Amazon is having a spring shopping event around the world and we picked out the best smartphone offers for Germany. The Poco F7 series launched just in time for the Spring Deal Days, but they have plenty of competition.
The Poco F7 Ultra starts at €700 and brings flagship performance with a Snapdragon 8 Elite and a 5,300mAh battery with 120W wired and 50W wireless charging. It is rated IP68 and it has a 6.67” display with Poco Shield Glass – it’s a good quality 120Hz panel with 1440p+ resolution, 12-bit colors with Dolby Vision and 3,200 nits peak brightness.
Poco even put effort into the camera system with a 50MP main (1/1.55”, OIS), 50MP 2.5x (60mm) telephoto (capable of tele-macro shots) and a 32MP ultra-wide, plus a 32MP selfie camera.
The Realme GT 7 Pro was one of the first Snapdragon 8 Elite phones in Europe and now it has plenty of company. It’s €50 more than the Poco, but stands out with an LTPO display panel (6.78”, 1264p+, 120Hz, 10-bit, GG 7i) and a massive 6,500mAh battery with 120W wired-only charging.
The main camera is comparable with a 50MP 1/1.56” sensor and OIS, while the 50MP 3x telephoto module has longer reach (73mm vs. 60mm). However, the 8MP ultra-wide and 16MP selfie cams are downgrades (vs. 32MP UW and 32MP selfie on the Poco).
The OnePlus 13 is pricier than these two – it also has the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and a fairly large 6,000mAh battery with both 100W wired and 50W wireless charging. Its 6.82” LTPO display has 1440p+ resolution.
The camera setup starts with a 50MP main (1/1.43”, OIS), has the 50MP 3x periscope (73mm) and even the ultra-wide is solid at 50MP, plus a 32MP selfie camera.
The Poco F7 Pro is €230 cheaper than the F7 Ultra for the same storage and gets the same screen (different glass, GG 7i, but the panel is the same). It has last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is still plenty fast, especially at this price point. You do lose the telephoto camera and the 32MP ultra-wide (there’s an 8MP module instead), but the battery is bigger at 6,000mAh (charging is 90W wired-only).
The F7 Pro may have a mid-range price, but the aluminum frame, IP68 rating and the flagship chipset make for an elevated experience.
Poco didn’t release a vanilla F7, so if you are craving a cheaper model, the Poco F6 is still around. With its Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, it’s not far behind the 8 Gen 3 of the newer model. The display is quite similar at 6.67”, 120Hz refresh rate and 12-bit colors with Dolby Vision, though its resolution is lower (1220p+ vs. 1440p+). The battery is 1,000mAh smaller at 5,000mAh. The F6 is still a great phone and it costs €170 less than the F7 Pro.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is one of the premier Android phones, but it has plenty of competition from other big brands. Check out our Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. Pixel 9 Pro XL and Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. OnePlus 13 articles for detailed comparisons.
Speaking of, here is the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, which is some €220 cheaper if you are looking at 512GB phones.
If you are spending big bucks on a phone to get the best camera possible, then the vivo X200 Pro should definitely be part of the conversation with its 50MP main, 200MP 3.7x periscope (85mm) and 50MP ultra-wide. This one is even cheaper than the Pixel.
For smaller flagships, we have the Samsung Galaxy S25 and the Pixel 9 Pro. The Galaxy is the more compact device and it has better performance (SD 8 Elite vs. Tensor G4), though with less RAM (12GB vs. 16GB).
The Google Pixel 9 Pro has the more capable camera setup, though, with a 50MP main (1/1.31”), 48MP 5x telephoto (vs. 12MP 3x) and 48MP ultra-wide (vs. 12MP). The selfie camera is better too with a higher resolution 42MP sensor and a wider 17mm lens (vs. 12MP 26mm).
The Google Pixel 9 is also an option – you can save some money, if you’re willing to give up the Pro’s LTPO display and especially the telephoto camera.
While it’s noticeably larger, the vivo X200 is around the same price, so we thought we should include it here. It has a 6.67” display and a Dimensity 9400 chipset. The camera system has three 50MP modules: 1/1.56” main, 3x (70mm) telephoto and 15mm ultra-wide. The battery is a large 5,800mAh cell with 90W wired-only charging.
Not as capable but also costing half as much is the Realme 14 Pro+. It has two 50MP modules – 1/1.56” main and 3x (73mm) telephoto – but the ultra-wide has only an 8MP sensor. And the chipset is the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, so not a flagship and not even a match for the Poco F7 Pro.
It does have better cameras than the F7 Pro, though. And the 6,000mAh battery with 80W charging plus an IP69 rating look quite good at €70 less than the Poco. The 6.83” display has lower resolution (1272p+ vs. 1440p+) and can handle fewer colors (10-bit vs. 12-bit with Dolby Vision), but both use Gorilla Glass 7i.
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