The Xiaomi Poco F6 is equipped with a flagship-grade chipset – the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. The new chipset is fabbed on a 4nm TSMC process and features the latest Cortex-X4 and Adreno 725 for an all-round higher performance compared to the 7+ Gen 2 chip of the F5. The base memory configuration is still 8/256GB, but this year Xiaomi offers more more storage with the optional upgrade to 12/512GB (this is LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage).
The F5 display had brilliant colors and
it’s not that the 1080p+ resolution was bad, but the F6 brings a 1.5K display
(so should be in the 1200p+ range). It’s a 6.67” OLED panel with 120Hz refresh
rate, 100% DCI-P3 and Dolby Vision. It does up to 1,200 nits in high brightness
mode, bu the peak brightness is 2,400 nits. The display uses 1,920Hz
high-frequency PWM dimming. Ruggedness is another area where the F5 was good,
not great. The Poco F6 is an improvement on that with an IP64 rating (up from
IP53) and Gorilla Glass Victus (up from GG5).
One area that didn’t get much love is the
camera. The main module uses a Sony IMX882, a 50MP sensor with 0.7µm pixels
(the same pixel size as the 64MP sensor of the previous model). OIS is still on
board, though. The 8MP camera is pretty much the same as last year. The selfie
camera did get a small upgrade to a 20MP sensor (up from 16MP).
Like last year, the F6 brings stereo
speakers, but unfortunately there is no 3.5mm headphone jack this time around.
Other connectivity features include NFC (region dependent) and an IR blaster.
Finally, the F5 had a pretty solid battery with 5,000mAh capacity and 67W
charging, the F6 sweetens the pot with a faster charging rate of 90W (still
wired only).
The Poco F6 is available starting today
with the base model (8/256GB) priced at US$ 380, while the memory upgraded version
(12/512GB) is US$ 430. That said, early bird buyers will actually get these models
at US$ 340 and US$ 380, respectively. The F6 will be available from multiple
retailers and carriers (and Xiaomi itself, of course). In the UK, Xiaomi's
online store has the prices at £ 400 (discounted to £ 340 at the moment) for
8/256GB memory and £ 450 (down to £ 370) for the 12/512GB one. In Germany the two
versions are € 450 (down to € 390) and € 500 (down to € 420). It's also available
on Amazon Germany.
In India, Flipkart will start selling the
Poco F6 on May 29. The regular prices are ₹ 30,000 for the 8/256GB model,
₹ 32,000 for the 12/256GB one and ₹ 34,000 for the top 12/512GB version. However,
the first sale prices will be ₹ 4,000 lower than that. And the cherry on top is
an extended 1+1 year warranty.
