Poco X6 Pro review

Bright high-res 6.67-inch OLED

The X6 Pro is equipped with a 6.67-inch display that's brings a bit more to the table that you'd expect. The 1,220x2,712px resolution (20:9 ratio, ~446 ppi density) is already more special than your usual 1080p. Most notable, however, is its Dolby Vision support, which is at least partially explained by the 1,800nits of peak brightness that Poco advertises (1,200nits in regular situations that require an extra boost). The refresh rate maxes out at 120Hz, and the specs mention a 2160Hz touch sampling rate.

In our testing, the X6 Pro was good for 1148nits in adaptive brightness mode - an improvement over the previous model by over 200nits, but short of the X6 non-Pro's result, for some reason. We're not saying the Pro's lacking in nits, mind you - it's plenty bright, just not as bright as the vanilla model in our test. At around 500nits in regular conditions, the X6 Pro's manually attainable brightness is best described as standard.

Refresh rate

The X6 Pro's display has a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz and some rudimentary adaptive behavior where it will switch down to 60Hz when you're not interacting with the display.

The settings menu lets you choose between a 'Default' mode, which will do the basic auto switching above, and a Custom mode, where you can specify either 120Hz or 60Hz. Effectively, the Custom mode only serves a purpose if you want to limit the refresh rate to 60Hz, because the 120Hz setting essentially behaves the same way as the Default one - it will not lock you into 120Hz. We did get high frame rate gaming on the X6 Pro and for such titles the refresh rate stays at 120Hz.

Streaming and HDR

The X6 Pro comes with all sorts of HDR support, including Dolby Vision and, indeed, we got Dolby Vision streams from Netflix. YouTube also offered HDR playback.

As part of Android 14's Ultra HDR functionality, you also get HDR for images in the Gallery. Only here the feature is called Pro HDR and is not enabled by default, so you need to go in the Gallery settings and switch the toggle on.

Poco X6 Pro battery life

The X6 Pro's battery capacity remains unchanged from the last generation's 5,000mAh and that's more or less the standard number for the segment. That said, the X6 non-Pro somehow gets a slightly bigger battery (5,100mAh), while the X6 Pro's Chinese alter-ego has an even larger 5,500mAh cell.

We'd say the X6 Pro is doing just fine with what it's got though. It's not breaking any records with its Active Use Score of 11:46h and it doesn't particularly excel at any given task, but delivers generally good numbers across the board.

Charging speed

The X6 Pro's specsheet says it supports 67W of charging and that's also the rating on the adapter that comes bundled. In our experience, we saw readings as high as 56W in the early stages of the charging process, which is a respectable figure, we reckon.

With that adapter, the X6 Pro reached 100% in 43 minutes, starting from empty - 7 minutes quicker than the X5 Pro. At the intermediate checkpoints, the new phone was neck and neck with the old model. There aren't many competitors that can beat the Poco in this field, with only the Realme 11 Pro+ perhaps offering an appreciable advantage.

There's no wireless charging on the X6 Pro, but it's not something you take for granted at this price point.

Speaker test

The X6 Pro uses a conventional two-speaker setup with one bottom firing unit and another one that sends sound up and towards the front, thus doubling as an earpiece. In vertical orientation the top speaker is assigned the left channel, while in landscape the phone will adjust the channels to match the handset's orientation in space.

Bottom speaker • Top speaker opening on top • Earpiece

The phone earned a 'Very Good' rating for loudness, same as that of the old model. It's sound profile is a bit different, with a more mid-forward presentation that enhances vocals, but not quite as good low-end presence. Good overall, but perhaps a step back from the X5 Pro.

Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.