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Poco X8 Power and Poco X8 launched in India
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Xiaomi’s sub-brand Poco has launched two new smartphones under the X8 series: the Poco X8 and Poco X8 Power, catering to premium and mid premium buyers in India.
Both smartphones feature a 6.83 inch 1.5K AMOLED display with 2772 × 1280 resolution, up to 120 Hz refresh rate, 12-bit colour depth and up to 3,500 nits peak brightness. They are protected by Corning Gorilla Victus 2 and bear IP66, IP68, IP69 and IP69K ratings.
Poco X8 Power supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. Both devices feature stereo dual speakers with Dolby Atmos and Hi-Res Audio.
Poco X8 runs on Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Poco X8 Power uses Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 chip with up to 8GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB UFS 4.1 storage. They operate on Xiaomi HyperOS 3 based on Android 16, and will get 4 years of Android updates and 6 years of security patches.
