Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro in test

Strong performance and bright top display for less money: Xiaomi’s Poco X6 Pro offers a strong price-performance ratio. At present there has been a huge decline in its price.

As a sub-brand of Xiaomi, Poco offers powerful smartphones with good price-performance ratio. This is how the predecessor reassured us Poco X5 Pro (Test Report) As a strong overall package and a secret tip between smartphones. We’ve now tested the powerful successor, the Poco X6 Pro. Our test report shows whether the device is reliable or not.

Update: Meanwhile, the price has dropped significantly – in anticipation of Black Week, Amazon is only offering the Poco X6 Pro with 256GB 255 euros To. We tested the smartphone in February 2024.

We tested the yellow model with a synthetic leather back. It looks great and is very reminiscent of the costume of the hero of Tarantino’s masterpiece “Kill Bill”. The surface is also very easy to grip. However, the gray or black model comes with a plain plastic cover.

The Poco X6 Pro appears to be of high quality, even though the frame is also made entirely of plastic. Water and dust protection with IP54 is only available to a limited extent. It protects the housing from entry of dust and water splashes. If you want more, you will have to buy something more expensive Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G (Test Report) To pounce.

One of the biggest features is the 6.67-inch display with an OLED panel. It offers features that were reserved only for flagships until recently. This includes high brightness, with which the display can be read outdoors even in sunlight. Also noteworthy is the high resolution of 2712 × 1220 pixels, which creates a clear and, above all, beautiful image. The 120Hz refresh rate ensures a smooth display when scrolling or playing animations and games. The in-display fingerprint scanner also works fast and reliably. Due to its size, one-handed operation of the Poco X6 Pro is out of question.

The main camera has a 64 megapixel lens. There is also a wide-angle lens with 8 megapixels and a redundant macro lens with 2 megapixels. The main camera takes nice, clear photos with natural colors and high image detail during the day. Dynamic range is also good, although there is still room for improvement compared to more expensive smartphones.

The camera combines four pixels into one using pixel binning, so that images correspond to 16 megapixels. If you want, you can also access the full resolution of 64 megapixels. Night mode effectively brightens recordings. However, night photos are not completely free of image noise and have a slight red tint.

The wide-angle camera is less useful in the dark and should only be used during the day. Then the colors don’t deviate too much from the main lens, even if image detail is poor. Macro lens is completely unnecessary. The front camera leaves a good impression when taking selfies – except in the dark. Thanks to OIS, the camera effectively stabilizes video recording. There are hardly any shaky clips. The main camera films movies up to 4K at 30 fps or Full HD at 60 fps.

The Dimensity 8300 proves to be a really fast processor. It delivers phenomenal performance for the price range, as shown by the excellent results in the “Wild Life Extreme” benchmarks of PCMark (13,600 points) and 3DMark (3000 points). This means the chip can easily keep up with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+, even if it doesn’t match the performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

The storage device is good with 8 GB RAM as well as 256 GB or 12 GB RAM and 512 GB (UFS 4.0). It is equipped with Wi-Fi 6 as well as Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and Xiaomi’s infrared port. The only connection still uses the older standard: USB-C 2.0. But it is no better than many other manufacturers in the price range.

With the new Hyper OS user interface based on Android 14 already running on our test model, we couldn’t notice any major visual differences compared to the previous interface. Xiaomi isn’t exactly stingy with bloatware, which takes up around 40GB. Xiaomi has promised four years of security patches and three major Android updates for the Poco X6 Pro.

The large 5000 mAh battery paired with the efficient chip ensures good battery life. According to PCMark’s battery testing, it lasts for about 11.5 hours. So in a day, the Poco can be used in everyday life without any problems – as long as you don’t play with it all the time. The smartphone charges rapidly from 20 to 100 percent in less than 40 minutes at 67 watts. But there is no wireless charging.

At the time of testing in February 2024, the RRP for the 256GB version was around 350 euros. Ahead of Black Week, Amazon is offering the Poco X6 Pro 256 GB for just 255 euros To. Variant with 512GB Currently only cost 289 euros,

Xiaomi’s Poco X6 Pro 5G is one of the fastest smartphones in its price class. This also makes it a good choice as a gaming smartphone. Battery life is also impressive. The bright display with high resolution is also really nice. The main camera takes good pictures even during the day and there is some room for improvement in darkness. The other two lenses are not worth mentioning. But the package is more than adequate for the price.