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The Poco M8 Pro is now official and positions itself as a competent mid-range contender. While it avoids headline-grabbing upgrades, it leans heavily on endurance, packing a 6,500mAh battery paired with 100W fast charging, a combination that could make it one of the stronger performers in its class.<\/p>\n
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The M8 Pro features a 6.83-inch AMOLED display with 1,280p resolution, 12-bit color depth, a 120Hz refresh rate, and support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+ streaming. Powering the device is the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 chipset, paired with 5G and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.<\/p>\n
The phone carries IP66 and IP68 certifications in the EU, while markets elsewhere also receive higher IP69 and IP69K ratings.<\/p>\n
A sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu is hard to avoid. The Poco M8 Pro is essentially a rebadged Redmi Note 15 Pro+ with a different main camera. While the Redmi comes with a 200MP primary sensor, the Poco opts for the 50MP unit lifted from the Poco F8 Pro. The 8MP ultrawide and 32MP selfie cameras remain unchanged from the Redmi.<\/p>\n
Nevermind the resemblance to the Redmi series, the Poco M8 Pro brings enough improvements over the Poco M7 Pro to be called a proper upgrade – better ingress protection, a larger and higher-resolution screen, more powerful hardware, better cameras, and, of course, a beefier battery with faster charging. It even supports 22.5W reverse wired charging!<\/p>\n It’s just that we are not sure if we really needed more Redmi Note 15 offspring – there are plenty as is.<\/p>\n Xiaomi Poco M8 Pro specs at a glance: The Poco M8 Pro does away with the microSD card slot, removing expandable storage altogether, a decision that will not sit well with users accustomed to the feature in this segment.<\/p>\n Unboxing the Poco M8 Pro<\/p>\n The Poco M8 Pro ships inside a typical yellow box that contains a 6A-rated USB cable, a black silicone case, and the phone itself.<\/p>\n The EU retail package does not contain a charger, while the bundle for the rest of the world includes a 100W HyperCharge adapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction The Poco M8 Pro is now official and positions itself as a competent mid-range contender. While it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-224975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Xiaomi Poco M8 Pro \u2022 Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+<\/p>\n
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\nBody: 163.3×78.3×8.2mm, 207g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), fiber-reinforced plastic back or silicone polymer back (eco leather); IP68 rated for dust-tightness and water-resistance in the EU; IP69K rated in the rest of the world.
\nDisplay: 6.83″ AMOLED, 68B colors, 120Hz, 3840Hz PWM, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 3200 nits (peak), 1280x2772px resolution, 19.49:9 aspect ratio, 447ppi.
\nChipset: Qualcomm SM7635-AC Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 (4 nm): Octa-core (1×2.7 GHz Cortex-A720 & 3×2.4 GHz Cortex-A720 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 810.
\nMemory: 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM; UFS 2.2.
\nOS\/Software: Android 15, up to 4 major Android upgrades, HyperOS 2.
\nRear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f\/1.6, 24mm, 1\/1.55″, 1.0\u00b5m, dual pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f\/2.2, 15mm, 120\u02da, 1\/4.0″, 1.12\u00b5m.
\nFront camera: 32 MP, f\/2.2, (wide), 1\/3.0″, 0.7\u00b5m.
\nVideo capture: Rear camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30\/60fps; Front camera: 1080p@30\/60fps.
\nBattery: 6500mAh; 100W wired, 100% in 40 min, 22.5W reverse wired.
\nConnectivity: 5G; Wi-Fi 6; BT 5.4; NFC; Infrared port.
\nMisc: Fingerprint reader (under display, optical); virtual proximity, stereo speakers (with Dolby Atmos).<\/p>\n![\"Poco](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767962118_839_gsmarena_002.jpg\")
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