MANILA, Philippines – The next value performance phone from POCO is starting to take shape. Fresh leaks for the upcoming POCO X8 Pro and X8 Pro Max suggest the brand is sticking to its usual philosophy: bang for buck prices with the specs doing the talking The X-series from POCO has always had the reputation of being an upper-middle all-around phone for photography and gaming that is still easily justifiable for the budget.
Nothing is official yet, but the picture is already clear. This is shaping up to be a battery and performance focused refresh rather than a full redesign.
Display
- 6.59-inch
- 1.5K TCL M10 OLED
- 120Hz and 2000 nits HBM
Performance
- MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra
- Mali-G720 MC8 GPU
Battery
- 6500mah battery
- 100watts wired-charging
Camera
- 50Mp Sony IMX882 main and an 8Mp ultra-wide
- 20Mp selfie camera around front.
The X8 Pro Max Variant will likely have an upgrade on all fronts but nothing is set in stone quite yet. If the leaks hold, the POCO X8 Pro is not trying to reinvent anything. It’s doubling down on what the X lineup has always been.
A predictable upgrade, but for POCO’s audience, predictability is the point.
Expect an official announcement soon, because we just talked about predictability.