Poco has launched the X8 Pro, which is a great phone for the pricing it provides, and it covers all the segments, and it retains its performance core, and even in the RAM shortage times, it does the unthinkable by keeping the same prices.
Design
The Poco X8 Pro features a metal mid-frame, a glass back on the back of the phone, a racing stripe on the back of the smartphone, a dual-camera setup, and RGB strips near the camera location, and the backlight effect is available in 8 colors, while the pulsing light effects sync with a lot of scenarios, including games, music, and a lot more. The phone also features IP68 for dust and water resistance, and the smartphone comes in black, white, and mint green. The phone also comes in the Iron Man edition with a black body with an arc reactor at the center.
Display
The Poco X8 Pro features a 6.59-inch FHD+ display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. It offers a 480 Hz touch sampling rate and a 2560 Hz instant touch sampling rate with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision support on the display. The display features an M10 panel, which consists of a new red luminous material with 20% improved luminous efficiency, thereby enhancing power efficiency. The display features a peak brightness of 3500 nits and 3840 Hz PWM dimming and Corning Gorilla Glass 7i for display protection with ultra-slim bezels of 1.7 mm at the bottom and 1.5 mm on the other sides of the display. It features a screen-to-body ratio of 94.1%.
Perform
ance
The device features a Dimensity 8500 Ultra, which is already a better chipset than the Poco X7 Pro, and the chipset scores 2.28 million on Antutu, and the device features a 7% faster CPU and 25% faster GPU than the previous generation, and the Poco X8 Pro features the flagship storage and RAM since it now features UFS 4.1 and LPDDR5X, and to keep the CPU cool during extensive tasks like gaming and video recording, it features a 5300 mm² 3D dual-layer IceLoop cooling, which reduces the SoC temperature by up to 3 degrees, which is great, and it features WildBoost optimization for 90 fps, SmartFrate, and Game HDR and 1.5K super resolution and 24x super resolution touch.
Camera
The device features a dual camera setup consisting of a 50MP IMX 882 with an 8MP ultra-wide camera, and the ultra-snap feature now supports portrait mode, and it lets you continuously capture up to 120 photos even in HDR scenes, and the phone also features film filters, and it has a classic positive filter and the classic negative filter, and the phone also features AI features like AI reflection removal, AI beautify, and AI cutouts, and the device features a 20MP selfie camera it can automatically change to. 8x mode when a lot of members are there while taking a picture, and the device can record videos at 4k 60fps on the back and 1080p 60fps on the front camera.
Battery
The device comes with a 6500 mAh silicon-carbon battery, and thanks to the 100W hyper-charging on the smartphone, it can fully charge the device to 100% in 48 minutes. And thanks to the P3 and G1 chips on the smartphone, it can retain 80% battery health even after 1600 charge cycles; it can do 27W reverse charging to supported phones, and 27W to the iPhone 17 series will be starting from an OTA this month.
OS
The phone comes pre-installed with HyperOS 3, which is based on Android 16, and it will receive four major updates and six years of security updates, which is excellent since the device will receive updates until Android 20, and it follows the path of the Poco F series’s 4 major and 6 security patches.
Pricing
The phone is priced at 32,999 for the 8+256 GB variant and 32,999 for the 12+256 GB variant. The device features a 3,000 instant discount on HDFC, SBI, and ICICI credit and debit cards, which brings the price down to 29,999 and 32,999. It’s one of the best prices since we are essentially getting good performance, a good camera display, and a good design.
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