4:45 as a person that works at a phone retailer you would be surprised how many people would rather choose 2 bad secondary cameras instead of a 1 good one. If the market demands it they will deliver it, we will probably never see this trend die because of that.
This is where Honor does better than Xiaomi. Their budget phones offer only two cameras. They drop the macro camera to allocate the budget for a better ultrawide camera sensor and lens. The result is a well-balanced camera system that lacks nothing because macro camera is barely even used at all, and is totally not worth it, since zooming from the main sensor provides much better quality images than what you can get out of the 2mp macro camera.
Damn this is the first time I am seeing one of your videos and it is bloody brilliant. Seriously the best, most comprehensive and well structured review I have ever seen on RUclips.
We know him from so many years ago. He is hands down the most technical viewer and has no fear to call companies out. He is humble enough not to admit this but TechTablets waste none of his viewers time. If you want a phone and want the most technical reviews he is the best. And i would choose flossy as the best non technical reviewer
Very complete review! I love your tests, you're doing a great work 👍 Impressed by this smartphone. It's great to have so much performance at this price point. Not good for photo, but not a surprise. Thank you for the video.
I'll answer. From India and I bought this phone last week for the equivalent of 316.8 USD. After using it for a full week I can safely say this is the best phone I have ever used, especially in the price bracket. It technically is the best value for money phone IN THE WORLD in the Top 20 of the Antutu benchmark list due to the price to score ratio, giving you flagship performance for throwaway prices. The PROS: 1. Amazing user experience, fast and responsive and HyperOS gives you a lot of control if you take time to go through it deeply. You can easily uninstall bloatware and shut off system apps that are not needed and never hear from them again. The UI is really clean and minimalistic and it's beautiful really. IOS UI with Android customizability and control. Perfect! The fingerprint sensor is super responsive and never gave me an issue either. Also yes, the lack of a proximity sensor doesn't seem to have any negative impact since the screen ALWAYS shut off whenever I picked up a call so no worries there. 2. Superb battery life if you actually know how to optimize apps and take the time to restrict apps from running in the background using the settings menu. It has a great in-built Memory Booster and you can set the phone to automatically clear RAM and cache after you lock the phone, greatly improving battery life. In my multiple tests under different scenarios I got the following results: a. Out of the box, first full charge - 42 hours with battery saver mode turned on from 80% and medium usage b. Heavy usage with 5G, Wifi, calls, photos and videos - over 34 hours with 15% battery remaining with Battery Saver mode on from 20% c. Heavy usage with long screen on time, medium gaming yesterday and normal to medium usage today, all with 5G on - 28 hours All tests above were with 120Hz on for all apps all the time, except some rare moments when the battery was really low. So if you use the memory cleaner button before locking your phone, or just clear all apps from the background using the normal menu button clear, in addition to disabling background autostart for non-essential apps and restricting background apps, the battery life is really great. Also, I use Nova Launcher which seems to use less battery than the default Poco Launcher so that seems to help too. I also use an animated wallpaper with lots of pure black areas so that takes advantage of the AMOLED screen and saves battery. All these things add up. Charging time is as advertised with minor variations. Super fast in my experience, coming from a phone that took 3 hours to charge. NOTE: The in built Battery manager in the Security App gives excellent one tap recommendations that you can pick and choose in case you are seeing battery drain and wanna save it. Like restricting 5G usage when not needed or turning off draining apps with 1 tap. I have the shortcut on my home screen and make good use of it. It even tells you how much time you will get by doing those optimizations. 3. Camera - Pretty good for the specs, takes pretty nice pics automatically without much adjustment, using HDR. Videos are ok, haven't tested them by opening on a big screen. Night pics came out brighter and nicer than expected and day pics are great anyway. No real complaints. 4. Future proof phone - I have the 12 GB, 512 GB variant and with UFS 4 and DDR5X RAM (which can be pushed to 20 GB with Virtual RAM), what more could one ask for in this price range? This far exceeds what any other phone is providing in this range and even in higher brackets. All other phones with these features are around double the cost if not more. It's basically magic. :) I won't have to worry about performance or slowdowns for years now. Plus you get 3 more Android version updates for the next 3 to 4 years. Crazy. 5. Display - BEAUTIFUL EFFING DISPLAY!!! SUPER CRISP AND CLEAR!! NO WORDS!! Also speakers are full and amazing!! I love this phone and would recommend it to anyone who is not hyperfocused on being a professional photographer and if you are then you're better off buying a DSLR anyway with the money you will save buying this phone haha. Like why would you not buy this phone, it's a no brainer and is quite literally the best value for money phone in the world right now. If you are looking to save money but get the flagship experience, go for it! PS: As you might have noticed, I didn't add any cons since I really can't find any that are big enough to match the pros. Actually almost zero issues or inconveniences in my 1 week experience. Slight heat up if you play games while charging but that's just expected so no complaints.
As such I use Nova Launcher and customise my smartphone with widgets, wallpapers, icon packs, shortcuts, gestures and folders etc, and use smartphone camera only for scanning documents (because I prefer to live the scenes than fiddle with smartphone camera), so in theory this phone seems to be perfect for me. I don't much care about slow software updates, will disable and uninstall bloatware, disable advertisements in the UI, hide all unnecessary elements, and will not use in built apps and hope that ROM is usable and free from bugs. But still I don't know whether it will be enough to compensate for the fact that I am moving from the best UI which is ONE UI from Samsung Galaxy S20 which I have customised using Samsung Good Lock, to MIUI which has been regarded along with iQOO Fun Touch OS as the worst ROM! Buying 512 GB storage variant of X6 Pro paired with fast processor will give plenty of room for snappy productivity in Evernote, Office and other apps and storing plenty of documents. Big screen will be good for reading and browsing. Battery life is good and IR blaster is a plus. Will definitely miss headphone jack and Micro SD Card despite 512 GB storage. In theory seems perfect. But I think in reality it will be unpleasant and not as good as even an old Samsung S series smartphone, which though is inferior on paper, works better because of good software optimisation and pleasant software aesthetics and how well apps behave on Samsung ROM on its S series smartphones. I love and extensively use wireless charging which is not present on POCO X6 Pro. USB 2.0 is slow when transferring files and will hinder taking advantage of that 512 GB internal storage. I feel better than buying these smartphones is to buy Samsung and Google Pixel one year after Launch when their price drops (but have plenty of software support left).
I see on Amazon Italy,the 12/512gb version is at 380Euro. There is nothing on the market that tops the performance and storage at this price range or even display brightness. Very impressive stuff on the hardware side once again. Whats disappointing with Poco is the cameras and the software updates(and bloatware). Poco is one of the slowest on the update part and HyperOS is just MiUi. The hardware is there, but its once again held back by the software,which is how these devices cost so low. So yeah, Chris is spot on that this is an amazing phone for gaming on this price or for someone that wants a very fast phone for media consumption. If we ignore the headphone jack loss, Poco X6 pro destroyed the Poco F5/Pro.
I've got the poco x6 it's brilliant i cannot believe the quality with these two phones from poco. If i was samsung i would be very worried about the A series with their midrange phones like the A55. The poco x6 and x6 pro are serious competition. If only a lot more people knew about poco phones and they sold them europe they would wipe the floor with samsung. And you still get a charger and case included with poco devices in the box. Unlike samsung who decided to do away with it. Even for their midrange and now budget devices!
exactly $1k USD on the link, $1,190 in our country and these are official Poco stores. I don't know with them. They usually post pre-orders but not this.
Ty for reviewing bang for the buck phones Chris 👍 I have a question tho, do the UI speed/smoothness and the display live up to flagships or is there a considerable gap?
Planning on getting this phone this week to replace my tired iPhone 11 Pro. I agree with the camera comment though. I think Xiaomi could've put a 50MP main sensor and a 12MP ultrawide and drop the macro, since it's such a niche feature that not a lot of people use.
@@princessellena1965 Well, I've had the X6 Pro for 5-6 months now and I can confidently say that the only thing I miss from the iPhone 11 Pro is the camera quality. The X6 Pro isn't bad, don't get me wrong; it's an amazing camera for such a well priced phone, but portrait edge detection - for example- isn't as sharp as on the iPhone. It does take some amazing photos with good conditions though, so I'm not really disappointed.
I've had the poco F1, poco f3 and currently using the Poco x4 gt. They've all been brilliant phones and brilliant value. My next phone will probably be this.
Hey man, been watching you since the Redmi Note 5 AI, Redmi S2 videos. Really appreciate your sincerity when it comes to these reviews. Keep it up man!
I wonder if the Passwords and Security - Authorisation and Revocation - msa (off) still works for ads as on my Poco F2 Pro. There were also 2 or 3 ads off settings somewhere via a Google search.
Hey Chris! Great review as always! So the main camera sensor is decent? Some reviewers say it's good, other say it's not 'reliable'. I see only the ultrawide in the CONS section. Thanks so much!
Yeah it's only good in perfect conditions it's actually very hit and miss. Cameras are not great with this model. It's about the screen and performance over everything else.
Nice 👍. I hope u can help me decide on this: Is there an improvement in hardware like the display, speakers and haptic area compared to an older gen like the Poco F3? Ty
Id like to know if you have noticed any changes concerning lockscreen customization compared to miui. when I watched videos about hyper os I've seen completely different lockscreens with lots of cool settings.(?)
Will this brick or have touch issues like the X3 pro -.- My x3 pro just got rekt after less than 2 years... I'm still going to give poco a chance simply because of the price to features (5g at this pricepoint and a good processor too). But that X3 pro experience left a sour taste in my mouth for POCO
Majority of the bricked x3 pros were Indian made or Indian version not international ones like the above comment like mine as well If it was international then it was just pure luck chance My issue with new poco is bootloader unlock requires gold xiaomi member tier that takes 1-2 years
Just wanna say 2 critics.. the 8 megapixel ultrawide its quite useless nowadays.. just give us a wider 12mm or 15mm ONE SINGLE MAIN CAMERA.. plus nobody uses 2 megapixels macro.. we been sick of it for years..
If you're into an upper midrange all-rounder, go for 13T but if you're into just gaming without the flagship chipset, X6 Pro is a preferable option. But still, go for 12T Pro for gaming & decent main camera.
Could use some advice Currently contemplating between the poco x6 pro vs 13t pro. What really sways me over to the 13t pro are the much better cameras and the 16gb ram/1tb rom option My main concern besides price are gaming performance, cameras, battery life. From your review of both phones. It seems like the 13t pro is the better phone overall, which for the higher price you would hope so. However did anything change about the heating issues? Like Im coming from a X3 Pro which also got a bit toasty while playing genshin, so I'm guess im kinda used to it in worst case. The USB 2 situation shouldn't bother too much as I rarely move files? Battery Life accourding to your test was better on the 13t pro? 11h vs 10h 11min Which is weird as many reviewers complained about the 13t pros "mediocre" battery life while praising the x6 pros. One big issue as someone who wants to daily drive the phone for at least 3-4 years is that the 13t pro uses a Li Polymer Battery which seems to degrade more rapidly than the other LI Ion ones like the x6 pro uses. My x3 pro also has polymer and now my battery has degraded so much it can't last a day anymore. So this is a big concern of mine.
I bought the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ over 3 months ago for $329. To replace my Poco X3 GT had it for over 2 years. Now I'm thinking about buying the Redmi K70E same as the Poco X6 Pro for a second phone. On sale now for $329. Great Deal. I live in Chicago USA.
The poco line is worth the price, tho the only thing I personally dislike is the design, specifically the Poco logo they always print on the back, other than that it's a well-rounded phone.
worthy successor of the X3 Pro, almost. headphone jack being gone would have been fine but SD card slot would have made it perfect for me. but also seeing this is a MTK phone, I'm holding my breath for any actual 3rd party development since this is running HyperOS
I used to own a Poco X3, and it's still in my possession. Presently, I've switched to the Realme 9 Pro Plus, a fantastic camera phone in the 20k price range. Despite its impressive features, the Realme 9 Pro Plus's small screen size makes me uneasy. As a result, I'm contemplating the Poco X6 Pro as my upcoming phone choice.
Sir many people like to have smartphones with small screen like Samsung Galaxy S22 and iPhone 12 Mini. Why don't you like small screen smartphones and why do they make you uneasy?
@@ytsearchengine I prefer big screen phones for gaming as they offer a more immersive experience with larger visuals, improved visibility of details, and a more comfortable interface for controls, ultimately enhancing my overall gameplay enjoyment. A large screen is more practical for me to Typing , browsing, ... ... .. ..
What would you suggest between this and the Redmi Note 13 pro 5G (not +)? I'm not a fan of mobile gaming but the redmi is 50€ more although with what looks to me a considerably better camera. Not that i would make massive use of it but it's nice to take some shots here and there. Kinda torn between these two.
if the camera is important to you, you should buy the redmi note 13 pro 5g for 2 reasons: 1)the main camera uses a samsung sensor vs the x6 pro which uses an omnivision one 2)to maximise image quality you should use a modified google camera app on a custom rom. mediatek chips can have issues with gcam as elucidated by celso azevedo, "Assuming you did everything right (tested all package names and made sure that the auxiliary cameras setting is enabled), it's possible that your phone completely blocks access to all cameras. Unfortunately some brands (eg: OPPO, Realme) are very restrictive and using a special package name doesn't work. Other brands allow access on some, but not all hardware. For example, OnePlus devices with Snapdragon SoC/processors allow users to access all cameras (with a package name) while OnePlus devices with Mediatek don't (eg: many of the OnePlus Nord phones). The only fix for this is to use a custom ROM not based on the stock/original ROM (eg: ColorOS, OxygenOS, MIUI, etc) as they don't limit access or need specific package names."
I don't understand ads in the Xiaomi phones these days. I understood it back then when they were (supposedly) doing it to cover the cost of selling a high end hardware with at a low end price. But I'm sure Xiaomi has made more than enough to completely remove ads from their phones these days. They're not the (again, supposedly) that "software company that happens to make hardware too" type company anymore. Their phones are one of the best selling phones especially in Asia and they have physical stores and service centers now. This is just pure greed.
The margins are very low in the mid to low-cost sectors, and I suspect if they make profits, it is minimal due to the price war. That is why Apple doesn't try too hard, as there is no upside. Ads mean that they can lower the price.
Thanks for the excellent presentation but I really didn't get the price point? How much is this phone? I'm watching from POCO X3 Pro, NOT really looking to upgrade yet.
😈 Motherboard Killer 😈 Poco has finally launched a killer phone... Hope there will be no Display burning issue , heating issues and Motherboard Buring Issues in Poco X6 Pro & Poco X6.. Here I am waiting for Iqoo Neo 9 Pro which will lauch very soon..
Hiya. In your own personal experience and opinion which phone has better display (accurate colours)and better camera system (better skin tones, dynamic range, video recording, etc.): Poco X6 or the Galaxy A34? Or should I just get the X6 Pro model?
@@Techtablets I heard the Poco X6 will receive the new Hyper OS update soon which apparently is much lighter and has better performance. But as you said it's the issue of which UI you prefer.
No such Poco is ever camera-centric with their horrible OmniVision sensors. As much as I love my Poco F5, the camera is simply downright disappointing even with the best possible GCAMs available. They used to do better with Sony IMX sensors, and I thought they're going forward from that.
I'm currently running the X3 Pro, but haven't had any security updates for aaaaages 😞 so looking for a newer phone. This phone could be a replacement 🤔
i went from poco to Realme. They give you more updates. Poco reacts to market and puts all the time new and new products. Also i do not like mediatek chips i like snapdragon.
Having recently cracked the glass beck of my Xperia 10iii I'm now of the opinion that all phones should have a plastic or vegan leather back. One less glass surface to worry about
actually there is no company that would provide such great specs with low price so they add some bloatware which isnt really bothering me cuz i can uninstall them and turn off the ads
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the bezels does make it seem like its more expensive that it is, props to xiaomi
what is props?
props(properties from react) 😄
@@Eswar.respect to xiaomi.
Bro can't speak English like fr
@@Ambatufakingnatsorry I’m not understanding what he did wrong. You can clearly understand what he said
90% screen to body ratio
7:53 You are the One RUclipsr, that Adds Additional Info about Smartphones, Especially Camera2 API. Thanks a lot.
literally every phone has that support.
4:45 as a person that works at a phone retailer you would be surprised how many people would rather choose 2 bad secondary cameras instead of a 1 good one. If the market demands it they will deliver it, we will probably never see this trend die because of that.
Yep it's right on ther marketing train and also on the plastic cover wrapped around the phone claiming "64mp triple camera
This is where Honor does better than Xiaomi. Their budget phones offer only two cameras. They drop the macro camera to allocate the budget for a better ultrawide camera sensor and lens. The result is a well-balanced camera system that lacks nothing because macro camera is barely even used at all, and is totally not worth it, since zooming from the main sensor provides much better quality images than what you can get out of the 2mp macro camera.
we rly only need 1 except for different focal lengths
Damn this is the first time I am seeing one of your videos and it is bloody brilliant. Seriously the best, most comprehensive and well structured review I have ever seen on RUclips.
Thank you there are far better reviews on YT. But thanks for watching.
We know him from so many years ago. He is hands down the most technical viewer and has no fear to call companies out. He is humble enough not to admit this but TechTablets waste none of his viewers time. If you want a phone and want the most technical reviews he is the best. And i would choose flossy as the best non technical reviewer
Oh don't be so modest. We here know you're the best. @@Techtablets
We appreciate your reviews. Keep up the good work.
Very complete review! I love your tests, you're doing a great work 👍
Impressed by this smartphone. It's great to have so much performance at this price point.
Not good for photo, but not a surprise.
Thank you for the video.
Glad you enjoy it!
Now I'm exchanging my X3 pro for a poco X line smartphone, finally a worthy successor
I was thinking to do the same so how good has been the phone so far or should i opt to wait for poco x7 or something else
@@scourge141 there was some info about x7 from gsmarena that the x7 was the cut down of redmi note 14 pro but no info regarding about the x7 pro.
The true successor of POCO X3 Pro. Performance focused a.k.a. budget gaming phone, don't search for anything else.
Also the king of Motherboard issue
@@ElvisChibundu we don't know that yet, only X3 Pro was having that problem, none of the successors do
@@ElvisChibundupoco f3, f4, f5, x5 pro dont have that problem
It's only for Indian users though I think they also fixed it since Poco x3 pro @@ElvisChibundu
@@ElvisChibundustop going about showing your stupidity
Poco X6 Pro gives UFS 4.0 storage (starts from 256 GB) but Samsung can't do it with their S24 and neither can Google. Yikes.
Neither they can give charger in the box
Smaller companies need to offer more or you wouldn't consider them.
@@JorgieFilo in the past they weren't able to offer more even at the same price. Stop justifying lazy practices
mine is already on its way, tomorrow ill be getting it, ordered it yesterday
can't believe the stock is already available locally
How's performance so far and battery life?
How is it going after 2 weeks?
Answer bro
I'll answer. From India and I bought this phone last week for the equivalent of 316.8 USD. After using it for a full week I can safely say this is the best phone I have ever used, especially in the price bracket. It technically is the best value for money phone IN THE WORLD in the Top 20 of the Antutu benchmark list due to the price to score ratio, giving you flagship performance for throwaway prices.
The PROS:
1. Amazing user experience, fast and responsive and HyperOS gives you a lot of control if you take time to go through it deeply. You can easily uninstall bloatware and shut off system apps that are not needed and never hear from them again. The UI is really clean and minimalistic and it's beautiful really. IOS UI with Android customizability and control. Perfect! The fingerprint sensor is super responsive and never gave me an issue either. Also yes, the lack of a proximity sensor doesn't seem to have any negative impact since the screen ALWAYS shut off whenever I picked up a call so no worries there.
2. Superb battery life if you actually know how to optimize apps and take the time to restrict apps from running in the background using the settings menu. It has a great in-built Memory Booster and you can set the phone to automatically clear RAM and cache after you lock the phone, greatly improving battery life. In my multiple tests under different scenarios I got the following results:
a. Out of the box, first full charge - 42 hours with battery saver mode turned on from 80% and medium usage
b. Heavy usage with 5G, Wifi, calls, photos and videos - over 34 hours with 15% battery remaining with Battery Saver mode on from 20%
c. Heavy usage with long screen on time, medium gaming yesterday and normal to medium usage today, all with 5G on - 28 hours
All tests above were with 120Hz on for all apps all the time, except some rare moments when the battery was really low.
So if you use the memory cleaner button before locking your phone, or just clear all apps from the background using the normal menu button clear, in addition to disabling background autostart for non-essential apps and restricting background apps, the battery life is really great. Also, I use Nova Launcher which seems to use less battery than the default Poco Launcher so that seems to help too. I also use an animated wallpaper with lots of pure black areas so that takes advantage of the AMOLED screen and saves battery. All these things add up. Charging time is as advertised with minor variations. Super fast in my experience, coming from a phone that took 3 hours to charge.
NOTE: The in built Battery manager in the Security App gives excellent one tap recommendations that you can pick and choose in case you are seeing battery drain and wanna save it. Like restricting 5G usage when not needed or turning off draining apps with 1 tap. I have the shortcut on my home screen and make good use of it. It even tells you how much time you will get by doing those optimizations.
3. Camera - Pretty good for the specs, takes pretty nice pics automatically without much adjustment, using HDR. Videos are ok, haven't tested them by opening on a big screen. Night pics came out brighter and nicer than expected and day pics are great anyway. No real complaints.
4. Future proof phone - I have the 12 GB, 512 GB variant and with UFS 4 and DDR5X RAM (which can be pushed to 20 GB with Virtual RAM), what more could one ask for in this price range? This far exceeds what any other phone is providing in this range and even in higher brackets. All other phones with these features are around double the cost if not more. It's basically magic. :) I won't have to worry about performance or slowdowns for years now. Plus you get 3 more Android version updates for the next 3 to 4 years. Crazy.
5. Display - BEAUTIFUL EFFING DISPLAY!!! SUPER CRISP AND CLEAR!! NO WORDS!! Also speakers are full and amazing!!
I love this phone and would recommend it to anyone who is not hyperfocused on being a professional photographer and if you are then you're better off buying a DSLR anyway with the money you will save buying this phone haha. Like why would you not buy this phone, it's a no brainer and is quite literally the best value for money phone in the world right now. If you are looking to save money but get the flagship experience, go for it!
PS: As you might have noticed, I didn't add any cons since I really can't find any that are big enough to match the pros. Actually almost zero issues or inconveniences in my 1 week experience. Slight heat up if you play games while charging but that's just expected so no complaints.
Where were the photos taken?
Don't remember a phone this good from Poco since the x3 pro. Good to them going back to the basics
As such I use Nova Launcher and customise my smartphone with widgets, wallpapers, icon packs, shortcuts, gestures and folders etc, and use smartphone camera only for scanning documents (because I prefer to live the scenes than fiddle with smartphone camera), so in theory this phone seems to be perfect for me. I don't much care about slow software updates, will disable and uninstall bloatware, disable advertisements in the UI, hide all unnecessary elements, and will not use in built apps and hope that ROM is usable and free from bugs. But still I don't know whether it will be enough to compensate for the fact that I am moving from the best UI which is ONE UI from Samsung Galaxy S20 which I have customised using Samsung Good Lock, to MIUI which has been regarded along with iQOO Fun Touch OS as the worst ROM! Buying 512 GB storage variant of X6 Pro paired with fast processor will give plenty of room for snappy productivity in Evernote, Office and other apps and storing plenty of documents. Big screen will be good for reading and browsing. Battery life is good and IR blaster is a plus. Will definitely miss headphone jack and Micro SD Card despite 512 GB storage. In theory seems perfect. But I think in reality it will be unpleasant and not as good as even an old Samsung S series smartphone, which though is inferior on paper, works better because of good software optimisation and pleasant software aesthetics and how well apps behave on Samsung ROM on its S series smartphones. I love and extensively use wireless charging which is not present on POCO X6 Pro. USB 2.0 is slow when transferring files and will hinder taking advantage of that 512 GB internal storage.
I feel better than buying these smartphones is to buy Samsung and Google Pixel one year after Launch when their price drops (but have plenty of software support left).
You will not be able to run third party launchers like Nova
@@neonred869 Really are you sure? That's a big drawback.
@@neonred869 whaaat!?!?!?! Are u sure? I was planning to do the same!
Samsung Dex is also a big plus for S series. I don't understand how new phones just skip hdmi out. Lack of microsd slot is criminal too.
I see on Amazon Italy,the 12/512gb version is at 380Euro. There is nothing on the market that tops the performance and storage at this price range or even display brightness. Very impressive stuff on the hardware side once again.
Whats disappointing with Poco is the cameras and the software updates(and bloatware). Poco is one of the slowest on the update part and HyperOS is just MiUi.
The hardware is there, but its once again held back by the software,which is how these devices cost so low.
So yeah, Chris is spot on that this is an amazing phone for gaming on this price or for someone that wants a very fast phone for media consumption.
If we ignore the headphone jack loss, Poco X6 pro destroyed the Poco F5/Pro.
See what you can get on other online sites, here in Singapore I just purchased it for the equivalent of 310 Euro
EU will always be more expensive quite significantly than Asia for some reason.
Yes crazy good power for the price.
hyper os is better then miui
@@TechtabletsI'm gonna ask here. 1) have you reviewed the Redmi K70 yet. If so how do you compare to this phone.
Great review btw
Indeed I own the X6 pro and love it (so much) HyperOS I believe is a combination of android 14 and AOSP/Vela
Has standby battery drain improved?
I've got the poco x6 it's brilliant i cannot believe the quality with these two phones from poco. If i was samsung i would be very worried about the A series with their midrange phones like the A55. The poco x6 and x6 pro are serious competition. If only a lot more people knew about poco phones and they sold them europe they would wipe the floor with samsung. And you still get a charger and case included with poco devices in the box. Unlike samsung who decided to do away with it. Even for their midrange and now budget devices!
exactly $1k USD on the link, $1,190 in our country and these are official Poco stores. I don't know with them. They usually post pre-orders but not this.
Those are placeholder prices. Oficiial prices will update very soon. Its gonna be about $300 USD
@@chucknorris8704 thanks. now i see it, $303 with an online store here.
It's exactly 1000 because it's just a temp price point for its release. The actual price will be $360 for the best version and under.
Ty for reviewing bang for the buck phones Chris 👍 I have a question tho, do the UI speed/smoothness and the display live up to flagships or is there a considerable gap?
My poco x5 pro works pretty well so I assume poco x6 pro should be good too.
The speed is determined by the chipset (which is good in X6 and great for Pro) and it's using the fresh HyperOS, so it should be great.
@@justjuniorjawCome on, HyperOS is MIUI with a face wash...
It's flagship level smooth 100%
@@Techtablets great! Tnx a ton
Top notch review as always, chris has never steered me wrong
I had the x3 nfc previously to owning the x6 pro. Its extremely easy to get rid of all the bloatware and ads.
3:00 is the main sensor the OmniVision 64B again, that main camera sensor that Poco has been using non-stop everywhere since 2021
Lol
I mean the thing i like most about this device are the design. Especially putting a matte black skin on the back!
The ultimate price-to-performance final boss.
Indeed it is.
Planning on getting this phone this week to replace my tired iPhone 11 Pro. I agree with the camera comment though. I think Xiaomi could've put a 50MP main sensor and a 12MP ultrawide and drop the macro, since it's such a niche feature that not a lot of people use.
Do u think Iphone 11 pro is better than this phone??
@@princessellena1965 Well, I've had the X6 Pro for 5-6 months now and I can confidently say that the only thing I miss from the iPhone 11 Pro is the camera quality. The X6 Pro isn't bad, don't get me wrong; it's an amazing camera for such a well priced phone, but portrait edge detection - for example- isn't as sharp as on the iPhone. It does take some amazing photos with good conditions though, so I'm not really disappointed.
I've had the poco F1, poco f3 and currently using the Poco x4 gt. They've all been brilliant phones and brilliant value.
My next phone will probably be this.
Great reviews as always. I'd still like to see 30 seconds dedicated to the official software and security support for the phones being reviewed.
Hey man, been watching you since the Redmi Note 5 AI, Redmi S2 videos. Really appreciate your sincerity when it comes to these reviews. Keep it up man!
You can easily block all the ads in the Ui with the adguard private dns method
gonna go for the Honor X50 Pro of Poco F6 /Pro this year. u gonna review the Honor X50 pro, Chris?
I wonder if the Passwords and Security - Authorisation and Revocation - msa (off) still works for ads as on my Poco F2 Pro. There were also 2 or 3 ads off settings somewhere via a Google search.
protective foil from production is there on screen?
Is the phone getting hot after casual/intense tasks? How is the temperature on this New processor?
Great unboxing and hand on review as always Chris Sir
Thank you kindly
You didn't turn on fps meter in developer options. And slide edge game turbo fps meter was fake.
Hey Chris! Great review as always!
So the main camera sensor is decent? Some reviewers say it's good, other say it's not 'reliable'.
I see only the ultrawide in the CONS section.
Thanks so much!
Yeah it's only good in perfect conditions it's actually very hit and miss. Cameras are not great with this model. It's about the screen and performance over everything else.
Good to know! Thanks @@Techtablets
@@Techtabletsso the weakest part of this phone is the camera?
So I'm wondering which phones at its price point have better performance in gaming?
You know since you said it's not "the" best..
Iqoo neo 9 i guess.
To add to the conversation, theres also the infinix gt 10 pro for around $250
@@gbnmoderator7625 thats much worse
For gaming ofcuz it's good...but the camera and design is so fxck up
This or note 13 pro plus?
can you tell me which apps you use for testing please 😢
What about Motherboard issues in X6 series, are they fixed that problem in this series or not yet?
indian market issue
Idk but it's not happen in my country..
I suggest you to buy overseas because the motherboard issue only happened on India manufactured x/m 3 series
What location is this on the UK? Didn't know you guys had tropical locations near any coastal regions.
It's Spain, Med coast.
Any chance you could do a gaming review with emulation games? Curious if it can run Switch games well?
true, but i don't remember he ever done emulation test
mediatek doesnt support emulator, youre in the wrong spot. i suggest poco f5 cause it has dragon thingy
@@jakabudiman5124 youre wrong. It does support it.
Why didn't they use the finger print at the side, it was so nice and fast on the previous models! Why change something that is already good?
When will be review of the new rog 8?
Amazing. Forget that X5 that was released 6 months ago now there is a new phone. Of course updates go with it.
Nice 👍. I hope u can help me decide on this: Is there an improvement in hardware like the display, speakers and haptic area compared to an older gen like the Poco F3? Ty
Higher resolution display, worth it imo
Id like to know if you have noticed any changes concerning lockscreen customization compared to miui. when I watched videos about hyper os I've seen completely different lockscreens with lots of cool settings.(?)
The catch is the cameras and the build quality.
The phone gets old rapidly.
However, it still a good value for what it brings.
I just ordered this from Amazon I hope the charger has a American plug.
Will this brick or have touch issues like the X3 pro -.- My x3 pro just got rekt after less than 2 years... I'm still going to give poco a chance simply because of the price to features (5g at this pricepoint and a good processor too). But that X3 pro experience left a sour taste in my mouth for POCO
then you dont take care of your phone properly because i still have the x3 pro and still runs smoothly and battery last long as the first day
Majority of the bricked x3 pros were Indian made or Indian version not international ones like the above comment like mine as well
If it was international then it was just pure luck chance
My issue with new poco is bootloader unlock requires gold xiaomi member tier that takes 1-2 years
@@mickmoon6887 you are right, global version vayu never had any issue. only the bhima version got issues
My poco F4 GT smokes the poco X3 pro tbh. It's better than the poco X6 pro too
@@ChakraOver9k this moron comparing F4 GT a mid range gaming phone against a x3 pro. you aren't the smartest person, are you? 🤣
You keep mentioning price point. What's the price of global release?
Mine arrives today, I didn't know the yellow one had a leather finish on the back.
Pls compare the Poco F6 to this one wn it comes out
Do you know what chipset F6 gets?
sd 7s gen 2@@KasKade7
@@FreshVibez77lol no 😂
Poco F6 is likely to use Dimensity 9200+, while F6 Pro will use Dimensity 9300.
sorry my bad i thought poco x6..d9200 would be nice
Just wanna say 2 critics.. the 8 megapixel ultrawide its quite useless nowadays.. just give us a wider 12mm or 15mm ONE SINGLE MAIN CAMERA.. plus nobody uses 2 megapixels macro.. we been sick of it for years..
Can the ads be turn off or not?
You can turn those security scan off with all the advertisement in the settings.
How is the proximity and DC dimming on this phone
Hi Bro! Could you tell me if this device supports MHL, even if it is just for screen mirroring?
Where can I get it?
If you're into an upper midrange all-rounder, go for 13T but if you're into just gaming without the flagship chipset, X6 Pro is a preferable option. But still, go for 12T Pro for gaming & decent main camera.
8300 ultra is a flagship chipset
@@koyomisan So does 8100
Could use some advice
Currently contemplating between the poco x6 pro vs 13t pro.
What really sways me over to the 13t pro are the much better cameras and the 16gb ram/1tb rom option
My main concern besides price
are gaming performance, cameras, battery life.
From your review of both phones.
It seems like the 13t pro is the better phone overall, which for the higher price you would hope so.
However did anything change about the heating issues?
Like Im coming from a X3 Pro which also got a bit toasty while playing genshin, so I'm guess im kinda used to it in worst case.
The USB 2 situation shouldn't bother too much as I rarely move files?
Battery Life accourding to your test was better on the 13t pro? 11h vs 10h 11min
Which is weird as many reviewers complained about the 13t pros "mediocre" battery life while praising the x6 pros.
One big issue as someone who wants to daily drive the phone for at least 3-4 years is that the 13t pro uses a Li Polymer Battery which seems to degrade more rapidly than the other LI Ion ones like the x6 pro uses.
My x3 pro also has polymer and now my battery has degraded so much it can't last a day anymore. So this is a big concern of mine.
I bought the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ over 3 months ago for $329. To replace my Poco X3 GT had it for over 2 years. Now I'm thinking about buying the Redmi K70E same as the Poco X6 Pro for a second phone. On sale now for $329. Great Deal. I live in Chicago USA.
The poco line is worth the price, tho the only thing I personally dislike is the design, specifically the Poco logo they always print on the back, other than that it's a well-rounded phone.
Ye they need to make that logo smaller so it streamlines more into the phones design.
Is the ufs 4.0 in 256gb option? Or is it still 3.0
UFS 4.0 minimum size is 256gb
@@SweatyFeetGirl and the ram too? Is it still lpddr 5x in 8gb?
@@SweatyFeetGirlrealy?
worthy successor of the X3 Pro, almost. headphone jack being gone would have been fine but SD card slot would have made it perfect for me.
but also seeing this is a MTK phone, I'm holding my breath for any actual 3rd party development since this is running HyperOS
I used to own a Poco X3, and it's still in my possession. Presently, I've switched to the Realme 9 Pro Plus, a fantastic camera phone in the 20k price range. Despite its impressive features, the Realme 9 Pro Plus's small screen size makes me uneasy. As a result, I'm contemplating the Poco X6 Pro as my upcoming phone choice.
Sir many people like to have smartphones with small screen like Samsung Galaxy S22 and iPhone 12 Mini. Why don't you like small screen smartphones and why do they make you uneasy?
@@ytsearchengine
I prefer big screen phones for gaming as they offer a more immersive experience with larger visuals, improved visibility of details, and a more comfortable interface for controls, ultimately enhancing my overall gameplay enjoyment.
A large screen is more practical for me to Typing , browsing, ... ... .. ..
@@zndxanh Yes Sir Thankyou
Does HyperOS include schedule auto shutdown option ?
Yes.. just like in miui..
How does not having an "X" main core hurt if at all?
Not at all i think.
@@Techtablets tnx
Can we install custom rom on the POCO X6 Pro?
No since it's MTK
rip mediatek devices
Can you install Gcam and will that improve things?
You can yes.
What would you suggest between this and the Redmi Note 13 pro 5G (not +)?
I'm not a fan of mobile gaming but the redmi is 50€ more although with what looks to me a considerably better camera.
Not that i would make massive use of it but it's nice to take some shots here and there.
Kinda torn between these two.
if the camera is important to you, you should buy the redmi note 13 pro 5g for 2 reasons:
1)the main camera uses a samsung sensor vs the x6 pro which uses an omnivision one
2)to maximise image quality you should use a modified google camera app on a custom rom. mediatek chips can have issues with gcam as elucidated by celso azevedo, "Assuming you did everything right (tested all package names and made sure that the auxiliary cameras setting is enabled), it's possible that your phone completely blocks access to all cameras. Unfortunately some brands (eg: OPPO, Realme) are very restrictive and using a special package name doesn't work. Other brands allow access on some, but not all hardware. For example, OnePlus devices with Snapdragon SoC/processors allow users to access all cameras (with a package name) while OnePlus devices with Mediatek don't (eg: many of the OnePlus Nord phones). The only fix for this is to use a custom ROM not based on the stock/original ROM (eg: ColorOS, OxygenOS, MIUI, etc) as they don't limit access or need specific package names."
I don't understand ads in the Xiaomi phones these days. I understood it back then when they were (supposedly) doing it to cover the cost of selling a high end hardware with at a low end price.
But I'm sure Xiaomi has made more than enough to completely remove ads from their phones these days. They're not the (again, supposedly) that "software company that happens to make hardware too" type company anymore. Their phones are one of the best selling phones especially in Asia and they have physical stores and service centers now. This is just pure greed.
The margins are very low in the mid to low-cost sectors, and I suspect if they make profits, it is minimal due to the price war. That is why Apple doesn't try too hard, as there is no upside. Ads mean that they can lower the price.
Would you choose this Poco or Honor Magic 6 lite ? I am wanting to buy one of these. Thanks for your answer :)
Poco X6 Pro
X6 pro bro
Thanks for the excellent presentation but I really didn't get the price point? How much is this phone? I'm watching from POCO X3 Pro, NOT really looking to upgrade yet.
$339 for 512gb
About 310 euros.
Comparison with the Redmi note 13 pro maybe?
😈 Motherboard Killer 😈 Poco has finally launched a killer phone...
Hope there will be no Display burning issue , heating issues and Motherboard Buring Issues in Poco X6 Pro & Poco X6..
Here I am waiting for Iqoo Neo 9 Pro which will lauch very soon..
Design is awesome 🎉
🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hiya. In your own personal experience and opinion which phone has better display (accurate colours)and better camera system (better skin tones, dynamic range, video recording, etc.): Poco X6 or the Galaxy A34? Or should I just get the X6 Pro model?
Poco X6 but then I prefer the Samsung OneIU over MIUI for POCO.
@@Techtablets I heard the Poco X6 will receive the new Hyper OS update soon which apparently is much lighter and has better performance. But as you said it's the issue of which UI you prefer.
The version with yellow vegan leather of the Poco X6 Pro is beautiful and feels more premium.
can you use gamepad on it?
Correct me if I'm wrong, Poco X focus on gaming, Poco M series on budget meal and Poco F series both game and camera centric right?
No such Poco is ever camera-centric with their horrible OmniVision sensors. As much as I love my Poco F5, the camera is simply downright disappointing even with the best possible GCAMs available.
They used to do better with Sony IMX sensors, and I thought they're going forward from that.
@@troy5568 i think Poco F1 can justify that
@@johnreypines6538я все ещё пользуюсь f1 и я довольна им. Но подумываю менять. Думаю между f5 pro и x6 pro
comparing to rog 6 which is better?
Bro, they say this phone has overheating problems?
Hi, is this one have Google dialer or miui dialer? I need call recording function.
Global version should be Google dialer
I'm currently running the X3 Pro, but haven't had any security updates for aaaaages 😞 so looking for a newer phone. This phone could be a replacement 🤔
i went from poco to Realme. They give you more updates. Poco reacts to market and puts all the time new and new products. Also i do not like mediatek chips i like snapdragon.
@@ivanbenkocky3290 mtk 9300 destroyed both a17 and 8gen3 while being more efficient than 8gen 3. Check geekerwan how dimensity destroys sd
That phone is eol since a long time, that's why. But x6 pro got a 3 OS policy, so it will get until android 17
@@danniel7480 X3 was released in march 2021, my last security update was October 2022 🙄 wasn't even supported for 2 full years 😞
@@danniel7480 Wow!
Does this have motherboard dead issue?
Boss if you compare to xiaomi 12X who is better camera poco X6pro or the 12X ??
12X
Great review Chris this is a very good performer for the money!
Very, i'm really impressed with how fast and smooth everything is for this price it is hard to beat!
Was the version with 8 or 12 GB RAM used here?
It's 12 gig
Having recently cracked the glass beck of my Xperia 10iii I'm now of the opinion that all phones should have a plastic or vegan leather back. One less glass surface to worry about
Should i buy this Poco or Samsung a35?
I can play in 60fps for hours in my Neo 3, cant image how much this one is better
So the X6 Pro is better?
Any other phones with better gaming performance in this price range?
no except poco f5
Can you make a comparation with Xiaomi 13T ? Is main competitor and many people wait this comparation (i want to see photo difference in special)
yeah, i want to see how different they are when compared side by side
Which would be better, Poco F5 Pro or Poco X6Pro
Even if it's not shown in the video, can u test fortnite compatibility with these phones? It's always hit or miss with these Chinese phones
Very nice review! This seems like it could be a better buy than the upcoming Poco F6!
@ahmedsh1557 that'll be the F6 Pro
@ahmedsh1557 that's what I just said thanks
@@HughesyTechpoco F6 pro with dimensity 9300, F6 with snap 8 gen2. BUT in india market, will only 1 model, the reguler F6 model
THe adverts get worse and worse with updates
How long this poco x6 series get OS update ?
7 years of os and 5 years of membership
3 Android updates, and 4 year security
Every time there is a 2mp macro lens I know that I don't even want to waste my time watching/reading about the phone 😢
Am watching you with it
actually there is no company that would provide such great specs with low price so they add some bloatware which isnt really bothering me cuz i can uninstall them and turn off the ads
Does it support Volte?
Yes, it does.
Only the Global variant does, though.
Stay away from the "Made in India" variant.