
Lots of bloatware

Read detailed Poco C65 review

Display 6.74-inch

Processor MediaTek Helio G85

Front Camera 8-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 2-megapixel

RAM 4GB, 6GB, 8GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB

Battery Capacity 5,000mAh

OS Android 13

Resolution 1600x720 pixels

More Poco mobiles Poco mobiles price in India

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.

Further reading: Poco C65, Poco C65 price, Poco C65 launch, Poco C65 specifications, Poco

Sucharita Ganguly

Email Sucharita Ganguly

Sucharita is a writer with Gadgets 360 and is mostly found playing with her cat in her free time. She has previously worked at breaking news desks across organizations. Powered by coffee, The Beatles, Bowie, and her newfound love for BTS, she aims to work towards contributing to a better media environment for women and queer folk. More