Poco F6 review
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- jellydaemon
- Pb$
- 28 May 2024
Quite hilarious that many people were sh***ing about the X6 Pro's battery life, that MediaTek CPUs are very bad and that we should wait for the F6 and this is what we get.
I don't think Xiaomi knows how to make an energy efficient OS.
Make no mistake, the specs are really good but it doesn't really feel like an upgrade from the X6 Pro and the battery seems to only get worse.
I can't help it but to feel disappointed.
I was going to buy the F6 or the F6 Pro cause I really wanted to give them a try but idk, I'm having second thoughts now. Hopefully Xiaomi will fix the battery draining issues in the F6 line but for now I'm gonna keep my X6 Pro for a while.
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- Pumpino
- XQh
- 28 May 2024
The camera processing seems better than the F6 Pro, but the photos don't look natural to me. Poor battery life and disappointing camera performance from day one.
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- pakyubits
- y6V
- 28 May 2024
custom rom is the way for this phone to shine i just hope it grows overtime really decent phone for its price my mi 9t pro is retiring with a smile
- David 040882
- spY
- 28 May 2024
Wuzzle , 28 May 2024What about as an alternative to the poco X6 pro? It would b... moreThe F6 itself is overall better than the X6 Pro, by bringing a better chipset, faster charging, and a higher IP rating. As for the cameras, see for yourself on the reviews, though they should be relatively close in that category. But if those three stated things are really worth the extra $100 bucks is... questionable. Depends on your priorities
- PureOS
- Mx}
- 28 May 2024
Wuzzle , 28 May 2024What about as an alternative to the poco X6 pro? It would b... moreIf is price diference 100$/€ in your place for same memory configuration, than no. X6 pro for 100 bucks less is better deal.
- PureOS
- Mx}
- 28 May 2024
Anders, 28 May 2024Garbage battery life (Xiaomi used to have good battery!!) ... moreU just wrote bad things. But phone has some many good ones, and it is great offer.
- PureOS
- Mx}
- 28 May 2024
LoneOwl, 28 May 2024So Poco removed the 3.5mm jack from Poco F5 to offer worse ... moreDimensity 8300 is just little slower than sd 8s gen 3. No real usage diference.
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- yungfishstick
- Ib5
- 28 May 2024
"8s Gen 3" is the most misleading naming scheme Snapdragon could've come up with. You'd think it'd basically be a slightly less powerful 8g3 given its name, but it's really a slightly less powerful 8g2. Naming it "8s Gen 2" would've made a lot more sense
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 28 May 2024
jiyen235, 28 May 2024why Xiaomi's phones are just stuck at this battery lev... moreI think it's less likely for the F# to have a better UW than the Redmi Note series. I don't think even the Fx Pro will get a better UW camera next year. It's like, at the same price point, the Poco Fx Pro is more focused on performance while the Xiaomi xT series is more focused on camera. Poco Fx/Pro are more of budget gaming phones than flagship killers imo.
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- Anders
- 39y
- 28 May 2024
Garbage battery life (Xiaomi used to have good battery!!)
Same old 8MP ultrawide with no AF. Should be 12mp AF
No 4K video for selfie camera
No headphone jack
No USB 3.2
No macro capability
No physical proximity sensor
Poor video quality - focus hunting
No 4G band 32 which is used in Europe
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- IpsDisplay
- kaK
- 28 May 2024
Hyper OS is a battery draining mess
What is Xiaomi gonna do if the 8 gen 4 is already power hungry
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- Anonymous
- sw{
- 28 May 2024
I think the X6 Pro offers better value with similar performance. Yes it's a mediatek and not a snapdragon but who cares these days.
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- ashrobb
- LS$
- 28 May 2024
As usual with MIUI 14 and MIUI 15... Sorry, HyperOS, battery optimization is nowhere to be found.
I think it is a hard phone to recommend to the average user. Power users that need performance on the budget, can't find a better phone to play.
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- LoneOwl
- 3Aq
- 28 May 2024
So Poco removed the 3.5mm jack from Poco F5 to offer worse battery life in Poco F6.
Poco X6 pro with its inferior Dimensity 8300U, has better battery life than both Snapdragon Poco F6/pro.....
Same story with thermal management, which seems worse than Dimensity....
At least there is a decent improvement in screen brightness compared to F5.
Poco X6 pro with its lower price, is indeed the better value this year.
I am looking forward to Oneplus Nord 4(Ace 3V)after this review....
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- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 28 May 2024
why Xiaomi's phones are just stuck at this battery level is something beyond me. Like they just have the same amount of battery active use/ at least a similar amount throughout their whole lineup.
The camera is plenty usable, pretty awesome processing, I prefer it far more than Samsung's one, would rather have this "overprocessed" look over Samsung's one. The Poco F6 Pro's processing was beautiful though.
Speakers are nice, performance is better than the F5 Pro's!!! I think that's the most significant thing. Processing saved this release. A better UW cam (12MP or more and 1/3.06" and larger) would have made this a great phone, hope they can pull that off for next year, if not for the Poco series at least for the "photography" focused Redmi Note series. This 8MP cam NEEDS to go away. Samsung's used it in their M31 back in 2020, why is this still relevant? Xiaomi themselves have been using it since the Redmi Note 8 Pro I believe. To still have it on the 13 series, yikes.
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- Wuzzle
- 3V5
- 28 May 2024
What about as an alternative to the poco X6 pro? It would be useful to know since I have to choose between one and the other. Is the 100 price premium worth it?
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- Hanif Fikri
- bJb
- 28 May 2024
lol xiaomi mi 9 with only 3.3k mah and poco f3 4.5k mah could last as long as this 5k mah phone, they dont care about battery edurance on newer phones :/
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- Anonymous
- KgQ
- 28 May 2024
Battery life is held back by HyperOS. Let's see if custom ROMs fix it or not.