POCO X2 review: 120Hz mid-ranger with Snapdragon 730G and 64 MP.
First sub-$230 120Hz phone.
Poco X2 (the rebadged Redmi K30) brought a 120Hz display to the sub-$230 tier for the first time, paired with the IMX686 64 MP sensor and stereo speakers. It kicked off the high-refresh-rate race in budget phones.
01Display
82/100At 82/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
74/100At 74/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 11 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 74-point average for mid-range phones of 2020.
05Build
74/10074/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2020.
- 120Hz at sub-$230 was unheard of
- IMX686 64 MP main
- Stereo speakers + 3.5 mm + microSD
- IPS not AMOLED
- Heavy 208 g
- 2 MP filler lenses
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 104-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .