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Xiaomi Poco C72

Xiaomi Poco C72

R1,800
SKU: 6224
Brand: Xiaomi
Category: Mobiles
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CPU: Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A55)
RAM: 4GB/6GB
Storage: 64GB/128GB
Display: IPS LCD, 120Hz, 600 nits
Camera: 32MP
OS: Android 15, up to 2 major Android upgrades, HyperOS

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

7.3

Display 7 / 10
Camera 7 / 10
Performance 7 / 10
Battery 8 / 10

PROS

6.88-inch with 120Hz IPS display.
Android 15 and 64/128GB storage.
microSDXC memory card slot.
Fingerprint sensor and FM radio.
5200mAh battery with 15W charging.

CONS

No 5G network.
Unisoc T7250 chipset.
32MP single came

The Xiaomi Poco C72 is making major waves in the entry-level smartphone market in South Africa, delivering highly dependable daily performance to budget-conscious buyers at an incredibly aggressive starting price of ZAR 1,800. Acting as a direct evolution in the popular Poco C-series, it focuses on maximizing essential features to give you a smooth daily experience without breaking the bank.

Market Realities & Smart Buying Tips

While the base retail price sits at a highly affordable ZAR 1,800, the final amount you pay at checkout can fluctuate slightly depending on a few local factors:

Weekly Leaflets & In-Store Specials: Value retailers and supermarkets frequently run weekend price cuts or seasonal promos, which can occasionally drop the cash price even lower.
Prepaid Network Bundles: Buying a budget device cash often means it comes bundled with a starter pack from major carriers like MTN, which frequently include promotional data, airtime, or cheap voice bundles out of the box.
Stock & Regional Availability: Depending on whether you are shopping in major metros like Johannesburg or smaller provincial towns, local shelf stock can vary. Online platforms remain an excellent fallback if your local shop sells out.

Where to Buy the Xiaomi Poco C72 in South Africa

Xiaomi has ensured massive retail coverage across South Africa, ensuring this budget champion is accessible through massive department chains, grocery outlets, clothing retail groups, and cellular shops.

Value Retailers & Supermarkets

This is one of the most practical ways to pick up the Poco C72, allowing you to buy it cash, put it on layby, or use affordable retail financing while doing your everyday shopping:

PEP & Ackermans: The undisputed go-to destinations for affordable cellular devices, offering straightforward cash sales and excellent network starter kits.
Mr Price: Available at growing Mr Price Cellular counters nationwide, making it simple to pick up a budget-friendly phone alongside your seasonal clothing shopping.
Game & Makro: Massive retail warehouses that offer competitive cash pricing, bulk-deal electronics promotions, and clear return policies.

Apparel Groups & Digital Storefronts

If you prefer shopping from your couch or spreading the cost across an established retail store account:

Takealot: South Africa’s largest online store, offering competitive pricing, community user reviews, and secure door-to-door delivery or localized pickup points.
Foschini Group (TFG) & Hi Online: Ideal if you want to purchase the phone using a TFG store card or browse through their unified digital tech catalog.

Cellular Networks & Specialty Tech Shops

For buyers looking for specific network deals, airtime bundles, or specialized customer service:

MTN: Available as a standalone prepaid device or packaged with custom network connectivity plans.
Chatz Connect: A widespread retail partner making it incredibly easy to access major carrier deals and prepaid stock.
Cellucity & 4U: Independent cellular boutiques providing personalized upgrades, expert advice, and a clean selection of protective screen guards and covers.
HiFi Corp: Well-known for budget-friendly tech promotions and accessible consumer credit options.

Core Pillars: What Your ZAR 1,800 Gets You

The Poco C72 doesn’t try to compete with premium flagships, but it focuses heavily on delivering maximum value across the features that matter most for daily reliability:

Massive Battery Life: Equipped with a high-capacity battery designed to easily push through a full day of heavy WhatsApp usage, social media browsing, and voice calls without needing a midday top-up.
Large, Clear Display: Features a generous screen that makes reading news articles, scrolling through feeds, and navigating mobile banking apps comfortable and easy on the eyes.
Smooth Everyday Essentials: Optimized to handle your core daily applications reliably, making it an ideal choice for students, first-time smartphone users, or anyone looking for a rugged, cost-effective backup device.

Full Specifications

General

Brand	Xiaomi
Model	Xiaomi Poco C71
Announced	04 April, 2025
Released	08 April, 2025
Status	Available
Price	ZAR 1,800

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.	Bar
Dimensions	171.8 x 77.8 x 8.3 mm (6.76 x 3.06 x 0.33 in)
Weight	193 g (6.81 oz)
Colors	Power Black, Cool Blue, Desert Gold

Network

2G Network
3G Network
4G Network
5G Network
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.	Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)	IPS LCD, 120Hz, 600 nits
Size	6.88 inches, 112.4 cm2 (~84.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	720 x 1640 pixels (~260 ppi density)

Media

Audio Playback
Video Playback
FM Radio	No
Ring Tones
Loudspeaker

Camera

Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.	32 MP, f/1.8, (wide) Auxiliary lens
Video	1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera	8 MP, f/2.0, (wide)
Video	1080p@30fps

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.	Android 15
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.	HyperOS

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.	Unisoc T7250 (12 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.	Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.	Mali-G57 MP1
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.	4GB/6GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.	64GB/128GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.	microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.	Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, compass Virtual proximity sensing

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.	5.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB	USB Type-C 2.0
Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.	GPS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.	5200 mAh
Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.	15W wired