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the polka phone f1 could very well be the most anticipated and requested budget phone of this year we should poke around on the inside for a second with massive specs and a super cheap price point it's easy to see why it's so popular let's get started getting inside the polka phone f1 is pretty simple there is no waterproofing gluing everything together it just has the two T three screws down at the bottom and a screen that pops out of the back panel like the older iPhones used to do the screens pretty tightly situated inside that back housing though which is why we didn't see the screen pop out of the housing during the bin test it's tight after removing the SD card tray I was able to eventually detach the 1080p display and Hardware away from the back panel as it detaches we get our first look inside the poco phone with the fingerprint scanner ribbon attached to the inside of the polycarbonate back plastic panel I'll switch my screwdriver bit to a normal Phillips head which I'll link below and remove the ten screws holding the black plastics above the motherboard once those plastics are removed we get a glimpse at what looks like a complex smorgasbord of connectors but it's actually pretty simple I'll unplug the battery first so there's not any power running through the phone while we continue to operate then we'll get the fingerprint scanner and snaps like a little Lego and set the entire back panel off to the side there's no making this one clear since everything's plastic but at least we got an art class with Jerry out of it a quick disconnect of the side buttons and black signal wire connector and the extension ribbon for the charging port leaves us with two silver screws holding in the motherboard I'll keep these separate from the other 12 screws we've already removed and then the screen ribbon cable gets unplugged the whole motherboard can now be pulled out of the phone body exposing the tip of shammies f1 liquid cooling system a copper heat pipe with a dollop of thermal paste on top which helps to transfer the heat away from the processor keeping things running more efficiently we'll find the other end of the copper pipe in a second first the motherboard appears pretty interesting we have the front facing 20 megapixel camera with an infrared illuminator next to it that works in tandem with the infrared camera for the face unlock feature there are two rear cameras facing the opposite direction each with their own individual Lego style connector and both cameras are situated in the same metal housing lined up perfectly so they can assist each other with photo detail while taking pictures the main 12 megapixel sensor does have some movement to the lens but it's probably just for focusing as the poco phone does not include optical image stabilization on either of the rear cameras which is a little disappointing but it is still a budget phone the last thing I want to point out is that inside this phone there are water damage indicators on every single surface including both sides of the motherboard they are currently white but turn pink if your phone is around water or even steam from the pool or the shower so keep it dry and away from moisture this massive advertised four thousand milliamp hour battery has the same capacity as the thousand dollar note 9 and over double the capacity of an iPhone 8 thankfully it does come with its own pull tab and manageable adhesive the battery has a rated capacity of 3900 milliamp hours and a peak of 4,000 now the batteries out we finally get a closer look at the other end of the copper heat pipe this time around it doesn't include a large copper plate like we saw in the Samsung Note 9 but it looks to be about the same length I'd compare the two side-by-side but I kind of chopped the note 9 pipe into bits either way in the poco phone f1 the copper heat pipe conductive ly pulls heat away from the processor ended a slightly cooler area underneath the battery Xiaomi calls this a liquid cooling system with industry-leading thermal performance boiling down the big words it really just means it's a copper heatsink with less than a drop of water inside a vacuum-sealed pipe if I pop open the pipe quick enough you can see the water evaporate out of the vacuum into the air these little fibers inside the pipe help with the water to and from the heat exactly like we saw in the galaxy note 9 it's definitely a cool system and especially awesome to see inside of a budget phone like this poco phone f1 definitely deserves a thumbs up for that I like seeing that the competition and the budget realm drives bigger innovations with the major flagships I'll just you know close this back up perfect let's see what kind of vibrator were working with seven screws hold the black plastics over the charging port daughterboard including two sweet looking blue screws never seen that before the plastics pop off including the loudspeaker along with its two golden contact pads still zero signs of waterproofing I'll remove the black signal wire and you can see another big white water damage indicator right next to the charging port hole the red stuff underneath leads through the white portion when it's wet the charging port board has some adhesive holding it to the frame there is no rubber ring around the charging port itself so once again this thing has no protection against liquid whatsoever the circular vibrator is in the bottom right corner and he's a tiny little guy overall I'm super impressed with shammies new poco home project I haven't always been a fan of shammies build quality since they do have a few phones on my shelf of shame but they've taken a huge step in the right direction with this durable yet extremely powerful budget phone I'll get the two silver screws back into the top of the motherboard I always have my fingers crossed when it's time to see if these phones still work after a teardown I'll make sure everything's plugged in including the fingerprint scanner and the battery before putting the black plastic plate with its ten screws back into place finally I'll pinch the two halves of the poco phone back together and this phone is a winner hit that subscribe button I have a lot of fun videos on the way would you consider buying this poco phone what's your next phone going to be thanks ton for watching and I'll see you around