SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

POCO M6 Plus 5G review: A 108 MP AMOLED budget 5G phone with fast-enough charging.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2025·$160
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#78 of 146
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

AMOLED and megapixels on a budget.

M6 Plus 5G covers the budget checklist well — a real FHD+ AMOLED, a 108 MP sensor, 33 W charging and all the legacy ports for $160. The Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 is the limit. For a sharp screen and a usable camera at the price, it does enough.

01Display

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2025 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz, 1,000 nits
Size6.79 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.

Main108 MP, f/1.75
Depth2 MP
Selfie16 MP

03Performance

52/100

52/100 trails the 55-point cohort average for budget phones of 2025.

ChipsetSnapdragon 4 Gen 2 (4 nm)
RAM6 / 8 GB
Storage128 / 256 GB · microSD

04Battery

78/100

78/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for budget phones of 2025.

Capacity5,030 mAh
Wired33 W

05Build

62/100

62/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for budget phones of 2025.

06Value

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.

What works
  • 108 MP main + FHD+ AMOLED at $160.
  • 33 W charging, microSD + jack + IR blaster.
  • Stereo speakers.
  • IP54 splash resistance.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 is entry-class.
  • 2 MP filler, no ultrawide.
  • Wi-Fi 5 only.
  • Two OS updates.
Cross-shop it against
Moto G85
$299 · score 74/100

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 146-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .