ⓘ Xiaomi

Xiaomi will soon be adding another sister model to the Poco M8 5G ($262 on Amazon), as the tech giant has already listed the brand-new Poco M8x 5G on the Indian online retailer Flipkart ahead of the device’s official launch on Friday, August 21. The mid-range smartphone features an eye-catching design, with the back covered in green faux leather and the frame and rectangular camera module finished in gold.

The Poco M8x 5G is likely to be positioned as a relatively affordable mid-range smartphone, as the camera module houses only one camera and two tiny, and thus presumably merely decorative, sensors. Xiaomi is equipping the device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5, a relatively new 4-nm ARM chip that features two ARM Cortex-A78 performance cores with boost clock speeds of up to 2.4 GHz, as well as six Cortex-A55 efficiency cores running at 2.0 GHz. Xiaomi touts 43 percent faster app launches compared to its direct predecessor.

A graphite heat sink is designed to ensure acceptable performance even under sustained load, such as during gaming. It’s somewhat misleading that the Poco M8x 5G is advertised as having 12 GB of RAM, when in fact the smartphone only offers 6 GB of RAM, which is supplemented by up to 6 GB of swap. Xiaomi has not yet confirmed any further details regarding the rest of the device’s specifications. Rumors point to a 6.9-inch IPS display with 720p+ resolution and a 120 Hz refresh rate, as well as a 6,000 mAh battery that can be charged via USB-C at up to 33 watts.
 

Editor of the original article: Hannes Brecher - Senior Tech Writer - 22113 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018

Since 2009 I have written for different publications with a focus on consumer electronics. I joined the Notebookcheck news team in 2018 and have combined my many years of experience with laptops and smartphones with my lifelong passion for technology to create informative content for our readers about new developments in this sphere. In addition, my design background as an art director at an ad agency has allowed me to have deeper insights into the peculiarities of this industry.