If you’re in the marketplace for an reasonably priced Android smartphone, the most recent midrange Poco duo from Xiaomi must be in your radar. Available now within the UK, Europe, and India, however not the US, the Poco X6 (£319) and Poco X6 Pro (£369) supply stacked spec sheets with few weaknesses. You can count on wonderful shows, good battery life, and strong efficiency from each, although there are a number of cons lurking right here.
Xiaomi provides a really gargantuan line-up of smartphones. Not content material with its funds Redmi sub-brand, it launched the midrange Poco sub-brand in 2018. There is appreciable overlap, with many telephones launched below the Redmi title in China being tweaked and rebadged as Poco for the European market. The X6 and X6 Pro fall into that class. If you’re questioning, the phrase poco means “a little” in Spanish and Italian.
The Poco model has taken off as a worth cellphone. The X6 and X6 Pro sit on the backside finish of the midrange, undercutting a lot of the comparable competitors. With a lot in widespread, the Poco X6 would be the better option for cut price hunters, however I’ll lay out the variations so you’ll be able to resolve whether or not the X6 Pro is value digging deeper for.
Poco Peas in a Pod
Photograph: Simon Hill
At first look the Poco X6 and X6 Pro are very related. The X6 is a teensy bit taller, slimmer, and lighter, however the variations are paper skinny. Both have plastic frames with a quantity rocker on the higher proper facet and the facility button under. Only the X6 has a 3.5mm headphone port. The in-screen fingerprint sensors are responsive, with digital camera cut-outs on the high of the close to bezel-less screens. Both telephones rating an IP54 ranking, so rain is ok, however dunking shouldn’t be.
Photograph: Simon Hill
Turn them over, and they’re much simpler to inform aside as a result of the X6 Pro has a barely curved again and a digital camera module that features 4 equally sized lenses (although one among them is definitely the flash). The X6 has two pronounced lenses on the left with a smaller third lens and flash. The digital camera modules are the one design aspect that stands out, until you go for one of many extra “attention-grabbing” finishes. The Poco X6 Pro colours are black (like my assessment unit), grey, or, for the courageous, hanging brilliant yellow in a faux leather-based end. The Poco X6 is available in plain black or blue, or white with a marble impact.