Xiaomi’s sub-brand Poco has made a name for itself with its flagship killers and budget phones packing powerful hardware. While not perfect, the company’sPoco F5 Profrom 2023 was an impressive mid-ranger and a great alternative to thePixel 7aif you wanted a phone with more horsepower. Kickstarting 2024, Poco has announced its mid-rangers for this year — the Poco X6 and X6 Pro. They feature Qualcomm and MediaTek’s latest premium chips, upgraded cameras, and bezel-less 120Hz AMOLED displays that you’d typically find in flagship phones.
Poco X6 Pro
The Poco X6 Pro continues the trend of the lineup by packing almost flagship-level internals at an affordable price point. Dominating the phone’s front is a 1.5K 6.67-inch 120Hz AMOLED display with super thin bezels. It has a claimed peak brightness of 1800 nits and is protected by Gorilla Glass 5. Poco also says the panel has a 2160Hz touch sampling rate, which should help with touch responsiveness and gaming.
Inside the Poco X6 Pro is a MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra chip. Fabricated on TSMC’s 4nm node, the octa-core CPU inside the chip can reach speeds of up to 3.35GHz. An Arm Mali G615 GPU complements the CPU setup.
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
The Poco X6 Pro is the company’s flagship X-series phone of 2024. It features a vegan leather back, a beautiful bezel-less 120Hz AMOLED display, and a powerful MediaTek chipset, making it a great pick for people on a tight budget who do not want to compromise on performance.
Poco typically tends to make compromises in the camera department to keep the prices of its devices in check. It’s the same story with the Poco X6 Pro. While the primary 64MP camera now gets OIS for (hopefully) better low-light imaging, the 8MP ultrawide and 2MP macro cameras are unlikely to impress you with their performance.
Other key specs of the X6 Pro include IP54 dust and splash resistance, an in-screen fingerprint sensor, an IR blaster, NFC, and face unlock. The phone supports dual-SIM 5G, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.4.
The Poco X6 Pro’s yellow variant features a vegan leather back, which feels more premium than the plastic back of the black and grey shades.
Previous Poco phones have typically launched with a year-old version of Android. Thankfully, that’s not the case with the Poco X6 Pro. It runs onAndroid 14-based HyperOS out of the box. Xiaomi’s latest skin looks similar to MIUI but has smoother animations and a better user experience. Poco also promises three OS updates and four years of security patches for the phone.
The Poco X6 packs almost all the features of its Pro sibling at a slightly lower price point. So, you get the same 6.67-inch 120Hz bezel-less 1.5K AMOLED display with a peak brightness of 1800 nits, a 64MP camera with OIS, an 8MP ultrawide, and a 2MP macro.
Instead of the MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra, the phone uses the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chip. While not as powerful as MediaTek’s offering, this Qualcomm SoC is powerful enough for daily use. And thanks to a 5100mAh battery with 67W fast charging, you don’t have to worry about running out of juice in the middle of the day.
The Poco X6 delivers almost the same experience as its Pro sibling at an even more affordable price point. This means you get a 6.67-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, a big 5,100mAh battery with 67W fast charging, and a 64MP primary camera with OIS. And the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chip inside will ensure you don’t face any lags or performance issues in daily use.
However, unlike the Poco X6 Pro, the X6 runs on MIUI 14 based onAndroid 13. The company claims it will roll out the HyperOS update for the phone soon, though there’s no clear timeline. This also means the phone will presumably get one less OS update than the X6 Pro.
As always, Poco phones are unlikely to make their way to the US, but they nevertheless always prove how much tech affordable phones can pack.
