Poco F6, Poco’s latest F-series phone, is India’s first smartphone to come rocking Qualcomm’s freshly minted Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 packs some of the best features from the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
It is built around a 4nm TSMC process (same as the 8 Gen 2/Gen 3 and even the 7 Plus Gen 3) and uses the same Cortex-X4, A720 and A520 CPU cores as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Poco ships the F6 with up to 512GB of fast UFS4.0 storage. The RAM can go up to 12GB and uses the LPDDR5x-type.
The hardware combo not only makes the Poco F6 a significant update to last year’s –fantastic— Poco F5, it makes for one of the fastest phones at its price point.
The panel is tall—6.67-inch—AMOLED with a 1.5K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It gets bright at up to 2,400 nits. Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection is available. So is Dolby Vision playback support.
The design feels a bit uninspired, even next to last year’s Poco F5 but at least you get proper IP64 rating.
The cameras are decent— there’s a dual camera setup on the rear with a 50MP Sony IMX882 primary sensor behind an f/1.59 optically stabilised lens paired to another 8MP ultrawide.
Powering the Poco F6 is a sizeable 5,000mAh battery. Battery life is good, not great. The phone supports 90W fast charging.
Poco F6 runs Xiaomi’s HyperOS based on Android 14 and is guaranteed to get three major OS and four years of security updates.
Poco F6 comes in a choice of 8GB/256GB, 12GB/256GB, and 12GB/512GB for Rs 29,999, Rs 31,999, and Rs 33,999.