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Rated 06/05/2026, variant POCO X8 Pro Max 12GB/512GB Black
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Speed. the photo is great. Flashlight
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Michal, Lochovice
Rated 25/04/2026, variant POCO X8 Pro Max 12GB/512GB Black
Verified purchase - review from a price comparison website
The best budget phone of 2026
Fast, powerful, good speakers+volume, ultrasonic fingerprint reader, shoots very cool, huge battery with luxurious battery life
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Luboš, Havlíčkův Brod
Rated 11/04/2026, variant POCO X8 Pro Max 12GB/512GB Black
Verified purchase
Evaluation after 3 weeks of use.
On paper, this news is fine, and very much so. What about practical use? I was expecting a system littered with junk, poor optimization of battery life, overheating of a powerful processor, a camera that can't take pictures. However, none of that happens, and I'm surprised that it's essentially a flagship experience with minimal compromises perched in the mid-range. The only catch is the camera, but more on that later. At a price tag of around 11 grand, it's a regular robbery and I'm surprised the SWAT team hasn't called me yet. It is a hilarious piece with a minimum of compromises and up to 13 thousand has no serious competition. Unless you're planning on winning a World Press Photo with a wide-angle lens or zooming into people's plates in the next town. Would I buy it again? No, I just need one. This review expresses my subjective impressions from testing one piece and is for informational purposes only. The information is without guarantee and the author disclaims liability for decisions made on the basis of it. Due to the personal nature of reviews, I always recommend consulting other independent sources when making a purchase.
Batteries. 8500 mAh is pure nonsense in the best sense of the word. While others with 5000 mAh are begging for a charger, I'm just warming up after two days. Pocket Temelin. The new silicon-carbon technology is working wonders, this would have been a heavy brick before. Today it's a phone that will give 2 days of hard work, or 3-4 days of lighter use. Overnight, he'll suck 1-2%. - Estimation of the display on time (SOT)? 19h 43min. Average CMO consumption - 5.1 %/hour. For comparison: On another flagship phone, with 5200 mAh, every 5 minutes of on screen time, it's 1% down. In 1 hour, 12% was gone. Sure, fine for a lot of people because they have a power socket and a bunch of electricity in it. I won't take this piece on an expedition up the Congo River, but Poco will. - I charge with a 67W charger (also possible with a faster 100W) and I keep my battery roughly between 20-80% (some 31 minutes charged). The phone does get hot, but it's not extreme and it doesn't hurt battery life. You can also set a lower charging speed, but why on earth? The days of 25-45W charging are long gone. Oh wait...
Dimensity 9500s (3nm, 2nd best processor from MediaTek, 2.7-3.6 million points in Antutu) and UFS 4.1 make the phone a cannon. This is supported by 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. No hitches, no waiting for anything. His performance is truly outstanding.
6.83" 1.5K 120Hz AMOLED display, with Dolby Vision and brightness in sunlight totally cool. Thanks to the 3840 Hz PWM, my eyes are much better taken care of than traditional low frequency (typically 480 Hz) competitors.
The main 50MPx lens produces decent, colour photos - ideal for socks, less so for National Geographic. 2x digital zoom, portraits, blurred background when shooting close-ups, selfies, evening photos - all ok. - Weaker is the shiro, which is there for the occasional emergency click. There's also a lack of a proper telephoto lens, so at 5-10x zoom there's a lot of contrast in the photo, but there's a lack of detail and it's a bit of a coloring book. Video in 4K60 with HDR10+ is great, except for minor imperfections caused by shaking when walking. - Summing up: don't expect a connoisseur's photo car. He's an honest worker who gets the job done, who relies more on raw performance than the lens of the camera. Even so, it is fine for snapshots and classic video, the quality is comparable to the Samsung A57.
The dimensions and weight are just right, I was expecting a bigger and heavier paddle. For consuming content - videos, surfing the net, navigation or games totally ideal. Flat metal bezels, premium boxy look, minimal display edges (Mr. Pixel, can you see it? ), fast ultrasonic reader (I still have my hand in my pocket and it's almost sensing my finger), great haptic response, IP68 water and dust resistance, and eSIM support (one of the main reasons to get the X8 Pro Max and not just the basic X8 Pro). In addition, a strong diode as a pocket flashlight (just wrap the insulation around my head and I don't need to look in the closet for a headlamp for a trip to the mountains). It's these details that make the phone an adult user experience, not just an overpriced toy.
The sound is surprisingly clear and offers a pleasantly full space. The mids are clear, the highs are solid and the bass is definitely in a class of its own, and the EQ can wake them up even more if needed. The volume is perfect, the option to turn on Dolby Atmos surround sound, so it sounds almost like in the cinema. The phone can software shout at up to 400% volume, but it's already pulling on the ears and distorting the sound. Hilarious stereo speakers for me.
Gemini, Circle to search in base. I don't use Xiaomi's other nifty features, but there's AI photo editing, voice recording transcription, conversation translation, interpreter, live captioning or text summarization. Android 16, HyperOS 3. With the promise of 4 major updates, so Android 20 coming in 2029. And 6 years of security patches, so until March 2032. That's fine by me.
HyperOS - after the first boot you have to take a digital machete, cut out the ballast and disable the personalized services (read ads) in the background. Just ask your favourite AI and your phone is debugged in 15 minutes.
The lack of a 3.5mm jack and SD card slot is still a painful blow for audiophiles and digital collectors, but few phones over 3k offer this anymore. My USB-C/3.5mm adapter doesn't take it (other phones have no problem with it), so I bought an active adapter - DAC amplifier.
It lacks LTPO (adaptive 1-120 Hz, which would add a few more hours of battery life), but at this battery capacity it's like dealing with the water consumption at Niagara Falls. We're in the middle class, so I'll forgive him.
A battery with this capacity may have more significant degradation after a year due to chemical density.
It does not support wireless charging. I personally won't use this, but someone might. You can't have everything. In order to gain something, you have to sacrifice something.
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Filip, Litohlavy
Rated 25/03/2026, variant POCO X8 Pro Max 12GB/512GB Black
Verified purchase
The battery is great, it's such a portable powerbank
The camera is awesome, the macro is not even missing here as the details are good
E-SIM
Wifi 7(802.11be) and 5G - nothing better will be needed for the next x years
The rings around the camera as notifications are great, even as a cool detail when playing music, I expect new features to come with updates
Comfortable in the hand
IR blaster next to the bottom wide angle lens on the back of the phone, you don't have to tilt the phone down when controlling the TV etc.
System ads can be turned off with one switch when setting up the phone, so complete peace of mind and I haven't come across any outside of the browser where adblock is already there 😁
Still the ability to download apps from "unknown sources" as it has been until now, which google is threatening to do away with, the warning to users is not that annoying
E-SIM replaces SIM slot 2 which cannot be used when E-SIM is enabled so you can have either 2 SIM or 1 SIM + 1 E-SIM
3.5mm jack is unfortunately missing here so who needs analog sound cable must buy USB-C DAC which of course costs almost nothing and some can also charge the phone
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Pavel, Česká Lípa
Rated 24/03/2026, variant POCO X8 Pro Max 12GB/512GB White
Verified purchase
Amazing battery life
Perfect camera
Massive construction
System speed
Perfectly readable display
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