POCO has confirmed the launch of POCO F8 series smartphone for the global markets in an event in Indonesia on November 26th. The company will introduce the POCO F8 Pro and POCO F8 Ultra smartphones at the event as the successors to the F7 Pro and the F7 Ultra that were introduced earlier this year, and the image shows both the phones.
The company has confirmed that the F8 Ultra will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship chipset, and the company claims 3,944,934 points on AnTuTu benchmark.
Based on earlier reports, the POCO F8 Pro will be a rebranded version of the REDMI K90 with Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, but with a smaller 6210mAhbattery, and the POCO F8 Ultra is expected to be rebranded REDMI K90 Pro Max with a smaller 6500mAh battery.
The teaser shows the F8 Ultra in Black and new Blue colour with a back cover resembling blue jeans, which is crafted using a two-tone warp and weft process and third-generation nano-leather technology. The F8 Pro will come in Black, Silver and Blue colours. These have Sound by Bose, and the F8 Ultra will have a rear speaker for 2.1 channel audio.
POCO F8 Pro rumored specifications
- 6.59-inch (2510 x 1156 pixels) 2K 12-bit AMOLED 20:9 display, 120Hz refresh rate, 2560Hz instant touch sampling rate, DC Dimming, up to 3500 nits peak brightness, 5,000,000:1 (Min) contrast ratio, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, DC Dimming
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Elite 3nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 830 GPU
- 12GB LPDDR5x RAM with 256GB / 512GB UFS 4.0 storage
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- Android 16 with Xiaomi HyperOS 3
- 50MP rear camera with 1/ 1.55″ Light Fusion 800 sensor, f/1.88 aperture, OIS + EIS, LED flash, 8MP 120° ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 50MP 2.5x periscope telephoto camera with f/2.2 aperture, 8K video recording
- 20MP front-facing camera
- 3D Ultrasonic Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dust and water resistant (IP68)
- USB Type-C audio, Hi-Res audio, Stereo speakers, Sound by Bose tuning
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 ad, Bluetooth 5.4, Beidou: B1I + B1C+B2a｜GPS: L1+L5｜Galileo: E1+E5a, GLONASS: G1｜QZSS: L1+L5｜NavlC: L5, USB Type-C, NFC
- 6210mAh (Typical) battery with 100W fast charging, 22.5W reverse wired charging
POCO F8 Ultra rumored specifications
- 6.9-inch (2608 x 1200 pixels) 2K 12-bit AMOLED 20:9 display, 120Hz refresh rate, 2560Hz instant touch sampling rate, DC Dimming, up to 3500 nits peak brightness, 5,000,000:1 (Min) contrast ratio, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, DC Dimming
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 840 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5x RAM with 256GB / 512GB UFS 4.1 storage
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- Android 16 with Xiaomi HyperOS 3
- 50MP rear camera with 1/ 1.31″ Light Fusion 950 sensor, f/1.67 aperture, OIS + EIS, LED flash, 50MP 102° ultra-wide angle lens with OV50M sensor, f/2.4 aperture, 50MP 5x periscope telephoto camera with f/3.0 aperture, 30cm tele macro, OIS, 8K video recording
- 32MP front-facing camera, 4K video recording
- 3D Ultrasonic Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- Dust and water resistant (IP68)
- USB Type-C audio, Hi-Res audio, 2.1ch speakers, Sound by Bose tuning
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 ad, Bluetooth 5.4, Beidou: B1I + B1C+B2a｜GPS: L1+L5｜Galileo: E1+E5a, GLONASS: G1｜QZSS: L1+L5｜NavlC: L5, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1, NFC
- 6500mAh (Typical) battery with 100W fast charging, 50W wireless charging, 22.5W reverse wired charging
We should know the price when the phones go official next week. India should get the POCO F8 next year, likely be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC.