The Xiaomi Poco X6 is a 6.67-inch smartphone with up to 12 GB LPDDR5X-RAM and 512 GB UFS 4.0 storage. It is run by a MediaTek Dimensity 8300-Ultra SoC and its integrated ARM Mali-G615 MP6 GPU. The AMOLED panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 and has a resolution of 2712x1220 pixels, resulting in 446 PPI. In addition to supporting HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision, the display also offers a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz. The equipment also includes a triple-camera with 64 MP, an Infrared transmitter, dual-SIM with 5G, Bluetooth 5.4 and WiFi 6, as well as a 5000-mAh battery that can be charged using the included 67 Watt charger.
It’s a great phone to be honest. Firstly it’s a beautiful design and the materials are high quality. The narrowness of it is great because it slips easily into a pocket and it’s very light. The tall display means you scroll less but it’s narrow enough to make typing easier.
Haptics are very good. The screen quality is very good and the cameras I’d say are equal to most €$ 500 phones. They do a little post processing but in good light the main camera gives excellent results. The wide angle camera is decent in good light but has slightly less detail than the main camera, but it’s good for landscapes.
The zoom lense is 2x and the quality is ok. Only use it in good light.
Night photography or shooting with the sun at you, eg sunset, is a disaster. Crap low light photos with lots of noise.
The software is actually good. It’s very fast and slick. I run Nova Launcher 8 beta and the animations are lovely and fluid, apps open fast and scrolling is very fast and smooth. I never get lag or anything like that.
Video on 1080p is very nice. I’m pleased with the quality, steadiness and sound capture. In general the cameras are great in good lighting. Easily as good as, if not better than the Nothing 2a for example, which has 50mp cameras.
I also like the placement of the buttons on the right. I can unlock the phone while drawing it from my pocket and I use the Assistant button quite a bit for timers and reminders. I find the button very, very convenient.
Battery life has been great. For the first year I would only recharge every 2nd night with quite a bit of usage. Now after 1 year I do need to charge it once a day, by 11pm I have about 20-30% left. If I barely use the phone, then it will still last 2 days.
I paid €350 and for that price I’d say it’s very good. Would I want to pay €500? Not really.
To me €500 is what the S24, OnePlus 12, Asus ZenFone, iPhone etc should cost and the Ultra’s/pro’s should be €750.
If you can get it for €350 or less I’d say it’s good deal. It’s also IP68 which is rare at this price and I use the headphone jack alot.
The only downside is service/repairs, OS updates and accessories. In the UK this might not be a problem but here in Cyprus there are no repairs that I know of and definitely no accessories. I had to buy my cases off AliExpress and wait weeks for them to come. And after about 2 months they started yellowing because they are transparent.
I hope that helps you with your decision.