POCO F6 Pro review: Last year’s flagship chip and a 1.5K screen at a mid-range price.
Flagship-grade speed for half the flagship price.
The POCO F6 Pro repurposes 2023’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and a sharp 1.5K screen into a $499 phone. The cameras and IP54 rating are where the savings show.
01Display
88/10088/100 puts it above the 84-point average for premium phones of 2024.
02Camera
78/10078/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2024.
03Performance
89/100At 89/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among premium phones of 2024 — 8 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
86/10086/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2024.
05Build
83/10083/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2024.
06Value
88/10088/100 puts it above the 82-point average for premium phones of 2024.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — near-flagship performance for $499.
- 120 W charging refills extremely fast.
- Sharp 1.5K AMOLED with very high brightness.
- Excellent value.
- Weak ultrawide and macro cameras.
- Only IP54 splash resistance.
- No wireless charging.
- 3-year OS policy.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 50-phone cohort of premium devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .