POCO officially announces the POCO X8s with a 6.35-inch display and Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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POCO has officially announced the compact POCO X8s with a 1.5K AMOLED display, Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chip and a 6,330mAh battery.

POCO has officially announced the POCO X8s, a compact mid-to-high-tier phone that follows the POCO X8 launched the previous month.

The phone has a 6.35-inch CrystalRes AMOLED display with 2656 x 1220 (1.5K) resolution and a 1-120Hz LTPO refresh rate, up to 3,500 nits peak brightness and POCO Shield Glass. It measures 151.1 x 71.8 x 8.06mm and weighs 187g, with a micro-curved aluminum frame, IP68 rating and an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor.

It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (4nm) platform with clocks up to 2.8 GHz and a 3D IceLoop cooling system with a 4,497 mm² heat dissipation area. Memory and storage options are 8GB RAM + 256GB and 12GB RAM + 512GB, and it ships with HyperOS 3.0 based on Android 16.

The rear camera setup includes a 50MP Light Fusion 800 main sensor (1/1.55-inch, f/1.77, OIS), a 50MP telephoto with a 57mm equivalent focal length and f/2.2, and an 8MP ultra-wide with f/2.2. The battery is 6,330mAh using silicon-carbon chemistry with 16% silicon content, supporting 100W HyperCharge wired charging and up to 22.5W wired reverse charging.

The phone comes in White, Blue and Black colorways, with 5G, Wi-Fi 6/6E, Bluetooth 5.4, an IR blaster, NFC and dual-SIM with eSIM. Early bird global pricing is listed at USD 399 for 8GB + 256GB and USD 499 for 12GB + 512GB, while regional pricing, retail promotions and carrier availability will vary by market.

The POCO X8s is not sold in Egypt or the Gulf yet according to MobiArabia data, and no local store prices have been announced. MobiArabia will add store prices for Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE when it arrives, so buyers deciding now may want to wait for the local price before choosing.

Xiaomi Xiaomi POCO X8s Price now: 22,200 EGP Phone page

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