POCO X8
What you’d gain
- Battery: 5,100 → 8,340 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Better water resistance
What you’d give up
- Camera score: 5.7 → 4.6
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 181 → 223 g
Should You Upgrade From the POCO X6?
How the POCO X6 compares with phones you can buy today: how long it still gets updates, what a new phone would add and what you’d give up. Every number comes from official specs and update policies.
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Our take
Worth considering
Security updates end around 2028 Newer phones are about 6.4× faster The best upgrade scores 4.3 points higher on performance and 3.3 on camera
Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.
Upgrades we’d look at
We don’t have a US launch price for the POCO X6, so we compare it with upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset. Choose “Any price” above to see every phone.
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
What you’d gain
- 3.6× faster
- Camera score: 5.7 → 7.8
- Display score: 7.9 → 8.9
- Battery: 5,100 → 6,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
- Telephoto lens (3.5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No IR blaster
- No charger in the box
OPPO Find X9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 6.4× faster
- Camera score: 5.7 → 9.0
- Display score: 7.9 → 8.9
- Battery: 5,100 → 7,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (10× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 181 → 236 g
POCO F9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 6.4× faster
- Camera score: 5.7 → 8.7
- Display score: 7.9 → 8.7
- Battery: 5,100 → 8,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No 3.5 mm headphone jack
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 181 → 235 g
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Scores, speed and updates come from official specs, chip benchmarks (Geekbench 6, 3DMark) and the makers’ update policies. How we rate phones
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POCO X6 upgrade FAQ
Is the POCO X6 still supported?
POCO promises 4 years of security updates for the POCO X6, counted from its announcement in January 2024, so they should continue until around 2028. It gets 3 years of OS upgrades, until around 2027.
What is the best upgrade from the POCO X6?
Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra, with a PhoneRanked score of 9.4 vs 6.2 for the POCO X6. The newest model of the same family is the POCO X8. The best upper mid-range upgrade is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro. We don’t have a US launch price for the POCO X6, so we looked at upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset.
How much faster is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra than the POCO X6?
Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the OPPO Find X9 Ultra is about 6.4 times as fast as the POCO X6. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 10,941 vs 2,820, and in the 3DMark Steel Nomad Light graphics test 2,706 vs 254.